Advisor, Economic Evaluation (P3)

Save the Children US•Washington, DC

6d•$74,800 - $102,600•Hybrid

About The Position

The Advisor, Economic Evaluation strengthens the cost modeling and benchmarking that support proposals and new business development. The role helps Save the Children develop competitive, evidence-based budgets that reflect the costs of delivering program results for children. It also contributes to cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness analysis, generating and applying evidence to improve program design, delivery, and communication of impact. The Advisor reports to the Lead Advisor for Economics and Data Analytics and works closely with technical advisors, country offices, finance, awards management, new business development teams, and colleagues across the Save the Children movement. The position is available as hybrid in the Washington, DC; Fairfield, CT; or Lexington, KY offices, or remotely within the United States. The role includes travel, primarily internationally, up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
Experience developing, reviewing, and analyzing program budgets in an international development or humanitarian context, including activity-based budgeting and cost modeling for proposals to institutional and/or private donors.
Skills in cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness analysis and familiarity with the 4Es framework.
Experience analyzing complex quantitative data, including program outputs, outcomes, and financial data, and translating findings into practical program design and management recommendations.
Ability to plan and coordinate research and data-analysis projects, work independently with minimal guidance, and serve as a resource for less-experienced colleagues.
Facilitation, teaching, and coaching skills, including capacity-building across cultures and contexts using in-person and remote approaches.
Strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, including presenting technical cost and financial information to non-technical audiences and building consensus with diverse stakeholders.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, internally and externally.
Willingness and ability to travel primarily internationally up to 20% of the time.
Professional proficiency in MS Office.
Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in economics, public policy, international development, applied statistics, or a related quantitative discipline.
Familiarity with donor budget formats and cost norms across private foundations and philanthropy, US public donors, and multilateral donors.
Experience with activity-based costing in an international NGO or international development context.
Advanced proficiency in Excel or comparable tools for financial modeling and cost analysis.
Proficiency with statistical or data-analysis programs such as STATA, R, SPSS, or Dioptra, and/or data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Professional proficiency in French, Arabic, or Spanish.

Responsibilities

Lead development of program cost models and activity-based proposal budgets, including realistic and defensible unit costs and, where evidence permits, expected cost per outcome.
Develop and maintain internal cost benchmarks using historical program financial and results data, external peer and donor benchmarks, and published research.
Help new business development, technical, and country office colleagues interpret benchmarks and develop top-down proposal cost estimates aligned with program budgets and results targets.
Analyze cost drivers and variation across contexts, sectors, delivery modalities, and program phases, and translate findings into guidance for proposal design, budget review, and program adaptation.
Engage early in proposal design to incorporate cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness, address donor value-for-money requirements, and strengthen explanations linking costs to expected results.
Build colleagues’ capacity to use cost-modeling tools, benchmarks, and best practices through mentoring, coaching, training, and technical guidance.
Contribute to the design and ongoing improvement of cost-modeling, activity-based budgeting, and benchmarking tools, templates, guidance, and processes.
Plan, conduct, and support retrospective economic evaluations of programs by combining financial, program, MERL, impact evaluation, and external evidence.
Apply and promote best-practice economic evaluation methods, including the 4Es framework: economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity.
Synthesize and communicate cost and economic evaluation evidence through briefs, presentations, learning events, and knowledge products.
Support and train colleagues in the principles and practice of economic evaluation.
Participate in economic evaluation and evidence and learning communities of practice and stay current with external practice in cost analysis and effectiveness.
Contribute to team and divisional meetings and occasional corporate initiatives.
Represent Save the Children in external forums and communities of practice related to economic evaluation and MERL.

Benefits

Flexible schedules and generous paid time off.
11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays.
Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families.
Paid caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness, and fertility-related leaves and benefits.
Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees.
Retirement savings plan with employer contributions after one year.
15 annual safety and wellness days; 8 prorated days for employees hired on or after July 1.
Mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events.
Free, confidential Employee Assistance Program assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services.
Access to internal and external learning and development opportunities and mentorships.
Hybrid working opportunities.