Innovations Manager

Job summary

Save the Children International is hiring an Innovations Manager in Lilongwe to lead innovation strategy, digital transformation, and partner engagement across its Malawi portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead innovation and digital transformation work across Save the Children's Malawi portfolio.
• Implement the country office innovation strategy and oversee key innovation initiatives.
• Champion human-centred design, digital inclusion, and localisation with children, youth, and communities involved in solution design.
• Manage innovation pipelines from ideation through pilot testing, scale-up, evidence generation, and learning.
• Build and maintain partnerships with donors, private-sector actors, innovation hubs, and government stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, or a related field.
• Professional certifications in product development, innovation, or related disciplines are an added advantage.
• 5 to 7 years of experience leading innovation, digital, or technology-for-development initiatives.
• Experience with human-centred design, agile methodologies, and evidence-based programme design.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects, including budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, capacity-building, planning, coordination, and reporting skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools such as Figma and Miro.
• Familiarity with donor requirements and integrating innovation into proposal development.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and strong alignment with Save the Children's values and mission.

How to apply

Apply on hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com.

Instructions: Apply online through the official Save the Children International Oracle Cloud careers portal using the application link provided.

Sponsored

Ask a question

Have a quick question about this vacancy? Send it here. We’ll review it before publishing.

Source & verification

Company

Save the Children works in more than 100 countries to support children through health, education, protection, humanitarian response, and advocacy, with a focus on improving children's rights and wellbeing.

Stay safe while applying

Applying is always free.

We never charge application fees, and verified employers will never ask for payment, OTP codes, or passwords. Premium membership payments are handled securely on our website only, and we never request payment through personal messages or external links.

If you encounter suspicious behavior, report the job immediately.