(Internal Vacancy) Talent and Learning Officer (maternity cover)

This job vacancy is only available to internal applicants of Save the Children International. Unfortunately, external candidates will not be considered for this opportunity. Please check our job listings page for other vacancies that are open to external applicants.

Job Title: Talent and Learning Officer (maternity cover)

Team: Talent and Learning

Reports To: Director, Talent and Learning

Contract Length: 1 year maternity cover, Start date: July 2025

Grade: P1

Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location.

Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Any

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment. 

Language Requirements: English

International Travel Requirements: None

Budget Responsibility: None

People Management Responsibility: None

Team and Job Purpose

To develop and implement innovative talent and learning strategies that attract, select, and nurture diverse talent in alignment with the organisation’s strategic objectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and inclusivity while ensuring compliance with organisational policies and principles of equity. By overseeing global talent management, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development, the team ensures leadership continuity and organisational growth. Through evaluating the effectiveness of these programmes, the team drives continuous improvement, equipping all employees with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to an inclusive and supportive workplace. 

Role purpose

To provide co-ordination and project management support to ensure that Global Talent and Learning support is accessible to SCI employees. The role holder will oversee the communication channels in which we provide information on Talent, Performance and Learning initiatives including managing the team inbox, designing and managing intranet pages, creating the L+D annual catalogue and communicating with learners on structured training programmes. In addition, the role holder will be responsible for the end-to-end co-ordination of learning initiatives including nomination process, invitations, facilitator scheduling, pre-work support, logistics (if face to face) and programme evaluations and reports.

Principal Accountabilities

Learning and Development Co-ordination

• Responsible for the full cycle of administration for learning courses, including: 
• Planning and publishing course schedule 
• Logistical arrangements (external and internal room bookings, setting up rooms including virtual meetings and outlook calendar management, creating training materials and participant management etc.) 
• Confirming facilitators and relevant guest speakers for the core courses, and owning the relationships with them 
• Ensuring course information is available on intranet and learning management system (LMS) 
• Setting up face-to-face / webinar sessions on the LMS  and Outlook calendar
• Processing invoices and ensuring that costs are cross charged out to learners, ensuring that programmes are managed on budget.
• Ensuring that all learning interventions have a learning evaluation and end of programme report to ensure ongoing quality and feedback.
• Create learning dashboard to provide overview of learning activities in SCI 

Learning and Development Communications

• Accountable for ensuring that L+D queries are responded to in a timely manner by triaging and ensuring the appropriate specialist can provide advice
• Create and manage engaging One Net Pages to ensure that employees can access information on Induction, performance management and learning and development resources.
• Co-ordinating with other functions to build annual Global Learning and Development Curriculum
• Co-ordinate and communicate with Communities of Practice to ensure engagement and just in time information sharing
• Oversee induction plan for Global Team employees

Project Management and Team Support

• Build and oversee team annual work planner to ensure that Talent and Learning Team priorities are captured and regularly discussed
• Design project plans to support co-ordination of new learning initiatives
• Ensure that all Knowledge Sharing / File management is up to date and organised
• To support the training initiatives within other People functions as required (DEI, Wellbeing and Engagement)

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Excellent organisational and administration skills and the ability to plan and prioritise a high volume of varied work without close supervision 
2. Self-motivated, proactive and flexible; able to make judgements as to when to take the initiative 
3. High level of accuracy and attention to detail with numbers and written English
4. Advanced IT skills, including MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Teams
5. Excellent technical problem-solving skills, taking the initiative to identify problems and find solutions 
6. Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex information to a range of technical abilities (written and visually) 
7. Customer service mindset, ensuring that employees and stakeholders receive information in a timely manner
8. Excellent time management skills, and the ability to anticipate future demands and plan time accordingly 
9. Experience in supporting a team with competing demands and priorities 
10. Ability to work in a team and autonomously 
11. Professional manner and approach to work 
12. Commitment to Save the Children’s Vision, Mission and Values 

Desirable

• Good understanding of employee development activities, practices and initiatives 
• Experience of working in a Human Resources or Learning and Development environment 
• Experience in administering L&D systems, such as an LMS (ideally Moodle or Totara), 
• Experience in updating and maintaining intranet pages, preferably using SharePoint 
• Experience of using in MS Teams functions, outlook calendar and virtual meeting management   

Key Relationships

Internal (excluding direct team and manager)

• Employees and facilitators participating in programmes
• People Operations Team
• DEI Team
• Health, Wellbeing and Engagement Team
• Finance / Procurement
• HR Systems Team

External

• Training Providers and Suppliers

Working at Save the Children International 

Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first. 

We know that great people make a great organisation, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities 

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. 

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply. 

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this. 

Application Information 

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found here via the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.  Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline. 

Our recruitment process: 

Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter 

Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team 

Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview 

If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks 

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities. 

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.