Job Opportunities in Cambodia

World Vision International is an international Christian Humanitarian Organization working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation and seek justice. We are global community with a purpose – to bring about positive change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. People are inspired to work for us because they want to contribute to making a difference. We are part of an international team, using our talent, determination and influence to invest in a better tomorrow.

Are you ready to be a change maker?

Our Cambodia Office is seeking for one (01) qualified candidate to fill in the position below:

Position: Strategic Planning Specialist

Location: National Office, Phnom Penh

Compensation: Negotiable

I. POSITION BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

As we work to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children in Cambodia, this position plays a crucial role in the Business alignment requirements and the implementation of the Field Office strategy.

The positon play an important role in working across with different department leads, functional heads, conducting ongoing landscape analysis and organisational performance monitoring against its strategic targets and goals

This positon additionally provides strategic support to the local fundraising team in strategy alignment and donor engagement.

II. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage national level context/landscape scanning include develop an online dashboard to capture significant changes in the landscape, regularly scan poverty, vulnerability, Child Well Being (CWB) and other areas relevant to the strategy, and produce landscape summary report
Manage Field Office (FO) strategy planning by develop or revise Country Strategic Implementation Plan (CSIP) as per required cycle, revise annual business plan (target setting and tracking), and forecast and scenario planning
Coordinate FO performance monitoring of the strategy implementation with department heads to ensure FO strategy scorecard target setting & reporting, and accurate information presented in the Impact and operational portal
Coordinate Risk and Compliance Management (RCM) with the RCM team and relevant risk owners

III. REQUIREMENTS :( Education, Knowledge skills and experience)

Degree in business/ management studies, social development, or other related field of study.
Experience and knowledge in the area of Strategic Business Planning and Management, Project Management (design, monitoring and evaluation)
Critical thinking and analysis skills
Research, documentation and Facilitation skills
Good command of Microsoft Office (working on cloud services)
Communications skills (fluency both read and write English and Khmer)
Requires two years of work experience in the area of strategy planning, preferably in a Social/development organisation
Experience of working and engaging with leaders and manager

Selected candidates are required to produce Local Police Clearance Certificate prior to their joining in the organization.

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All applications should be sent in soft copy (word document or PDF)

World Vision Cambodia is committed to the principles of workplace diversity. Qualified women and disabled people are encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be notified. Applications and CVs will not be returned.

WVI is committed to the protection of children. We do not employ staff whose background is not aligned to our child protection practices. Hence employment is conditional upon successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Partnership Leader – Faith & Development

Global

Executive

Fixed term, Full-time

*Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

As the Partnership Leader, you will lead the Faith and Development function, Partnership wide, in achieving our mission and vision and drive our global strategy’s strategic imperative to live out our Christian faith and calling with boldness and humility. You will do this by:

Modeling, leading & supporting through excellence in promotion of the World Vision way, setting strategic priorities, developing global capabilities, global stewardship and providing technical excellence through all our organisational and ministry practices. Ensuring faith is a seamless part of all World Vision’s response to the poor, oppressed and most vulnerable children; contributing to programme impact; and as a thought leader, influencing the thinking and practices of faith and development in the humanitarian industry.

Inspiring and positioning the World Vision Partnership to be a thought leader, demonstrating our Christian faith convictions on humanitarian issues impacting the most vulnerable children through various faith partnerships in relief, development, advocacy and fundraising.

Influencing, inspiring and equipping leaders and staff to be credible witnesses to Jesus Christ with integrity of life, relationships and highest standards of performance. Living, articulating and celebrating our Christian faith in diverse, uniting and joyful ways, with deep respect for all staff of other faiths and views as an expression of our Christian faith.

Representing World Vision externally to major stakeholders including Faith leaders, both Christian and non-Christian.

Ensuring our ministry models and approaches integrate our Faith and Identity and clearly provide evidence of the effectiveness of our ministry.

Providing stewardship of the Partnership key Board policies pertaining to our Faith and Identity.

You will represent the organisation at key internal meetings, such as Partnership Resource Committee and Board meetings, and externally at various forums.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership:

Provide leadership to all Faith & Development departments ensuring strategies are aligned and integrated into every area of our ministry as well as our 2030 global strategy (Our Promise).

Faith Advocacy & External Engagement:

Provide leadership to the External Engagement and Church Partnership team FA&EE team and ensure strategies are aligned internally and able to positioning World Vision as a connector and compelling thought leader with credible evidence of impact and strong faith foundations in the field of relief, development and advocacy.

Strategic Church Partnerships

Programming & Impact:

Ensure strategic alignment and Faith integration into all ministry sectors including: development, disaster management, advocacy and marketing to ensure faith has become a seamless part of all World Vision’s response to the poor, oppressed and most vulnerable children.
Position World Vision as a thought leader influencing the thinking and practice of faith & development in the humanitarian industry.
Christian Formation and Spiritual Nurture:
Faith, Nurture & Leadership FormationEnsure the development of leadership programmes that equip leaders to influence, inspire and equip staff of to live out, articulate and celebrate our Christian faith in diverse, uniting and joyful ways, with deep respect for staff of other faiths and views as an expression of our Christian faith convictions.

Leadership support to Faith & Development (F&D) teams across Partnership:

Provide leadership to the F&D team at the GC level and support F&D leadership at the Regional & National levels, Fund raising offices, VisionFund and technical teams.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

A Master’s Degree in theology or religion demonstrating highly developed research and critical thinking skills with proven success in providing thought leadership internally and externally in various partnerships.
Knowledge and ability to connect and mobilize across Christian traditions and other faiths, modeling integrity, humility and respect.
Understanding of faith related root causes of vulnerability and knowledge of translating these into coherent programming guidance.
Knowledge and ability to integrate faith and calling into various sectors such as Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Child Protection and project models.
Knowledge and understanding of current humanitarian issues both at national and global level.
Minimum of 10 years of managing and equipping senior leadership at a national and/ or global organisation with demonstrated ability in visionary and strategic thinking as well as effective execution.
Has passionate commitment to the mission of working with the poor and the oppressed with demonstrated constructive thinking capacity.
Outstanding reputation as a person with high ethical behavior (recognition of good behavior reflecting our faith convictions), relationships and performance at work.
Ability to leverage difference (cultures, faith traditions etc.) into strong partnerships for a joint purpose.

Preferred:

Grounded understanding in WV’s our development/relief/advocacy programming as well as in providing thought leadership both at national and global level.
A servant and learning attitude.
Demonstrated Christian maturity and ability to shape the organizational Christian identity.
Experience with Global Forums/Platforms as an authoritative moral voice working on faith & child Well Being issues.
World Vision experience is highly desirable.

Work Environment/Travel:

A minimum of 20% international travel is required.

GRRT Finance Director

Global

Finance

Fixed term, Full-time

*Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Provide Finance leadership and oversight for World Vision’s Global Responses / Category 3 emergencies. This includes budgeting, financial reporting, internal controls, Grant accounting and risk management. Often the person will also act as Support Services Director, which could additionally include oversight for Administration, IT, Fleet Management and sometimes Supply Chain. Normally the role is for Response start up, and the individual can be required to deploy within 24 to 72 hours from the onset of an emergency. The role is to establish various structures, systems, processes, policies and guidance, and to quickly recruit and build a new team. Often these emergencies are in high risk contexts, with a shortage of skilled professionals, scarce resources, insecure locations with various armed non state actors, and high levels of fraud & corruption. There is pressure to quickly respond to humanitarian need, through often life-saving interventions, and the person needs be able to take intelligent risks under high pressure, on daily basis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

60% Deploy to Global Response to act as Response Finance Director:

lead Finance, Accounting and Grant Management teams for the Response.
establish Accounting and Finance systems.
create Finance policies, procedures and guidance.
establish financial reporting systems to generate accurate, timely and informative financial reports.
establish chart of accounts, within Field Office (FO) structure; ensure appropriate capture of Response support, technical and zonal costs.
determine Finance, Accounting and Grants structure, including Zonal offices.
recruitment of Local and International staff.
lead budgeting process; for the overall Response, for sectors, support services, zones and for Grants & projects.
track funding; approved and pipeline.
ensure spending is within available funds; advise Response Director on how to strategically use available funds, and lead in decision-making around entering into commitments in view of approved and anticipated funding.
lead with Grants management; start up workshops, timely and informative Grant financial reports, periodic meetings with Programs & Operations staff.
ensure compliance with donor requirements, including stipulated audits.
ensure appropriate Blocked Party Screening checks are in place.
fostering strong relationships with, and building capacity of, local Partner Agencies; capacity assessments, initial forming of relationships, developing of partnership agreements, capacity building, coaching / mentoring, agency visits,
review of reporting and project close out.
carry out risk assessments, and devise strategies to minimize risks to acceptable levels.
ensure Response is in compliance with taxation, labour and other laws of host government.
train and build capacity of Response Finance and Grants Management teams.
provide legal and business advice as appropriate.
periodically liaise with FO Finance Director (FD) and Regional Finance Director (RFD) as appropriate; ensure FO FD is informed of critical issues.
provide management advice to Response Director and Senior Management Team (both the team and individual members of the management team).
active member of SMT
post deployment, continue to engage with and support Response Finance Team as appropriate
other tasks as appropriate

Deploy to Global Response to act as Support Services Director:

establish Administration department including:

structure
staffing
systems and procedures

establish IT department including:

connectivity for office, sub-offices, team houses, warehouses
structure
staffing
systems and procedures

establish Supply Chain Management department including:

procurement & logistics
structure
staffing
systems and procedures.

Fleet Management:

establish vehicle fleet appropriate for size and duration of Response.
Fleet should be cost effective.
ensure appropriate controls are in place around vehicle usage, fuel, etc.

7.5% Support non-Global Responses:

smaller, but high profile, critical Responses.
will often be remote and / or part time support.
availability for back-stopping FO, Regional Office (RO) or GC Finance roles as appropriate.

5% Capacity Building:

facilitate training events, including simulations.
presentations to FO, Regional and other finance groups.
development learning materials.
coaching and mentoring of staff.

7.5% Emergency Finance systems improvements:

develop tools, policies and processes for emergency Finance.
participate in Finance Task Force Teams as appropriate.

10% 3UN (UNHCR, UNICEF & UN OCHA):

financial oversight of 3UN portfolio.
use of Power BI site to enhance visibility of 3UN portfolio / individual projects.
follow up on over spending with FOs / SOs.
assist with Project close out.
trouble shooting with FOs / SOs.
training for FO / SO staff on 3UN Finance and Accounting issues.

10% Cash & Voucher Programming (CVP):

oversight of CVP portfolio.
use of Power BI site to enhance visibility of CVP portfolio / individual projects.
trouble shooting with FOs / SOs.
training for FO / SO staff on CVP Finance and Accounting issues, including coding.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Minimum of 10 to 15 years Accounting and Financial experience in a Field Office for an International Non-Government Organisation, with a minimum of five years’ experience in Humanitarian programs, The candidate should have at least five years of Finance leadership in a Field Office. Ideally experience in leading Support Services (Administration, IT, Fleet, Supply Chain Management). Experience in risk assessment and risk management.
University degree in Finance or Accounting.
Chartered Accountant or Certified Public Accountant.
English is required.
Other languages an advantage (eg, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili).

Preferred:

Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFPS), Budgeting principles, Grant Management and Grant Accounting, familiarity with major donor (eg BHA, DFID, Global Affairs, Canada, Australian Aid, German Govt, ECHO, WFP) regulations, familiarity of Cash Voucher Programming, familiar with SunSystems and Power BI.

Work Environment/Travel:

Be able to travel at 24 to 72 hours’ notice for deployments, typically 3 months duration. Work environments are often high risk, insecure and challenging.
Be able to live in harsh conditions with limited supplies (eg electricity, internet, water, variety of food). Basic accommodation.

Data Analyst

Global

Advocacy

Fixed term, Full-time

*Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The Data Analyst will play a critical role in collecting, analysing and curating advocacy data and evidence, to strengthen WV’s ability to invest in and carry out influential policy and external engagement work. S/he will contribute to monitoring and evaluating key advocacy work streams and interventions, and lead Advocacy & External Engagements (A&EE’s) contribution to the wider World Vision partnership effort to identify and implement creative and innovative digital solutions to better leverage World Vision’s research and evidence base for our advocacy priorities. This position will be responsible for analysing qualitative and quantitative advocacy data, designing impactful data visualizations, creating evidence-based products, and building capabilities across offices on monitoring, evaluating, and using data to enhance advocacy efforts.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead efforts to strengthen the digital presence of A&EE’s evidence base through data visualisation and other innovative solutions.

Identify and curate existing A&EE data and evidence, generated through research and programming.
Work with Knowledge Management to map existing data sources, needs, and evidence gaps across the team.
Manage the design and implementation of digital solutions to improve accessibility of existing data, and to meet data needs where possible.
Socialize new digital tools and products among global, regional, and field stakeholders, to encourage increased leveraging of A&EE data for advocacy planning and policy influence.

Contribute to the development and strengthening of a methodology to monitor and evaluate priority advocacy, policy, and external engagement outcomes.

Co-create guidance and tools aligned to advocacy’s theory of change to provide capacity building and alignment across WVI on advocacy and policy M&E.
Review, strengthen, and create indicators and data collection tools to support monitoring efforts.
Contribute to capacity building / training efforts to ensure A&EE M&E adoption across FOs, GFO and Sectors.

Provide dedicated support to the Advocacy Strategic Measures (ASM) process, which shows the contribution of advocacy and external engagement to the Partnership’s overarching goal.

Support efforts to train FOs and SOs on data collection tools and processes.
Manage data cleaning, verification, and analysis.
Co-create narrative reports and other data products for national, regional and global leadership.
Act as lead liaison to IT on business requirements and user testing.
Identify process improvements, and design and implement solutions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

3-5 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and visualization.
Experience in building and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems.
Demonstrated understanding of advocacy and policy.
A successful track record of building relationships and partnership to deliver programmes and partnerships across teams.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-culturally, cross-functionally, and cross-borders.
Strategic, analytical, creative and innovative thinking skills.
Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience in relevant area – international development, policy, social sciences or similar.
Proficiency in Power BI & Excel.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Preferred:

Proficiency in Spanish and/or French would be an asset.
Experience with gathering business requirements, designing business and/or technical process improvement solutions, and user testing.
Experience in a development, advocacy and/or relief agency.

Indicator Quality & Data Analytics Advisor

Global

Programme Effectiveness

Open-ended, Full-time

*Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

This position will lead a strategic function for the partnership, shaping the way standard indicators are designed and maintained, elevating the quality of the technical designs of projects and enabling higher quality data to be monitored and used for impact reporting. Specifically, the job holder will redesign the business process for designing and handling standard indicators use to report the partnership’s global reach and impact, ensuring it is more intuitive and accessible to users. The job holder will lead all technical discussions about the design and function of standard indicators across all funding streams and have decision authority on what new indicators can be created and used in programmes. In addition, the job-holder will support the global impact reporting efforts of the strategy realisation office, by developing and curating Power Bi reports in the global Impact Portal and performing various data analytics tasks.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage the quality of indicators used for impact reporting:

Has oversight, coaching and ultimate approval of the indicators that are allowed to be used in new programme and project designs.
Reviews request to create new indicators by Field and Regional Offices (ROs) and Global Center (GC) Sector and Ministry teams, across all funding streams in the partnership and provides feedback to make necessary changes to meet the global quality standards.
Has decision authority over which indicators requested by Field and Regional Offices and GC Sector and Ministry teams, get included in the global Compendium of Indicators, the partnership repository of indicators. By extension, it controls the quality of designs for new projects, as they can only used indicators from the compendium.
Develops new tools and guidance for designing new indicators with quality and rigour.
Ensures the ongoing curation of the Compendium of Indicators, coordinating and guiding input from the global center technical experts and regional and field office teams.
Leads technical discussions about the design and function of indicators and functions as SME for changes in Horizon that concern the monitoring of indicators and the calculation of the data.
Ensure the compendium of indicators is widely available and accessible across the partnership, including Field Offices (FOs), Global Center and Support Offices (SO), by acting as liaison person with Horizon to resolve access issues and providing training and coaching on how to use it.
Provide on-demand expert advice and technical support to FOs, ROs, GC and SO technical staff around designing and measuring standard indicators, cultivating a culture of impact reporting and data quality.

Data Analytics:

Process large data and develop reports to show progress towards the Global Strategy, such as the global Impact Scorecard, the partnership report to show progress on the global strategy to the Board.
Develope various Power Bi reports in the global Impact Portal, the partnership single source of truth for impact data, to demonstrate the impact of the partnerhip and make it accessible to use for all entities in the partnership at FO, RO, GC and SO level.
Strategic utilisation of the data-warehouse data for producing reports for leadership and other stakeholders as required.
Global reporting on outputs and outcomes, contributing to the Partnership Child Well-being Reporting process and products.
Provide training and mentorship to Field Offices on data analytics and impact reporting using Power Bi, as needed.

Strategic Initiatives:

Lead global projects involving the review and uptake of standard indicators across the partnership.
Engage in global research or evidence projects to support data analytics and reporting.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

7 years experience working in an INGO in a design, monitoring and evaluation role or related role. It implies a deep understanding of the role of indicators in the design of projects and at telling the story about the impact of the projects.
7 years of experience using large datasets across different teams and fields, for data analytics and synthesizing coherent impact reporting.
Experience working in a cross-functional role and coordinating projects that require input from stakeholders across different teams.
Leading virtual sessions and communicating technical concepts and guidelines effectively.
Working with minimum supervision and delivering quality results on time.
Educated to academic level in a social sciences discipline (e.g., sociology, psychology) or related subject (e.g., math, statistics).
7 years of experience using Power Bi (or similar tools) for data analytics and impact reporting. It implies a strong understanding of the functioning of data analytics software and proficiency in the coding language, e.g., DAX, Power Query etc. Certificate in use of Power BI software is an advantage.
Master’s degree is preferred.
English language skills (Necessary).
French, Spanish (asset).

Preferred:

Report writing and communicating effectively to influence change.
Experience and certification in SQL, Python or other programming languages is not required but would be considered an advantage.
Experience in working with World Vision and Horizon would be considered a strong advantage.

Work Environment/Travel:

The position requires the ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% of the time.

Communications Manager, VisionFund

Global

VisionFund

Open-ended, Full-time

*Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where VF/WVI is registered to operate.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

We are looking for a creative and excellent writer and content manager to support VisionFund with the development of internal and external communications. Your role is to source, create and provide communications content that engages with and educates audiences about the impact of VisionFund's work across its network, globally.

You will support the President’s office and VisionFund leaders in developing relevant communication pieces using internal communication channels to foster and maintain a culture of knowledge sharing and engagement across VisionFund International.

Working alongside the Director, you will provide high quality communication and content to support marketing and fundraising, website, branding and also meet internal communication objectives and projects such as the Annual Report, donor reporting, among others.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop strategic global internal and external communications:

Position VFI as a leading global MFI organization by communicating best practice and achievements, to change perceptions of microfinance and influence behaviours of key audiences.
Resource and manage communication content, guidance and review for all collateral and messaging for internal and external audiences including writing the annual report and other ongoing communiques to staff and board members.
As needed, account manage external agencies/printers and freelancers to produce creative communication projects together with Marketing staff.
Accountable for the overall distribution of content through various channels, including media, website, social media and various internal communication channels.
Manage and ensure quality is retained on platforms holding VisionFund content, e.g. casual content library, WV media library, WV Central, TheNet and any other chosen platform.
Advise, maintain and write content for the VisionFund website and intranets, as well as social media platforms.
Work with and support the Director to strategize and implement crises and issues engagement plans.
Implement best practice measurement and evaluation tools to monitor communications projects and strategy.
Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of communication channels & content. Measuring impact and using insights to improve communication at VFI.

Manage content including creation and distribution:

Accountable for the overall acquisition of distribution of content through various channels, including media, website, social media and various internal communication channels.
Resource and manage communication content, guidance and review for all collateral and messaging for a mix of internal and external audiences.
Manage and ensure quality is retained on platforms for holding VisionFund content, e.g. casual content library, WV media library, WV Central, TheNet and any other chosen platform.

Manage internal communication channels to foster and maintain staff engagement:

Write and create dynamic, brand appropriate pieces/presentations and messaging for staff, board and external audiences.
Develop, implement, review and evaluate new and innovative ways to engage staff in VisionFund International and MFIs as well as to communicate across the Partnership.
Working with the Communications Network Officer, identify, research and edit news, updates and stories from around the network and share content through internal communications channels.
Work with Director to provide support to senior leadership team by sourcing or creating resources and communication guidance on presentations and other collateral and messaging.

Support Fundraising /Sales Focus:

Support the Director of Marketing and Engagement to implement marketing strategy for VFI and for fundraising by managing creation and flow of content.
Align communications strategy with engagement objectives.

Work with the Communications Network Officer:

In partnership, implement a programme of communication skills training to build capacity in the MFI network.
Work with the Network Communications Officer to provide training through various methods including group training sessions, one-to-one support, on the job training and the creation of training materials.
Set and monitor communication assignments and direct MFI and World Vision communicators to deliver written, photo and video content.
Develop and build capacity so that Network Communicators contribute to the global external communications effort, by providing stories and news on relevant and timely development and local and/or regional successes.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Experience writing content for various platforms, including websites, press releases, newsletters.
Experience managing and overseeing creative projects, including working with external providers.
Experience in creating presentations.
Experience in teaching and/or mentoring individuals or groups, and creating necessary support materials.
Five years working in field of communications or equivalent field.
Experience working overseas with other cultures, especially in a developing country.
Experience in internal communications and change management.
Experience in content management, such as uploading and inputting metadata into content databases.
Experience working as part of fundraising team and knowledge of its necessary resources.
Undergraduate degree (preferably in communications or equivalent).
Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills, journalistic experience desirable.
Excellent interpersonal skills (specifically working with CEOs and people from other cultures).
Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Final Cut.
Ability to shoot and edit basic video and take well-framed, appropriately exposed photos.
Confident working with digital content, including working in back-end systems and databases, creating different file types and uploading to online platforms.

Preferred:

Working knowledge of design tools such as Photoshop, InDesign.
Understanding and awareness of cross-cultural communications.
Knowledge of development issues.
Fluency in other languages, in particular Spanish or French desirable.

Work Environment/Travel:

The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

International Recruiter

Global

Human Resources

Open-ended, Full-time

*Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

World Vision International is looking for a Bi-Lingual (English/French) International Recruiter, motivated to find great talent for the organization. As a Talent Acquisition team, we are united to deliver an outstanding customer experience, linking high performing talent with fulfilling opportunities to serve the world’s most vulnerable children.

We are seeking an experienced International Recruiter with knowledge of how to extensively source for talent globally in relief and development contexts, the know-how to reach them, and the experience to land and bring them onboard.

You will have experience in recruiting high volume middle level management and technical positions, as well as all aspects of the sourcing, selection and offer process ensuring a positive candidate experience.

This position will provide effective, transparent and legally compliant international recruitment services. They will serve as a trusted partner and provide consistent outstanding customer service to clients, ensuring positions are filled with exceptional servant professionals in order to deliver quality ministry to the communities and children we seek to serve. This will be accomplished through influencing key clients and stakeholders, building strategic referral networks and talent pipelines, forecasting, sourcing, screening, assessing and guiding selection processes with the goal of filling roles within the agreed timeline in the most cost effective manner.

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organization devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 42,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Client Management, Customer Service & Strategy Development:

Conduct thorough Position Brief (intake meeting) with hiring manager for each position posted.
Coordinate with Regional and National office leaders/hiring managers to forecast hiring needs and create a diversity sourcing and recruitment strategy as needed.
Develop, build and maintain relationships with hiring managers and People & Culture (P&C) staff in West Africa and other designated group of hiring offices in order to fill all international assignee vacancies in a timely manner.
Provide high touch end-to-end process support to clients by actively engaging with hiring managers, P&C Business Partners and candidates throughout the entire search process, providing frequent (weekly) updates on the progress of the search and incorporating feedback.
Develop, build, and influence candidate relationships through ongoing communications regarding questions, updates, and status during the search process.

Candidate Sourcing & Screening:

Develop and maintain multiple channels and networks to build a deep, diverse, and reliable sourcing pools from French speaking countries, group of countries or technical or functional areas. Proactively identify and develop effective sourcing strategies (e.g. networking contacts, system queries/searches, religious institutions, College/Universities presentations).
Source potential candidates on LinkedIn and DevEx and also on other platforms. Work with assigned Sourcing Specialist on hard to fill roles as needed, and getting highly qualified French speaking candidates.
Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates. Create advertisements and job postings using WVI guidelines and templates.
Maintain knowledge of and sensitivity to the constantly changing environment of the marketplace relative to the sourcing and recruitment of qualified professionals in the development sector.
Work in close partnership with hiring managers to achieve service level agreements and recruitment objectives for assigned positions by verifying appropriate position requirements, budget and target source.
Conduct effective screening, interviewing, and assessments for the best candidates for a position match using behavioural interviewing techniques.
Develop, build and maintain candidate relationships through ongoing communications regarding questions, updates and status during the interview process.

Recruitment Administration and Systems Support:

Negotiate offer with selected candidate within limits specified by hiring office and issue contract for candidate selected.
Initiate PAF (Payroll) paperwork based on candidate acceptance.
Coordinate with Global Centre Onboarding team (GC_Onboarding) to ensure appropriate orientation/on-boarding support is provided to new hires.
Coordinate new hire relocation with support from GC_Onboarding.
Support staff and Regional or National P&C in process of relocating new hire to new assignment/location (salary & benefits administration changes, logistics, Visa/travel arrangements).
Utilize Workday recruitment tool appropriately and efficiently to ensure consistent, timely and accurate data entry and management.
Maintain current knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and trends in recruitment, WVI organizational policies, benefits and compensation, relocation and repatriation.
Conduct recruitment responsibilities in a professional, strategic, service-oriented, responsive, innovative, ethical and cost effective manner in accordance with WVI goals and Christian principles.

General:

May work on other recruitments other than those of their clients.
May support Talent Acquisition Manager/ Leadership Recruiters in various hiring needs including translation and local coordination of interviews and processes of West Africa recruitments.
Will attend regular and monthly team meetings and training conferences.
Maybe required to travel for official matters as required and other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Bi-lingual language abilities- written and spoken fluency in English and French.
A minimum of 5 years of human resources, talent acquisition, governance or programs related experience.
A minimum of 5 years of experience of recruiting and working in a high volume organization.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of 7 years of on the job training in recruitment.
Experience in recruitment of professional and technical positions.
Demonstrated ability to use creative sourcing and networking skills to connect with talent in different professions.
Successful skills and ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple projects in a fast paced and ever-changing multinational organization.
Full-cycle recruiting experience.
The ability to operate within a geographically dispersed organization.
Experience in international/global workforce in Africa context and possess cross-cultural sensitivity, knowledge of and ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds.
A deep understanding and passion for recruitment , aware of the latest trends and global talent market.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Workday.
Certification in Internet Recruiting, Social Talent or equivalent certification.
Targeted Selection certification or behavioural interviewing training.

Preferred:

Working knowledge of Humanitarian INGO’s in West Africa, and knowledge of relief contexts is highly desirable.
Experience in forecasting of workforce/staffing needs.
Demonstrated computer literacy to include experience in tracking recruitment outcomes/metrics.
Expertise in advanced internet searching, candidate research, and cold-calling.
Confidence in all settings when advising/partnering with business partners, hiring managers and other stakeholders.
Must be in full agreement and support of WV’s Core Values, along with spiritual maturity to evaluate candidate’s motivational fit for the organization.
Solutions-oriented with strong problem-solving and follow-up skills.
A self-starter who is driven to find the best candidates for the positions and can work in an environment with minimal supervision; team player, collaborator, and able to effectively network amongst all levels within and outside of the organization.
Must have strong interpersonal, negotiation and oral/written communication skills - ability to provide exceptional customer service.

Work Environment/Travel:

The position requires ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

Investment Manager, VisionFund

Global Global

VisionFund

Open-ended, Full-time

*The ability to work during UK / European time zones is highly preferable.

*Please submit your CV in English.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

VisionFund International (VFI), the microfinance subsidiary of World Vision, manages a global network of microfinance institutions (MFIs). In order to efficiently align all VFI financial resources behind strategy and impact, an investment function has been established to ensure rigorous, objective, and transparent investment decision making.

The Investment Manager reports to the Global Asset Management Director and provides analysis and reporting at both the transaction and portfolio levels, as well as supporting treasury needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Investment Transaction and Analysis:

Vet investment proposals for Investment Committee sponsorship and/or relevant approvers.
Coordinate approvals (and any information needed) on investments that are not required for Investment Committee.
Producing materials needed for investment approvals beyond the Investment Committee – i.e. Board Approvals, etc.
Design and manage the underwriting process for all new investment proposals (equity and debt), including financial and market assessment in conjunction with impact and risk.
Work with MFIs to resolve gaps and concerns, and escalate severe problems or issues to senior management.
Responsible for reporting VFI’s investment pipleine including renewals.

Develop and write investment proposals for equity and debt transactions to be reviewed by the Global Asset Management Director and Impact Investment Committee for approval:

Work cross functionally with VFI Risk, Impact, Strategy and Regional teams to complete market and entity level assessments of investment risk/return/impact profile. Participate in Investment Committee Working Groups to assess MFI action plans.
Research and interpret company data to facilitate investment proposal recommendations, including interviews with MFI management and other stakeholders.
Evaluate credit applications utilizing CAMELS methodology (Capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity, and market sensitivty).
Design and utilize financial modeling to assess valuation.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry happenings and current events, conduct primary and secondary research from industry sources.
Responsible for the coordination of and preparation for Impact Investment Committee meetings, including organizing meetings, preparing meeting materials and assembling pre-read packs, presentation of investment proposals for approval when needed, and recording of meeting minutes.
Lead Investment Committee meetings, including setting agendas, moderating, and sponsoring investment proposals for approval.
Report to Impact Investment Committee performance on previously approved investment trasactions and assist Global Asset Management Director in following up accountability for investment contingencies.
Work directly with MFIs to resolve gaps and concerns, and escalate severe problems or issues to senior management.
Identify potential investment opportunities.
Responsible for updating the Investment Policy and Terms of Reference.
Provide investment pipeline for casfhlow forecasting.

Portfolio Management and Reporting:

Evaluate existing investment strategies both for performance monitoring and for potential opportunities to increase efficiency through structural or other modifications.
Periodically review performance and risk across all investments.
Collect and analyze MFI rolling funding forecasts.
Maintain awareness of market, economic, and political developments that impact the risk profile of the portfolio.
Manage portfolio analysis (performance, composition, etc.) and reporting to SLT, Impact Investment Committee, Management, and the Board.

Treasury and Other Support:

Provide support to the folowing treasury functions as needed:
Contribute to ad hoc financial analysis requests and projects in order to cross train and support the wider team when possible.
Assist with the GC Investment component of the annual planning process, including compiling MFI funding plans.

Project Resource Management:

Continually provide a proactive problem solving approach to issues and delays to ensure a timely implementation of the project and/or response to lenders.
Communicate effectively with internal GC departments, regional teams and MFI management teams.
Continually report on project progress internally.
Coordinate all stakeholders and ensure each is doing what is required of them to complete projects / external requests.
Resolves any issues and solves problem throughout the life of the project.
Acts as a mediator between stakeholders and the Finance team.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

At least 5 years direct financial analysis experience, ideally in banking or related investing or lending practices.
Demonstrated intercultural communication and influencing skills.
Theoretical knowledge of and/or experience with foreign currency risk and hedging.
Bachelor Degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or related quantitative discipline.
Strong MS Excel skills required, with competency in intermediate to advanced functions.
Advanced knowledge of financial markets.
Fluency in written and spoken English.

Preferred:

International / Multinational experience preferred, in particular in emerging markets.
Masters Degree (MBA, MS Accounting, etc) and/or professional certification (CPA/CFA).
Highly organized, with the initiative and ability to work with limited supervision.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects under tight deadlines.
Ability to work effectively within a small team setting.
Organized, detail oriented and extremely thorough while having the confidence and communication skills to ensure work processes are completed accurately and appropriately.
Strong problem solving skills and demonstrated ability to take initiative and critically analyze processes and procedures in a push toward constant improvement.

Work Environment/Travel:

National/international travel anticipated up to 10% of the time and flexibility to communicate with colleagues in different timezones (email/skype/phone).
Experience working with colleagues in different languages and timezones.

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