Country Program Director - World Vision Chile

Country Program Director - World Vision Chile

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!

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

**Job Description**:
Employee Contract Type:

- This position is open for Local Applicants based in Chile.
- Applicants from other countries can be considered to be hired for this role if possess Chilean residence or permission to work in Chile,





to be hired on a local contract (not International).

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Purpose of the Country Program Director (CPD) of WV Chile position is to collaborate and coordinate in conjunction with the Cluster Director and team all aspects of World Vision Ministry in Chile with a focus on ensuring national relevance and impact through the implementation of programming, advocacy and sustainability and also ensuring organizational alignment to global strategy and regional priorities.

This role is responsible for Co-leading and strengthening the team (with the participation of the Cluster Director and team), especially its leadership, for appropriate and timely decision-making and risk & opportunities identification and management.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Collaborative Model and Twin Citizenship
- Act as a Twin Citizen ensuring that the NO participates in regional and global processes and decisions and allocates resources and talent where most needed in the country, region or Partnership.
- Contribute to the Partnership,





understand its systems and priorities, act as a global leader and a Twin Citizen
- Represent WV and engage and build strategic alliances with the Governments, major donor agencies, local donors, WV Partnership, non-governmental agencies, churches and media.
- Ensure WV is positioned as a leading NGO in promoting the well-being and rights of children within the country to develop public and stakeholders’ confidence and trust
- Ensure that the NOs appropriate contribution and engagement in Cluster´s strengthening

Strategy
- Lead the National Strategy so that it be executed based on times established for the compliance of the Our Promise,
- Facilitate and be accountable for the execution and monitoring of strategies and plans of functions.






- Demonstrate thought leadership in integrated operations with internal and external stakeholders and ensure fluid and successful change management around integrated operations.

Leadership
- Promote WV’s Vision, Mission, Core Values and key Partnership Standards and Practices among the staff and partners and ensure these are the core foundation of the National Office strategy and work.
- Lead (with the support of the Cluster Director) the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and ensure diverse representation on the leadership team.
- Strong focus on leadership and people management, ensuring the most capable and qualified staff members are in place to implement office strategy and operational plans.






- Lead and manage the team in a way that facilitates a high-performance culture focused on delivery of impact; open trustworthy relationships centered on reconciliation; learning and development; good stewardship and integrity; servant leadership; staff and asset safety in fragile contexts; agility and continuous improvement; and gender/age/ethnic diversity.
- Lead the SLT to model living our faith with boldness and humility through a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry and integrity though lifestyle and work relationships.
- Implement intentional capacity building for local staff, ensuring successor building is prioritized by all areas.






- Lead change management according to internal policies an external market practices in a way that change projects are implemented timely with timely and clear communication and staff engagement

Sustainability
- Ensure the implementation of the National Office Sustainability Plan
- Lead the alignment of marketing and programming for coordinated design and promotion of products and programs.
- Ensure the leadership or participation of the NO in the Cluster´s sustainability strategy, plan or initiatives
- Support GAM's efforts in managing local income growth through the Development of National Resources
- Lead the development and implementation of new and innovative marketing and fund raising models to leverage sustainability

Stewardship Excellence and Governance
- Promote and model high level of transparency, integrity and zero tolerance to fraud.






- Ensure efficient and effective organizational practices that result in successful financial and operational audit scores.
- Ensure and oversee proper mechanisms for Child and Adult Safeguarding and other WVI standards and principles implementation.
- Assess, develop, mitigate and manag

▶️ Country Program Director - World Vision Chile
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📍 Santiago