United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Humanitarian Finance & Grants Advisor
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 27 Aug 2013
About us
Save the Children is the world’s independent children’s charity. We have made enormous progress for children in the last few years and have ambitious targets to build on this momentum.
During the very early stages of a humanitarian Response effective Finance and Grants management is crucial. By having the right number, level and experienced Humanitarian Finance and Grants professionals on the ground and supporting from HQ we are able to ensure that: Adequate planning with finance guidance and management information is completed The right balance of control and operation speed is both set and monitored Fraud and donor disallowance, which most often only surfaces much later in the response, is avoided
The Humanitarian Finance and Grants Team are supporting Save the Children Humanitarian effort with 5 Head Quarter (HQ) based and 7 Emergency Response Personnel (ERP) experienced Humanitarian Finance and Grants Advisors plus support staff. The team expertise is the management of large scale and complex responses finance and grants, Humanitarian donors (DIFD, ECHO, DEC, UNICEF) Finance and Grants Management, Cash Programming Financial management and Training non-Finance staff in Financial Management.
About the Role
As part of the Humanitarian Finance and Grants team, the Humanitarian Finance & Grants Adviser have a leading role in ensuring high standards of financial management in emergency programmes worldwide, working closely with global, regional & country-based teams, Save the Children International and Save the Children Alliance members.
The Adviser has the specific role of supporting the other regionally focused advisers when on deployments/leave and support them for extraordinary Reponses. He/She also will be asked to deploy up to 35% of the time on hands-on response roles in Save the Children Emergencies.
About You
Ideally you are coming back from 3 to 5 years’ experience in Emergencies or Fragile States context with an International NGO in a Finance and Grants roles. You will have managed complex, large scale Finance and Grants programmes in a leadership role and have the ability to work both independently and cooperatively within a team setting. You are eager to stay in close contact with Humanitarian Response support in the field and really want to make a difference for the Children the most affected in Emergencies.
What we offer
In return we offer a salary between £36,000 - £40,000 (depending on experience) + pension, senior management support and coaching, the right balance of London based and field base work and the opportunity to join a team at the leading edge Humanitarian Finance and Grants Management.
Interviews will take place between 9th and 20th of September.
How to apply:
Please apply by visiting: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/vacancy/192/description
