Localisation Initiative Director
Job Description.
Role Purpose:
In order to achieve our
global breakthroughs for children by 2030, the Save the Children movement has
committed to significantly changing the way we work – a core component of which
is to shift power to local and national actors. Our Localisation ambition –
‘Local to Global for Impact’ – is an ambitious, multi-year, transformational
journey that will see us – and the wider sector – deliver more, better, and
fairer impact through context-responsive, locally-designed, locally-led and locally–owned
programs for children. We will achieve this by addressing fundamental
challenges in the way current aid is delivered to enable and facilitate local
actors’ own access to global resources for maximum impact – and we will
overcome blockers within our own organization that currently prevents this from
happening.
The Localisation Initiative was originally formed to define the strategic approach to Localisation and the high level roadmap for its realization. We are now entering the next phase of the transformation – with the team being given a mandate to accelerate the pace at which we will be able to meet the movement’s Localisation ambition. It consists of a small number of dedicated resources tasked with overcoming a number of blockers to Localisation that currently exist across the movement.
The Localisation
Initiative Lead will be accountable for ensuring the timely and quality
delivery of key outcomes across prioritised workstreams, as well as to ensure
meaningful engagement and buy-in from key stakeholders across the movement. The
3 priority areas of focus in 2023 will be – Culture and Organisation, Funding
and Compliance. This role requires both high-level engagement with Member CEOs
and Senior Leadership Teams at country, regional and global levels to generate
strategic buy-in, as well as hands-on project management skills to ensure the
delivery of tangible results in terms of removing the current blockers to Save
the Children meeting our Localisation ambition.
The immediate focus will
be to establish and mobilise the initiative team and setup the required
governance to deliver the priorities. The Localisation Initiative Lead will
ensure that identified key stakeholders at all levels understand requirements
and expectations on them to fully engage in delivering 2023 localisation work
packages. S/he will ensure leadership alignment and understanding on the global
ambition, strategic direction, and roadmap to mobilise organisational-wide
resources and support for this multi-year transformation. S/he will be
responsible for project management by ensuring resources are well-planned and
managed; initiative plan is regularly reviewed; initiative team members are
well supported to deliver their tasks; risks and issues are identified and
addressed; and key outputs and outcomes are delivered according to plan.
Experience & Skills
Essential
- Experience
leading a project focused on making changes to operating structures and
procedures for an organisation across multiple geographic locations
including those with complex labour laws. It is essential this includes
experience managing the associated legal, staffing and system requirements
- Experience
leading the rollout of a global standardised process and solution in Save
the Children or equivalent type of organisation
- A
track record of successfully managing projects in terms of core Project
Management activities as well as managing the associated change
- Demonstrable
experience and in-depth knowledge of programme and project practices and
standards
- A
proven ability to deliver projects on time / on budget, using project
management processes and tools including risk management, benefits
management, financial management and quality assurance
- Proven
experience of using and leading change management activities including
change impact
- A
proven ability to apply excellent analytical and problem solving skills,
and to work collaboratively to deliver of effective solutions to project
related issues. This will include taking on hands on analysis activities
to support the wider (small) team as required
- Highly
developed organisational awareness and ability to understand sensitivities
within a complex multi-stakeholder structure; and think creatively and
strategically to overcome obstacles to cooperation and progress
- Team
leadership capabilities to support and guide team members and ensure they
are clear on their responsibilities and are held to account for their
delivery
- Strong
business requirements collection, and process/workflow analysis skills
- Excellent
communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability
to communicate and influence at all levels of the organisation
- Able
to demonstrate instances of initiative that have delivered organisational
benefits
- Cultural
awareness and experience of delivering solutions internationally
Desirables:
- Experience
of working on Organisation Design projects
- Non-profit
sector knowledge/experience
- Proficiency
in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish,
Portuguese or Arabic)
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