Advisor, Economic Evaluation — Cost Modeling & Budgets

Save-the-Children-Federation,-Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health care

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Learning & growth

Wellness days

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Save the Children is seeking an Advisor, Economic Evaluation to strengthen cost modeling and benchmarking underpinning proposals and new business development. The role involves developing unit costs, budgeting, and evidence-based analysis across multiple programs and contexts.

The successful candidate will collaborate with country offices, finance, and MERL teams, applying the 4Es framework to improve cost-efficiency and effectiveness. International travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and analyzing program budgets in international development or humanitarian context.
• Familiarity with cost-efficiency analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis and the 4Es framework.
• Ability to analyze complex quantitative data and translate results into practical recommendations.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead program cost models to support proposal design and budgeting.
• Develop internal cost benchmarks from historical data and external sources.
• Interpret cost benchmarks for proposals and build top-down cost estimates.
• Analyze cost drivers across contexts and provide practical guidance for budgets.
• Promote economic evaluation tools and methodologies in design, evaluation, and reporting.
• Plan and deliver training on economic evaluations to colleagues.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Teaching/mentoring

Travel readiness

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Data analysis tools (STATA/R/SPSS)

Power BI/Tableau

Job description

Save the Children is seeking an Advisor, Economic Evaluation to strengthen cost modeling and benchmarking underpinning proposals and new business development. The role involves developing unit costs, budgeting, and evidence-based analysis across multiple programs and contexts.

The successful candidate will collaborate with country offices, finance, and MERL teams, applying the 4Es framework to improve cost-efficiency and effectiveness. International travel up to 20% may be required.