Program Technical Director GRRT/Strategy

World Vision International

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 over 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.

Through our work, every 60 seconds … a family gets water … a hungry child is fed … a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Program Technical Director GRRT/Strategy, your primary role (50%) will be deployment to humanitarian emergencies to lead the Programming team which consists of Programme Officer(s), MEAL (DME, Accountability & Learning) and Information Management. In responses, you will serve on the Senior Leadership Team and leads the design of the response strategy and operations plan with the Response Director as well as the functions reporting to his/her position. Outside of responses, you will lead the following in collaboration with the other Programme Director:

• Key programme strategic initiatives that link global strategy with field practice
• Build capability in the organization to deploy and undertake programming function in responses
• Serve as a senior member of the Humanitarian Effectiveness Team and be a primary point of integration across other functions on the team in responses

Requirements include:

• A minimum of 8 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance and/or development sector, with a significant portion of this in INGOs
• 8 years’ experience in humanitarian assistance work including significant field presence
• Demonstrated understanding of key humanitarian principles, standards and best practices.
• Experience in program management and implementation of multi-sectoral emergency response projects
• Strong background in programme quality – MEAL – and information management
• Strong experience in working with bi-lateral and multi-lateral humanitarian donors, grant management and proposal development
• This position can be based in the office or home based and will need to travel 50% of the time on 48 hours notice to fragile and high risk contexts.