With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Job Purpose:

World Vision International Ethiopia (WVIE) is operating in a more competitive and constrained funding environment. The Resource Acquisition and Management (RAM) team is expected to be more focused, better coordinated, and more disciplined in how it positions with donors, develops proposals, manages active grants, and documents institutional learning.

The RAM Specialist is responsible for supporting resource acquisition and grant portfolio management across development, humanitarian, and fragile contexts. The role leads assigned donor, Support Office, sector, or portfolio engagement, and ensures that WVIE develops high-quality, feasible, and competitive funding opportunities aligned with the FY26-30 strategy, Integrated Programming Framework, donor priorities, and operational realities.

The role also supports strong grant management by working closely with Operations, Technical Teams, MEAL, Finance, Supply Chain, Support Offices, and partners. The RAM Specialist is expected to maintain clear documentation, follow up on active actions, support donor compliance, and contribute to learning that improves future positioning, proposals, and portfolio performance.

The position requires strong proposal writing, donor engagement, coordination, documentation, and follow-through. It also requires the ability to work across teams and support integrated, layered, and practical programme design that delivers measurable impact for children and communities.

Major Responsibilities

Resource Acquisition and Donor Positioning

• Lead or support donor and Support Office engagement for assigned portfolios, sectors, or opportunities.
• Maintain updated donor intelligence, funding pipeline, partner mapping, and opportunity tracking information.
• Support proactive donor positioning, including gathering intelligence, preparing briefs, identifying entry points, and coordinating follow-up actions.
• Lead or contribute to Go/No-Go processes, ensuring strategic alignment, feasibility, cost recovery, risk, compliance, and partner considerations are clearly documented.
• Coordinate the development of concept notes, proposals, expressions of interest, and grant applications.
• Ensure proposal designs are aligned with WVIE’s FY26-30 strategy, Integrated Programming Framework, donor priorities, and operational capacity.
• Work closely with Technical Teams, Operations, MEAL, Finance, Supply Chain, Security, Communications, and partners to ensure proposals are realistic, integrated, and costed properly.
• Support proposal timelines, workback schedules, section assignments, review processes, and final submission readiness.
• Ensure proposals include strong evidence, field input, value for money, safeguarding, GEDSI, localization, climate resilience, conflict sensitivity, and sustainability where relevant.
• Support budget development and budget narrative alignment with Finance and technical teams.
• Upload or support submission of proposals through donor portals and ensure submission records are properly documented.
• Document proposal development lessons, donor feedback, and process learning for future use.

Grant Management and Portfolio Oversight

• Provide RAM oversight for assigned active grants, in coordination with Grant Operations Managers, Operations, Finance, MEAL, Technical Teams, Support Offices, and donors.
• Serve as RAM focal point for assigned grants from award negotiation through start-up, implementation monitoring, reporting, amendments, and closeout.
• Support award negotiation processes, including review of donor requirements, budget changes, compliance issues, and internal approvals.
• Support strong grant start-up by ensuring key donor requirements, deliverables, timelines, budget controls, and reporting expectations are clearly communicated and documented.
• Track grant health, reporting timelines, contractual deliverables, donor requirements, and key risks for assigned portfolio.
• Coordinate with Grant Operations Managers to follow up on implementation, budget burn rate, reporting quality, donor issues, and compliance risks.
• Review donor reports for quality, consistency, donor alignment, and clear presentation of results.
• Support contract management, including amendments, extensions, realignments, no-cost extensions, and donor approvals.
• Maintain donor communication logs and ensure key decisions are properly archived.
• Support preparation for donor meetings, monitoring visits, audits, evaluations, and portfolio reviews.
• Ensure grant documentation is complete, accessible, and aligned with RAM tracking systems.
• Escalate major grant risks in a timely manner through agreed RAM and Operations channels.
• Documentation, Systems, and Knowledge Management
• Maintain complete and updated documentation for assigned opportunities and grants in the relevant trackers and shared folders.
• Ensure final proposals, budgets, GNG records, donor submissions, agreements, amendments, reports, and closeout documents are properly filed.
• Maintain updated acquisition and grant management trackers for assigned portfolio.
• Support Global Horizon Tracking and other WV grant management systems as required.
• Document donor preferences, proposal learning, grant implementation learning, audit findings, and closeout lessons.
• Support after-action reviews, proposal debriefs, and learning sessions for major opportunities and strategic grants.
• Prepare short donor briefs, portfolio updates, pipeline summaries, and handover notes when required.
• Ensure institutional knowledge is not held only in personal email, desktop files, or informal conversations.

Coordination and Internal Collaboration

• Work closely with Technical Teams to ensure technical priorities are translated into fundable concepts and donor engagement products.
• Work with Operations to ensure proposal designs and active grants are operationally realistic and field-informed.
• Work with MEAL to ensure evidence, indicators, learning, accountability, and reporting systems are built into designs and grant management.
• Work with Finance to ensure budget quality, cost recovery, financial reporting, and compliance.
• Work with Supply Chain, Security, P&C, Communications, and other support teams to ensure relevant inputs are included in proposals and grant oversight.
• Support regular RAM portfolio reviews and cross-functional grant performance discussions.
• Promote clear role clarity between RAM, Operations, Technical Teams, MEAL, Finance, and Support Offices.

Partnership and Localization

• Support partner identification, mapping, due diligence, and engagement for assigned opportunities.
• Ensure local partner roles are considered early in proposal design where relevant.
• Support partner capacity discussions related to proposal development, compliance, reporting, and grant management.
• Document partner engagement history, strengths, risks, and potential future opportunities.
• Promote practical localization approaches that are realistic, compliant, and aligned with donor expectations.

Training and Capacity Support

• Support capacity building for internal teams and partners on proposal development, donor compliance, grant management, and documentation.
• Share practical tools, templates, lessons, and examples that improve acquisition and grant management quality.
• Support orientation of new staff or colleagues taking over assigned donor, SO, or portfolio areas.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Humanitarian Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, or related field.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in related field.
• Training/certification in humanitarian standards, grant acquisition, and management.
• Experience in capacity building for local partners.

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years progressive experience in grant acquisition and management, preferably in an INGO context, including both development and humanitarian programming.
• Proven track record in winning and managing large grants from bilateral, multilateral, and/or private donors.
• Strong knowledge of donor regulations (e.g., USG, EU, UN agencies, FCDO, UNOCHA, etc.).
• Experience designing and managing programmes that integrate HDP Triple Nexus principles.
• Excellent proposal writing and budget development skills.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and donor relationship skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, online donor portals, and project management tools.
• Strong English communication skills (written and verbal)

Required Language(s)

• Amharic
• English

Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or Key Competencies

• Be Safe and Resilient 
• Build Relationships 
• Learn and Develop 
• Partner and Collaborate 
• Deliver Results 
• Be Accountable 
• Improve and Innovate 
• Embrace Change 

World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.

Disclaimer: World Vision Ethiopia is a reputable organization that values transparency and fairness in its recruitment process and does not solicit any money for any job application. We encourage all job seekers to be cautious of any job ads that require payment or personal information upfront. If you have any questions or concerns about our job ads or recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

The Risk function is responsible for;  

• Maintaining and updating the Risk Management Framework (RMF), the Risk Appetite (RA) Statement,the Risk Management policy, and the Risk tolerances to ensure they remain appropriate to VFU’s activities. 

• Effectively communicating and implementing the RMF within VFU. 

• Administering related governance and reporting processes, such as a consolidated Risk Register to log risks material to the organisation. 

• Ensure compliance with the ALCO Charter, Finance Manual and any other guiding policy. 

• Ensure financial risk management following prescribed policies, processes and procedures. 

• Ensure timely reporting to all stakeholders. 

• Analysing key performance indicators of the company and providing information to internal stakeholders for strategic decision making in line with the business plan. 

• Developing, managing and evaluating the performance of reports with respect to the set key result areas in line with the HR policies. 

• Identifying training needs for subordinate staff. 

• Implement the Institution Risk Management Framework, policies, processes and procedures as well as conduct regular risk reviews. 

• Render support in the development of and manage processes to identify and evaluate business risks and control self-assessments. 

• Implementation of risk management systems including an efficient and functional BCP. 

• Training and sensitization of staff on risk management so as to ensure risk consciousness amongst the staff. 

• Developing risk policies, processes and procedures, risk limits and approval authorities. 

• Keenly monitor major and critical risk issues, including near misses. 

The compliance function responsibilities include; 

• Identify and assess the compliance risk associated with the institution’s current and proposed future business activities including new products, systems, new business relationships, and any extension of operations or network on a national and international level. 

• Identify and keep an inventory available to all staff of essential laws and regulations, internal policies, manuals, guidelines and procedures pertinent to the organisation. 

• Identification and reporting of any internal, regulatory, statutory compliance breaches or gaps. 

• Assess the appropriateness of internal policies, procedures and guidelines, ensure a follow up of any identified deficiencies, make recommendations for amendments, where necessary, and supervise the implementation of corrective measures to mitigate the identified deficiencies. 

• Monitor compliance with internal policies, processes, procedures and guidelines across all business units, branches by performing regular and comprehensive compliance risk assessment & testing, portfolio reviews and report the results on a regular basis promptly.  

• Train/educate all staff with respect to compliance with applicable laws, rules and standards and act as advisor on compliance queries from staff members. 

• Ensure development of an effective internal compliance culture by promoting the benefits of ethical business conduct and compliance. 

• Liaise with relevant external bodies and regulators on compliance matters, exercise any specific legal responsibilities such as reporting suspicious transactions related to money laundering and the fight against terrorism financing. 

• Preparation and submission of a return to the regulator on risk classification of assets and provisioning. 

• Establish and / or supervise appropriate compliance checks and controls. 

• Maintain an effective support mechanism to enable closure of all audit issues, compliance related exceptions raised within the institution. 

• Develop annual work plan 

• Implement risk/ compliance monitoring tools / maps including activities, triggers, probability and actions. 

• Spearhead the implementation of effective internal controls and ensure that these are adhered to. 

• Prepare, submit and present periodic (Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Annual) risk and compliance reports to enable informed decisions. 

• Any other duties assigned by supervisor. 

Qualifications:  Knowledge and Technical Skills: 

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience, or on-the-job training:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Law, Economics, Risk Management, or related field. 

• Professional qualifications are an added advantage: MBA,CPA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CRISC, ACAMS, Risk Management certification. 

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Location of Work: Kamba Zuria & One for Zalla woreda

Purpose of this role is to enable project activities implementation at field level for landscape restoration and livelihood intervention objectives effectively achieved at grassroots level in collaboration with district and village level stakeholders.

Major Responsibility

• Identify and delineate degraded communal lands for restoration intervention in collaboration with local administration and community leaders under project officer technical supervision.
• Identify and register vulnerable community groups/beneficiaries for communal land restoration and targeted livelihood interventions in participatory approach with local administrations and community leaders.
• Follow up and support fruit and multi-purpose tree seedlings production in government, group and individual nurseries, provide technical assistance in transportation to plantation sites and finally perform plantations through community mobilization.
• Assist and support project officer and government experts in qualitative and quantitative baseline and end line data collection and encoding for analysis. Assist project officer in community and stakeholders capacity building trainings.
• Provide technical support to the community in course of degraded landscape restoration activities implementation and livelihood options inaction. Conduct periodic progress assessments and Identify gaps and report to the project officer and community taskforces and seeking for timely solutions.
• Provide continues follow up on communal sites under restoration progresses and agroforestry plots at private farmstead, mobilize community for, SWC, fruit/tree Plantation, silviculcultural management and FMNR practices on the spot.

Qualification Required
Degree in NRM, Forestry, Community development, cooperative development and related fields.

Experience:

• 2 years’ experience on field level implementation of Landscape Restoration, Agroforestry, FMNR, local livelihood development, organizing community and field data collection in rural Context.
• Specific working experience on Community workers/facilitator is advantageous.
• Local familiarity and Motorcycle driving skill is required. 

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Advocacy, Campaigns Plan and Strategic Leadership

• Develop a WVB national advocacy, campaigns and external engagement plan, including gender integration and policy agenda for WV Burundi focusing on the following key priorities: Enough Campaign to end violence against children, WV’s contribution’s towards Sustainable Development Goals, Humanitarian Advocacy, Social Accountability
• Develop a strategic plan of action to enhance the collaboration and partnerships at the national level with the National Association of churches and ensure same at the field operations level.
• Provide leadership for the development of National Advocacy Strategy and build capacity of Technical Programme leads and Department heads for the integration of advocacy and campaigns in all Technical programmes and ensure tracking of advocacy strategic interventions are aligned to Horizon reporting.
• Provide oversight to major WVB policy and advocacy initiatives and ensure compliance with WVI advocacy and campaigns standards, protocols and policy.
• Engage and support in national strategy development, execution and measurement processes including the CVA database of WV Burundi.
• Coach, develop and manage a strong Policy and Advocacy Team, fostering a culture of learning, innovation and collaboration as well as, high performance, accountability and mutual support.
• Promote WVB as a leader in CWB and child protection, by identifying key opportunities for strategic research, partnering with credible research institutions to maximize the National Office CWB impact as a relevant feed in to the regional and global voice on Child Well Being (CWB) and child rights issues.
• Lead the development and implementation of the National Office integrated operational plan for Advocacy function that is aligned with WVB Annual Business Plan and East Africa strategies.
• Lead the process of continuous learning related to advocacy and integration of advocacy with other lines of ministries and sectors and themes.
• Encourage mutual learning between Technical Programmes and advocacy Teams within WVB Operations and other National Offices Advocacy Teams in the East Africa regional operations for promotion of peer to peer learning.
• Lead scaling up of field evidence to influence national and regional policy discussions

Advocacy Co-ordination/Integration-Internal

• Ensure that advocacy is implemented effectively as a ministry area and is embedded across other ministry areas including Integrated Programs, Ministry Quality and Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs (HEA).
• Provide policy direction to World Vision Burundi on the advocacy priorities/focus themes
• Co-ordinate advocacy initiatives on strategic issues that affect Burundi such as the ITAW Campaigns, Gender, CVA, Child Protection and humanitarian responses etc
• Acts as focal point for liaising with Cluster Programme Operations to ensure coherence in advocacy content, delivery and dissemination.
• Lead the review of programme or grant designs from an advocacy perspective and ensure integration.
• Lead the linkage of local programming and advocacy to policy influence.
• Lead in facilitating the design of advocacy accountability frameworks in the Regional Operations or clusters to ensuring that key leaders are contributing to advocacy outcomes at local-national levels.

External Engagement

• Provide support to the National Director, Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Management Team in directly engaging national policymakers, the UN and Civil Society Organizations and government on critical issues.
• Lead and Coordinate strategic partnerships and engagement with National and regional institutions relevant organization to enhance collective response to child well-being.
• Strengthen partnership and collaboration with faith-based organizations at National and Regional Level to influence and monitor policy implementation to enhance child well-being.
• Support capacity development of leadership and management to engage and influence policymakers at the national and field operations level
• Build relations and strategic alliances with the specialized agencies and CSOs.
• Promote establishment of functioning national networks in the area of advocacy & campaigning in Burundi.
• Represent WVB in international events related to global, regional and national campaigns themes
• Engage and support in national strategy development, execution and measurement processes including the CVA database of WV Burundi.
• Lead scaling up of field evidence to influence national and regional policy discussions.
• Lead the process of continuous learning related to advocacy and integration of advocacy with other lines of ministries and sectors and themes.

Resources mobilisation, coordination and integration in thematic learning centres, linkages and networking

• Exploration of potential funding sources for advocacy work including social Accountability (CVA), campaigns and policy influencing agenda to support WVB resource mobilization from within and beyond World Vision.
• In close collaboration with other thematic technical leads and other jointly contribute to definition of thematic strategic objectives, deliverables, outcomes, KPI
• Establish linkages and networks with relevant WV Communities of Expertise  and experts, leading academic and research institutions, governments and other agencies
• Establish effective lines of communication, coordination & networks with other organizations working in the area of Child Rights and Child Protection
• Actively contribute national perspectives and experiences to global cop for Child Rights and CWB.

Campaigns Management & Key Advocacy Moments

• Provide empowering and influential leadership to ITAW Campaign and in the following manner:
• Review and provide valuable feedback on ITAW Campaign, performance objectives, work plans and key reports
• Provide hands -on support in key advocacy moments, programmatic campaign and capacity development processes and internal/external relationship development at various levels.
• Support integration of National Office Campaigns across all Technical programs and secure the support of all Directors to budget and fund campaign activities for their respective departments.
• Coordinate documentation of best practices and evidence related to WV Burundi’s advocacy work and campaign.
• Ensure that children’s voices are represented through local level advocacy efforts and local-national-regional-global linkages.
• Collaboration with the Communication Unit to deliver on the Influence, Impact and Income agenda to drive campaign events that influences identified opportunities.
• Support the leadership team’s participation in external engagement fora.
• Ensure ongoing monitoring and reporting for campaigns through the CVA database and quarterly reports from projects and programmes.

Knowledge management

• Provide technical support to assessment of competencies of advocacy staff at all levels and support the development of appropriate learning plans and professional development opportunities
• Lead knowledge management for advocacy and external engagement by developing a process for capturing, sharing, and learning from programme progress.
• Promote the development of innovations in advocacy and external engagement on learnings and evidence of good practice and informed by the unique challenges and needs of the context.

Policy

• Working with government, the UN, peer NGOs, influence change of laws and policies for the wellbeing of children
• Development of World Vision policy positions and briefings on ending violence against children.
• Constantly monitor and analyze external policy environment and resources to inform and develop World Vision policy positions.
• Periodically seek and review available evidence from World Vision key programmatic work to ensure that it is underpinning policy positions.
• Liaise with Local to Global team to ensure that global WV Burundi policy positions leverage national office priorities.
• Develop World Vision public policy positions and reports on ending VAC.
• Support realization of the It takes a world global campaign policy agenda.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in public policy, law, Social Science, Governance, Development Studies, or relevant discipline.
• 10 years’ experience in the area of programming, advocacy, external engagement and networking of which 5 must be at leadership level with experience of working in child protection, PSEA, GBV, or safeguarding areas : including child protection program design, implementation and monitoring; staff training and coaching and partners strategic engagement.
• Experience of managing micro-macro linkages in working with community groups, networks and government agencies on Rights Regional Operations processes.
• Experience of managing empowering partnerships and other relationships.
• Experience of developing proposals and coordinating ideas for managing donor relationships.
• Sound knowledge in global political debates and their impacts on issues regarding water, sanitation and hygiene.
• Experienced in managing research projects and documentation
• Sound knowledge of sectors-WASH, Health/Nutrition, Education, HEA, Children/Women and their policies in Burundi.
• Strong understanding of child protection systems, child protection programs, child protection in HEA, gender and advocacy.  
• Solid understanding of UNHCR and other relevant international and regional human rights standards protecting the rights of children.
• Ability to train and mentor others in advocacy, child protection and gender knowledge, skills, attitudes and programming approaches. Able to coordinate and support learning on key child protection issues for the NO.
• Strong relationship building/network capacity, excellent communication skills, spiritual maturity in Christian faith, ability to influence, innovative, and proactive personality.
• Strong understanding of latest developments, research and trends in the field of child protection and gender, particularly in-country context.  
• Proven ability in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating child protection advocacy programmes.
• Proven ability to influence, network and collaborate with national level government, NGO and UN Agency child protection peers.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Committed to WV values and able to demonstrate them.
• Strong relationship building/network capacity, excellent communication skills, spiritual maturity in Christian faith, ability to influence, innovative, and proactive personality.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Field: 20%
• Office and external engagement: 80%

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONIBILITIES

Strategy and Leadership :

• Lead the acquisition of diversified bilateral and multi-lateral funding for the office by writing and leading a design team in the development of concept papers and proposals in conjunction with the operations, finance and technical teams. Identify, market opportunities, monitor donor trends, and for growing grant funding from governments and multilaterals.
• Lead the revision and roll out of the National Office grants acquisition and management strategy/Business Plan that resources the WVB strategy and targets.
• Guide the national office in prioritizing and planning the capacities needed for resource development
• Provide day-to-day leadership and management to ensure timely and efficient support for prepositioning, proposal development and effective issue resolution in grant performance across National Office/Support Offices as needed.
• Support divisions and ministry specialists to  align their Technical Approaches and Programmes in line with the WVIB strategy
• Ensure quality reporting and tracking of indicators and communication of the same to key publics to demonstrate impact of World Vision programming

Strategy Implementation, Quality Assurance and Reporting

• Lead successful development, elaboration and roll out of  implementation strategies and operational guidelines in response to child well -being priorities;
• Lead the mainstreaming of child well-being targets into program and project designs.
• Supervise timely submission of a quality and comprehensive Child well-being annual report.
• Ensure the use of appropriate indicators to track the implementation and progress of National Office strategy.
• Direct and ensure quality, focus and feasibility in the DM&E processes in WVB including but not limited to development, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Direct and ensure that program/project interventions are designed and developed in compliance with WV, Donor, SPHERE and other accepted norms and standards;
• Direct the provision and/or establishment of needed tools, methodological approaches, technical assistance, training / capacity building, DME support and accompanying business processes to ensure that programs achieve or surpass WV child wellbeing objectives.
• Ensure that APs/Grant Projects have appropriate designs, development approaches and processes in place that result in sustainable and impactful programs that meet WVI key performance indicators and acceptable audit results (operational).

Resource Acquisition

• Provide leadership for development and review of technically sound sectorial approaches and strategies, which respond to the needs of the most vulnerable children.  Supervise the process of proposal design, development, submission, follow–up, negotiation and contracting in order to increase WVB’s Grant portfolio.
• Develop, in collaboration with Communications Unit, marketable capacity statement (fact sheets, flyers, lessons learnt documents, videos) for use in marketing WV Burundi to potential donors and partners.
• Enhance the project managers and their respective team’s capacity to write human interest and impact reports to raise the profile of World Vision Burundi for submission to potential donors.
• Create mechanisms and tools to gather intelligence, track and or identify funding opportunities for resource growth
• Map potential local and international NGO partners that WVIB can partner together with to pursue major grants.
• Conduct in-country donors mapping to understand donor landscape, priorities, geographic interest and funding opportunities

Emergency preparedness and response

• Lead in developing programmes that are adaptive and can respond to humanitarian crisis as and when necessary
• Ensure excellent coordination and cooperation with incoming technical Managers as well as surge teams during emergencies
• Lead on ensuring the appropriate level of technical input into any emergency response

Strengthen Strategic Partnerships and Networking

• Strengthen and maintain strategic partnerships and relationships with in-country donors, line government ministries/departments, and other in-country partners including humanitarian agencies in close coordination with the Operations Director. Represent WV along with Technical Programmes Managers to all donors, partner networks and technical groups meetings.
• Build influential relationships with potential consortia members and stakeholders for future cooperation. Actively participate in donor led working groups, conferences and meeting.

Introduce and manage supporting programming tools, processes and methodologies

• Ensure that national programme quality initiatives, sponsorship operations, and projects implemented adequately comply with technical and management standards
• Provide key leadership in the development adaptation, contextualization, socialization and application of tools of World Vision’s MEAL system, LEAP
• Ensure the use of up-to-date templates for LEAP in all programmes
• Lead the testing/application of tools and the discovery of more context appropriate processes and tools leading to contextualized application of WV’s development programming approaches (DPA)

Division Leadership

• Provide overall leadership and technical support to the Programme Development and Quality Assurance Team to ensure quality delivery through development of relevant guidelines and tools
• Coach, mentor and develop the capacity of the PDQA team to deliver on their goals.
• Review the divisional structure and mandates where necessary to align to the National Office needs.
• Develop, implement and review divisional plans and budget and make regular reports and updates to the Senior Leadership and National Director.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE

• Master’s degree in planning, development studies, social sciences or business administration or any related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in NGO and other humanitarian work as a Senior Leader with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in leading the development of programs/projects proposals and/or of leading programs quality assurance.
• Proven experience in diverse sector areas with excellent project design experience. Candidate should have a proven track record of submitting and winning proposals.
• Clear understanding of the working of the major WV partners (UNICEF, WFP, USAID, EU, AID, ADH, DEC, DFADT, DFID, etc.), their requirements and standards.  Successful experience in donor engagement and fostering strong relationships with major program partners in a highly professional manner.
• Good computer skills, knowledge of statistical packages for analyzing socio-economic data, LEAP Tools, general DM&E framework. Good communication skills, negotiation skills and people relational skills.
• Experienced networker with strong skills in donor relations, negotiations and partnering with up-to date knowledge of the donor landscape and trends in “middle income countries”.
• Experience in working with partner organizations in humanitarian or development settings
• Strong spoken and written English and French.
• Able to handle multiple priorities, tasks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Excellent communication skills and strong inter-personal skills and proven team player.
• Able to work in a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff
• A results-oriented leader with the ability to handle a heavy workload, manage multiple organizational, donor and other stakeholder demand.
• Must have strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to provide spiritual leadership to the team.
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities. Excellent people management skills and ability to coordinate across functions within the organization.
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation systems and experience in quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation at a managerial/leadership level.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Field: 20%
• Office and external engagement: 80%

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Major Responsibilities

1. Effective and Innovative Leadership in Disaster management (DM)

• Ensure the National Office (NO) strategy demonstrates action to address common risks and hazards prevalent in country.
• Ensure the NO Technical Programmes integrates aspects of DM, especially Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), appropriate for its context.
• During emergencies, set up contingency plan, develop and monitor implementation of Response strategy/plan that addresses WV strategic goals to meet humanitarian needs.
• Ensure deployment of effective resources for emergencies.
• Assuring standards of excellence in the management of human, financial, capital, and technical resources of the Portfolio.
• Ensure World Vision implements principled humanitarian action that adheres to internal and international humanitarian standards.
• Ensure Clusters or long-term programs in high-risk contexts systematically mainstream DRR including clearly articulated Child Focused DRR components
• influencing key internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead the Documentation and sharing of best practices in disaster management across the organization to enhance learning.
• Setup CBP project team and ensure each staff contributes to the project outcomes according to the plan.

2. Preparedness & Early Actions

• Ensure timely information, early warning data is gathered, analyzed and reported to the NO Senior Leadership and shared with the Regional office on a monthly basis at a minimum.
• As needed and required, Disaster Preparedness Plans (DPPs) are developed, implemented and managed.
• Ensure Early Warning information is utilized to adjust interventions and activities to ensure child wellbeing in changing contexts.
• Investigate and propose to senior management the best cash delivery agent/s for Food Assistance.
• Ensure the National Office has a designated NEPRF and a clear NEPRF policy.
• Be actively involved and/or ensure National Office involvement in major consortiums/Working Groups/ groups directly involved with humanitarian response as needed and as appropriate. 
• Work with Resource Development Unit to ensure adequate funding to address humanitarian needs is acquired.
• Preposition relevant vendors through sensitization and signing of MOUs for timely adequate supplies for any response. 

3. Capacity Building

• Ensure the proper functional capacity of National Disaster Management Team (NDMTs) including identification, reporting, training, growth and the deployment of NDMTs (as per the EMS Structure)
• Ensure the NO conducts Annual DM capacity assessment and performance reviews.
• Work together with M&E Team to identify areas for research to deepen the learning around Cash Based Programming (CBP).
• Ensure members of the NDMT Complete all security courses relating to their sector on e-campus.

4. Operation plan for all food assistance project is in place & guides implementation

• Prepare and present comprehensive operating plan for the Food Assistance Program.
• Setup CBP project team and ensure each staff contributes to the project outcomes according to the plan.
• Together with M&E unit setup monitoring indicators and ensure M&E unit are delivering monitoring reports on regular basis.
• Setup / revise project budget and monitor its implementation. Ensure all expenditures according to WV financial policies and manual.
• Monitor donor’s incoming commitment to ensure funds availability for monthly operation.
• Ensure project is running according to the agreed timeframe and Detailed Implementation Plan.
• Monitor the transfer-value to ensure its efficacy / relevancy to the current retail price. If transfer-value no longer relevant, revise the transfer-value by engaging relevant stakeholders and revise project budget accordingly.
• Coordinate and communicate with internal stakeholder to promote integration and smooth project transition.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders including, but not limited to, academia, NGOs, Government, Private Sector, USAID and WFP in order to advance the learning goal of the project.
• Maintain all documentation relating directly to Cash Transfer activities appropriately filed.

5. Reporting

• Develop sector reports (MMR, Semi-Annual, Annual Reports) and CWB Annual Report
• Prepare monthly reports and coordinate monthly reflection meetings internally with unit members and externally with the relevant sectors
• Ensure reports are sent according to the agreed schedule to donor, Support Offices, FPMG and other relevant entities.
• Manage ad-hoc issues arise from day-to-day project implementation
• Keep management and EARO HEA team informed of the emergency operations under way and accomplished by all WV Programs in the country.

Qualifications,Technical Skills and Experience

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in humanitarian assistance programs/projects in emergency situations, refugee resettlement, returnee reintegration, cash transfers, livelihoods, and empowerment of vulnerable groups.
•  Practical experience in coordinating/managing refugee camps.
• Proven experience in managing projects funded by multilateral donors, including UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, ECHO, the Start Fund, or other similar humanitarian donors.
• Ability to mobilize and manage multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and a strong collaborative approach.

Other Competencies/Attributes:

• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Good theoretical and working knowledge of Cash-Based Programming
• Good working knowledge of WFP, USAID, EU, CIDA and other food resource donor guidelines.
• Extensive understanding of Social Safety Nets, Livelihoods and associated methodologies (e.g.  Logical framework approach, results-based management, most significant change etc…)
• An understanding of labor-based interventions (FFA/FFW)
• Understanding of basic economics i.e. elasticity of demand and supply and substitution effects
• Ability to articulate the disincentive hypothesis as it relates to food aid and the possible interactions between food and markets (labor and commodity)
• A clear appreciation of coping mechanism and strategies
• Analytical and systematic in approach, yet able to think and act strategically
• Experience in Project Management
• Proven skills in process and group facilitation, training and capacity building
• Ability to train and mentor
• Proven Ability to influence, network and collaborate with national level government, NGO and UN Agency child protection peers.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Language requirements: French, English and Swahili
• Committed to WV values and able to demonstrate them.
• Self- motivated and able to work under pressure
• Strong relationship building/network capacity, excellent communication skills, spiritual maturity in Christian faith, ability to influence, innovative, and proactive personality

Working Environment / Conditions:

• Field: 20%
• Office and external engagement: 80%

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

GAM Strategy and Coordination:

• Lead the revision and roll out of the grants acquisition and management strategy / Business Plan (for both public and private) in alignment with NO, RO and SO strategy and targets.
• In accordance with Global Strategy, GAM processes and the RO Business Planning Cycle, assist the PDQA Director and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in setting realistic annual grant income projections.
• Assess the GAM´s competencies to promote innovation cross functionally, agility and efficiency in the conformation of a high-level task forces for new resource acquisition for WVIB.
• Lead/coordinate process to determine opportunity prioritization, human, and financial resource allocation, applying Go/No-Go decision criteria.
• Provide day to day leadership and management to ensure timely and efficient support for prepositioning, proposal development and effective issue resolution in grant performance.
• Provide innovative management guidance for new resources opportunities (businesses, social products, and others).
• Track and report grant portfolio performance against income targets to PDQA Director and SLT.

Donor Identification, Engagement and Prepositioning:

• Track the donor landscape (research, analyse, develop, track relationships with new and current donors) to organize and lead prepositioning meetings with donors
• Actively engage and participate in strategic in country donor and partner meetings.
• Identify and cultivate key relationships to strengthen WVIB’s positioning and elevate its profile.
• In coordination with Communications Manager ensure the implementation of the global impact framework, and support the development of capacity statements, marketing and communication materials using the technical branding approach for donor engagement and prepositioning.
• Facilitate relationships and build credibility with donors, using previous success and documented best practices in grant management.
• Maintain an up-to-date record of current and potential donor requirements and be proactive in the lookout for local, regional, and global opportunities.
• Develop and regularly update a Donor Engagement Plan that maps donor priorities against WVIB’s strategic programme areas

Resource Development:

• Recruit, onboard and manage competent Resource Development staff.
• Establish and maintain an efficient grant opportunity tracking system for tracking grant opportunities and manage opportunity pipeline maintaining an overview of country level grant funding opportunities and donor trends.
• Cultivate SO relationships, to ensure effective coordination as opportunities emerge for both public and private.
• In coordination with SOs and cross functional teams, develop high quality concept notes and proposals that meet donor compliance and quality standards.
• Support the PDQA director in the development and ongoing management of consortia.
• Ensure the appropriate use of the Grants Risk Assessment Form to facilitate the Go/No Go Decision.
• Provide strategic direction pursue non-traditional funding sources, including private sector and corporate partnerships, identifying emerging or untapped high potential donors and new emerging models.
• Oversee proposal budget development, ensuring cost realism and alignment with donor and WVI financial guidelines.

Capacity Building:

• Ensure all staff involved in grants, including the position holder have completed and are Proposal pro certified.
• Lead, manage and provide capacity building support to employees in the team, & seconded staff by ensuring clear goals and accountabilities are established and achieved.
•  Ensure individuals’ performance and development needs are met, and employees are high performing and engaged.
• Identify capacity gaps in grants acquisition and management.
• Lead with the SOs and regional RDU, the roll out of the partnership grants acquisition training software (i.e. Proposal Pro) and the use of Horizon for opportunity tracking.
• Develop a strong successor to be able to take up increasing grant management responsibility.
• Foster a culture of learning, knowledge-sharing, and continuous improvement within the Resource Development team.

Representation at various fora:

• To ensure appropriate representation of WVIB at strategic fora that could lead to resource acquisition and enhanced programming collaboration.
• Represent WVIB in the grant’s community fora (internal and external to WV).
• Participate in WV internal grant communities – GAM CoP, Fragile Context CoP, GAM Hubs and Global Grants Compliance Unit.
• Build and sustain a professional network among donor representatives, peer agencies, and consortia partners to enhance WVIB’s credibility and visibility.

QUALIFICATION/ KNOWLEDGE AND REQUIRED SKILLS

• Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in grant acquisition, with a strong preference for experience in complex/protracted emergencies and recovery operations.
• Minimum of 3-5 years in a supervisory or management role, with demonstrated experience leading a team.
• Proposal Pro or equivalent certification.
• Excellent knowledge and experience managing government and multilateral agency grant-funded projects, including grant compliance procedures for major bilateral and multilateral donors.
• Demonstrated track record in proposal development, funding acquisition, and grant management for major institutional donors (bilateral and multilateral).
• Familiarity with the grant compliance and procedures of major donors, including the EU, World Bank, UN agencies, USAID/BHA, FCDO, Global Affairs Canada, DFAT, etc.
• Proven experience and strong skills in budget development and cost-realism analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and English.
• Excellent proposal and report writing skills in both French and English.
• Strong understanding of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and relevant financing frameworks.
• Familiarity with Logical Framework (LogFrame), Theory of Change, and results-based management approaches.
• Proficiency in budget development, financial analysis, and cost-effectiveness modeling.
• Sound knowledge of donor rules, regulations, and compliance requirements across major bilateral, multilateral, and private funding mechanisms.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite; experience with grants management systems (e.g., Horizon, Salesforce, or similar platforms) is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with donors, partners, and colleagues at all levels.
• Skilled at managing multiple concurrent proposal and deadlines with composure, without compromising quality.
• Able to adjust swiftly to shifting donor landscapes, crises, or organizational changes while maintaining effectiveness and a positive outlook.
• Works productively across diverse teams, fostering collaboration and shared knowledge at all levels.
• Sound judgment and discretion in handling sensitive donor and partner information.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in proposal compliance, budget accuracy, and reporting timelines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Field: 20%
• Office and external engagement: 80%

Applicant Types Accepted:Local Applicants Only