Job Description

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 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories!

Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

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Overview

*Application Deadline is 2nd November 2022*

VisionFund is World Vision's microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children.

We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive.

Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance.

Job Summary

The Regional Faith & Development Specialist-Asia position provides high quality faith and development technical assistance to VisionFund Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in in the core World Vision International (WVI) Faith and Development (F&D) project models, with a primary focus on the Empowered Worldview program. The position supports programme design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and scale-up of F&D project models and sector approaches in alignment with WVI strategy to improve child well-being (CWB) impact. It also supports spiritual nurture of staff, fragile contexts, church partnerships and faith engagement, and innovation and impact in F&D programs. This includes all aspects of grant acquisition and management for foundations, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors including facilitation, partnering with peer organizations and private sector engagement. The Regional Specialist will continue to learn and grow in technical expertise to provide best in class service. This position will travel up to 15% for field assignments and where possible for the individual. The Regional F&D Specialist reports to the VFI F&D Director.

Job Responsibilities

Programme Design

• Support MFI leadership teams to develop plans for Empowered Worldview (EWV) adaptation and rollout to staff and clients in Asia.
• Provide regional leadership, oversight, and high quality technical assistance to MFIs for EWV and all core model contextual adaptation, programme design, monitoring and evaluation.
• Develop faith and development research agendas to enhance evidence of impact.
• Lead, facilitate or participate in assessments.

Programme Implementation

• Support pilots and scale-up of core project model implementation in MFIs, in alignment with strategy. Ensure Core Project Model implementations meet organizational standards.

• Influence decision makers and technical specialists across the partnership, (especially in MFIs and Support Offices (SO)) for continuous Programme Quality and quality improvement using programme data.
• Lead and/or participate in programme assessments and evaluations and provide inputs and advice.

Develop F&D Capacity in VisionFund

Staff Capability

• Mentor and coach Transformation Impact Managers in MFIs.
• Work alongside MFI staff to build understanding of WV's global faith and development sectoral approaches and core project models and global best practices and lessons learned, with a focus on Empowered Worldview.
• Provides training (virtual or in country) to MFIs based on strategy plans, including using data to inform decision making. Contribute to the development of F&D learning pathways for MFI staff.

Innovation and Learning

• Facilitate and/or participate in learning events.
• Document lessons learned and generate stories of impact.
• Share learnings within team (sector and/or project model).
• Participate in COPs (Communities of Practice) or learning networks relevant to the sector.

Research

Lead or support the development of articles, presentations and other products that contribute to VisionFund/World Vision's technical brand in alignment with relevant external engagement strategies and donor needs.

Job Requirements

• Education at a minimum of Bachelors degree level (ideally in Theology or Development Studies).
• A proven strategic thinker.
• Computer literacy; strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Commitment and ability to develop others.
• More than 10 years' work experience including experience in a technical support provision/advisory role.
• Experience working in the development sector.
• Demonstrated ability to work sensitively and effectively with people from different church backgrounds and cultural contexts and nationalities, and also with people of different faiths or those who may profess to have no belief system.
• Excellent training and coaching skills and ability to develop own training methods and materials.
• Strong interpersonal, diplomatic and negotiating skills, ability to influence and exercise discretion.
• Fluency and excellent communications skills in English.
• Must be able to deliver training and develop training materials in English.
• At least five years of programme management experience.
• Broad experience in relationship building and working with churches, faith based organizations and other faith groups.
• Exposure to fragile context work

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Masters Degree in a relevant subject.
• Second language proficiency.
• Networked with deep knowledge of the sector and the significant actors.
• Knowledge and experience with WV/VF operations and enabling Core Project Models.
• Experience in grant implementation and management

Applicant Types Accepted: Local Applicants Only