With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

International Assignment - Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

*Country location to be determined based on response.
*Please submit your CV in English.

Children’s lives can change in an instant in the wake of war, disasters and humanitarian emergencies. We see how vulnerable they are and how much they need our protection.

Joining our Emergency Response Roster means you can be a part of our response, providing immediate support when disaster strikes

Here's where you come in:As a Response Programme Director you will oversee multiple teams, including grant acquisition and management (GAM), MEAL, information management, and partnering. The role seeks a senior leader capable of positioning World Vision strongly and sustainably within the humanitarian response, and with key UN, government, and donors. Responsibilities include:  Drive strategy design and support Response Management of its’ implementationSecure resource to support the Response Strategy implementationEnsure mechanisms are in place to ensure grants are managed and reported in compliance of WV and donors’ requirement with the support of other functionsEnsure project designs are with technical quality (with the support of Technical Advisors), align with Response Strategy, evidence-based and in line of donors’ prioritiesEnsure functioning and sustainable knowledge management system is in place to ensure timely and accurate reporting, as well as to promote learning and good practise in the responseImprove and maintain sustainable and equitable partnerships with both local and international organization  Ensure effective and high-quality monitoring, evaluation and accountability results across the response and result will be shared effectively to inform project design and implementation

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Staffing & People Management

Establish, resource and staff the programmes unit which consists of programming, MEAL, IM and Partnering functionsLead a team with a shared vision, teamwork, effective communication, and active engagement in decision making and management approaches, as well as ensuring staff care measures are in place and followedPromote high team morale, especially within highly stressful fragile contexts and environmentsChampion performance management mechanisms, ensuring full participation and quality results to promote staff engagement and a culture of excellenceTo be committed to actively working and living in accordance with WV’s Mission, Values and Christian beliefs.Cultivate an atmosphere of staff empowerment and motivation leading to active participation in programme initiatives, leads by example, and actively engage with all staff.

Strategy Formulation Provide leadership in strategy formulation, planning implementation and monitoring to ensure alignment with WV priorities, regional context, donor priorities and the Humanitarian response plansLead a response strategy that will enable World Vision to respond to the needs of crisis-affected populationEnsure that this strategy drives programming such that proposals, annual operating plans and budgets are in alignment with the approved strategyAdjust strategy appropriate as situation evolves

External Engagement and Stakeholders Management:

Support external engagement and ensure that an up-to-date donor-engagement exists and that relevant staff are equipped to adopt and implement the plan in collaboration with WV offices and communication and advocacy staff.Develop close relationships with donor & UN agencies, and explore opportunities for deepening their engagement with World Vision.Actively engage prioritized WV fundraising offices to raise the visibility and credibility of the response program.Lead GAM to work closely with the communications team to profile the impact of the grant portfolio to specific, prioritized donor audiences.Participate in hosting high profile donors and partners with a view to deepening their understanding and engagement of programmes.Represent the response program at key national and international forums.

Grant Acquisition Oversee the management of the GAM lead to manage:Provide leadership to raising the grant portfolio of WV to resource response strategy  Manages and develop capacity of GAM and Technical staff on donor scoping and intelligence gathering aligned with the priorities of the response program.Oversee the development of innovative and compelling concepts and proposals to prioritized donor audiences.Proactively engage support offices in donor positioning, planning and management of grant application, grant matching and allocation of Private Non-Sponsorship (PNS) funds to pilot or scale compelling evidence-based programming and address the FOs’ programming needs.Keep funding matrix with GAM to track opportunities status

Grant ManagementSupervise the GAM lead to manage:Start-up of new grants and a smooth transitioning process from grant acquisition to implementation through very close planning and cooperation with the Operations department and Project Managers.Ensure effective use of the Grant Health and Performance Tracker (GHT) dashboard across Response Program’s portfolio. In collaboration with Operations, Finance and Compliance departments, analyse and identify risks and challenges in a timely way and to prepare effective management reports on WV’s grants performance.  Escalate identified grant compliance risks to the Response Director in appropriate manner swiftly.Actively engage support offices for grant compliance capacity building of staff and partners in M&E, compliance management, and research and documentation.Closely work with Operation (Project Manager) to make sure a robust project monitoring mechanism are in placeIn cooperation with Security and Compliance department and the Response Director, oversee the Grant Agreement, Sub-grant agreement and MoU design, signature and implementation processes in accordance to WV policies. Signing authority lies with the Response Director and or his/her designee.

Quality Assurance and Accountability

Supervise the M&E leads to:

Conduct assessment, monitoring, evaluation and lesson learnt as per partnership and donors’ requirement with quality and in good timeEnsure findings are communicated to stakeholders effectively and able to inform project design and implementationEnsure the MEAL team is functional and responsive to the response need and evolving contextSupport operation and GAM to establish reporting system that cater for donors’ and partnership requirements and ensure timely and accurate  reporting.

Supervise the Humanitarian Accountability leads to:

Establish a functioning humanitarian accountability mechanism that align with WV and international standardEnsure feedbacks are communicated to stakeholders, including community members,  effectively and able to inform project design and implementation

Information Management

Supervise the IM leads to:

Establish and maintain a functioning information management system to capture project progress, achievement and learning which is accessible to stakeholdersShare information, including analysis, with internal and external stakeholders or a regular basisEnsure data practices adhere to data management polices and protocols both within and beyond WVEnsure responsibilities for implement ting internal communication protocols are assigned to specific roles

Partnerships

Supervise the Partnering Team leads to:Develop partnering plans to serve response needCoordinate potential partner identification mapping  and prioritizationEnsure all partners are screened according to WV and donors’ standard and have formal agreement in placeDevelop capacity strengthening plans and coordinate capacity strengthening initiativesDesign and implement a monitoring system for partnersDesign and implement a partnering evaluation system and feedback mechanism

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification

Master’s degree in humanitarian, community development, development management, international development, sociology or other related fieldsThorough understanding of development principlesGood understanding of SPHERE, WV and other international relief standards.

Required Professional Experience

A minimum of 5 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance and/or development sector, with a significant portion of this in INGOs8 years’ experience in humanitarian assistance work including significant field presenceProjects with proven record in of winning grants.Deep understanding of humanitarian work, especially humanitarian resource development and donor strategies, concepts, approaches and processesExperience in program management and implementation of multi-sectoral emergency response projectsStrong background in programme quality – MEAL – and information managementStrong experience in working with bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, grant management and proposal developmentIntensive experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals Experience working in a cross-cultural environmentExperience working in war zones / fragile contextsExperience in engaging with governmental institutions and multilateral agenciesExperience in managing humanitarian operations/ programmes’ teams that facilitate innovation and calculated risk taking.Work experience as Snr. Program Officer or Programme Manager at least for 1-3 years in a country other than the home country.

Required Language(s)

Effective written and verbal communication in English. Other UN languages such as French, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese, are preferred.

Required travel and/or work environment accommodations ​

Ability to travel to/within domestically and Internationally as requiredWork hours are often in excess of 12 hours per day during difficult periods of the response  Responses are often mounted in insecure or natural disaster-prone contexts, which may disrupt normal work patterns and generate staff safety issuesWork and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment, food availability and hygiene

Position’s physical requirements

This position may require off road trip /travel and out of the office activities.

Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or other Qualifications

Previous experience working in complex emergency/rehabilitation settings Experience coordination with INGO’s and other key stakeholders-High degree of negotiation and persuasion skills. Ability to work with a reasonable level of comfort in high tension and high security risk situations.Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts psychologically stressful environs and physical hardships.  Ability to facilitate the creation of cross-functional project teams and the development of national strategies. Excellent time-management and prioritization.Demonstrates openness and transparencyExperience in leading “ad-hoc” teams accommodating multiple and frequent staff transitions in emergency response without undermining effectiveness and output of Programme TeamHostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) or equivalent is preferred

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted