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 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children\xe2\x80\x99s life stories!

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

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Location: Home Based (International / Local) candidates with flexible work arrangements based in countries within Asia, Australia or proximity in order to serve South Asia Pacific Field Offices effectively in their time zones.

The Regional People & Culture Director provides strategic leadership across World Vision\xe2\x80\x99s South Asia Pacific Region in the area of People & Culture, and Organizational Development by maximizing the potential of World Vision\xe2\x80\x99s (WV) human resources and optimizing organizational performance, sustaining the culture and ensuring alignment to fulfil WV\xe2\x80\x99s strategy. The Regional People & Culture (P&C) Director will report to the Regional COO with a matrix reporting line to the Chief People Officer. The Regional P&C Director will lead a small unit and build and support a strong network of P&C professionals across the region, lead staff capacity building and leadership development efforts, and engage with the broader World Vision partnership.

Major Responsibilities:

Leadership and Strategy (50%)

Lead South Asia Pacific Region\xe2\x80\x99s P&C function in developing a vibrant and empowering culture that supports and enables the execution of World Vision\xe2\x80\x99s strategy and achieve the child well-being aspirations and outcomes

Champion effectiveness & efficiency of South Asia Pacific Region\xe2\x80\x99s P&C function through continuous development of high-quality services and processes to support leadership development and talent agenda

Guide the Leadership Team in the South Asia Pacific Regional Office, National Directors and National P&C Directors on all facets of P&C whilst promoting organizational culture, agility and effectiveness, alongside Mindset & Behaviours and Core Competencies

Lead and promote compliance to applicable (local) employment regulations, immigration and labour laws as well as WV policies and guidelines

Demonstrate vibrant and mature leadership through all People and Culture (P&C) related processes, practices and tools integrate, where applicable, and be guided by relevant competencies regarding WV\xe2\x80\x99s Mission, Vision and Core Values.

Technical and Operational Support (15%)

Provide direction and guidance in all areas of P&C such as Recruitment, Workforce Planning, Change & Organizational Development, Total Rewards, Employee Relations, Staff Care, Performance Management, Talent Development & Management, Retention, Succession Planning, among others

Provide objective input and contribution in the development of effective Global, Regional & National P&C Standards, Policies and Procedures

Work with Regional and National Offices\xe2\x80\x99 stakeholders to ensure HR system (Work Day) is optimized and P&C processes, policies and protocols are comprehended, followed and upheld in each offices to meet/advance P&C standards

Work with Regional and National Offices\xe2\x80\x99 P&C network to identify, develop and nurture a robust talent bench of future leaders for succession planning

Capacity Building (10%)

Lead the assessment, development and implementation of an integrated regional capacity building plan based on P&C priorities and strategy

Provide leadership to South Asia Pacific Region\xe2\x80\x99s capacity building (leaning & development) projects and initiatives in alignment with the global & regional capacity building framework and strategy

In partnership with key stakeholders, ensure gap analysis from Talent Management point of view and provide direction to improve the quality of talent pipeline

Knowledge Management (10%)

Inspire continuous learning and improvement in P&C practices, systems and tools that will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness the organization

Lead and encourage mutual learning among National Offices through formal and informal setting such as sharing of best practices and lesson learnt, community of practice and center of excellence

Promote the use of external and internal platform (Work Day & WV Central) and other off-the-shelf learning materials to develop and contextualize learning materials and contents

Quality Assurance / Risk Management (5%)

Provide direction to South Asia Pacific Region to ensure P&C compliance with WVI Partnership standards, policies and procedures. Advises the Regional & National Offices in addressing gaps/issues related to HR practices

Active role in providing direction to Regional and National Offices in preventing and mitigating risk related to employment / labor laws

Ensure effective implementation of Integrated Incident Management (IIM) and Employee Relations systems, ensures capacity at Regional and National Offices to manage incidents and follow through action plans & management decision

Stakeholder Engagement (10%)

Act as strategic P&C link for South Asia Pacific Region to internal stakeholders \xe2\x80\x93 other Regional Offices, National Offices, Support Offices and Global Center.

Develop and expand external networks and linkages with other International Non-governmental Organizations, Partners, P&C consulting groups, among others for collaboration, benchmarking and employer branding

Represent the South Asia Pacific Regional Office on internal and external forums.

Qualifications:

General

A relevant Master\'s Degree in Human Resources Management and/or Professional qualification in Human Resource Management, Social Science/Studies, or Organizational Development

Minimum of 8 to 10 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in a HR Leadership / Senior Human Resources Management position

Non-Profit experience will be an added advantage

Strategic leadership

A high-level capacity and demonstrated skill in setting vision, developing strategy on a broad scale in Human Resources

Strategic ability to influence direction of the organisation and the ability to implement this on a practical level

Broad experience in implementing world-class services in international/global organizations and ideally, in a network setting to diverse, dispersed and dynamic teams

A deep understanding of how to make change happen, and of organizational development and culture change

Demonstrable strategic, clear thinker and creative leadership, management and coordination skills in a global network setting

Intellectual curiosity, courage and independence. Decisive, with the courage to make tough calls

Human resources skills and experience

A strong track record of strategic human resource management and substantial experience of leading international/regional Human Resources teams and transformational change in business and HR.

Excellent assessor of talent and matching top performers to the jobs where they can add the most value

Experience in leading and managing complex projects, including learning and organizational development, culture change, recruitment and talent management and employee relations.

Organization and managerial capability

Strong resource, financial, planning, project and process management skills, gained in a complex environment

Huge capability for complex problem solving and good sense of diagnosing performance issues of the organisation

Acuity and sensitivity to work in sync with the senior executives

Experience of cross-functional and cross-cultural management including international/regional operations, support functions, engagement across a range of audience and disciplines

A proven ability to build, motivate, facilitate and engage a team, and play a key part in the wider management of an organization, towards delivery of key goals

The capacity to cohere passionate, experienced, and independent individuals into a high-performing and confident group, organization or movement.

Excellent communication, diplomacy, negotiation, influencing and conflict mediation skills and the ability to apply these across a range of diverse audiences.

Ability to represent organisation at the senior levels and externally

Worker-Type: Fixed-Term Contract

Applicant Types Accepted: Local and International Applicants (IA\'s) Accepted

World Vision International