• Job Description

  Req#: SENIO006418

  Staff whose work requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

  Summary
  The Senior Associate for Global Development Policy will support the Global Development Policy Team in their advocacy efforts with the federal government on a range of global development issues. You will be responsible for managing a variety of analytical, research, policy development and government relations projects related to priority areas of U.S. global development policy. Reporting to the Managing Director of Global Development Policy, you will work with members of the Global Development Policy team as well as others in the Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns (PAC) division, programmatic and research staff in International Programs (IP), and external coalitions and NGO partners.

  What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
  Conduct policy research and analysis in support of the Global Development team’s policy priorities (40%)
  • Conduct research and analysis in response to legislative and/or Administration action related to SCUS’ global dev policy priorities.
  • Support legislative analysis.
  • Support development of policy and advocacy products for Save the Children, including those targeting U.S. policy makers, including developing materials such as one-pager fact sheets, issue summaries, and other documents.
  • Support analysis of policy positions/reports generated by coalition partners, aligned NGOs and other organizations to inform Save the Children U.S.’s policy positions.

  Provide political analysis support to the Global Development Team (30%)
  • Track and keep team updated on Congressional and Administration policy developments including hearings, bill introductions, committee business meetings, agency announcements and other developments as needed.
  • Monitor and update team on secondary policy areas that connect to SCUS policy priorities or our SCUS strategy or our global campaigns.
  • Assist in congressional targeting, including by compiling updated information about vote records and policy positions of key members of Congress.

  Provide logistical and administrative support to Global Development Team (20%)
  • Support planning and execution of advocacy events, as needed.
  • Given the ever-evolving nature of advocacy for children and the need for this position to react to new policies and developments, a percentage of time will be required to handle issues as they arise.

  Represent Save the Children at, and report back on, coalition meetings and occasional Hill meetings or external meetings, as needed (10%)

  Required Qualifications
  • Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 2 years of relevant experience
  • Familiarity with and demonstrated interest in federal policymaking and the federal legislative process
  • Proven analytical ability, including the ability to produce written analytical and research summaries
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully deliver multiple projects and assignments, often with competing priorities and deadlines
  • Ability to work independently on assigned tasks with direction, using informed time management and problem-solving
  • Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
  • Professional proficiency in written and spoken English
  • Professional proficiency in MS Office Suite
  • Enthusiasm for teamwork
  • Enthusiasm for advocacy and government relations work

  Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience or relevant coursework in global development policy
  • Demonstrated experience supporting government, government relations, policy, advocacy, or public affairs
  • Excellent organizational skills
  • Excellent writing skills

  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 $55,250 – $61,750 base salary
  • Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $50,150 – $56,050 base salary
  • Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $45,050 – $50,350 base salary

  Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here). Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children also offers paid vacation, accrued at least 12 days a year, depending on paygrade and length of service, paid safety and wellness leave of at least 1 day per month worked for a full time employee which is pro rata reduced for employees working less than a full time schedule, and at least 10 paid holidays a year. Employees may be eligible for additional bonus compensation. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, family leave, paid parental/adoption leave of 60 days, commuter benefits, paid caregiver leave days, 1 paid volunteer day a year, paid critical child illness leave days, dress for your day, and much more.

  
  Why you should join the Save the Children Team…
  
  Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.
  
  Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in YOU!

  About Save the Children

  No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

  You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

  Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

  We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

  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. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

  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.

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in nat...

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