Advisor, Project & Change Management (P3)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Advisor, Project and Change Management, you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. Under the direction of the Sr. Advisor, Strategy and Culture, you will support departments across USP in managing projects that align with the division and agency strategy. The ideal candidate is an experienced project manager with strong organizational skills and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve project goals. This role requires a proactive approach to problem-solving, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. In addition to project management, you will drive change initiatives for high-impact projects, developing and executing comprehensive change strategies. You will maintain strong stakeholder engagement, ensuring key audiences understand the future state, benefits, impact, and deployment methodology of organizational changes.

Location

Hybrid - Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)*
*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Project Management (80%)

• Plan, execute, and oversee projects from inception to completion, ensuring on-time, within-scope, and within-budget delivery.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and resource allocations.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Coach and support workstream leads (business SMEs) in driving workstream activities.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Proactively manage issues, risks, and scope changes.
• Communicate project updates and challenges to stakeholders, senior management, and USP.
• Conduct post-project evaluations to identify improvements and best practices.
• Foster a positive team environment and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Keep stakeholders informed through status reports, updates, and meetings.
• Facilitate collaboration between cross-functional teams.
• Manage sponsor expectations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Maintain a repository of documentation for each stage of the project lifecycle.
• Manage complex projects spanning multiple states.
• Support project updates and announcements on the USP SharePoint Portal.

Change Management Strategy & Implementation (10%)

• Develop and implement a Change Management Strategy, under the guidance of the Sr. Advisor for Strategy and Culture, to accelerate adoption and minimize resistance.
• Ensure a comprehensive view of change impact and interdependencies across projects.
• Support project communications, defining roles and responsibilities for internal updates and information sharing.
• Serve as Change Manager for priority projects, leading stakeholder analysis, readiness assessments, and training needs evaluations.

Capacity Building & Continuous Improvement (10%)

• Contribute to enhancements of project management tools.
• Support staff in Project Management, Continuous Improvement, and Change Leadership methodologies.
• Assist with agency-wide and departmental change strategies as needed.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• 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 experience leading complex enterprise projects and handling multiple competing priorities with successful delivery within tight timelines
• Demonstrated success in self-directed and outcome-oriented initiatives with a strong customer focus and ability to make independent decisions quickly and effectively, while determining and considering impact on project
• Demonstrated success in a hands-on working environment with proven problem solving, and planning skills.

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Exposure to change management principles and support in the delivery of a major project

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 $84,150 - $94,050 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $76,500 - $85,500 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 - $76,950 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this opportunity:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays, and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

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.

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.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.