Global Advisor On Faith Partnerships On Health, HIV, Gender And Child Protection
Use your experiences in working in interfaith settings and community development to be part of a leading organization dedicated to improving the lives of children living in poverty.
World Vision (WV) is a global network of people committed to enhance the well-being of children everywhere by empowering families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.
The Global Advisor on Faith Partnerships on Health, HIV, Gender and Child Protection willprovide technical and strategic leadership and direction on the development and implementation of WV's Church and Faith Partnerships project models and engagement on HIV, Health, Gender and Child Protection, as part of the Global HIV and Infectious Diseases Team (part of the Global Health and WASH team). You will ensure that WV’s Christian identity is affirmed through the development and implementation of project models related to key issues which have a negative impact on the well-being of children, in partnership with churches and faith communities. You will also ensure adequate capacity and resources to effectively scale up and implement these project models in all the WV regions.
We are looking for a visionary leader who can combine strong business disciplines with inspirational spiritual leadership skills in line with our Christian values and ethos. You will have a passionate desire to help others, especially children.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Provide Church/faith partnership strategic direction and scale up plans in close collaboration with sector/department leaders (Christian Commitments, Health, Gender, Child Protection), regional offices/learning centres and Global Centre for Integrated Strategy and Ministry, responding to Global, Regional and National strategies
- Management/Technical: Provide leadership for Church/Faith partnership project model development (in collaboration with Christian Commitments) related to identified technical focus areas (Health and WASH, G&D and CP) and manage technical support for integrated implementation in all the regions.
- Capacity Building: Lead global and regional capacity building initiatives to implement the developed project models (4 different versions of Channels of Hope on HIV, Gender, Maternal Child Health and Child Protection), in order to build and sustain capacity at NO and field levels, aligned with regional and national strategies.
SKILLS REQUIRED INCLUDE:
- Post graduate degree in Theology, Development, Medicine, or Public Health Science
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English and ability to communicate cross-culturally and within inter-faith settings
- Minimum of 5 years experience in community development work, preferably in the HIV/AIDS and/or health field
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English and ability to communicate cross-culturally and within inter-faith settings. Able to build and manage relationships both internally and externally at high level, including faith leaders of various world religions.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in facilitation and mentoring of adult learning events (training, mentoring, development of training and mentoring tools and processes
Will you use your experiences in good adult learning trainings skills and the adaptability to sense where methodologies can be further enhanced and developed
to further “life in all its fullness” for children?
to further “life in all its fullness” for children?
For specific details regarding the position, please refer to the full description and https://jobs.wvi.org/webjobs.nsf/WebPublished/EEA168CC997DDA30882579BB006D9035?OpenDocument
by the closing date 25 March 2012.
World Vision is an equal opportunity employer.
Global Advisor On Faith Partnerships On Health, HIV, Gender And Child Protection World Vision
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