Economic Evaluation Advisor - Cost Modeling & Budgets

Save the Children; Fairfield (CT); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health care coverage

Paid holidays and time off

Hybrid work opportunities

Job summary

Save the Children, based in the United States, seeks an Advisor, Economic Evaluation, to strengthen cost modeling and benchmarking for proposals and new business development. You will collaborate with technical advisors, country offices, finance, and MERL to ensure budgets reflect realistic costs and deliver results for children.

The role emphasizes rigorous economic evaluations (4Es) and building capacity across teams, with travel up to 20% and strong cross-stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience budgeting in international development or humanitarian context.
• Skills in cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness analyses.
• Ability to analyze complex quantitative data and translate into recommendations.
• Experience planning and coordinating research and data analysis projects.
• Strong writing, editing, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead program cost models to support proposal design and activity-based budgeting.
• Develop and maintain internal cost benchmarks from historical data and external sources.
• Interpret cost benchmarks for proposals and ensure consistent budgets and targets.
• Analyze cost drivers across contexts and provide guidance for design and budgeting.
• Embed cost-efficiency considerations in early proposal design and donor requirements.
• Train colleagues on cost modeling, benchmarks, and best practices.
• Contribute to tool design, templates, and processes for cost modeling.

Skills

Budgeting

Cost modeling

Economic evaluation

Data analysis

Proposal design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Save the Children, based in the United States, seeks an Advisor, Economic Evaluation, to strengthen cost modeling and benchmarking for proposals and new business development. You will collaborate with technical advisors, country offices, finance, and MERL to ensure budgets reflect realistic costs and deliver results for children.

The role emphasizes rigorous economic evaluations (4Es) and building capacity across teams, with travel up to 20% and strong cross-stakeholder communication.