Location: Nuwaraeliya - Kothmale, Sri Lanka
The Development Facilitator works within communities to enable mutual transformation in the lives of children, families, supporters, partners and World Vision staff. Serves as a catalyst, partnership broker, and capacity builder of local partners in facilitating community-led initiatives to improve and sustain child wellbeing. Manages technical projects in respective Primary Focus Areas including annual planning & budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reflections. Major responsibilities include ensuring effective communication of World Vision's identity, mission and approach to development; developing understanding of local context including government perspectives; mobilizing and strengthening community groups and key stakeholders; building relationships through home visits and community immersion; ensuring programme quality through planning, implementation and monitoring; documenting progress and lessons learnt for reports to management and donors; conducting community awareness on sponsorship; ensuring effective utilization of resources and stewardship; leading implementation of technical projects within budget and timeline. Requirements: at least 4 years of experience in Community Development or Programme/Project Coordination in an international organization, preferably INGO context; a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, International Development Studies, Community Development or related field (or equivalent WV-facilitated learning with 6 years experience); experience in capacity building for local stakeholders/partners and working with children; basic knowledge of child protection, nutrition/health, livelihoods, resilience, advocacy and cross-cutting themes such as gender, environment, disability and child participation; networking, negotiation and partnering skills; strong interpersonal skills with fluency in written and spoken Tamil and English; ability to ride a motorbike with a valid license. Local applicants only.
Closing date: 2026-10-01
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the World Vision Workday careers portal listing for this position.
https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/WorldVisionInternational/job/Nuwaraeliya--Kothmale-Sri-Lanka/Development-Facilitator_JR52691/apply