"Save the Children invests in childhood – every day, in times of crisis and for our future. Around the world, we give children a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. By transforming children's lives now, we change the course of their future and ours."
THINKING OF WORKING FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN?
Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing around 25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
We offer careers across a whole range of professions - whether in hands-on international development or humanitarian work, or with our support functions such as HR, IT, Finance, Legal, or Global Assurance. Whatever your profession, or career level, your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.
WHY WORK FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN?
The work here is challenging, but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We look for candidates who share our passion and dedication to making a real difference in the world. You'll need to demonstrate a commitment to our mission and values, as well as our child safeguarding policy.
Each role will have its own requirements, but broadly speaking we look for candidates who have a high-level of technical competence, and are able to work collaboratively in a highly-matrixed, and culturally-diverse organisation. We need people who can deliver to a high standard, in often challenging circumstances, both ethically and professionally.
For some roles, you will need to be able to travel internationally, and may need to be internationally mobile to develop your career. Any requirement for international travel will be outlined in the job description.
WHAT WE OFFER
OUR REWARD APPROACH
People are at the heart of Save the Children and this is the fundamental principle in our reward approach, which is designed to help us attract, retain, develop and mobilise the best talent. Our Reward approach supports and reflects Save the Children's mission, strategy, and values, as well as our commitment to fairness and diversity.
Many talented and passionate people join Save the Children to make a difference, and monetary reward will not be the primary motivator. Our reward offer ensures a minimum standard of living for our employees and their families, as well as a fair and proportionate reward for the contribution our employees make to delivering positive change for children. We provide:
- Family-friendly policies including flexible working, maternity/parental leave
- Competitive pay (as per the INGO market) which takes into account relevant skills, competencies and experiences
- A competitive benefits package, as per the sector and relevant local market
- Support for international relocations (where applicable)
SUPPORTING YOUR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
At Save the Children, we are committed to supporting your development and helping you to enhance the impact you have on the organisation. We offer a varied curriculum of management and leadership development, personal effectiveness, technical and specialist practitioner training, which blends formal development with on the job learning. Where possible, we also support our staff to achieve externally recognised professional qualifications, and to take up opportunities to participate in working groups across our sector; which help you to build your network and enable us to benefit from industry learning and best practice.
DEVELOPING CAPABLE AND DIVERSE LEADERS
We are focused on developing capable and diverse leaders who will enable the delivery of our global strategy. We offer a varied, best in class and bespoke leadership development curriculum, which reflects the demands and challenges of leading in a complex, global organisation. We invest in the development of our talented leaders and allow them to shape their own learning curriculum to reflect the needs and challenges of their individual roles. This includes targeted leadership coaching and intentional moves to different parts of our organisation in addition to formal learning.
