Senior Advisor, Organizational Effectiveness & Employee Experience (P4)

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 Senior Advisor, Organizational Effectiveness & Talent Engagement you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. Reporting to the Deputy Chief People Officer, North America, you will serve as an organizational development subject matter expert and hands-on partner to enhance organizational performance and employee engagement. This role focuses on designing and delivering hands-on implementation of initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness, drive talent strategies, and foster engagement across the organization. You will work independently and collaborate with stakeholders to recommend best practices, lead projects, and deliver solutions that align with business objectives. In addition to leading organizational design and change initiatives in collaboration with the members of People & Culture and other business units, you will proactively assess, co-create, implement and evaluate integrated and effective workforce solutions, frameworks, and tools. This requires a research and data-informed focus on HR strategy, performance, succession, and talent enablement to drive accountability, continuous feedback, and alignment with organizational goals for an engaged workforce.

Location

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

Remote - United States

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Talent Management (50%)

• Lead the design and execution of talent management programs and projects that align with organizational objectives, with a strong focus on performance, leadership development, employee engagement, succession planning, and career progression.
• Develop and monitor strategies to attract, retain, and nurture high-potential talent, creating a sustainable succession pipeline for critical roles and future leaders.
• Implement performance management systems and succession planning programs that ensure consistent development, feedback, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Build talent enablement initiatives in partnership with the Learning & Development team and HR Business Partners to enhance leadership skill capabilities and program adoption across the organization, including creating initiatives to identify and support high-potential candidates, foster career development, and cultivate future leaders.

Organizational Effectiveness (50%)

• Lead initiatives to improve organizational performance by optimizing business processes, enhancing collaboration, and ensuring strategic alignment between talent management and organizational goals.
• Drive the design and implementation of strategies to enhance organizational structure, processes, and practices that align with the company's objectives.
• Use data-driven insights to assess team dynamics, organizational workflows, and overall business needs, designing solutions that enhance efficiency and performance.
• Champion the organization's adaptation to changing work environments (hybrid/remote work), using data-driven approaches to optimize workforce planning and development.
• Lead change management and transformation initiatives, ensuring the successful adoption of tools and practices designed to enhance the organizational culture and improve overall performance.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Shown ability to champion employee engagement and build strategies that connect leaders to continuous improvement
• Demonstrated sound analytical ability, good judgment, and strategic planning skills
• Proven ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism around sensitive information
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Exposure to a non-profit setting
• Professional certification (CCP, CBP, HRCI or SHRM)

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 $119,425 - $133,475 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $107,525 - $120,175 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $96,050 - $107,350 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 are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• 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.