(CPD) Country Program Director - WV Dominican Republic
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!
Here’s where you come in:
We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and mission-driven leader to lead the National Office through a new phase of impact, growth, and sustainability.
As the (CPD) Country Program Director - WV Dominican Republic you will lead a new organizational model focused on establishing WV as a platform for wide impact and relevance in the lives of the most vulnerable children in the Dominican Republic.
This executive role is ideal for a leader with a strong background in fundraising, external engagement, and senior management, who can mobilize resources, build strategic partnerships, and position World Vision as a leading Christian organization advocating for the most vulnerable children.
You will be responsible for co-leading and strengthening the team (with the participation of the Cluster Director and team), especially its leadership, for appropriate and timely decision-making and risk & opportunities identification and management.
Requirements include:
- At least five (5) years of senior management experience.
- Master’s degree in Sustainability, Marketing, Development or similar.
- Sound and proven experience in fundraising with ambitious targets.
- Sound and proven experience in programming and business.
- Experience working with external partners in a local context.
- Experience in combining slow and fast onset programs—ability to juggle emergency response with long-term transformational development.
- A strong commitment to the mission, ethos and core values of World Vision.
- Fluency/high level of professional and technical spoken and written Spanish and English.
- The position requires the ability and willingness to travel nationally and/or internationally up to 30% of the time.
Is this the job for you?
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the application deadline of 27 MAY 2026.
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.