National Director – World Vision Ghana

With over 70 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 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the National Director for World Vision Ghana, you will strategically lead, develop and direct the implementation of World Vision Ghana Strategy, in alignment with the Government of Ghana priorities and World Vision’s global strategy, Our Promise. In performing this role, you will be an effective leader locally, an effective member of the broader World Vision Partnership, and will model the organisation’s principles of Twin Citizenship to ensure high ministry quality and overall organisational effectiveness. As a leader, you will contribute to partnership life and unity, by acting as both a local and global representative of the organisation. You will ensure the country’s operations and operating models maintain World Vision’s focus on child well-being outcomes and aspirations as they apply in the Ghanaian specific country context, maximising the impact in the field while maintaining efficiency as wise stewards of entrusted resources.

Requirements include:

• Master’s degree in development studies, international development, management, administration or social sciences or equivalent with at least 12 years’ experience in country level program management.
• At least 12-15 years’ experience in managing effective and efficient operations of a country office or organisation, demonstrating sound, people, program, financial management skills and knowledge. (e.g. organisations with over 200 staff and an annual total budget of over $ 20 million)
• At least 10 years’ experience overseeing and/ or managing a large government grant, its acquisition and donor engagement.
• Proven track record of leading multi-cultural teams in complex, culturally and politically-sensitive contexts and/or multi-sectoral emergency response projects.
• Skills and knowledge in governance through previous work engagements with n an Advisory Council or a Board of Directors.
• Experience in fund raising in general and generating local revenue in particular, Advocacy and public relations and overseeing large Government grant; its acquisition and donor engagement