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Summary

The Senior Associate, Humanitarian Portfolio provides operational and administrative support to Save the Children’s Humanitarian Portfolio Unit within the Department of Humanitarian Response (DHR). In this role, you will work with the Senior Managing Director of the Humanitarian Portfolio to complete key tasks that facilitate ongoing work in the Humanitarian Program Portfolio and Humanitarian Finance and Compliance units. Tasks will include data entry, management, and analysis; and tracking and analyzing key performance indicators that monitor the making, management, and closeout process for humanitarian awards. You will serve in a key information management role for the team and will contribute to continuous improvement, recommending process improvements for senior management consideration.

You will also provide surge support for priority award portfolios from opportunity to closeout, as needed.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Knowledge Management and Data Analysis (40%)

• Collate data and assist in analyzing DHR performance on award management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Award Financial System (AFS) tracking to identify root causes and inform reporting to DHR management
• Collect and input data and maintain dashboards and corresponding data sources to ensure regular and up to date visual production of portfolio analysis
• Working with HP team, ensure up to date information is available and disseminated on USG revenue new raise targets and actuals related to Save the Children’s humanitarian portfolio
• Support DHR Quarterly Account Reviews for USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHA), US State Department’s Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), and other accounts as requested, by liaising with relevant donor focal points to monitor donor funding levels, track changes to guidance and policies, compile data, and produce slide decks
• Respond to ad hoc requests for tailored data analysis in support of specific meetings, presentations, etc. including portfolio fundraising reviews, award spending, and closeout

General Award Portfolio Support (25%)

• Contribute to the drafting, design, finalization and roll out of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other guidance materials for the Humanitarian Portfolio Team
• Identify and update existing resources and contribute to the development and maintenance of new donor-related resources (i.e. slide decks, trainings, webinars) for members and Country Offices
• Assist in agenda setting, coordinate logistics and attendance, and take meetings notes for all DHR Award Management and other Humanitarian Portfolio team meetings
• Manage a small portfolio of humanitarian projects, likely from the Global Awards portfolio, in an effort to acquire hands-on experience in proposal development and award management systems and processes within the SC system

Surge/Priority Award Support (25%)

• Provide programmatic and financial management support to priority awards as needed, including proposal development and grant agreement approval.
• Enter required agreement data into AMS, initiate approval workflows, and ensure timely approval by liaising with the Humanitarian Finance and Compliance and Grants & Contracts units as necessary (including but not limited to support on processing micro-grants related to cash and protection projects)
• Prepare project kick-off materials and circulate meeting notes with action items
• Attend award monitoring calls facilitated by DHR Senior/Specialists and capture/circulate notes with action items
• Support review of quarterly and final narrative donor reports generated by Country Office; copy-edit and circulate for additional input as necessary, ensuring that reports are finalized in a timely manner and ready for submission to donors
• Monitor the monthly reporting process and follow up on any outstanding submissions; support reports to donor
• Support the preparation of proposal annexes and donor readiness checks of proposal documents; obtain required signatures and approvals for proposal documents

Support DHR Finance & Compliance team in the review of Award Management Systems (AMS) records for completeness and compliance, to help ensure that awards in AMS are closed/deactivated on time

Administrative Support (10%)

• Provide administrative support to the hiring and onboarding of new staff including scheduling interviews, and collaborating with the DHR Coordinator to organize new employee orientation and onboarding meetings on behalf of the Humanitarian Portfolio Unit
• Additional administrative duties and ad hoc support as requested

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 2 years of relevant experience
• Proven proficiency in MS Word and PowerPoint and demonstrated ability to conduct analyze and manipulate data in Excel
• Experience in data management and information technology systems (such as award management systems and/or online project management systems) and demonstrated ability to navigate databases
• Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail
• Professional level writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Proven ability to work successfully under multiple deadlines and competing priorities with both short and long-term projects
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% internationally
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to speak a second, relevant language (French and Spanish preferred).
• General knowledge of key humanitarian donors (USAID, BPRM)

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1- NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Up to $65,000/ year
• Geo 2-Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Up to $59,000/ year
• Geo 3-Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Up to $53,000/year

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

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