Participation & Partnerships Operations Manager

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.

This role is based in the UK Impact department. This part of the organisation influences debates, opinion and policies in favour of children's rights. We use powerful evidence and thought leadership to build advocacy strategies that ensure governments know about the problems we have identified and the solutions. We work with children, families, campaigners and partners across many organisations to secure change.

We create and disseminate engaging media content about children's lives to shape debates, put pressure on decision makers and build public support. Our vision is to make sure families have the money, services and power to end child poverty. It's our mission to help build communities of people who care about children, listen to what's important to them, and work together to make things better.

Save the Children Cymru operates bilingually in Wales and we are committed to offering staff the opportunity to learn Welsh in line with our accredited Welsh Language Offer.

As this role is based in Wales (with Cardiff as the working office) you will need to be based in Wales to be able to fulfil the role. There is an expectation to be in the office at least 1 day a week.

This is a key operational role at the heart of a portfolio of funded work designed to help end child poverty and reduce its impact on children and families in Wales. The two streams of work focus on poverty and money, and poverty and climate change and the environment.

You will make sure strategy translates into strong delivery bringing together people, plans, budgets, partnerships, risks and resources to keep complex work moving and ensure funding delivers meaningful impact.

Working closely with the Head of Participation & Partnerships, you will provide the portfolio-wide oversight, challenge and coordination needed to deliver well, spot issues early and make good decisions. You will have real scope to shape how the portfolio operates, while enabling colleagues to lead their own work with autonomy and accountability.

Skills and experience needed for this role:

• Relationship Building &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, build effective working relationships and bring people together to achieve shared goals.
• Analytical Thinking & Problem-Solving: A proactive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to identify potential operational issues, assess risks and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Operational & Organisational
  
  Skills:
  
  Excellent organisational skills, with experience of developing, tracking and maintaining workplans to ensure activities, milestones and deliverables remain on schedule.
• Planning & Delivery: Confidence in working to deadlines and managing competing priorities, with an understanding of budgets, expenditure monitoring and risk management.

If you enjoy making complex things work, solving problems, bringing people together and turning plans into results and want your work to contribute to better outcomes for children and families this could be the right role for you.

This is a permanent role but 20% of this post is funded through the National Lottery Community Fund's Supporting Great Ideas programme between 2026 – 2029.

Mae Achub y Plant y DU yn credu bod pob plentyn yn haeddu dyfodol. Yn y DU ac ar draws y byd, rydym yn gweithio bob dydd i roi dechrau iach mewn bywyd i blant, y cyfle i ddysgu, ac amddiffyniad rhag niwed. Pan fydd argyfyngau'n digwydd ac mae plant yn fwyaf agored i niwed, rymys ymhlith y cyntaf i ymateb a'r olaf i adael.

Rydym yn sicrhau bod anghenion unigryw plant yn cael eu diwallu a bod eu lleisiau'n cael eu clywed. Rydym yn sicrhau canlyniadau parhaol i filiynau o blant, gan gynnwys y rhai anoddaf i'w cyrraedd.

Mae'r swydd hon wedi'i lleoli yn adran Effaith y DU. Mae'r rhan hon o'r sefydliad yn dylanwadu ar ddadleuon, barn a pholisïau o blaid hawliau plant. Rydym yn defnyddio tystiolaeth gadarn, ein harbenigedd a'n dylanwad i lunio strategaethau…