Resource Development Director, World Vision Haiti

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 37,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Resource Development Director, World Vision Haiti you will cover Haiti and the Dominican Republic World Vision National Offices (NOs). You will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Leading the development/update and roll out of the resource development/Grants Acquisition strategy to drive growth in non-sponsorship income from local and international sources in alignment with the National Offices’ strategies.
• Leading the grants acquisition by building the NOs’ profile according to their resource development strategy, ensuring donor engagement and strengthening NOs’ capacity, this will include leading, coaching staff on proposal development for grants and PNS.
• Representing World Vision and networking with the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (bilateral, multilateral, international NGOs, NGO’s consortium, local donor delegations, forums, etc.) in both countries.
• Leading the donor (government, multi-lateral and private sector) and partners relations, engagement and retention, through the promotion of World Vision´s work and successful grants’ implementation; as a result, maximizing and diversifying the funding base. This includes strong and effective collaboration with other departments to ensure consistent and effective projects implementation.

Requirements include:

• Master Degree in Social Sciences, Humanities, development studies, International Relations or its equivalent.
• 3-5 years of senior leadership experience in grant acquisition (with a strong track record of winning grants).
• Demonstrated experience in project management with government and multilateral agencies grant-funded projects.
• Advanced knowledge/practice of design, monitoring, and evaluation approaches.
• Excellent knowledge of grant compliance procedures for major bilateral and multilateral donors and ability to pay attention to detail.
• Multiple skills and working experience in relief and/or advocacy with International NGO.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French, English and Spanish with strong competency in proposal writing.