Humanitarian Operations Advisor (Asia)

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Humanitarian Operations Advisor (Asia) to join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

Team purpose

The Programme Risk Delivery and Performance team ensures that programme risks are systematically assessed mitigated and monitored in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. Additionally through regional business partners the team provides the first line of support to Country Offices ensuring that programmes are delivered on time with quality and within budget in accordance with the project management methodology (PMM). The team enhances programme delivery and performance by using relevant metrics including those from the PRIME system to guide decision-making and maintain accountability.

Role purpose

To ensure coordinated and effective humanitarian responses across the allocated country office portfolio support the delivery of critical alerts and prioritisation documents and provide operational advice and gap-fill support during response initiatives including potential deployment.

Job Title: Humanitarian Operations Advisor (Asia)

Reports To: Senior Lead Asia Programme Operations

Work Pattern: Remote with flexible working options available

Contract Length: 6-month fixed-term contract

Grade: P3

Location: Any existing SCI office location (multiple time zones and locations required across team)

Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Asia

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.

Language Requirements: English

International Travel Requirements: Up to 40%

Principal Accountabilities

• Coordinate support to humanitarian operations across the allocated country office portfolio ensuring seamless collaboration and high-quality service delivery.

• Manage the process and documentation of Alerts Categorization/Recategorization and Prioritization in adherence to relevant procedures and frameworks.

• Advise and support country offices in implementing the Response Management Plan (RMP) and other relevant protocols tailoring guidance to specific response needs.

• Facilitate the implementation of Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) by providing comprehensive support to country offices fostering readiness and resilience.

• Be available to fill gaps or backstop essential operational roles within response teams ensuring continuity and robust operational capacity during crucial periods.

• Deploy either remotely or in person as needed to reinforce humanitarian response efforts maintaining flexibility and readiness to act in diverse and dynamic situations.

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Humanitarian Operations: Considerable experience in managing and supporting humanitarian operations including emergency response recovery and development programmes both directly and remotely.
2. Emergency Response Planning & Management: Proficient experience in developing and implementing Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) and supporting countries in delivering Response Management Plans (RMP).
3. Deployment and Gap Filling: Experience in being deployed to gap fill and/or backstop key operational positions in response teams including both remote and in-person support.
4. Documentation and Compliance: Experience in delivering Alerts Categorisation/ Re-categorisation and Prioritisation documentation according to established procedures and frameworks.
5. Coordination and Advisory: Experience in providing advisory and coordination support to country offices on the delivery and implementation of humanitarian procedures and frameworks. Strong ability to advise and support country offices on the delivery of relevant response procedures.
6. Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Proven track record of building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including cross-functional

Education and Qualifications

Desirable

Bachelors Degree: Preferably in International Development Humanitarian Assistance Emergency Management or related risk management or social sciences fields is desired

Working at Save the ChildrenInternational

Save the Childrenis the worlds leading organisation for children employing save childrens lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their our work in 116 countries we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.

We know that great people make a great organisation and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition creativity and integrity are highly valued.

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children you will be in good company working with talented like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive learn and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure childrens voices are heard at the highest levels and that we achieve our global strategy Ambition for Children 2030 and reach every last child.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse equitable and inclusive organisation and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival protection development and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender sexual orientation race colour ethnic origin nationality disability marital or civil partnership status gender reassignment pregnancy and maternity caring or parental responsibilities age or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found herevia the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

Our recruitment process:

• Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter

• 1 interview with the hiring team

• If successful you will receive a conditional offer of employment followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment Health and Safety Safeguarding and DEI and Equal Opportunities.