Vacancy title:
Senior Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration, A&EE

Jobs at:
World Vision International

Deadline of this Job:
19th February, 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Reports to: Evidence and Leaning Manager
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”

Job Summary: The Senior Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration will support the A&EE (Advocacy & External Engagement) leadership in ensuring delivery of the advocacy and external engagement parts of WV’s new global strategy. This includes developing and implementing a strong planning and operations architecture and ensuring effective integration between A&EE and internal partners and processes. The incumbent is also responsible for the design and execution of both existing and new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches for the Partnership-wide advocacy and external engagement ministries.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Formulate and implement a strong planning and operations architecture.
• Tasked with ensuring effective integration between A&EE and internal partners and processes.
• In charge of designing and executing both existing and new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches for the Partnership-wide advocacy and external engagement ministries.
• Acting as ‘Chief of Staff’ for A&EE.
• Line management (dotted) of 0.4 FTE working on M&E.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant for the World Vision Grants Senior Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration, A&EE job opportunity should hold an MBA (Master of Business Administration).
• Strong technical skills in planning, operations, and M&E: able to take a lead role.
• Excellent written and spoken English: able to write and present at level suitable for leadership audiences.
• Very strong Excel skills and experience.
• Good planning experience.
• Prior M&E experience.
• Previous experience in financial management (creation and management of budgets).
• Strong PowerPoint skills.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of organizational strategy.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of INGO sector.
• Previous experience of working in complex, global organizations and virtual teams.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours where necessary to accommodate any time differences between self and supervisor/other colleagues.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.

Job application procedure
All suitably qualified Ugandan candidates are encouraged to apply online by visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.
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Please follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at World Vision’s e-recruitment portal. Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.