Program Director

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Leadership, Delivery & Coordination

• Provide overall leadership and direction for project implementation across all sectors and geographic areas.
• Ensure achievement of project outcomes (Ultimate, Intermediate, Immediate) in alignment with approved design and donor expectations.
• Oversee integrated planning, including annual work plans, detailed implementation plans, and budget alignment.
• Lead coordination across Senior Program Manager, Senior Technical Manager, Senior MEAL Manager, and support functions to ensure seamless delivery.
• Establish and maintain strong project management systems for planning, tracking, reporting, risk management, and internal communication.
• Ensure effective coordination and performance management of consortium partners
• Project delivers on time, on budget, and achieves expected outcomes
• Strong coordination across sectors, partners, and locations
• Integrated and efficient implementation systems in place

Team Leadership & Performance Management 

• Directly supervise senior leadership team, including Senior Program Manager, Senior Technical Manager, Senior MEAL Manager, and key operational functions.
• Build and maintain a high-performing, accountable, and motivated team.
• Ensure clear roles, performance indicators, and accountability across all staff.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and staff development in line with WV policies.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and staff well-being.
• High-performing, motivated, and accountable project team
• Strong leadership across all levels (PMs, specialists, field teams)
• Achieved strong staff retention, performance, and capacity

Financial Management, Compliance & Operations 

• Oversee financial management of the project, ensuring expenditure is aligned with approved budgets and donor requirements.
• Ensure full compliance with donor regulations, WV policies, and audit requirements.
• Oversee procurement, supply chain, and resource management in coordination with support functions.
• Strengthen internal controls, risk mitigation, and financial accountability systems.
• Budget managed effectively with strong burn rate and forecasting
• Clean audits with minimal findings
• Full compliance with donor and WV standards

Monitoring, Reporting, Learning & Accountability 

• Ensure strong project monitoring systems are in place to track progress against indicators and milestones.
• Oversee timely and high-quality reporting (technical and financial) to donors and internal stakeholders.
• Promote use of data for decision-making and adaptive management.
• Ensure documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.
• Strengthen accountability systems, including feedback and complaint mechanisms.
• High-quality, timely reports meeting donor expectations
• Data used effectively for program improvement
• Strong learning, documentation, and accountability culture

Stakeholder Engagement & Representation

• Represent World Vision in engagement with donors, government, coordination platforms, and key stakeholders.
• Maintain strong communication with donor, support office, and consortium partners.
• Lead stakeholder coordination to address implementation challenges and opportunities.
• Strong donor confidence and relationships
• Effective external coordination and representation
• Smooth stakeholder engagement and issue resolution

Risk Management, Security & Adaptive Leadership

• Identify and manage program risks, including operational, financial, and contextual risks.
• Ensure security protocols and duty of care are integrated into implementation.
• Lead adaptive management in response to changing context and emerging challenges.
• Risks proactively managed and mitigated
• Project continues delivery despite contextual challenges
• Strong resilience and adaptability of operations

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in international development, Public Health, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or related field
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in program/grant management
• Proven experience managing large, multi-sector, multi-partner projects
• Strong experience in financial management and donor compliance, partner and consortium management, working in fragile or conflict-affected contexts
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams
• Experience managing complex donor-funded programs (e.g., FCDO, USAID, DFAT, UN)
• Strong understanding of sectors such as WASH, Protection, Health, Food Security, EiE, or DRR
• Excellent English (spoken and written), including report writing.
• Basic Myanmar is an advantage for engagement with staff, partners, and communities.
• Based in National Office and up to 30–40% travel to field locations
• Ability to operate effectively in insecure and remote environments
• Good health and physical ability to travel to project areas and participate in field activities.
• Experience in consortium leadership or multi-partner coordination
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Experience in adaptive programming in fragile contexts
• Familiarity with Sphere standards and humanitarian principles
• Prior experience with World Vision is an advantage

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