Operations Officer

Salary: £27,000 – £30,400 per annum

Full Time, 35 hours per week

The job of a Save the Children UK’s Operations Officer is busy and varied.

• Do you enjoy leading on or supporting projects?
• Does the idea of working with and supporting a variety of colleagues excite you?
• Do you have strong organisational skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for helping to ensure that the Global Programmes Division is delivering on its commitments through the provision of essential strategic and operational support activities.

This role is a varied role which offers wide exposure to different parts of the Global Programmes divisions. There is ample opportunity to develop leadership (through leading small to medium project) and develop or enhance project management skills.

This is an excellent role for you if you wish to build a wide network of contacts which support and further develop your career particularly in project management or data analysis.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will visibly lead our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The Operations Officer’s key duties will be to:

• Support the development of divisional/departmental/team plans and internal monitoring and communication on progress against plans
• Support the delivery of departmental/divisional/team/cross-organisational or country office projects and working groups, working with managers to deliver these initiatives
• Design and implement the storage and retrieval of relevant documents, department/divisional information and an up-to-date consultancies database
• Support budget management, financial processing and the recording and tracking of cost recovery – where relevant
• Support and facilitate people and wellbeing initiatives across the division/department
• Work with colleagues to design and deliver departmental/divisional/team/project communication plans
• Own and produce relevant communications tools such as emails, newsletters, SharePoint content, the publication and dissemination of flagship reports, campaigns or strategies
• Act as the key point of contact for external enquiries, requests for information or programme and project support
• Respond to, and support, country office requests – as and when required

Person Profile

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience of delivering on all or part of a project
• Excellent writing skills and proficiency in written and spoken English and the ability to tailor communication methods to different audiences
• A high level of computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and databases)

Abilities

• Ability to manage multiple activities at once and to resolve conflicting priorities
• Ability to remain positive, resilient and committed to improving the lives of young children and families
• Ability to be a strong team player with an empowering and collaborative working style and excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to have a creative approach to problem-solving

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly working from home, we may at times require you to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team. This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working – We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview**.**

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be “Free to Be Me”. We are mot looking for just one type of person – we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences – of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability – help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.