{"id":40709,"date":"2019-07-30T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T12:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/?p=40709"},"modified":"2019-07-30T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T12:03:20","slug":"world-vision-international-jobs-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/world-vision-international-jobs-2019-2.html","title":{"rendered":"World Vision International Jobs 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Vision (WV) believes that every child deserves clean water, proper sanitation and dignified hygiene. In fact, in 2015 WV formalized this by making a bold commitment: to reach everyone, everywhere we work with clean, safe water, dignified sanitation and appropriate hygiene behavior by 2030. With teams in more than 50 countries, this year WV has made great strides towards that audacious goal: 1.6 million people reached with sanitation, 3.2 million people benefiting from programming that improved their hygiene and 4.7 million people provided with access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Director of WASH provides strategic leadership and direction for the WASH field operations to maximize the WASH contribution to child well-being, the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure operational performance that meets the sector standards and donor expectations. This position ensures effective partnership with WV field teams, the donors and other partners. The role strengthens WV operational effectiveness and reputation, creates and strengthens strategic partnerships, networking, and innovative approaches and strengthens and mobilizes the community of practice to execute programming that demonstrates evidence of efficiency and impact, enhance global WASH reputation, influence, and thought leadership. The role will collaborate with the WVUS Director of WASH and WVI Global Sector Lead for WASH. The location of this position is continental Africa. The specific location in Africa is negotiable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0Senior Director \u2013 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set Strategic Priorities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensures quality WASH programming that is equitable and sustainable.<\/li>\n<li>Develops annual WASH Business Plans with the Regional WASH Directors, Support Offices and National teams.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures integration of WV distinctives and ethos in WASH implementation.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures alignment of WASH programming with global sector approaches and project models.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures overall compliance with WVI Partnership standards and industry standards.<\/li>\n<li>Oversees the quality and coverage of WASH programming.<\/li>\n<li>Champions cross-sector collaboration for integration of WASH programming with other sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Provides leadership and mentoring for WASH field teams, and supports the WASH Capacity Building Plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Provide Operational Accountability:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure accountability of national and regional portfolios to deliver WASH outcomes as defined in Business Plans.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure donor promises are met or exceeded.<\/li>\n<li>Measure extent to which resourcing opportunities meet WASH operations needs and impact child well-being.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure high quality technical support is provided to National Offices on the development of Technical Approach and Technical Programs to address WASH needs.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure effective implementation of 14-Country Response Plan recommendations in WASH programming.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of WASH programming, evidence-building for new initiatives where needed, and learning and sharing for quality improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Internal and External Engagement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintains effective and strategic relationships with Regional Office WASH Managers, WASH Sector Lead, and major WASH Support Offices to assure WASH service quality and meet donor expectations.<\/li>\n<li>Assures quality programming and evidence of impact in WASH field operations to position WV as the NGO of choice with potential and key partners, donors and stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>Championing WASH campaigns and resource acquisition in the field.<\/li>\n<li>Champion the annual\/biannual WASH Forum to celebrate impact and innovation in WASH and to leverage funding opportunities with donors and partners.<\/li>\n<li>Participates in high level international and regional meetings, forums and conferences as required.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborates with Faith and Development actors internally and externally as we seek to integrate faith into all our programming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Build Capacities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determines the technical capacity needs for the Field WASH teams.<\/li>\n<li>Builds capability of the Field WASH professionals and community of practice.<\/li>\n<li>Builds understanding of current footprint and identify opportunities for further growth and impact.<\/li>\n<li>Promotes a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with WVI Partnership sector leads to ensure WASH lessons are documented and disseminated.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with Partnership sector leaders on the development and implementation of Project Models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS &amp; 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