Manager, Transformation Project Management - Global Reporting

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Transformation Project Management – Global Reporting to join our global team.

Team Purpose

Reporting is how leaders across Save the Children understand performance and make decisions. Today, operational reporting differs across Save the Children entities, with different definitions, formats and processes. This creates duplication and adds to the reporting burden on teams.

The Global Reporting project is a project in its own right, reporting directly to the Head, Transformation Development. It will transform and align operational reporting across Save the Children entities. It will work alongside the implementation of our new global Oracle Financial Management System (FMS), which gives us an opportunity to simplify and standardise how we report, remove duplicate reporting and reduce the reporting burden on teams, so that decisions are based on consistent, reliable information. Initially, the project will focus on financial reporting, and it will extend to other types of operational reporting in the future.

Role purpose

The Project Manager for Global Reporting will be accountable for the project management across the Global Reporting Project. The project is separate from the FMS SaaS Project and will work alongside it, reporting directly to the Head, Transformation Development, to ensure this gets the required focus and attention. 

The Project Manager work closely with the functional workstream leads in Finance (initially) and more broadly in the future, the Business Analyst, IT team, and beyond. In this role, the Project Manager will be accountable for ensuring adherence to the Project Lifecycle  and broader design, including setup and maintenance of the reporting plan, supporting with facilitation of relevant governance forums, completing required status updates, coordinating key engagements with technical and business stakeholders, and partnering with workstreams to manage data and system dependencies and beyond. It will be essential that the role holder has solid project management experience in a technical or systems delivery context, is comfortable working across business and IT teams, and can drive delivery through influence rather than direct line accountability.

• Job Title: Manager, Transformation Project Management – Global Reporting
• Reports To: Head, Transformation Development
• Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
• Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: SCI Careers
• Required Time Zone: Any
• Contract Length: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
• Right to Work: The successful candidate must have the right to work in the country where the role is based, for the duration of employment. 
• Language Requirements: English
• International Travel: up to 10% 
• Budget Responsibility: Provide support to management of the budget in support of the Project Lead
• Remit: Global

Principal Accountabilities

• Project manage the Global Reporting workstreams, using the SCI Project Management toolkit, ensuring reporting is delivered on time, to scope, and to the required quality standard
• Partner with the FMS project and functional leadership to define, document, and maintain the reporting scope, including the full inventory of reports and the data sources they draw on across SCI systems (initially Finance), ensuring this is agreed with the Head, Transformation Development and relevant technical and business stakeholders 
• Manage an ambitious but achievable plan for the reporting workstreams, taking into account technical dependencies, vendor delivery schedules, testing cycles, and go-live timelines
• Coordinate with functional workstream leads, the Global FMS (Oracle) Project team and the IT team to ensure reporting requirements are captured accurately, report and data specifications are agreed, and build and test activities are sequenced effectively
• Drive areas of Project Management accountability, ensuring they run to a regular beat: monitor activity across build, test, and deployment phases, manage adherence to plan, and resolve obstacles to delivery. Work closely with broader team members to ensure delivery remains on track
• Adhere to and manage required project controls for areas of Project Management accountability (plan, risks/issues, dependencies, scope management) and use them to drive delivery, proactively identifying and managing technical and programme risks and issues and driving actions to mitigate or resolve
• Provide input to regular status reports that support effective decision making within the Global Reporting Project, at the Management Review Group (MRG) or equivalent, with clear escalation of risks, issues, and decisions required
• Set up and maintain the repository of documentation for each stage of project lifecycle, ensuring that all documentation has a clear purpose in driving the project forward.
• Implement best practices and procedures in project management within the project and contribute to the continuous improvement of the project management toolkit
• Work with the Global Change Manager assigned to the Global Reporting Project to ensure related change activities (including adoption, training, and communications for report users) are incorporated into the plan. As capacity allows, provide broader project management support to the Global Reporting Project, including cross-workstream coordination, governance support, and plan management.   

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Extensive project management experience, including delivery of reporting, data or large-scale systems implementation in a complex global organisation
2. Demonstrable experience and in-depth knowledge of programme and project management practices and standards 
3. A proven ability to deliver projects on time and on budget, using project management processes and tools including risk management, financial management, and quality assurance; with demonstrable experience managing vendor relationships in a systems delivery context 
4. A working understanding of reporting and data concepts (data sources, data mapping, report specifications, and testing approaches) sufficient to manage delivery and hold technical teams and vendors to account on quality and schedule  Proven experience of using and leading change management activities including change impact assessment, stakeholder management, managing resistance, building change capacity, designing and defining roles and responsibilities. 
5. A proven ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills, and to work collaboratively to deliver of effective solutions to project related issues 
6. Developed organisational awareness and ability to understand any sensitivities within a complex multi-stakeholder structure; and think creatively and strategically to overcome obstacles to cooperation and progress
7. Team leadership abilities with the ability to motivate and mobilise individuals outside their reporting line
8. Business requirements collection, and process/workflow analysis skills
9. Excellent communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability to communicate and influence at all levels of the organisation
10. Able to demonstrate instances of initiative that have delivered organisational benefits
11. Cultural awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally

Desirable

• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Trello) and office suites (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
• Proficiency in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic)

Education and Qualifications 

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Understanding of a structured Project methodology (e.g. PRINCE2) or accredited Project Management training (APM or PMI)

Desirable

• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development projects
• Second language – French, Spanish or Arabic

Working at Save the Children International

Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~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 know that great people make a great organisation, 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.

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. 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.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found at SCI Careers. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

Our Recruitment Process

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
4. If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse.  All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-Harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

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