Programme Development Manager (PDM)

Job Description

World Vision International

With over 70 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:

As Programme Development Manager (PDM) you are responsible for providing management support and facilitation to programme design and resource acquisition for World Vision’s humanitarian response, resilience, and development programming. Leading a team of Programme Officers, you will be responsible for ensuring designs of proposals and concept papers are needs-based, contextually-appropriate, compliant with donor and partner guidelines, and of high quality. You will support the Program Development Director in building the program development team strategy and cultivating new and existing relationships with various stakeholders (donor governments, partners, multilaterals, UN, WV partnership offices, etc.) to grow and diversify funding.

Requirements include:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a development field
• Leadership experience in program design and development, funding acquisition, program monitoring and evaluation, information management, capacity building, and compliance
• At least 3 years field experience in a relief, humanitarian, or development environment
• At least 1 year experience managing staff and teams
• Previous experience with successful multi-million dollar donor proposal writing and budget preparation with a variety of bilateral and multilateral donors
• Must have a clear understanding of the working of major bilateral and multilateral donors and partners, including their requirements and standards and ability to represent WVSS in a highly professional manner
• Evidence of high level written and spoken English language abilities.
• Juba-based with up to 30% field travel (domestic and international).

Is this the job for you?

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the closing date 18 DEC 2023.

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.

About the Organization

The World Vision Partnership is a global community of people passionately committed to improving the lives and futures of the world’s most vulnerable children.

We believe that every child is a precious gift to the entire world and that their well-being concerns us all. We will not rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed. We are looking for people who share our beliefs and our passion.

www.wvi.org

Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.