National Director, Lilongwe

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

• Strategically lead, develop and direct the implementation of all aspects of World Vision (WV) Malawi Office/Ministry as an effective member of the Partnership in line with Twin Citizenship principles to ensure high Ministry quality and high impact in the field; Be accountable for all of aspects of WV's work in the country.
• Ensure that WV's ministry is directly contributing to the sustained well-being of children and the fulfilment of their rights within families and communities.
• Represent WV to all donors, project partners, other WV Partnership offices and divisions, local government, church representatives and non-governmental organizations serving according to given Power of Attorney.
• Ensure alignment with Micro Finance Institutions (MFI); that is Vision Fund Malawi (WVM) through participation in Vision Fund Malawi (VFM) Board and other Governance structures, and provide appropriate collegial support to VFM Executive Director.
• Appropriately develop national governance through identifying national lay leaders for advisory council or board membership and leading organizational transition.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Spiritual Leadership

• Ensure that the office has a high quality Christian Commitment strategy and operations plan that is appropriate for country context.
• Model a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry and integrity though lifestyle and work relationships, and provide spiritual guidance to staff on the Vision, Mission and WV Core Values.
• Ensure that office leadership is capable to work in interfaith contexts and is familiar with World Vision's commitments.
• Participate and lead regular devotional meetings.

Ministry Performance

• Ensure high ministry quality and high impact in the field by leading in a way that World Vision Malawi is achieving its expected annual targets at all stages of the LEAP cycle on a sustainable basis.
• Ensure full LEAP alignment of World Vision Malawi ministry.
• Ensure adequate resources are acquired and managed to meet and enable quality program implementation.
• Ensure the highest standards of quality and accountability through compliance with World Vision policies and standards and international standards for emergency response, disaster mitigation, rehabilitation and development.
• Ensure all project proposals, reports, integrated audits, and ministry evaluations are reviewed at a proper level within the office and appropriate actions are implemented, to ensure that impact, accountability, and compliance.
• Ensure measurable improvement in the well-being of children is achieved as evidenced by achieving targeted improvement in the child well-being outcomes.
• Ensure that a national monitoring & evaluation strategy based on technical and managerial indicators exists and is implement.
• Ensure accountability for the implementation of effective ministry to all key stakeholders. Ensure a relevant, timely and accurate flow of management and operational reports according to program objectives. and standards and to meet reporting standards of the support and donor partners, the Regional and Partnership offices (as specified in the Covenant of Partnership) and local partners.

Strategy, Operating Plan and Long- and Short- Term Targets

• Ensure there is a documented World Vision Malawi strategy, Ministry strategies and operating plans, and the latter have been derived from the WVM strategy and has clear, measurable short-term and long-term targets
• Ensure that Ministry strategies are aligned with Regional and Partnership strategic priorities;
• Ensure there are clear strategies for People and Culture, Finance, Communications and other main functions, and they are based on the WVM strategy and operational plan and include main priority areas identified in respective Regional and Partnership Strategy.
• Facilitate and be accountable for the execution and monitoring of strategies.

Leadership and Management of World Vision Malawi office

• 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 World Vision Malawi strategies and work.
• Lead processes to develop national office governance from advisory status to governing board.
• Lead processes to transition the office to fully interdependent status.
• Ensure capable staff are available to implement office strategy and operational plans.
• Review and approve World Vision Malawi succession plan; ensure that proper capacity is in place and succession plan is updated and executed.
• Promote and participate in leadership development initiatives.
• Lead and manage World Vision Malawi team in a way that facilitates a high performance culture, open trustworthy relationships and integrity.
• Promote a culture of learning and development, employee engagement and good stewardship of human capital in the office.
• Ensure implementation and compliance to Partnership Performance Management Standards and Principles, while seeking to implement Performance Management guidelines on reasonable level; Champion World Vision Malawi leadership team in the proper implementation of Performance Evaluations on annual basis for the whole organization.
• Support initiatives for staff care and well-being, both for international and local employees.
• Respect, value and promote gender, age, religious and ethnic diversity.
• Ensure excellent standards in the management of the human, financial, capital and technical resources of the organization, which includes inspiring and maintaining high standards of work and clear Accountability to stakeholders.
• Visit projects frequently to encourage, build relationships, and support WV programs.
• Ensure that initiatives directed to build capacity required to implement local fundraising are included in the office capacity building plan. Advocacy and Representation
• Represent World Vision Malawi; engage and build strategic alliances with the government of Malawi, WVM advisory board, major donor agencies, WV Partnership, non-governmental agencies, churches and media.
• Develop and implement appropriate advocacy strategies to raise awareness of- and advocate for change in- key issues within the specific context.
• Lead and facilitate strategies for the promotion of justice that look for the change of unfair structures that oppress those in need; Ensure WV is positioned as a leading NGO in promoting the well-being and rights of children within Malawi to deserve public and stakeholders' confidence and trust.
• Strengthen awareness of World Vision's program both within and outside of the WV Partnership.
• Ensure that the WV brand is respected within Malawi and none of office operations or staff conduct harm it.
• Provide leadership, strategic direction and support to the team for developing and implementing excellent donor experience and acquisition of Ministry funds.
• Identify new opportunities and forge alliances that lead to optimisation of all resources.

Financial Management and Financial and Operational Audit Compliance

• Ensure efficient and effective organizational practices, that result in successful financial and operational audit scores.
• Ensure action planning and execution to resolve audit findings in an agreed and timely manner.
• Undertake appropriate reporting of audit results and actions.
• Ensure strong financial compliance through timeliness and completeness of financial reports.
• Ensure strong operational compliance through timeliness and completeness of program/project reports.
• Provide direction for integrating private and public funds to maximise results and respond to community needs in most effective and efficient way.
• Manage overall financial integrity of the program to WV Support Offices, donors, the government and other stakeholders.
• Provide overall strategic leadership and initiative for identifying and securing financial resources to support the program.

Safety and Security, Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness

• Develop and maintain capacity to respond to natural and man-made emergencies.
• Maintain, and regularly review security and safety plans and protocols (security manual, evacuation plan, Disaster Preparedness Plan, and risk assessments at national and ADP levels) and ensure understanding and compliance by all staff and visitors.
• Oversee relief efforts, as and when they arise and work in partnership with response teams. Build in-country relief response capacity to ensure adequate disaster management and response.
• Liaise with other international organizations to collect information about the security environment and, where appropriate, discuss joint responses to security threats.

Compliance and Country Legal environment

• Ensure the office complies to local legal requirements and standards.
• Represent WV Malawi in courts, if required.
• Ensure and oversee proper mechanisms for Child Protection and other WVI Standards and Principles implementation.
• Ensure that World Vision Malawi actively participates in scheduled Peer Reviews; take ownership for appropriate action planning and execution of Peer Review recommendations.

Participation in Regional and Partnership initiatives

• Ensure that all Regional and Partnership policies are implemented and adhered to through active participation in the various African Forums and Leadership Team meetings.

MFI Strategic Management

• As a chair of the Vision Fund Malawi, MFI board, ensure that Vision Fund's micro-finance ministry is integrated with World Vision's ministry to promote fullness of life for children and their communities.
• Facilitate programmatic integration of MFI's and ADP's operations.

Learning Center:

• Oversee the design of Food Security Learning Center (LC) Strategy.
• Assure the delivery of the Food Security Learning Center standards in Malawi.
• Network with peer National Directors (NDs) for learning sharing and to improve LC area of ministry in Malawi.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Required:

• Masters Degree in International Development or equivalent.
• Significant leadership and management experience in handling complex humanitarian emergencies and country/national multi-sectoral projects is required.
• 8-10 years of experience in leadership/management field (3-5 of which should be in an international organization). Management experience of an organization with over 400-500 staff preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethos, Vision Statement, Core Values and Mission Statement of World Vision International.
• Must be a committed Christian (growing in faith), able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Technological literacy: Knowledge of computers, email, internet and current office software is strongly preferred.
• Work environment: Office-based with frequent travel to the field (and internationally).
• Travel: 30% Domestic/international travel may be required.
• On call: After normal working hours in cases of emergency or high-level visitor delegations.

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