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.

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