National Director - WV 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!
Country Context:
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.
Here’s where you come in:
As the National Director – WV Bangladesh, you 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 organization’s Christian faith. The ND will lead by example and provide spiritual guidance to staff on the Vision Mission and WV Core Values.
Requirements include:
- 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.
Is this the job for you?
World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.