World Vision International

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Senior Business Development Specialist (SBDS)

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?

Applicable to:

• Cambodian Nationals

• Internationals with local residence in Cambodia

Position: Senior Business Development Specialist (SBDS)

Location: National Office

Salary: 1,280$ - 1,920 $ per month

Number of Positon: 1

Type of Contract: Local Hire Undefined Contract

I. PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND OF THE POSITION

To provide expertise and leadership in acquiring grant and private non-sponsorship funding, build relationships with external donors (including USAID, World Bank, EU, etc.); key stakeholders, Support Offices and other partner organizations; and build the capacity of technical staff in the areas of business development, grant acquisition and proposal writing.

The SBDS will work with a team of professionals pursuing the acquisition of high-quality grants and private funding to increase non-sponsorship funding for World Vision International Cambodia and ensure the office meets its strategic priorities. The day to day work of the SBDS will include proactive donor engagement activities to ensure the identification of funding sources and the development of strong relationships that will enable new donor support and repeat awards from existing donors. The SBDS will be coordinating and developing high-quality funding proposals and other documents and will be involved in sharing information with the technical team and other relevant departments within the office. The SBDS will develop and enhance relationships with World Vision Support Office, the Asia Pacific Regional Office, as well as external stakeholders. The SBDS will report directly to the Senior Manager for Resource Acquisition and will be expected to mentor and develop capacity of other members of the team.

II. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributing and participating in the resource acquisition efforts and leading the grant/PNS proposal development process to contribute towards successful funding proposals

• Participating in the development of WVC’s grant acquisition strategy and annual business plans;Lead in the coordination, development, writing and submission of proposals for grant and PNS funding

• Lead/support pre-positioning process with donors/key stakeholders/partners for upcoming opportunities in the pipeline

• Lead/Support donor engagement process with new and repeat donors,

• Coordinate with external stakeholders and partners and lead in the development of consortia

• Lead grant design and start-up workshops and ensure the quality of handover to operations for project start-up and implementation

• Ensure high quality systems and processes for grant acquisition are maintained, as well as systems for Acquisition Knowledge Management to meet organizational needs and standards

• Coordinate among internal stakeholders to ensure quality project design in alignment with organizational priorities and community needs

• Develop leadership and management skills to support the Resource Acquisition Unit (RAU)

• Mentor and supervise the day-to-day work of the Business Development Officer

• Travel to the field as necessary, particularly for the purpose of donor visits to projects

III. REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree in relevant discipline such as development studies, international relations, management, economics or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of programming, funding, financial management standards

• Demonstrated knowledge of development theory, sectoral programmes, transformational development, gender mainstreaming and inclusive programming

• Strong analytical skills and problem solving abilities

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and an ability to work supportively within a team

• Excellent spoken and written English skills

• Computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Word and Excel

• At least 3 years’ experience in designing programs, developing project proposals and budgets

• At least 2 years working in a donor relations position (including understanding donor priorities, requirements and standards, and presenting the organization to donors)

• At least 2 years’ experience working in social development sector (NGO, UN agency, etc.)

• Shows humble leadership that supports the team; attitude that seeks consensus, collaboration and engagement

• Able to handle multiple priorities and tasks; able to deliver under pressure and deadlines

• Values quality and timeliness in his/her work

Candidates who are offered job are required to produce Local Police Clearance Certificate prior to date of joining in the organisation.

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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 womenand 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.

*Country location to be determined based on response.

*Please submit your CV in English.

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 34,000+ staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in 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.

When disaster strikes, we are on the ground, quickly providing immediate support and we stay helping to rebuild lives for children, families, and communities.

World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster is comprised of highly experienced and vetted humanitarian aid professionals available for short term, medium term, and long term emergency response assignments with World Vision.

All Roster position will be Non-Family/Unaccompanied postings lasting 3-12 months.

As vacancies arise in our humanitarian offices, roster members will be considered for employment opportunities.

We are currently accepting applications to join the Emergency Response Roster and are seeking candidates for:

• Response Director

• Response Operations Director

• Response Programmes Strategy & Development Director

Requirements:

• 5+ years Leadership experience in a Humanitarian/Fragile/Emergency context

• Minimum 2 years of cross cultural humanitarian emergency experience outside of your home country.

• Experience directly managing staff during humanitarian emergency responses.

• Ability to work long hours in stressful environments with a variety of skilled professionals.

• Demonstrated management of budgets in emergency response settings.

• Willing to serve unaccompanied (non-family); most likely living in a team house setting.

• English proficiency, written and verbal. (French/Arabic/Spanish preferred)

• Grant Acquisition and Management experience

• Strong track record in developing good working relationships with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

RESPONSE DIRECTOR PURPOSE:

The Response Director (RD) has primary responsibility for directing the response from strategy to implementation, inclusive of performance and oversight of all aspects of the response. She/he should develop and maintain an efficient, cohesive team, while ensuring effective coordination and relationships with the other agencies, officials, beneficiaries, donors and all areas of the Partnership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and monitor implementation of response strategy that addresses WV strategic goals to meet humanitarian needs:

• Lead response strategy development with National Director (ND), Regional Leader (RL), Partnership Executive Team (PET) and other senior stakeholders.

• Ensure primary and secondary information on needs inform strategy formulation.

• Ensure context analysis informs strategy development.

• Consult with ND and RL to ensure National Office (NO) strategy and plans (including Child Wellbeing targets) are taken into account in response strategy formulation.

• Ensure strategy aligns with anticipated capacity.

• Monitor appropriateness of strategy in addition to implementation of strategy and transition plans.

Ensure response is staffed to meet response needs:

• Contribute to NO capacity building in the area of emergency response in coordination with NO leadership and Human Resources (HR).

• Determine response organization structure with ND and HR.

• Conduct high-level workforce planning with HR and mobilise surge functions as required.

• Oversee the recruitment of the RDs direct reports.

• Ensure defined accountabilities under the Emergency Management System (EMS) are clear for each function including Term of Reference (TOR) objectives and qualitycriteria.

• Ensure HR works with EMS functions to identify workforce requirements.

• Ensure HR plans for capacity building with EMS functions.

• Ensure HR develops performance planning and review processes that include quality criteria.

• Ensure HR establishes a staff care function and mechanisms that support staff well-being.

• Consult ND to plan Response team transition/integration.

• Ensure adequate internal communications mechanisms are in place to ensure policies, information and decisions are shared with staff as appropriate.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with humanitarian actors, government representatives, World Vision stakeholders, the media and general public:

• Represent the response in Partnership Executive Team and Partnership Coordination Team (PCT) (where activated).

• Identify and highlight areas of conflict to Response Senior Management Team (SMT), ND, RL and Partnership Executive Committee (where activated).

• Create and maintain collaborative relations and where appropriate partnerships with government, other NGOs, UN agencies, civil society, churches, bi-lateral missions and donors.

• Participate in consortium meetings and Response related national coordination meetings.

• Ensure World Vision is represented at relevant technical and coordination mechanisms in-country.

Develop and plan response to achieve response strategy goal and objectives:

• Provide oversight to funding allocation (i.e. Private Non-sponsorship or PNS, grants, etc) to ensure alignment with strategy and humanitarian needs.

• Ensure response programme development meets World Vision and international standards.

• Ensure that adequate funding to address humanitarian needs is acquired.

• Ensure Advocacy staff are empowered to integrate advocacy across sectors and to develop child-focused advocacy positions which are aligned with strategy and organisational priorities, in strong alignment with NO and Response Operations teams.

• Facilitate the signing of MOUs and contracts, with donors, Support Offices (SOs) and other relevant stakeholders.

• Ensure appropriate waivers are in place to facilitate timely response implementation.

Implement response programme in accordance with commitments to meet international and WV standards:

• Ensure that accessible beneficiary feedback mechanisms are established and functioning.

• Ensure staff establish community accountability methods across all of the response program.

• Monitor and identify risks to programme quality and coordinate resources to address them.

• Ensure that all programmes are implemented, monitored and evaluated according to set plans and that agreements with donors, SOs and other stakeholders are adhered to.

• Ensure management meetings address quality risks, relevant monitoring data and community feedback.

• Initiate resourcing mechanisms and ensure financial and material (in-kind) resources are managed according to WV standards, donor and SO agreements.

Initiate response funding mechanisms with support of ND, RL & Regional HEA Director (RHEAD):

• Ensure that funding is managed and accounted for in compliance with donors and Support Offices agreements and WV standards.

• Ensure that programme and projects audits are planned and conducted as per WV audit regulations and donor government requirements.

• Ensure that audit reports are responded to and recommendations implemented.

Ensure that response meets World Vision minimum quality standards and supports program improvement, reflection, learning and innovation:

• Ensure previous response learnings from Global learning facilitator are reviewed in program design.

• Encourage the incorporation of best practice and innovation in program design.

• Ensure all functions have quality planning sessions to meet quality objectives of their TOR.

• Ensure achievement level of all function quality objectives is monitored monthly and reported.

• Ensure risks that prevent the achievement of quality objectives are reported and rapidly addressed.

• Ensure mechanisms are established to identify, document, and share lessons learned with Partnership.

Oversee Security function, planning and implementation to ensure response staff and organisational safety and security:

• Ensure staffing of Security function.

• Provide oversight to implementation of security protocols as per CSR.

• Facilitate inter-agency coordination for information sharing and intelligence sharing.

Ensure response internal and external reporting requirements are met:

• Liaise with Programmes and Info Management to ensure internal and external reporting requirements are planned for and reports are prepared.

• Review and submit partnership programme reports.

• Prepare and submit monthly management reports.

• Ensure internal response coordination & information sharing mechanisms are functioning.

Ensure that response staff have appropriate housing, offices and information/communication systems:

• Ensure that staff have access to appropriate office space/equipment, information/communication systems/equipment and other facilities which enable them to carry out their responsibilities.

• Ensure that all response vehicles and other equipment are well managed and maintained.

• Where necessary, ensure that relevant staff have access to appropriate housing.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Required:

• A minimum of 5-7 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance and development sector, with a significant portion of this in INGOs.

• 5 years experience in humanitarian assistance work.

• Demonstrated understanding of key humanitarian principles, standards and best practices.

• University degree in Humanitarian Studies or relevant field. Masters degree preferred.

• Intensive experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals.

• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment.

• Experience working in war zones / fragile contexts.

• Experience in engaging with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

• Experience in managing humanitarian operations that facilitate innovation and calculated risk taking.

• Experience in serving as an organizational spokesperson to media and other external audiences.

• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.

Preferred:

• Ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and persuasively with senior internal and external stakeholders as well as staff.

• Ability to work in coordination with other humanitarian organizations.

• Ability to analyse and make decisions in challenging situations in the absence of specific guidance and/or full information.

• Ability to communicate and model to staff positive behaviours which help them remain resilient and effective in dynamic and high pressure environments.

Work Environment/Travel:

• Work hours are often more than 8 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 issues.

• Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment and food availability.

*Country location to be determined based on response.

*Please submit your CV in English.

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 34,000+ staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in 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.

When disaster strikes, we are on the ground, quickly providing immediate support and we stay helping to rebuild lives for children, families, and communities.

World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster is comprised of highly experienced and vetted humanitarian aid professionals available for short term, medium term, and long term emergency response assignments with World Vision.

All Roster position will be Non-Family/Unaccompanied postings lasting 3-12 months.

As vacancies arise in our humanitarian offices, roster members will be considered for employment opportunities.

We are currently accepting applications to join the Emergency Response Roster and are seeking candidates for:

• Response Director

• Response Operations Director

• Response Programmes Strategy & Development Director

Requirements:

• 5+ years Leadership experience in a Humanitarian/Fragile/Emergency context

• Minimum 2 years of cross cultural humanitarian emergency experience outside of your home country.

• Experience directly managing staff during humanitarian emergency responses.

• Ability to work long hours in stressful environments with a variety of skilled professionals.

• Demonstrated management of budgets in emergency response settings.

• Willing to serve unaccompanied (non-family); most likely living in a team house setting.

• English proficiency, written and verbal. (French/Arabic/Spanish preferred)

• Grant Acquisition and Management experience

• Strong track record in developing good working relationships with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

RESPONSE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR PURPOSE:

Response Operations Director leads the Operations team and oversees the implementation of the response activities. He/she transforms the response strategy into implemented reality, managing day-to-day sector activities and providing technical guidance to the Programmes team for design and programme quality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensure program planning is informed by technical standards and operational viability:

• Contribute to planning of sector requirements for people, funding and supplies.

• Ensure all program designs are based on needs assessment findings (primary & secondary data) and analysis, targets the most vulnerable/chronically and is operationally viable.

• Ensure all programs refer to technical standards, consider government standards and are aligned with Strategic Guidance and Do-Assure Dont Do (DADDs) for the First Phase of Emergency Responses and Sector Packages.

• Ensure inclusion of advocacy issues and cross cutting themes are considered in design.

• Ensure programs and projects are measured according to technical standards and Child Well-being targets.

• Ensure Operations Plans are developed and implemented with community engagement, taking into account local capacities and utilising Do No Harm/Local Capacities for Peace (DNH/LCP).

Establish, lead, resource and staff Operations unit to meet response needs:

• Contribute to National Office (NO) capacity building in the area of emergency response in coordination with NO leadership and Human Resources (HR).

• Determine Operations organisational structure and staffing plan with HR.

• Monitor recruitment and deployment of Operations staff and plan for capacity development.

• Ensure Operations staff handovers are conducted.

• Develop Operations budget in coordination with Finance, ensuring strong alignment and coordination with Programming team during budgeting and budget management process.

• Plan for Operations transition/integration.

Conduct response operational planning to ensure effective coordination and timely delivery of response activities:

• Plan and facilitate detailed operational plan and delegate responsibilities to carry out plan.

• Ensure Accountability mechanisms are in place for Community and stakeholder feedback.

• Planning process considers community requirements (i.e. timelines) and progress is monitored by DME.

• Facilitate planning between sectors to meet overall program goals.

• Facilitate requirements planning with Support Services.

• Ensure collaborative planning with external stakeholders such as UN Agencies, other NGOs and Govt ministries where possible through coordination mechanisms.

Oversee implementation and monitoring of operations to ensure achievement of response goals and objectives and inform operational improvement:

• Monitor results against sector plans and address identified issues.

• Monitor expenditure reports and take corrective action with Finance and Programs.

• Review M&E and Accountability data with Sectors and Programs to identify and address any issues for operational improvement.

• Review findings of learning events and evaluations with Programs to make operational improvements.

• All evaluations of sector interventions are planned with DME to assess effectiveness and timeliness.

Oversee development and implementation of operations reporting systems to support timely and accurate reporting:

• Establish and implement internal reporting system in coordination with DME.

• Ensure Operations provide input for grant/donor and program milestone and reports to Programs.

• Write report on quality risks and their resolution and submit to Response Director on regular basis.

• Ensure that Operations meets reporting requirements for Clusters, Ministries and/or in-country stakeholders.

Ensure implementation of response operations according to safety standards with support from the Security function:

• Organise security assessments for all field operations that inform a security plan.

• Implement the recommendations of the security plan for all field operations.

• Ensure security incident reporting protocols are complied with by operations staff.

• Ensure Operations staff adhere to security standards for staff movement and communications.

• Work with Security to ensure safe and effective Civil/Military relationships with armed actors.

Ensure operations meet WV minimum quality standards and support improvement, reflection, learning and innovation in sectors:

• Ensure previous sectors learning from Global Learning Facilitator are reviewed.

• Encourage the incorporation of sector best practice and innovation.

• Ensure sector have a quality plan to meet quality criteria and minimum sector standards.

• Ensure achievement of all function quality criteria is monitored and reported regularly.

• Ensure risks limiting achievement of objective to quality criteria are reported & rapidly addressed.

Coordinate with Support Services function for ongoing provision of funds, staff, equipment, vehicles and supplies to ensure timely implementation of operations:

• Ensure Ops submit clear and timely budgets and funds requests to Finance.

• Ensure Ops submit clear and timely staff plans to HR and immediately advises on changes.

• Ensure Ops follow Finance procedures to rapidly process payments to suppliers.

• Ensure Ops submit vehicle requirements to logistics and follow vehicles management guidelines.

• Ensure Ops submit communications requirements to ICT and follow ICT procedures.

• Address delays in Support Services to Response Manager for rapid resolution and waivers.

Identify, report and refer operational blockages caused by external actors to Liaison to be addressed through external advocacy:

• Establish operation team protocols where sector and geographic leads identify and report where external actors are delaying/preventing implementation.

• Refer issues delaying implementation to Liaison to resolve through inter-agency coordination and/or government relations.

• Ensure protection issues are reported and addressed in coordination with Advocacy.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Required:

• A minimum of 5-7 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance and development sector, with a significant portion of this in INGOs.

• 5 years experience in humanitarian assistance work.

• Demonstrated understanding of key humanitarian principles, standards and best practices.

• Experience in program management and implementation of multi-sectoral emergency response projects.

• Intensive experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals.

• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment.

• Experience working in war zones / fragile contexts.

• Experience in engaging with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

• Experience in managing humanitarian operations that facilitate innovation and calculated risk taking.

• Strong team leadership skills.

• Emotional intelligence (self awareness, managing emotions and those of others, remaining calm/composed, dealing with ambiguity and change).

• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.

• Academic and on-the-job training in at least one of the support services or response-sector relevant areas.

Preferred:

• Understanding of the international humanitarian system, particularly the systems, structures and key actors.

• Understanding of the key accountabilities that must be maintained in a response (beneficiaries, donors, peers).

• Ability to lead operational planning processes.

• Strong communication skills (oral and written) with ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and persuasively with senior internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and persuasively with senior internal and external stakeholders as well as staff.

• Ability to work in coordination with other humanitarian organizations.

• Ability to analyse and make decisions in challenging situations in the absence of specific guidance and/or full information.

• Ability to communicate and model to staff positive behaviors which help them remain resilient and effective in dynamic and high pressure environments.

Work Environment/Travel:Work hours are often more than 8 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 issues.

• Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment and food availability.

*Country location to be determined based on response.

*Please submit your CV in English.

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 34,000+ staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united in 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.

When disaster strikes, we are on the ground, quickly providing immediate support and we stay helping to rebuild lives for children, families, and communities.

World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster is comprised of highly experienced and vetted humanitarian aid professionals available for short term, medium term, and long term emergency response assignments with World Vision.

All Roster position will be Non-Family/Unaccompanied postings lasting 3-12 months.

As vacancies arise in our humanitarian offices, roster members will be considered for employment opportunities.

We are currently accepting applications to join the Emergency Response Roster and are seeking candidates for:

• Response Director

• Response Operations Director

• Response Programmes Strategy & Development Director

Requirements:

• 5+ years Leadership experience in a Humanitarian/Fragile/Emergency context

• Minimum 2 years of cross cultural humanitarian emergency experience outside of your home country.

• Experience directly managing staff during humanitarian emergency responses.

• Ability to work long hours in stressful environments with a variety of skilled professionals.

• Demonstrated management of budgets in emergency response settings.

• Willing to serve unaccompanied (non-family); most likely living in a team house setting.

• English proficiency, written and verbal. (French/Arabic/Spanish preferred)

• Grant Acquisition and Management experience

• Strong track record in developing good working relationships with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

RESPONSE PROGRAMMES DIRECTOR PURPOSE:

The Response Programmes Director oversees/leads the Sector Programming Team, including Program Officer(s), Design Monitor Evaluation (DME), Humanitarian Accountability and Information Management. The Programme Director supports the Response Director (RD) and Operations Director (OD) in designing the response strategy and operations plan and works in close coordination with both.

The Response Programmes Director is responsible to manage grant acquisition, assessments, monitor and humanitarian accountability and liaises with Support Offices (SOs), and international donors.

Response Programmes Director is part of the Response Senior Leadership Team. Response Programmes Director will coordinate/advise with Response Director (RD)/Senior Leadership Team (SLT) go or no go for proposals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Establish, lead, resource and staff the programmes unit to meet response needs:

• Lead team/individual development and provide direction and support as needed to enable effective performance.

• Contribute to National Office (NO) capacity building in the area of emergency response in coordination with NO leadership and Human Resources (HR).

• Determine Programmes organisational structure and staffing plan with HR.

• Work with HR to recruit and deploy Programmes staff and plan for capacity development.

• Ensure Programmes staff handovers are conducted.

• Develop Programmes budget in coordination with Finance.

• Support RD and Finance in developing Response Budget, ensuring strong alignment and coordination with Operations team during budgeting and budget management process.

• Plan for Programmes Unit transition/integration with NO, where applicable.

Lead the programme planning process to ensure alignment with context, humanitarian needs, response strategy as well as operational feasibility and technical quality:

• Support development of operational intent plan to align with funding allocations ensuring operational feasibility and technical quality.

• Support Sectors and Operations Director to draft response plan.

• Work with Grants, Acquisition and Management (GAM) to coordinate grant acquisition.

• Write Operational Intent inclusive of targets.

• Prepare project RACIs (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed) for new grants.

Oversee donor liaison and advocacy is undertaken to resource operations plan to address humanitarian needs:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the GAM team undertake the following activities:

• Monitor and analyse donor opportunities to ensure they align with operational intent.

• Communicate humanitarian needs identified through assessments, monitoring data and community feedback to in-country donors and Support Offices International Programmes Groups.

• Represent World Vision with potential donors (ECHO, DFID, EU, OFDA, etc.) including bilateral, multilateral and corporate.

• Collaborate with Advocacy to influence donor funding strategies when appropriate.

• Liaises with SOs regarding donor priorities and opportunities for funding.

Support Finance in the allocation and tracking of response funding to ensure response strategic priorities are funded and effective leveraging of available funding:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the Programme team undertake the following activities:

• Support mapping of all funding sources with Finance.

• Support funding allocation process (Private Non Sponsorship & grant opportunities) in coordination with Finance, Response Director and Operations to reflect response strategic priorities, operational realities and ensure compliance with relevant funding regulations.

• Support Finance to track donor funding allocation and commitments to ensure response strategic priorities are funded.

Oversee development and submission of project proposals to donors to resource operations plan:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the GAM team undertake the following activities:

• Develop project proposals with Operations, Advocacy, Finance and relevant Support functions and ensure stakeholders have the opportunity to review proposals and raise issues prior to submission to donors.

• Ensure proposals are aligned with the operational plan, sector DADDs and standards.

• Ensure proposals are aligned with accountability standards and basic DME requirements.

• Maintain donor and SOs communications to facilitate funding acquisition.

• Support Finance to ensure an up-to-date funding matrix.

Ensure support for Finance to establish grant management system to guarantee fulfillment of donor requirements:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the GAM team undertake the following activities:

• Support Finance to conduct grant orientation or grant start-up workshops for relevant staff.

• Plan and manage donor reporting to ensure that all donor requirements are met.

• Support Finance with monitoring of grants for compliance with grant requirements.

• Oversee planning, implementation, analysis and sharing of findings from assessments and program monitoring.

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the DME team undertake the following activities:

• Plan the initial rapid assessment process and manage the data collection (including primary, secondary data, observational data and community feedback)

• Manage or support ongoing community based assessments as agreed with sector and sub-function leads.

• Incorporate baseline indicators into assessments.

• Analyse assessment data and provide recommendations for strategy and programme design.

• Map interagency assessment processes and participate in joint assessments as agreed with response management.

Design programme based on response strategy, context and humanitarian needs:

• Review NO Strategy, context analysis and assessment findings for design recommendations.

• Facilitate the input of all Emergency Management System (EMS) functions into the programme design process.

• Ensure the overall programme design incorporates international humanitarian standards and WV guidance and standards and indicators (i.e. Sphere, DADDs, CWBOs, PAF, etc).

Oversee implementation of the programme monitoring system:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the DME team undertake the following activities:

• Develop and implement the programme monitoring system which integrates programme and project requirements.

• Prepare Indicator Tracking Table (ITT) monitoring reports and share with Operations on a monthly basis.

• Collaborate with Information Management and Humanitarian Accountability (HA) to provide summaries of community based data and share with Operations and management to support programme adaptation and improvement.

Ensure implementation of baselines, evaluations, reviews and learning events for continuous improvement:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the DME and HA teams undertake the following activities:

• Conduct real time evaluation (RTE) during the first phase of the response.

• Plan and implement real time learning event (RTLE) with Region and H-LEARN and monitor implementation of resulting plan of action.

• Plan and manage project/programme baselines, evaluations and reviews to meet donor and organizational requirements.

• Communicate baseline, evaluation and review findings with response staff and communities.

• Develop Plans of Action that address evaluation, review recommendations and monitor implementation.

Ensure establishment of response information management system to meet response needs:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the Information Management team undertake the following activities:

• Assess programmatic information needs of internal and external stakeholders.

• Design and maintain information management system with Information and Communication Technology.

• Contextualise protocols for internal information sharing with relevant functions. Agree on common information sharing protocols with external stakeholders and RD.

• Ensure compilation and analysis of relevant information to inform response design, programme management, operational improvement and promote learning.

• Share programme information with internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis to meet their information requirements.

Oversee development and implementation of community consultation and information provision mechanisms:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the HA team undertake the following activities:

• Design and implement community consultation processes to ensure understanding of World Visions role, planned interventions and provide opportunities for input and feedback into programme and project designs.

• Design and implement Information Provision plan to ensure that accurate and reliable information about the programme is made available and shared with communities in a timely and accessible manner.

Establish and support implementation of complaint and feedback mechanisms:

The Response Programmes Director will ensure that the HA team undertake the following activities:

• Document, implement and monitor complaint and feedback systems to ensure timely responses to communities.

• Consolidate and analyse community complaint information to inform Operations and response management of key issues raised by beneficiaries.

• Coordinate Humanitarian Accountability planning and learning with other accountability focused INGOs and LNGOs.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Required:

• A minimum of 3-5 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance and development sector, with a significant portion of this in INGOs.

• 5 years experience in humanitarian assistance work.

• Demonstrated understanding of key humanitarian principles, standards and best practices.

• University degree in Humanitarian Studies or relevant field. Masters degree preferred.

• Experience in program management and implementation of multi-sectoral emergency response projects.

• Intensive experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals.

• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment.

• Experience working in war zones / fragile contexts.

• Experience in engaging with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

• Experience in managing humanitarian operations that facilitate innovation and calculated risk taking.

• Work experience as Program Officer at least for 1-3 years in a country other than the home country.

• Strong team leadership skills.

• Emotional Intelligence (self awareness, managing emotions and those of others, remaining calm/composed, dealing with ambiguity and change).

• Understand Humanitarian Industry and have proven experience within a relief setting.

• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.

• Ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and persuasively with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Previous experience working in complex emergency/rehabilitation settings.

• Experience coordination with INGOs 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 transparency.

Work Environment/Travel:

• Work hours are often more than 8 hours per day during difficult periods of the response.Work hours are often more than 8 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 issues.

• Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment and food availability.

*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 THE POSITION:

Office of Corporate Security (OCS) GSTT is continuously building and improving systems to train towards and maintaining an effective end-to-end security culture throughout the Partnership. GSTT maintains a portfolio of products, services and tools which includes On-Ground Training (not limited to HEAT, RAST, SAINT, SRMT, ToT, Crisis Management, Incident Management, Family Support Training), Virtual Training, Security Management Toolkits, Advising Services, Security Manuals, On-line Training, and OCS's presence on WV Central and social media.

These programs are continuously being tailored and delivered to international and local staff members at the individual office and program level with an emphasis on offices and programs operating in Medium and High Risk environments around the world.

The Global Security Advisor will provide adult educational assessment, testing, and instruction; completion of related documentation and reports; maintaining on-going student contact; maintaining student retention activities; and participation in staff and professional development activities. This will include technical competence in the field of humanitarian field security (including training), collation and subsequent analysis of information relating to upgrading and expanding the OCS training module portfolio. This position will work closely with the Director and Deputy Director of Training in the ongoing development and maintenance of training modules, venue selection, staff participation and future development. The Global Security Advisor is expected to provide educational instruction in assigned subject/topic areas to include crisis and incident management, risk and threat assessments, hostage incident management, travel and fleet safety, civ-mil relations, personal security, disaster management, radio communication, first aid, gender security, basic survival, navigation skills, and other topics as assigned.

As a member of the Integrated Security Team, the Global Security Advisor is the cornerstone of training oversight, liaising between OCS and field/support office entities to ensure security training culture is being maintained at a standardized safe and professional level throughout the WV Partnership. The Global Security Advisor functions as an OCS desk officer for an assigned region(s), leading development and delivery of all necessary security training. This position provides security training and subject matter expertise for all GSTT trainings, projects, and products, as required (HEAT, , RAST, SRMT, SAINT, Fleet, Security Manuals, etc) to ensure training products are utilized and implemented in the field. Assist in effectively identifying and mitigating critical security threats and risks faced by the organization. This position assists in standardization and facilitation of all security related workshops and training events to enhance the safety & security of World Vision staff, assets & programmes and to minimise operational risks to World Vision.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Training Delivery:

Facilitation and instruction of security training courses. Provide educational instruction in assigned subject/topic areas for HEAT, SAINT, SRMT, Crisis Management, Incident Management, RAST, Family Support, Gender Security, Fleet Safety, ToT, Personal Security, Support Office Security, or other courses as developed and assigned.

Regional Integrated Security Team Management:

• Oversee the delivery of security training to WV staff in all contexts.

• Consult with Regional Security Directors (RSD), Security Response Global Security Advisors, and Regional and National leadership to coordinate the provision of culturally and contextually appropriate security training advice and capacity development, including but not limited to the review and approval of SRA's, schedules, training content and support documents; data collection, etc.

• Act as a member of crisis management team(s), when required, within desk officer’s region.

• Support the integration of ongoing local security training initiatives with relevant WV leadership and management training programs.

• Backfill and support all OCS divisions and regional operational requirements regularly as required by team. Such as, deployments and standing in for Regional Security Director, Country Security Managers or provide emergency response support.

• Determine the scope and need for security training to be provided at the National/Program Office level within Medium and High-Risk contexts.

Training Strategy Development:

• Collaborates in the development of an effective global security training strategy that reflects WV’s strategic direction, operational threat environment and international best practices.

• Analyze incidents and trends specific to WV context for the purpose of updating OCS training programs.

• Maintain awareness of all IO/NGO security training programs being delivered within the Regions and Globally.

• Based upon this identification process, develop and coordinate tailored security training programs to be implemented throughout Regional/National Program Office locations.

Knowledge Management and Quality Assurance:

• Lead the process of continuous learning on international best practice in security training and adult learning and identify tools and processes that can be implemented into WV training globally.

• Review all operational procedures in WV operations that promote alignment with WV's security risk management framework and incorporate them into training material i.e. Policy, Security Plans, CRRs, SRAs. CMT/IMT.

Team Dynamics and Administrative Duties:

• Provide leadership and management support within GSTT and OCS regularly as requested by Director and/or Deputy Director.

• Maintenance and development of office and travel supplies, gear/kit, administrative documentation, reports, data, and policies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 5 years of relevant operational experience in the field of professional security (NGO, Military, Police or Private).

• 10 years of Adult Education curriculum development or relevant work experience in education.

• 2-3 years of Adult Education curriculum development or relevant work experience in education.

• Sound knowledge of the security (training, education, risk management & program implementation). Understanding of the Security Risk Assessment process, security planning and crises management in the humanitarian context.

• Relevant undergraduate degree.

• Professional instructor license or certification.

• English language required.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Excellent oral and written (English) communication skills.

• Language skills in Spanish, French or Arabic preferred.

• Adult Learning Skills and Presentational Training including organizational and problem solving skills.

• Ability to work independently on globally oriented goal related projects with a minimum of supervision.

Work Environment/Travel:

• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.