Global Programmes Coordinator 2023

We are looking for a Global Programmes Coordinator to provide a range of administrative support to our Global Programmes Division, keeping it running smoothly and effectively.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

The Coordinator post will provide administrative support to the Global Programmes Department, keeping it running smoothly and effectively. This includes developing, coordinating, and updating key administrative, budgetary, planning, recruitment and information systems in support of divisional objectives. This essential role will work across designated departments within the Global Programmes division (Divisional Operations, Humanitarian, Programme Partnerships, Evidence & Learning, or Programme Policy and Quality departments).

In this role, your Key Accountabilities will be:

• Administrative Support: To develop and coordinate appropriate administrative systems, including: organising complex divisional or departmental level meetings, awaydays and events; coordinating desk booking and asset management; providing subject matter expertise (SME) for departmental staff organising their own travel.
• PA Support: To provide PA support to the Director of the Department or Global Programme Executive Director, including proactive diary management, meeting organisation, processing expense claims, collating briefings and pre-reads for meetings, responding to internal and external enquiries and booking travel.
• Team Support: To help teams navigate the processes that will support and enable administrative self-sufficiency.
• Finance: To support the processing of invoices and respond to queries from department and finance colleagues as necessary.
• People & HR: To support divisional or departmental HR processes through data collection and database management of mandatory tasks and training, providing SME support to people managers leading recruitment for their teams, and coordinating induction processes for utilisation by people managers for new staff. May provide more direct support to recruitment processes led by Directors.
• Internal Communication: To act as the initial point of contact for internal enquiries and requests for information about the work of the department, to triage or respond to ad hoc queries and to update information on the website, Sharepoint and email lists. May work with others on coordinating and producing departmental or divisional level communications such as newsletters.
• Other: To perform other responsibilities as may be required from time-to-time in order to ensure the smooth running of the division and department and to deputise for colleagues as required (including Coordinators covering other departments or supporting the Global Programmes Executive Director).

About you

We are looking for a candidate that takes genuine satisfaction from keeping teams, systems and processes in order and that recognises the value of strong administration.

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience of operating administrative systems and working in a large, complex office environment.
• Ideally experience of managing and booking international travel
• A high level of computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and databases).
• Ability to organise and prioritise multiple tasks efficiently and deliver tasks to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work flexibly, managing reactive and proactive work from a range of colleagues.
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to tailor communication methods to different audiences.
• Ability to be proactive and show initiative with demonstrable ‘can do' approach to work.
• Commitment to support cross organisational initiatives and team working and understanding of how to contribute to these.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.

What we offer you

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.