Description

　　Staff whose work requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

　　Summary

　　Save the Children seeks an organized, detail-oriented individual to provide 30 hours of administrative support each week in a team actively working to improve the effectiveness of emergency and development food security activities around the world. In this part-time benefits-eligible role, you will work closely with program staff providing project management and communicating externally. You are responsible for day-to-day administration of Implementer-Led Design, Evidence, Analysis and Learning (IDEAL) Activity. This position is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) through February 2025.

　　What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

　　Administrative Management and Operations (80%)

　　Organize and support IDEAL project meetings and take meeting notes

　　Maintain IDEAL project calendar for meetings, events, and travel

　　Support the procurement of vendors, consultants, and services

　　Assist in managing of consultant agreements and payments

　　Aid staff and consultants in arranging travel

　　Coordinate project-wide documentation and archiving processes

　　Process invoices, accurately code and track project expenses

　　Maintain the IDEAL project’s inventory

　　Support the IDEAL team in the planning and implementation of the closeout process

　　Other tasks as required

　　Program Implementation Support (20%)

　　Support the planning and logistics of online and in-person knowledge sharing events and capacity strengthening workshops, including but not limited to:

　　Procurement of venue and service providers

　　Coordination with speakers

　　Preparation of event materials

　　Required Qualifications

　　Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 2 years of relevant experience

　　Exceptional organizational skills

　　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

　　Zoom, Miro, Eventbrite, and/or Mailchimp skills

　　Proficiency supporting webinars and online meetings

　　Experience working in a low-to-middle-income country

　　Understanding of international development, emergency programs, and/or food security programming

　　Familiarity with United States Government-funded projects, particularly USAID

　　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: Target hourly pay for this position is $26.56 – $29.69

　　Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target hourly pay for this position is $24.11 – $26.95

　　Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target hourly pay for this position is $21.66 – $24.21

　　Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here). Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children also offers paid vacation, accrued at least 12 days a year, depending on paygrade and length of service, paid safety and wellness leave of at least 1 day per month worked for a full time employee which is pro rata reduced for employees working less than a full time schedule, and at least 10 paid holidays a year. Employees may be eligible for additional bonus compensation. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, family leave, paid parental/adoption leave of 60 days, commuter benefits, paid caregiver leave days, 1 paid volunteer day a year, paid critical child illness leave days, dress for your day, and much more.

　　Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

　　Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, 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.

　　Click here (https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/careers) to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in YOU!

　　About Save the Children

　　No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

　　You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

　　Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

　　We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

　　Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

　　Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

　　Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

　　The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)