Senior Advisor, Economic Evaluation & Budgeting

Save the Children US; United States; Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health care coverage

Paid holidays and leaves

Retirement savings plan

Mentorship and learning opportunities

Job summary

Save the Children US is seeking an Advisor, Economic Evaluation to strengthen cost modeling and benchmarking for proposals and new business development. You will work with technical advisors, country offices, finance, and MERL colleagues to ensure budgets reflect realistic costs and outcomes for children.

The role emphasizes cost-efficiency, evidence-based budgeting, and communicating economic evaluation findings to diverse stakeholders, including donors. Hybrid work in the US is available.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience budgeting in international development or humanitarian contexts.
• Proven skills in cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness analyses.
• Ability to translate data into practical recommendations for program design and management.
• Willing and able to travel internationally up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead program cost models to support proposal design and budgeting.
• Develop internal cost benchmarks from historical and external data.
• Interpret benchmarks to build top-down cost estimates for proposals.
• Analyze cost drivers across contexts and modalities for guidance to proposals.
• Build capacity through mentoring and training on cost modeling tools.

Skills

English proficiency

Willing to travel

MS Office

Communication skills

Writing & presenting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

STATA

R

Tableau

Job description

Save the Children US is seeking an Advisor, Economic Evaluation to strengthen cost modeling and benchmarking for proposals and new business development. You will work with technical advisors, country offices, finance, and MERL colleagues to ensure budgets reflect realistic costs and outcomes for children.

The role emphasizes cost-efficiency, evidence-based budgeting, and communicating economic evaluation findings to diverse stakeholders, including donors. Hybrid work in the US is available.