Senior Administrator, Technology Operations (S3)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Senior Administrator, Technology Operations, you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. This role is ideal for someone looking to build experience in technology operations, financial coordination, and enterprise collaboration. In addition to supporting a senior executive, you'll play a hands-on role in operational logistics, project coordination, and team communication.

Location

Hybrid - Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

*Not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Executive & Administrative Support 45%

• Provide scheduling, calendar management, and administrative support to a senior technology executive.
• Coordinate team meetings, prepare briefing materials, support travel arrangements and expense reports, and assist with internal communications to direct reports and key partners.
• Serve as a coordination resource to the broader BTS Senior Management Team (SMT), providing light administrative support, scheduling, and assistance with miscellaneous projects as needed.

Operational Support 45%

• Maintain shared folders, trackers, templates, and calendars across the Office of the CTO team.
• Support division-wide communications, knowledge management, and routine task follow-up.
• Support ongoing coordination needs across the division, including organizing shared resources, tracking team workflows, and assisting with the preparation and circulation of documents for review or approval.

Enterprise Architecture Coordination 10%

• Schedule recurring Enterprise Architecture (EA) meetings, maintain stakeholder calendars, and track deliverables across EA workstreams.
• Coordinate development of EA artefacts, including the Technology Standards and Application Pattern Library, by organizing and managing a distributed Center of Excellence (CoE) team.
• Track timelines, consolidate inputs, provide editorial oversight, and prepare materials for leadership review and periodic refreshes.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 2 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated administrative or coordination experience in a professional setting
• Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated project coordination, communication, and collaboration skills
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience with Microsoft Teams, JIRA, SharePoint, or other project collaboration tools
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications for the role

Experience supporting senior leaders or managing multiple workstreams

• Familiarity with technology teams or project coordination

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $55,250 - $61,750 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $50,150 - $56,050 base salary

• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $45,050 - $50,350 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.