Emergency Health Unit Awards Officer

The Opportunity

 Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the– Emergency Health Unit Awards Officer – Remotely working or any existing Save the Children office location.

Role Purpose:

Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response. The Emergency Health Unit is an operational team deployed to support the Save the Children humanitarian health, nutrition, HIV and WaSH strategy to provide and improve humanitarian response. The Emergency Health Unit ensures a pre-standing emergency health capacity, including medical supplies, logistics and skilled health personnel, to deploy anywhere in the world in the event of a major disaster or conflict. As part of SCI’s commitment to establish one humanitarian team, EHU will be transitioning to SCI’s Humanitarian Department in Quarter 3 of 2021.

The role holder will work closely with the Strategic Portfolio & Award Management and the Emergency Health Unit (EHU) teams within Save the Children International (SCI) Centre, providing administrative and compliance support to the EHU’s various funding streams.

They will be responsible for ensuring that these funds are processed correctly through the Award Management System (AMS) and that they are compliant with the policies for each type of funding, liaising with the relevant Save the Children Member account leads as necessary. They will also provide support to and work closely with SCI country office teams, SCI finance staff and Emergency Health Unit operations staff in developing budgets, setting up awards and monitoring and reporting on funding usage.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Head of Awards Management (with task management from EHU Deputy Head of Operationa)

Staff reporting to this post: None

Role Dimensions:

The role holder will need to work closely with the EHU and many different staff across the organisation and the Save the Children member organisations and will need to build a network of key contacts relevant to their role and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Previous NGO experience with a good understanding of the grant (award) management cycle
• Ability to understand grant budgets and analyse financial reports
• Proven influencing skills with the ability to communicate compliance requirements to stakeholders in the most appropriate way
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to draw out complex data from various different sources
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to explain complex issues to both staff and peers
• Ability to manage a varied workload quickly and efficiently, and work effectively under pressure to organise and prioritise work for yourself and others to ensure deadlines are met
• An energetic, flexible and proactive approach with the ability to work both independently and cooperatively within a team setting
• Strong team skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels both within and outside the team
• Demonstrable commitment to equal opportunities and an awareness of what constitutes good practice
• Demonstrable interest in humanitarian response work

Desirable

• Project management skills, particularly including planning
• Experience of working in a complex international organisation
• Experience working for Save the Children and using Save the Children’s awards and finance systems
• Experience working in emergency responses, and strong understanding of humanitarian response activities and emergency management cycles

We can offer circa £ 29,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible of working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based Remotely or any existing Save the Children office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

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The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.