Director, Grants & Humanitarian Emergency Operations
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Your opportunity to play a role in directing
operations in Grants and Humanitarian Emergencies and to be part of a leading
organisation dedicated to improving the lives of children living in poverty.
World Vision (WV) is a global network of
people committed to enhance the well-being of children everywhere by empowering
families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.
The Grants and Humanitarian
Emergency Operations Director will provide leadership to a team of professionals that oversee
operations for a large and varied portfolio of government, multilateral and
private grants, both development- and emergency- focused. You will ensure the
strong management of grants, donor relations and high quality deliverables. You
will be responsible for tracking progress of grants programs/projects
implementation, ensuring that timely and appropriate support is provided to
field operations and that the strong technical and financial reporting
requirements/standards of donors are met.
We
are looking for a visionary leader who can combine strong business disciplines
with inspirational leadership skills in line with our Christian values and
ethos. You will have a passionate desire to help others, especially children.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for
implementation of WV Ethiopia’s (WVE’s) extensive and complex grants
program across the country.
- Manage a geographically and functionally varied team
of grant management professionals on a day-to-day basis to ensure
high-level grant targets are met on a timely and cost-effective basis, to
donor, international and WV standards.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for the
development and implementation of WV Ethiopia’s (WVE’s) humanitarian and
emergency response programs in and out of WVE operational areas, including
rapid response, recovery, mitigation, preparedness and resilience, all to
WV partnership, Sphere, Red Cross Code of Conduct, and other international
standards.
- Ensure that communities, FBOs, local institutions,
government partners, and other NGOs are included during the planning
processes to ensure programs are responsive to the particular field
context
- Network closely with partner agencies, the UN,
government and other global institutions to develop strong operational
synergy, encourage innovative partnership and cooperation, and ensure
maximum impact for the resources invested.
- Improve business practices in grant management
through innovative approaches to building the capacity of both staff and
the organization, looking at skills, practices, structure, systems,
policies, strategy and approaches.
- Contribute to the strategic leadership of WVE as a
member of the Senior Leadership Team
REQUIRED SKILLS INCLUDE:
- At least 10
years of experience in the development and humanitarian sectors in
increasingly more complex and senior management positions.
- At least
5 years experience managing multi-sectoral development or humanitarian
operations
- Successful
and verifiable qualification in managing institutional donor grants both
in development and emergency contexts.
- Excellent
planning and organization skills
- The
ability to manage and work with a high level of complexity under constant
time-pressure
- A high
level of awareness of global, regional socio-economic and political
issues.
- Strong empirical
knowledge of the development sector, including generalist knowledge of development
sectors, best practice approaches, and institutional donor expectations
and standards.
- Strong
empirical knowledge of the humanitarian sector including humanitarian
charter, laws, standards, and coordination and response processes.
- Robust,
flexible and dynamic people leadership and relational skills.
- Travel: 30% Domestic/international travel is
required.
Will you use your experience in a proven emergency or
grants operations field to further “life in all its fullness” for children?
For
specific details regarding the position, please refer to the full description
and apply online by the closing date 15 April 2013. For more information on World
Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. World Vision is an equal
opportunity employer.
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