Senior Operations Advisor - GCF

There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

A place to make a difference:

We’re seeking applications for Senior Portfolio Operations Advisor /Operations Advisor - GCF to join our Climate Change Division (CCD) with Save the Children Australia. This is a flexible, remote or hybrid role, ideally located in Asia or Australia. If you meet the requirements, please reach out to us.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you’ll play a critical role in supporting the Climate Change Division’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) portfolio. You’ll work closely with our global teams to ensure quality operational support and risk management across the portfolio, contributing to our goal of climate resilience and sustainable development.

You will make an impact by:

· Leading operational backstopping and quality assurance across the GCF project cycle, ensuring seamless support for Country Offices (COs) and Members.

· Monitoring project and portfolio progress, supporting portfolio reviews, data analysis, and providing insights to risk mitigation to drive project performance.

· Acting as the primary operational contact for CO and Member teams, facilitating a Community of Practice and promoting shared learning across the portfolio.

· Coordinating alignment with SCI project management policies and risk frameworks, while driving improvements across CCD operations.

A place to feel valued:

You are a proactive, highly organized professional with substantial experience in international program management and operational oversight of multi-million-dollar portfolios. You bring a strong background in risk management, operational analysis, and facilitating project success. You thrive in a remote, cross-functional environment and enjoy solving complex challenges. You're pragmatic, efficient, intuitive and are comfortable taking ownership and responsibility when it's required. You’re comfortable working from home and engaging with teams across all time zones.

This role requires:

· Extensive program management experience (10+ years), ideally in international development.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in Agile processes and comfort working remotely.

· Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, able to coordinate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

· Advanced IT proficiency, including experience with Power BI, Tableau, and other data analysis tools.

· Familiarity with GCF programming is a plus, as is experience working with country offices or in high-stakes operational settings.

· Flexibility and ability to work out of hours to engage with colleagues in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

A place to belong:

We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

· For Australian based candidates, full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

· Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.

· Internal employment and development opportunities

· A modern, up to date working space. Or the opportunity to work from home (WFH), or both!

· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

· Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve, allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want!)

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Please note: If you do not meet all the ‘Person Specifications’ outlined in the Position Description we kindly and respectfully ask you not to apply as it takes our technical team a lot of time to screen CVs.

Applications close 5th December 2025. To apply, you MUST send your CV & cover letter to climate@savethechildren.org.au with the heading ‘Application for Operations Advisor’. We will NOT consider applications that are submitted in any other way (i.e. through LinkedIn, ReliefWeb or any other job application portal).

Position Description: CCD Senior Portfolio Ops Advisor PD

For more information about this position, please contact Bilal Taj: bilal.taj@savethechildren.org.au Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a Police Checkand sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.