Save the Children Senior Manager, Global Change Job 2026 – Apply Before 18 November
Save the Children International is inviting applications for the position of Senior Manager, Global Change, a permanent full-time opportunity within its global Business Transformation team. The role is open worldwide, with applicants able to work from an approved Save the Children International office location.
The application deadline is 18 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC, although applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close earlier if enough suitable applications are received.
Save the Children Senior Manager, Global Change Job 2026
The Senior Manager, Global Change will join Save the Children’s Transformation Development team, which leads major organisational change initiatives designed to strengthen the organisation’s ability to deliver results for children.
The team works across a diverse transformation portfolio, including systems implementation, process reengineering, target operating model design, data and artificial intelligence. Team members may be assigned to different projects as organisational priorities change, making flexibility and the ability to operate across complex transformation programmes particularly important.
The successful candidate will be responsible for understanding the context surrounding organisational change, identifying and engaging stakeholders, assessing the impact of proposed changes and developing plans to support successful implementation across Country Offices and Members.
The role requires consideration of how transformation affects people, processes, data, technology, policies, governance and global legal requirements. The Senior Manager will work closely with project teams to establish priorities, develop change plans and monitor implementation.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Manager, Global Change will lead a wide range of change-management activities throughout the Save the Children Project Lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include developing detailed change impact assessments that identify differences between current and future operating states. The successful candidate will ensure that changes affecting people, processes and systems are properly documented, understood and communicated.
The role will also involve developing change approaches and transition plans that support sustainable implementation at both project and country level.
Another major responsibility will be stakeholder management. The Senior Manager will conduct stakeholder analysis and use the findings to develop effective change and communications plans. They will also create communication materials, including compelling change stories, current-state and future-state analyses and change impact assessments.
The successful candidate will manage the change workstream, coordinate internal communications and ensure that project teams, reference groups and governance structures remain informed about progress and emerging changes.
The role holder may also act as a key member of the Project Management team and support the Project Lead, including standing in for the Project Lead at important governance forums when required.
Required Experience and Skills
Save the Children is seeking a candidate with considerable experience leading change management for large, global transformation projects, either within Save the Children or an organisation of equivalent scale.
Applicants should have experience across multiple project phases and demonstrate the ability to provide effective change-management oversight and interventions.
Candidates should also be familiar with recognised change-management standards and ideally have completed formal change-management training. Strong stakeholder engagement skills are essential, particularly experience working with senior leaders and stakeholders from diverse organisational and geographic contexts.
The position requires experience assessing change impacts across complex system and non-system transformation initiatives, documenting current and future processes and developing interventions to support transition.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities are required, together with the ability to secure stakeholder buy-in. Coaching skills are also important because the successful candidate will be expected to build the change-management capabilities of others.
Experience working in fast-moving environments with changing priorities and short turnaround times is essential.
Experience leading change involving systems and behavioural change across complex global stakeholder groups with varying levels of digital literacy is specifically identified as a project requirement.
Experience in the non-profit sector, particularly international development, is desirable. A second language such as French, Spanish or Arabic would also be an advantage.
Education Requirements
Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and an understanding of a structured Change Management Methodology or accredited change-management training.
External change-management accreditation is considered desirable.
Work Arrangement and Benefits
The position is permanent and full-time, with hybrid or remote working options available. The successful candidate may work from any approved Save the Children International office location, subject to the organisation’s hiring arrangements and the candidate having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.
English is required, and international travel may be required for up to 10% of working time. The role has a global remit.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit a CV and cover letter through Save the Children International’s careers platform. Applicants are encouraged to apply early because applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close before the advertised deadline.
The recruitment process may include CV and cover-letter screening, two-stage competency-based interviews, and potentially an additional assessment, case study or third interview.
Successful candidates will receive a conditional offer followed by a contract, subject to background checks. Save the Children also conducts rigorous safeguarding checks as part of its commitment to protecting children and adults.
Save the Children International does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
