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’s U.S. Programs (USP) division is committed to ensuring that all children in rural America have a healthy, strong foundation to thrive as learners and in life. Our contribution to a full cradle-to-career continuum is focused on the early years, birth through elementary school; and our goals are to increase kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency for children in under-resourced rural communities.

　　The Lead Associate, Impact Communications will serve as a project manager to support the annual fundraising strategy for Save the Children’s U.S. Programs division. In this role, you will lead in the development of high-quality communications, including internal reports, fact sheets and program fact sheets and assist the private and public fundraising teams with assembling content for reports, research, writing and editing and other fundraising support. This person will be responsible for writing and assembling content that presents USP’s vision, programming and impact goals, in a clear and compelling manner.

　　What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

　　Support the U.S. Programs Public and Private Partnerships teams in securing funding to meet shared revenue targets for Save the Children’s domestic programs. (50%)

　　Lead on the development of high-quality internal and external communications such as annual reports, sate fact sheets and program fact sheets. (20%)

　　Provide support to fundraising staff on the development and research of content for the submission of high-quality proposals, reports and other pieces for public and private funders, program partners and community stakeholders. (20%)

　　Meet regularly with program and state teams to understand funding needs and areas of innovation; determine proposal concepts based on identified funding opportunities and needs. (10%)

　　Required Qualifications

　　Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience

　　Professional proficiency in MS Office suite

　　Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

　　Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and complete multiple complex tasks

　　Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally

　　Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging

　　Excellent writing skills; ability to convey technical language in a clear, concise manner.

　　Experience writing successful public and or private funding communications.

　　Excellent interpersonal and communications skills; ability to convey complex strategic plans and ideas in simple appropriate ways to colleagues, partners and donors

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Proposal writing experience

　　Project management experience

　　Experience in large matrix organizations with a distributed workforce and various service lines in multiple state and communities throughout the United States

　　Knowledge of early childhood and elementary education

　　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 Salary for this position is $66,300 – $74,100 base salary

　　Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $60,350 – $67,450 base salary

　　Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $54,400 – $60,800 base salary

　　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)