Save the Children believes every child has the right to a future. In Canada and around the world, we do whatever it takes – every day and in times of crisis – to support children to fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. With over 100 years of experience, Save the Children is the world’s first and leading independent children’s organization – transforming lives and the future we share.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE:

Reporting to the Lead, Business Operations, the Senior Award Manager will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of awards and supporting strategic initiatives across the organization. This role contributes to organizational accountability and program integrity by ensuring effective donor compliance across SCI, Members, and partners. The Senior Award Manager will manage a range of compliance-related processes, serve as the primary contact for donor compliance matters, and provide leadership to a small team, supporting Country Offices and other partners in the delivery of high-quality programs aligned with our values of transparency, integrity, and collaboration.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Awards Management

• Manage a complex portfolio of grants throughout the award lifecycle, including project kick-off, monitoring, amendments, and closeout with Country Offices and partners.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes and donor requirements, maintaining accurate records and audit trails.
• Lead the administration and continuous improvement of the Award Management System (AMS), ensuring data quality and providing staff support.
• Deliver AMS onboarding, training, and updates to staff, and share system enhancements across teams.

Budget Management & Financial Health

• Oversee project budgets, including preparation, forecasting, and variance analysis to ensure financial health and alignment with donor agreements.
• Monitor and manage financial performance across awards, addressing issues like burn rate, salary recovery, and match funding in collaboration with finance teams.

Donor Compliance, Relationship Building & Reporting

• Serve as the primary point of contact for donor compliance, particularly with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and provide guidance, training, and resources.
• Lead the review and submission of high-quality narrative and financial donor reports, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with donors and stakeholders, leading compliance discussions and negotiations as needed.

Business Operations Support

• Provide support across a range of organizational priorities including strategic planning processes and operationalization
• Strengthen knowledge of and engagement in awards across SCC through knowledge sharing, cross-training, and the development of tools and resources.

People Management

• Lead assigned team/department providing strategic direction, coaching, and performance management while ensuring alignment with organizational values and policies.
• Set clear team and individual performance expectations for productivity, quality, and success; providing direction and support as needed.
• Oversee budget management, recruitment, change management, and career development while ensuring compliance, fostering a respectful, values-driven culture, and maintaining a safe and inclusive workplace.
• Ensure regular and transparent communication on strategy and policies, uphold SCC’s Code of Conduct, Policies, Leadership Charter, Reconciliation, Equity, Anti-Racism, Diversity, Inclusion (READI), Health and Safety standards, integrates Child Safeguarding practices, models competencies, and professional and ethical behavior.

Qualifications include (but are not limited to):

• Post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of management experience in International Development, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO/INGO), or other not-for-profit sectors is required. People management experience in a unionized environment is preferred.
• Proven experience in in project management/business operations/grant management in International Programs, supporting projects in developing countries and fragile contexts.
• Proven experience with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) funded projects; knowledge of GAC policies and procedures; donor compliance, knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM) approach is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in project financial management and outspoken and advocacy oriented.
• Advanced communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills for diverse audiences to build strong working relationships across cultural and organizational settings, both internally and externally. French/Spanish/Arabic language skills is an asset.
• Demonstrated project management experience for task execution of assigned objectives supported by proficiency with MS Office tools and relevant technologies. Ability to work under pressure within tight timelines to achieve SCC objectives.
• Displays analytical and problem-solving skills to support initiatives with demonstrated adaptability to support change management for successful task implementation.
• Applies judgment and make sound decisions that are accountable, justifiable, and in adherence to policies and procedures.
• Considers organizational strategy and thinks creatively to support innovative initiatives and collaborations that deliver benefits for the children and families we serve.
• Ability to occasionally travel locally, nationally and internationally (less than 10%) as required.

WHAT WE OFFER

The salary range for this position is between $88,628.10 to $103,942.56 CAD depending on skills and experience. In addition to this, our employees will have the following package of additional benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package for you and your dependents available three months after employment start date. Coordinated benefits for your partner paid by Save the Children Canada.
• Hybrid workplace including opportunities to work remotely and flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and work life balance.
• 4 weeks of annual paid vacation.
• In addition to annual leave, we offer an end of year office closure December 25 - January 1 (SAVE Days) so we can all recharge simultaneously.
• 5 paid personal days.
• 5 paid float days.
• 10 paid sick leave days.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Employer contributions to group pension plan. Access to help save for a first home through the pension provider.
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training including professional development time.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment.
• Organization-wide membership access to Headspace.

HOW TO APPLY?

If you are interested in this position, please visit the career page at https://www.savethechildren.ca/ and submit your resume and cover letter by 5:00 PM EST May 18, 2026. Internal candidates, please apply via ADP by 5:00 PM EST May 11, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that AI is used in some components of the recruitment process.

It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure all children are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that lead to the risk of, or actual, harm caused by our employees. Each employee shall be aware that there may be additional vulnerabilities facing children associated with their age, socio-economic background, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, identity, sexual orientation or identity, and is committed to ensuring this does not form barriers to effective safeguarding.

Each employee is committed to fostering and sustaining a safe environment through proactive, accessible, and effective approaches that seek to prevent and respond to any harm to the children including but not limited to sexual exploitation and abuse. SCC and all its employees will take all reasonable steps to make itself safe, both as an organisation and in the conduct of all aspects of its day-to-day operations of emergency, humanitarian, developmental, policy, campaigning and administrative work.

SCC supports and acts in compliance with the Human Rights Code. *SCC is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with theAccessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act(‘AODA’).*Providing an accessible and barrier-free environment is a shared effort, and as an organization, SCC is committed to working with the necessary parties to make accessibility for all a reality.If you require an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment or employment process, please notify People & Culture atpeopleandculture@savethechildren.ca

Please Note: This job opportunity is to fill an existing vacancy.

This recruitment process may involve the use of AI-enabled or automated tools within ADP Workforce Now to help manage job postings and application workflows. These tools may assist with tasks such as organizing applicant information, identifying potential matches based on job-related qualifications, or supporting communication and scheduling.

All hiring decisions are made by our People & Culture team and hiring managers. No automated tool makes final decisions about your candidacy. If at any point you have questions about how your information is used, please contact our team at peopleandculture@savethechildren.ca