Senior Technical Programmes Advisor, Philanthropy

Key Responsibilities

Preferred candidate’s locations:
Open to locations/US States where World Vision International is registered to operate.

The Senior Technical Programmes Advisor ensures that programmatic and funding knowledge across the Philanthropy Alliance (PA) fundraising offices effectively supports donor connection to World Vision’s Global Signature Initiatives (GSIs) and the associated core Business Plans. This is accomplished through both direct technical support to all PA Offices (including Executive leaders and Programmes teams) and fundraisers, as well as building increased capacity across the PA to effectively market GSI programming to HNW (high-net-worth) and U-HNW (Ultra high-net-worth) donors.

The Advisor will develop and direct training and mentorship programmes to build fundraiser confidence and capacity (including CEOs and Programming leaders/specialists), work with PA offices to close gaps in strategic fundraising practices, and engage with all global fundraising initiatives to develop business plan synergies.

30 % of the time:
Establish training process to develop a “Chief Development Officer”-like (CDO) role within each Philanthropy Alliance Support Office (PA SO), focusing on the highest priority markets, so that this skillset exists within every office, time zone, and donor language.

• Develop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across World Vision’s global fundraising entities, ensuring awareness and connection to all sponsorship and non-sponsorship fundraising strategies and products.
• Develop strong collaborative relationships throughout all PA offices and stakeholders.
• Lead development of training and mentoring processes to embed CDO-type skillsets within each PA SO.
• As needed, provide input into selection of CDO-focused role holder(s).
• Each PA SO hosts a CDO-focused role, and CDO-focused role holders are trained and empowered to effectively support their fundraisers as well as HNW/UHNW donors.
• As needed, provide ongoing mentorship and direction to PA CDO-focuses role holders, offices, and fundraisers.

40 % of the time:
Equip Support Offices (SOs) and National Offices (Nos) with the tools and processes needed to align funding to Global Signature Initiative (GSI) commitments rather than one-off projects.

• Develop strong technical understanding of all GSI technical areas and root Business Plans with a focus on illuminating the real-world value of GSI efforts for communities in each market.
• Deeply understand the Sponsorship Foundational Programme, how this will affect World Vision’s programming in the future and how the Business Plans/GSIs align with it.
• Develop strong collaborative relationships throughout all PA offices and stakeholders and associated National Offices, including with CEOs, National Directors and Senior Operations/Programmes staff.
• Assess needed tools and process for more effective alignment across all offices.
• Lead development / contextualisation / adaptation of tools and processes to enable each PA office to effectively understand, communicate, and market GSI technical areas to HNW / U-HNW donors in their markets.
• Collaborate with PA offices to ensure all PA fundraisers fully understand the impact value of fundraising to support GSI commitments and have the capacity to fully support this fundraising with their donors.
• As needed, provide ongoing mentorship and direction to PA offices and fundraisers.

30 % of the time:
Train fundraisers to translate technical sector programming into “digestible”, donor-facing appeals.

• Lead training and mentoring processes to ensure PA fundraisers have the knowledge and capacity to translate technical sector programming into digestible, donor-facing appeals.
• Support development / contextualisation / adaptation of technical information and communications to technical programming value addition is effectively translated into appealing messaging for HNW / U-HNW donors in their markets.
• As needed, provide ongoing mentorship and direction to PA offices, CEOs and fundraisers.

• Bachelor’s degree…