World Vision recrute un Directeur de programmes basé au Burkina Faso.
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!
Here’s where you come in:
As the Response Director (Country Program Director) for World Vision Burkina Faso, you will ensure a timely, efficient, appropriate and effective response to meet humanitarian needs. Your primary responsibility is leading and directing the response from strategy to implementation, inclusive of performance and oversight of all aspects of the response. You should develop and maintain an efficient, cohesive team, whilst ensuring effective coordination and relationships with the other agencies, officials, beneficiaries, donors and all areas of the World Vision Partnership to ensure the response is adequately funded.
Requirements include:
- University degree in Humanitarian Studies or relevant field.
- A minimum of 10 years in leadership role in the humanitarian assistance, with a significant portion of this with International NGOs.
- Experience working in war zones / fragile contexts
- Experience in engaging with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies
- Effective in written and verbal communication in English and in French.
Travel/Work Requirements:
- The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 40% of the time.
- Work hours are often in excess of 12 hours per day during difficult periods of the response
- Responses are often mounted in insecure or natural disaster-prone contexts, which may disrupt normal work patterns and generate staff safety issues
- Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment, food availability and hygiene.
How to apply
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the application deadline of 14 AUG 2023.
World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.