Head Of Program Excellence & Impact Delivery

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Position: Head of Program Excellence & Impact Delivery
Reports To: VP, Programs and Policy
Position Term: Full Time Permanent
Primary Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Workplace Type: Remote (Within Canada)
At World Vision Canada, we are making the world better. Join us!
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to lead our organization's international programs with a focus on delivering digitally enhanced, evidence-based, innovative, and impactful programming in an increasingly fragile world.
Are you a ‘next generation’ international development practitioner that gets excited about technology and how it is changing the field of programming and impact delivery in a digital world?
Do you love working with data and discovering how it can be leveraged in new ways to communicate life changing stories of impact? Do you like finding new ways of doing things and solving problems in a large organization where bureaucracy can create barriers?
Do you excel at leading teams of experts and seeking to multiply their talent and experience, while leading them towards a common vision? Do you have a heart for ensuring ownership and leadership remains with our field partners, while pushing all of us to the next level of program quality & impact delivery?
If this sounds like you, we can’t wait to hear from you!
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the VP of Programs & Policy (P&P) the Head of Program Excellence & Impact Delivery is part of the P&P Leadership Team and works closely with our private and public sector fundraisers, including supporting the development and implementation of strategies for resource acquisition, championing new product development, and thought leadership through engaging externally with donors, partners and the public to represent programs as required.
As Head of Program Excellence & Impact Delivery you will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans, overseeing all World Vision Canada field funding, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality programs that create measurable impact in the communities we serve.
In partnership with others in the organization, you will champion the use of technology and data in this digital age to ensure impact is delivered through our programs and communicated well to our donors and partners.
Leading a team of development experts, you will seek to multiply talent and expertise to ensure that the team is creating maximum value for our field partners and our partners in Canada.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Stay abreast of trends and developments in the digital innovation and impact space and use this knowledge to inform program development and strategy.
• Develop and implement strategic plans for the organization's international programs team with a focus on driving innovation, program quality and impact in new ways through the use of technology in a digital world.
• Represent the organization externally (e.g., international conferences and events related to development programming,) and contribute to thought leadership in the areas of programmatic innovation and impact.
• Together with others in the organization champion the vision for, and continually seek new ways of delivering program quality and impact, through leveraging technology and data.
• Champion the use of data and data-driven decision making across the team and support the cultural change management processes that may be required to promote this shift.
• In partnership with other stakeholders, identify ways to effectively leverage digital technology to enhance operations, create efficiencies and maximize team output.
• Collaborate with internal groups related to development programming across World Vision International to ensure effective program delivery and best practices.
• Provide oversight to field funding at the enterprise level ensuring that program expenses are within budgetary limits and program goals are achieved.
• Optimize key features of digitization to promote process efficiency and workflows and gain access to valuable and actionable insights throughout the project life cycle that fosters continuous learning and improvement.
• Provide leadership to a team of program managers, grant managers, functional leads and other staff, seeking to multiply their talents and expertise to ensure program objectives are met.
• Collaborate with the business development team to support diversified and growing income from the Public Sector including oversight to flagship grant funded programs and membership in advisory bodies.
• Provide strategic support from a programmatic perspective to private revenue resource acquisition in World Vision Canada including mass marketing and philanthropy with a focus on digital innovation and customer centricity.

Qualifications:

• Strong experience in leadership, coaching and mentorship with the ability to multiply expertise within teams and create new opportunities for learning and improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to foster and accelerate innovation; knowledge of agile methodologies and working styles an asset.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
• 5 years minimum experience, 10 years preferred, in international programing across the areas of Relief, Development and Advocacy.
• Knowledge and experience with leveraging technology and data to enhance operations and communicate impact delivery in new ways.
• University Degree in a field related to international or community/social development or equivalent capabilities & expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-organizationally and cross-culturally in a complex organization to ensure alignment and realization of strategic goals.
• Expectation of international travel of approximately 2-4 trips per year, including potentially to high-risk environments.

Why Consider Us?

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development.
• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity.
• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected.
• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work.
• We are Canada’s largest development, relief and advocacy non-profit.
• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups.
• World Vision Canada has consistently been awarded Canada’s and the GTA’s top employers. Other awards granted are for financial transparency, marketing, customer service and for the work we do in the field.
• Work from home opportunities.
• Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology.
• You get extra time off. We close for an additional day on long weekends, 6 times a year. You can get up to six weeks’ vacation, plus paid sick days, personal days & wellness days.

We bring life-saving support in times of disaster. We help poor communities to take charge of their futures. We provide small loans and training that boost family livelihoods. We work with policy makers to change the way the world is run. Our Christian faith teaches us that every child, regardless of gender, faith or race, is a precious gift to the entire world - and that their wellbeing concerns us all. We shall never rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed.
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Our Core Values: We are committed to the Poor. We are Christian. We are Stewards. We value People. We are Partners. We are Responsive.
Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to the core values and mission of the World Vision partnership.
World Vision Canada takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.
World Vision Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
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