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TITLE: Regional Portfolio Lead
TEAM/PROGRAMME: IT
GRADE: TBD
LOCATION: Singapore, (national terms and
conditions will apply)
CONTRACT LENGTH: Permanent
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as
part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister,
solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or
equivalent in other countries).
ROLE PURPOSE:
Then main purpose of the role is to ensure that the Regional Portfolio is agreed, monitored and
delivered within the agreed parameters of time, cost, scope and quality.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: PMO Manager
Staff reporting to this post: no direct reports will be managed. 5 to 10 matrix reporting resources
may be managed.
Budget Responsibilities: The PMO manages, at global level, a portfolio of 100+ projects with overall
value of USD 10 to 15 Million.
Role Dimensions: The Regional Portfolio Lead is a key role for ensuring the regional portfolio
remains fully aligned to the overall SCI’s portfolio and gets agreed and delivered within the agree
parameters.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Portfolio Management
 Implements and promotes best practices for managing the regional portfolio and projects.
 Ensures the regional portfolio remains with integrity, coherent and aligned with the corporate
portfolio.
 Provides accurate, relevant and timely information for portfolio prioritisation and decision
making.
 Publishes dashboards and reports relevant for decision making and monitoring.
Risk Management
 Implements and promotes best practice risk management process and tolls for the project
management community.
 Creates and maintains regional portfolio risk register.
 Ensures proper prioritisation and escalation of risks from projects to the Portfolio Office.
 Provides training, coaching and mentoring to project managers for managing risks across
initiatives within the regional portfolio.
Capacity Management
 Implements and promotes best practice capacity and resource management process and tools
for all initiatives within regional portfolio.
 Ensures consistent planning of capacity and resources across the portfolio.
 Provides capacity reports and dashboards relevant for decision making.
 Ensures dependencies are well defined and tracked for all initiatives within regional portfolio.
Change Control
 Implements and promotes best practice change control process and tools for the management
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of the regional portfolio.
Ensures changes to the initiatives within the regional portfolio are registered, documented, and
approved according the governance.
 Provides training, coaching and mentoring to project managers for managing and controlling
changes across initiatives within the portfolio.
 Initiates investigation and documents finding when changes have been done without following
appropriate process.
Quality Assurance
 Builds a quality mind-set, through the implementation and promotion of best practice and
standards.
 Execute project health checks and works with the project management teams to ensure gaps
are addressed.
 Ensures the portfolio is in compliance with legislation, regulation, internal policies and
standards
Project Management
 Prepares project documentation as defined by the SCI project management methodology
 Builds, agrees and control plans to achieve outputs within the scope, cost, time and quality
agreed with the sponsor.
 Assigns and monitors work packages to teams and individuals for the creation of products and
services
 Maintains project’s logs and escalates to sponsor and project board when deviations are
identified.
Business Partnering
 Represents the portfolio management team within the regional office
 Collaborates with colleagues, suppliers and customers to deliver objectives within the region.
 Understands business requirements, defines and implements change management activities to
ensure the workforce assimilates and exploits the provided technology.
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SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values
 holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the
freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to
improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
 sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their
own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
 widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
 builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external
partners and supporters
 values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
 approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
 develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
 honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
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 P3O or Portfolio Management (MoP) Practitioner
 Preferable Prince 2 Practitioner
 Academic degree
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
 Experience in managing portfolios with multinational projects
 Strong leader with experience in leading teams spread across multiple countries.
 Strong planning and time management capabilities.
 Excellent communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability to communicate and
present to stakeholders.
 Substantial experience and detailed knowledge of project management practices, standards and
methodologies.
 Able to build strong relationships within the organisation and capable to influence others.
 Strong discipline and methodological, capable to analyse and extract key information to be
shared with stakeholders.
 Strong experience in skills’ development, mentoring and coaching.
 Able to manage conflicts and negotiate with suppliers and colleagues.
Desirable:
 Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
 A second language. Preferably French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.
Additional job responsibilities
The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be
required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and
Diversity policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies
and procedures.
JD written by:
Date: 14 September 2015
JD agreed by:
Date:
Job Description updated By:
Date:
Evaluated:
Date:
TITLE: Lead Regional Change & Deployment Manager
TEAM/PROGRAMME:
SCI Change & Deployment, IP
GRADE: TBC
LOCATION: Singapore (local terms and conditions
will apply)
CONTRACT LENGTH: Permanent
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as
part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister,
solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or
equivalent in other countries).
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ROLE PURPOSE:
The Lead Regional Change Manager will form a key part of our new Change and Deployment (C&D)
team, which will ensure the timely implementation of new supporting systems and business processes
across the 55 country offices.
The role holder will be responsible for providing leadership and guidance on critical projects, whilst
ensuring all key stakeholders in the Regional and Country offices understand the C&D methodology
and its application, for facilitating and supporting the country offices with each project roll out and
consolidation; ensuring active country/regional office engagement and ownership to achieve a successful
implementation.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Change & Deployment Team Leader
Role Dimensions:
 Provides leadership and guidance to Regional Change Managers (assigned per project)
 Close cooperation with the assigned C&D change managers, process owners and Management
Team Members of the countries and the region
 Frequent sound boarding with all members of the C&D Team on progress, issues and approach
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
Change & deployment guidance:
 Train and coach relevant country and regional office staff in the methodology for C&D
 Facilitate the development of a high quality C&D country plan per project, which fully addresses
the roll out and consolidation into business as usual
 Ensure a full understanding of business processes and systems to be implemented (Technical
Trainers will support in this)
Ensuring effective and timely implementation:
 Verify the comprehensiveness of country plans for roll out and consolidation, and provide
constructive feedback
 Proactively identify risks, ensure these are addressed and mitigated by the country, regional or
centre office
Communication:
 Facilitate the engagement of relevant country staff and stakeholders, encouraging a culture of
taking responsibility for both resolving issues and celebrating successes
 Influence and oversee increased transparency on project progress, reporting independently on
country status via the Programme Management Office
 Proactively interact with all necessary stakeholders who can support preparation, roll out and
consolidation per country
Other
 Facilitate the sharing of project experiences and issues among the C&D team
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 holds self accountable for effective and timely preparation, roll out and consolidation of all
selected project implementations in all assigned countries
 holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values
 holds the countries and region accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the
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freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit within the SCI C&D approach, providing the
necessary guidance to improve performance
Ambition:
 translates the ambitious and challenging goals for themselves in proactive action and
engagement and encouragement of relevant country staff, takes responsibility for their own
personal development and encourages relevant country staff to do the same
 widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
 builds and maintains effective relationships, with their C&D team, country staff, regional
management team and PMO
 values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
 approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
 able to provide leadership and guidance to peer group
Creativity:
 develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
 honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
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Demonstrated experience and capability of within change management and the delivery of
major projects affecting business processes and systems in the field, in at least one of the
following functions: Finance, Awards, HR or Logistics
 Proven ability to work in a large complex and highly networked matrix organisation and
influence through ‘soft power’
 Previous experience of, and highly effective in, the guiding and coaching of others towards
successful delivery
 Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and
ensuring buy in
 Excellent interpersonal skills, a proven ability to engage stakeholders
 Demonstrable experience of leading complex and challenging projects and teams
 Knowledge and experience of working within a standardised project methodology
 A strong results orientation and proactive approach
 Excellent communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English
 Competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
 Willingness and ability to travel within the region for circa 60%
 A commitment to Save the Children values
Desirable
 Prior experience within an INGO
 A second language preferably French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and
Diversity policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies
and procedures.
JD written by:
Date:
JD agreed by:
Date:
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Updated By:
Date:
Evaluated:
Date:
TITLE: Regional Change & Deployment Manager
TEAM/PROGRAMME:
SCI Change & Deployment, IP
LOCATION: Singapore (national terms and
conditions will apply)
GRADE: TBC
CONTRACT LENGTH: Permanent
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as
part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister,
solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or
equivalent in other countries).
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Regional Change Manager will form part of our new Change and Deployment (C&D) team which
will ensure the timely implementation of new supporting systems and business processes across the 55
country offices.
The role holder will be responsible for ensuring all key stakeholders in the Regional and Country
offices understand the C&D methodology and its application, for facilitating and supporting the country
offices with each project roll out and consolidation; ensuring active country/regional office engagement
and ownership to achieve a successful implementation.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Change & Deployment Team Leader
Role Dimensions:
 Reports functionally to the Lead Regional Change Manager (assigned per project)
 Close cooperation with the assigned C&D change managers, process owners and Management
Team Members of the countries and the region
 Frequent sound boarding with all members of the C&D Team on progress, issues and approach
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
Change & deployment guidance:
 Train and coach relevant country and regional office staff in the methodology for C&D
 Facilitate the development of a high quality C&D country plan per project, which fully addresses
the roll out and consolidation into business as usual
 Ensure a full understanding of business processes and systems to be implemented (Technical
Trainers will support in this)
Ensuring effective and timely implementation:
 Verify the comprehensiveness of country plans for roll out and consolidation, and provide
constructive feedback
 Proactively identify risks, ensure these are addressed and mitigated by the country, regional or
centre office
Communication:
 Facilitate the engagement of relevant country staff and stakeholders, encouraging a culture of
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taking responsibility for both resolving issues and celebrating successes
Influence and oversee increased transparency on project progress, reporting independently on
country status via the Programme Management Office
Proactively interact with all necessary stakeholders who can support preparation, roll out and
consolidation per country
Other
 Facilitate the sharing of project experiences and issues among the C&D team
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 holds self accountable for effective and timely preparation, roll out and consolidation of all
selected project implementations in all assigned countries
 holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values
 holds the countries and region accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the
freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit within the SCI C&D approach, providing the
necessary guidance to improve performance
Ambition:
 translates the ambitious and challenging goals for themselves in proactive action and
engagement and encouragement of relevant country staff, takes responsibility for their own
personal development and encourages relevant country staff to do the same
 widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
 builds and maintains effective relationships, with their C&D team, country staff, regional
management team and PMO
 values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
 approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
 develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
 honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
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Demonstrated experience and capability within change management and the delivery of major
projects affecting business processes and systems in the field; in at least one of the following
functions: Finance, Awards, HR or Logistics
Proven ability to work in a large complex and highly networked matrix organisation and
influence through ‘soft power’
Previous experience of, and highly effective in, the guiding and coaching of others towards
successful delivery
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and
ensuring buy in
Excellent interpersonal skills, a proven ability to engage stakeholders
Knowledge and experience of working within a standardised project methodology
A strong results orientation and proactive approach
Excellent communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English
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 Competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
 Willingness and ability to travel within the region for circa 60%
 A commitment to Save the Children values
Desirable
 Prior experience within an INGO
 A second language preferably French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and
Diversity policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies
and procedures.
JD written by:
Date:
JD agreed by:
Date:
Updated By:
Date:
Evaluated:
Date:
TITLE: Technical Trainer
TEAM/PROGRAMME:
SCI Change & Deployment, IP
GRADE: TBC
LOCATION: Singapore (travel within region of circa
60%)
CONTRACT LENGTH: Open ended
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as
part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister,
solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or
equivalent in other countries).
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Technical Trainer is a new role sitting within a new Change and Deployment Team that has been
created to secure timely implementation of new supporting systems and business processes across our
55 country offices.
The Technical Trainer will be responsible for training selected staff within the Regional and Country
offices on new systems and business processes, along with training the C&D team itself. The Technical
Trainer will on occasion be involved in the design and production of the training materials, otherwise
he/she will interact closely with the Project Manager and IT Developers to ensure the user friendliness
and ease of implementation of the training material provided by the project team. The Technical
Trainer will deliver training via various methods and channels, including face to face training, Training of
Trainers, online Q&A sessions etc. to ensure a successful roll out and consolidation.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Change & Deployment Team Leader
Role Dimensions:
 Reports functionally to a Regional Change Manager
 Works closely with the project teams in London and key stakeholders in the Regional and
country offices
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
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Work closely with the Project team to support with the design and production of training
materials (e-learning, manuals etc.) where required
Where those training materials are produced by the project team ensure their user friendliness
and ease of implementation
Proactively verify whether all preconditions are in place for training (attendance, systems)
Validate the training plan as proposed by the Global Change Manager and the Regional Change
Manager
Design training programs appropriate to the change project, audience and situation
Deliver the training in an engaging and user friendly manner, ensuring all stakeholders receive
the necessary training and highlighting any issues to the Regional Change Manager
Verify the full understanding of the trained staff, ensuring readiness for roll out and
consolidation
Monitor and record the quality of all training and scrutinise participant’s feedback to ensure
learning is well received. Evaluate and revise training as required.
Act as the reference point for ongoing training requirements and queries
Closely interact with the other two Technical Trainers to ensure continuous learning and
improvement
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values
 holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the
freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to
improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
 sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their
own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
 widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
 builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external
partners and supporters
 values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
 approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
 develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
An accredited training or adult learning qualification/equivalent experience
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
 Proven experience of training adults in the field, using modern methods, in systems and
business processes with regards to at least one of the following functions: Finance/Awards, HR,
Logistics
 Knowledge of, and experience with, a variety of training methods; ability to be innovative and
flexible according to the situation to ensure effective delivery
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Experienced in designing training programs
Proven experience of mentoring and coaching adult learners
Competence in MS office applications. IT literate with the capacity to use and learn other IT
systems
 Demonstrable ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders in a large and complex
organisation
 Highly developed cultural awareness and the ability to work well in an international
environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
 Excellent interpersonal skills; engaging as well as assertive, influencing and negotiating
 True passion for results, responsibility and proactivity
 Excellent communication skills, fluent in spoken and written English
 Willingness and ability to travel within the region for up to 60%, with occasional travel to
London
 Commitment to the values of Save the Children
Desirable
 Experience of designing and producing training materials including e-learning
 Accredited trainer of trainers
 Experience in the not for profit sector
 A second language. Preferably French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and
Diversity policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies
and procedures.
JD written by:
Date:
JD agreed by:
Date:
Updated By:
Date:
Evaluated:
Date: