National Director - WV Laos

Overview

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!

The National Director (ND) 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 strategy in alignment with Our Promise for effective operations. Participate in and implement directional shifts of the organization, such as the ensuring that Laos program has capacity to execute global strategy; particularly the strategic agenda for development, and management of grants and . 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 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 authority. 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 example of the organizations Christian faith. The ND will lead by example and provide spiritual guidance to staff on WV Vision Mission and WV Core Values.

Deliver 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 priorities for child wellbeing

• 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.

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

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

Achieve Operational and…