National Director - WV Bangladesh

Overview

Lead and direct the implementation of World Vision's ministry in Bangladesh.

You have:

• 10+ years of senior strategic management leadership, preferably with a global organisation
• At least 10-years experience in overseeing large Government grant, its acquisition, and donor engagement
• Experience in one of the major Ministries (Relief, Development, Advocacy), close familiarity with the other two
• Knowledge of Program Quality Framework and Planning cycle and Transformational Development Indicators is preferred
• Experience in fundraising and generating local revenue
• Experience in Advocacy and public relations
• Experience leading or working with advisory boards
• Ability to present persuasively to Senior Management Team, staff, donors, NGO’s, government officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders
• Demonstrating experience of living and working in fragile context (economic, social, weather, etc)
• Experience in combining slow and fast onset programs. Ability to juggle emergency response with long-term transformational development
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English
• Postgraduate degree in management or social sciences (regular course, not distance learning) (advanced degree is preferred)
• Fluency in English
• Eligible to secure visa and work permit to work in Bangladesh

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

Employee Contract Type:

International Assignment (WVI – Paid via GCLA) Fixed Term (Fixed Term)Job Description:

World Vision (WV) is a Christian humanitarian organisation dedicated to working with children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice through sustainable development, emergency relief, and raising public awareness. The heart of World Vision's work is helping communities build stronger and healthier relationships. We focus on children because they are the best indicator of a community's social health.

World Vision first got involved with Bangladesh by responding to the cyclone victims of Bhola in 1970 during devastating tidal surges in the coastal areas of the country. Later the organization carried out relief operations in refugee camps in India in 1971. Following Bangladesh's independence in 1972, it started relief and rehabilitation programs as per invitation of the Bangladesh Government. World Vision Bangladesh (WVB) opened its Dhaka Office in 1972.

Presently, close to USD 65+million budget with about_800 staff, World Vision is implementing 49 Area Development Programmes and 35 grant and private funded projects in 28 districts and 81 working locations in Bangladesh. WVB is reaches over 6.1 million people with children firmly at the heart of our work. The programs and projects focus on the most vulnerable children, families and communities with Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Livelihood, Child protection, interventions by tackling the root causes and addressing effects of poverty, inequality and injustice.

WVB also has large sustained Humanitarian Response program for Rohingya refugees with a multi-sectoral interventions including food security, nutrition, education, child protection/gender, WASH, with a budget of approx.: USD 35+ million reaching more than 350+ thousand people funded by multilateral, bilateral donors including private funding. WVB has setup a local parallel entity World Vision Foundation (WVF) to position the organisation to attract local funding as well

The National Director (ND) WVI Bangladesh will strategically lead, develop, and direct the implementation of all aspects of World Vision's ministry in this national office. In performing this role, the ND will be an effective leader locally, an effective member of the partnership, and will model the organization’s principles of Twin Citizenship to ensure high ministry quality and overall organizational effectiveness.

The ND as a leader will contribute to partnership life and unity, by acting as both a local and global representative of the organization. The ND will lead the team to achieve the country's alignment with World Vision’s global strategy, Our Promise Phase 3 for effective operations. Participate in and implement directional shifts of the organization, such as the ensuring that Bangladesh program has capacity to execute global strategy; particularly the strategic agenda for fragile contexts, development, and management of grants and PNS. The ND will also have oversight of Rohingya Refugee Response and provide guidance to Response Director.

The ND will ensure the country's operations and operating model maintain the Partnership's focus on Child Well Being Outcomes and Aspirations as they apply in that specific country context; maximizing the impact in the field while maintaining efficiency as a wise steward of entrusted resources. The ND also serves as the Executive Director (ED) and Secretary to the Board of Directors of WVF. In this role, the ED will ensure good governance, oversee local fundraising efforts and lead all aspects of WVF operations as well.

The ND will collaborate effectively with other partnership offices and divisions to achieve local and organizational goals. Externally, the ND will foster collaboration with major donors, project partners, local government, Church representatives, faith-based organizations, and non-governmental organizations; serving according to given Power of Attorney. In doing so, the leader will maximize stewardship, effectiveness, the efficiency of costs, and operating models.

The ND will model a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry, and integrity through lifestyle and work relationships to be a fine exemplar of the organizations Christian faith. The ND will lead by example and provide spiritual guidance to staff on the Vision Mission and WV Core Values.

Responsibilities will include:

1. Delivering on Child Well-being Aspirations / Outcomes and Targets

• Collaborate and build coalitions to catalyze movements for children’s well-being, locally and globally
• Align and influence national strategic mandates and priorities with global priority outcomes for children
• Champion increased and enriched connections between children, communities and supporters, for an increasingly vibrant, authentic and engaging experience among them
• Lead champions for innovative approaches to organizational services, processes and systems
• Be a credible advocate for children and champion efforts for child rights, mobilizing change at every level by lifting the voices of local children, youth and their communities
• Ensure that the NO functions in a contextualized, complementary, sensitive and cohesive manner. The core values, principles of interdependence and twin citizenship enhance the relevance of WV ministry and its distinct contribution to national development as well as guide the contribution it makes to the Partnership

2. Grow and Leverage Yield to Ministry

• Ensures systems are in place so that projects are managed on time and on budget in achieving the desired impact on CWB.
• Set up a structure and budget that supports the Ministry and is aligned with the strategy, while keeping adequate efficiency ratio to be competitive in the humanitarian industry
• In dialogue with GC and Region provide support / leadership for development and execution of shared support services in specific areas of ministry and functions, based out of the country and serving the entire partnership or region

3. Increase and Diversify Funding Portfolio

• Build and maintain sustainability through diversified revenue growth in alignment with agreed targets.
• Define vision for grants acquisition and management performance within NO, ensure that grants are strategically aligned to NO priorities and consider the competitive landscape
• Ensure alignment of programming for coordinated design and promotion of products and programmes

4. Achieve Operational and Stewardship Excellence

• Lead the development and execution of the country strategy through programme approaches and operating plans with clear, measurable short-term and long-term targets;
• Ensure country strategy is aligned with Regional and WV global strategic priorities and Partnership expectations
• Ensure organisational sustainability by ongoing predictive success planning (funding, Ministry, organisational development, leadership pipeline)
• Ensure that key Ministry and support functions are strategically aligned and appropriately included in the NO strategy
• Ensure effective stewardship and accountability of WV resources, finances and people, consistent with performance standards established by the Global and Regional leadership.
• Promote and model high level of transparency, integrity and zero tolerance to fraud
• Have overall responsibility for assessment of risks and the development of risk management planning to mitigate risks to NO operations, staff, assets and programmes
• Ensure organizational compliance to the "country" Government standards and laws for WV operations in the country

5. Recruit, Motivate, Equip, Lead and Retain Capable Staff

• Model a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry and integrity through lifestyle and work relationships, and provide spiritual guidance to staff on the WV Vision, Mission and Core Values;
• Demonstrate Christ-centered servant leadership amongst WV staff and diverse partners;
• Demonstrate strong conviction and ability to work in ecumenical and inter-faith contexts;
• Inspire staff to support Christian identity, commitments and witness (including incarnational living).
• Build and promote culture that is sustainable for growth and high performance
• Build sustainability through the growth and development of NO people and leadership capability
• Build sustainability through effective organisational succession
• Lead in a way that facilitates a high performance culture, open trustworthy relationships and integrity; promotes a culture of learning and development, employee engagement, servant leadership and good stewardship of human capital in the office;
• Build organisational culture, which leverages respect, value and promotes gender, age and ethnic diversity;
• Contribute to the global pool of workforce of WV Partnership by sourcing, recruiting or building committed, competent talents from within the country

6. Twin Citizenship and Partnering - external, board and Partnership

• Act as a Twin Citizen ensuring that National Office participates in global processes and decisions and allocates resources and talent where most needed, Partnership wide.
• Contribute to the Partnership, understand its systems and priorities, act as a global leader and a Twin Citizen.
• Source best practices and strategic services available Partnership wide, be aware of, and apply relevant innovative approaches
• Promote social entrepreneurship by pursuing innovative solutions to social problems, acting boldly and proactively sourcing required resources and not constrained by resources currently in hand
• Build proactive external relationship with local government leaders, donors, church leaders, private corporations for the following purposes: Social entrepreneurship, Advocacy agenda - promote policy change for improved child well-being, Donor relations for acquisition of resources and policy influence, Enable and support programmes in the country by government agencies at all levels, Media relations; Ensure that WV and Child Well-Being agenda are promoted appropriately.
• Represent /the office/ engage and build strategic alliances with the Government of /the country/ major donor agencies, WV Partnership, non-governmental agencies, churches and media;
• Strategically position WV as a credible and trustworthy national and global partner.

Qualification and Experience Requirements:

• 10+ years of senior strategic management leadership, preferably with a global organisation and/or
• At least 10-years experience in overseeing large Government grant, its acquisition, and donor engagement.
• Experience in one of the major Ministries (Relief, Development, Advocacy), close familiarity with the other two.
• Knowledge of Program Quality Framework and Planning) cycle and Transformational Development Indicators is preferred.
• Experience in fundraising and generating local revenue.
• Experience in Advocacy and public relations.
• Experience leading or working with advisory boards.
• Ability to present persuasively to Senior Management Team, staff, donors, NGO’s, government officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrating experience of living and working in fragile context (economic, social, weather, etc).
• Experience in combining slow and fast onset programs. Ability to juggle emergency response with long-term transformational development.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English
• Postgraduate degree in management or social sciences(regular course, not distance learning) (advanced degree is preferred).
• Fluency in English.
• Eligible to secure visa and work permit to work in Bangladesh

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted

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Added 4 months ago - Updated 3 months ago - Source: wvi.org