TDY Opportunity: Advisor, Grade Level Proficiency (P3) - INTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY

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

Save the Children is seeking an internal staff member for the role of Temporary Advisor, Grade Level Proficiency for a seven-month period commencing in March 2025. In this role, you will be supporting the design of high-quality educational programs and strategies to accelerate learning outcomes for children across rural America. The ideal person for this position will have extensive content expertise in school-age education, experience working in rural communities, and deep knowledge of effective practices for advancing education outcomes for children throughout the elementary years. Upon conclusion of this temporary role the individual will return to their current or like position.

Location

Remote - United States (only open to specific USP/SCAN roles)

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)*
*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Design and Refine Program Models (85%)

• Collaborate across teams following the organization's processes to ensure programs and resources are culturally relevant, backed by research and best practice, and aligned to community needs and insights
• Establish standards for high quality implementation and collaborate with other teams to determine options for customization
• Collaborate with other teams to utilize lessons learned to inform program design, refinements, and to enhance results

Build Capacity to Implement Programs (10%)

• Assist with developing and deliver trainings, technical assistance, and other resources to program implementation staff.
• Assist with onboarding processes for school-age program Lead Associates and other staff supporting school-age programming; support recruitment and onboarding on an ongoing basis.
• Assist with providing technical advice to support project implementation and to identify and resolve challenges.

Data Entry and Analysis (5%)

• Provide guidance to ensure accurate data entry into monitoring and evaluation systems.

Required qualifications for the role

• Only internal staff will be considered for this temporary role.
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Professional proficiency in Canva, Learning Management System (LMS), and SharePoint
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Master's degree in education
• Experience with curriculum development for elementary grades
• Experience developing and leading trainings for elementary education
• Experience coaching and supporting adults in an education

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 $84,150 - $94,050 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $76,500 - $85,500 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 - $76,950 base salary
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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 a diverse, equitable and 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.