Lead Advisor, Enterprise Risk Management; P5

Overview

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.

As the Lead Advisor, Enterprise Risk Management, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will provide subject matter expertise and hands-on support to advance the Agency’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program. This role partners closely with senior leadership and risk owners to identify, assess, and monitor key enterprise risks, strengthen mitigation strategies, and enhance organizational resilience.

The role is responsible for developing meaningful risk reporting and analysis that highlight trends, emerging risks, and interdependencies to inform leadership decision making. It also supports alignment across risk-related functions to ensure a coordinated, enterprise-wide approach.

Additionally, you will help build a strong risk-aware culture by creating practical tools, guidance, and training, and by serving as a trusted resource to teams across the organization to enable effective, risk-informed decision making.

Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

Remote - United States

• not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

• Enterprise Risk Management Leadership
  Provide leadership and subject matter expertise for the organization’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function, ensuring it continues to mature in alignment with organizational strategy, operating context, and governance expectations.
• Advise the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARC) on enterprise risk matters, supporting a dynamic, forward‑looking approach to identifying, prioritizing, and managing risk.
• Strengthen enterprise‑level operational resilience by ensuring the SLT has a clear view of the organization’s most significant risks, including changes over time and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies.
• Partner with SLT Risk Owners to review evolving risk assessments; develop, document, and periodically refresh critical mitigation plans; identify emerging risks and potential new mitigations; and assess whether additional organizational support or resources are needed.
• Serve as the focal point for engagement with SCI on shared and interdependent risks, ensuring those risks are clearly understood, consistently assessed, and appropriately managed across organizational boundaries.

• Risk Reporting, Analysis, and Framework Effectiveness
• Design, produce, and deliver high‑impact enterprise risk reporting for the SLT and ARC, emphasizing trends, interdependencies, emerging risks, and actionable insights rather than static risk inventories.
• Lead targeted “Deep Dive” analyses on priority risk themes, providing the Board and leadership with the transparency, context, and analysis needed to govern confidently—particularly during periods of strategic, operational, or external change.
• Support alignment and integration across risk‑related second- and third-line functions to promote a coherent, enterprise‑wide understanding of risk and avoid unnecessary duplication or burden.

• Capability Building and Risk Culture
• Embed risk‑aware thinking across the organization by developing practical tools, templates, guidance, and training that enable staff at all levels to identify, discuss, and manage risk in a proportionate and constructive way.
• Serve as an accessible resource and thought partner to teams across the organization, supporting risk‑informed decision‑making while ensuring the ERM function adds value and does not create unnecessary organizational drag.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 10 years of work experience, including…