Resource Development Director

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

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

Here’s where you come in:

As the Resource Development Director, you will cover Haiti and the Dominican Republic World Vision National Offices (NOs). You will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Leading the development/update and roll out of the resource development/Grants Acquisition strategy to drive growth in non-sponsorship income from local and international sources in alignment with the National Offices’ strategies.
• Leading the grants acquisition by building the NOs’ profile according to their resource development strategy, ensuring donor engagement and strengthening NOs’ capacity. This will include leading, coaching staff on proposal development for grants and PNS.
• Representing WV and networking with the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (bilateral, multilateral, international NGOs, NGO’s consortium, local donor delegations, forums, etc.) in both countries.
• Leading the donor (government, multi-lateral and private sector) and partners relations, engagement and retention, through the promotion of World Vision´s work and successful grants’ implementation; as a result, maximising and diversifying the funding base. This includes strong and effective collaboration with other departments to ensure consistent and effective projects implementation.

Requirements include:

• Master Degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, development studies, International Relations or its equivalent
• 3-5 years of senior leadership experience in grant acquisition (with a strong track record of winning grants)
• Demonstrated experience in project management with government and multilateral agencies grant funded projects
• Familiarity with donor requirements & regulations of OFDA, CIDA, DFID, WFP,
• UNICEF, KOICA, USAID, EC, ECHO, AECID, German government, Global Fund etc,
• Multiple skills and working experience in relief and/or advocacy with International NGO.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 40% of the time.