World Vision
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Here’s where you come in:
As the Global Technical Excellence Lead, you will have the opportunity to make global impact and change in the Environmental Sustainability and Climate Adaptation (ESCA) sector. You will provide technical excellence, global leadership and overall direction for the ESCA sector, leveraging both internal and external stakeholders to maximise their contribution to child well-being. This will look like:
- Sustainably growing an innovative ESCA portfolio through new business development including grants, contracts and strategic partnerships.
- Overseeing World Vision (WV)’s sector programming to ensure that it reflects the organisational distinctive of Christ-centered, community empowering and child focused in its standards and practices and the highest technical standards are met in its programming.
- Building WV’s reputation in the sector, creating partnerships and innovative approaches and strengthening and mobilising WV’s sector community of practice to execute excellence in programming that demonstrates evidence of impact.
- Positioning and branding WV as a leading child-focused organisation within the climate space, serving as a lead for COP participation, and representing WV at high level external boards and advisory councils.
Requirements include:
- Masters degree, PhD or doctorate level degree preferred, in environment, earth sciences, natural resource management, climate, international development or closely related field.
- Subject matter expert in environmental sustainability and climate adaptation including evidence based best practices
- Proven Environmental Sustainability ad Climate Adaptation (ESCA) subject matter expert with a minimum of 15 years’ experience designing and leading global ESCA related programming in a developing context including sub-Saharan Africa and/or South East Asia.
- Recent and extensive experience living and working in sub-Saharan Africa and/or South East Asia.
- Strong experience developing strategy and policy within the International NGO sector or a development agency such as the United Nations.
- Strong experience and proven skills in leading a team of technical professionals and growing a diverse, sustainable global portfolio.
- Effective in written and verbal communication in English and French, Spanish or Arabic. Additional languages representative of the countries WV serves is an advantage.
- The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
How to apply
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online. We will be accepting applications until the right candidate is found.
*Preferred position locations: Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, Costa Rica
World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.