Global Director, Humanitarian Operations at World Vision International
PURPOSE OF POSITION:The Global Director of Humanitarian Operations plays a critical leadership role to ensure that the World Vision international Partnership is equipped to prepare for and respond to humanitarian emergencies and to oversee & support WV’s portfolio of major humanitarian responses, which in FY18 enabled WV to reached 14 million people with humanitarian assistance in response to 140 disasters in over 40 countries, and totaled $692 million, over a third of WV’s total ministry spend.
The role set’s WV’s disaster management standard, leads WV’s global surge capacity and capability development, matrix manages Regional Humanitarian Directors & national Emergency Response Directors and oversees $2 million of pre-positioned emergency supplies and our $7 million emergency preparedness & response fund. nafasi za kazi
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Required:
Bachelors-level degree in International Studies.
Leadership and senior management experience in a complex global organisation.
Minimum of 10 years operational and management experience in the humanitarian sector, including at field level in major emergency responses.
Extensive knowledge of the international humanitarian sector (including standards, systems and actors) and strong track record of relationships and external engagement in the sector.
Verbal and written fluency in the English language.
Preferred:
Master’s Degree in International Studies with focus on humanitarian action.
Leadership and management development studies.
Humanitarian studies and/or humanitarian leadership development.
Effective communications – written and spoken with media, public presentations etc.
Technical skills and experience in relevant area (e.g., programmes, logistics, security. management, humanitarian protection, accountability, technical sectors [e.g., WASH]).
Some proficiency in other languages (e.g., French, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese).
Experience working in a range of international and cultural settings and at global capital level.
Management of a dispersed geographic team.
Financial and budget management.
Risk management in humanitarian settings.
Work Environment:
The position requires ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 40% of the time. This will include insecure areas and locations where basic services are damaged or limited as well as high level external representation in global humanitarian capitals such as Geneva and New York. Some travel may be at short notice if needed in response to humanitarian emergencies and on rare occasions may need to be prolonged for up to several weeks.
A day-to-day working base could be from a WV office and/or home office environment, preferably from a well-connected international travel hub location. During home/office working times, extensive virtual/online interaction across several international time zones would be common so flexibility in daily working hours and routine is both possible and necessary.
