Director, Infants and Young Children Technical Unit

“We work in 31 countries, assisting approximately 15.2 million children and their family members, regardless of race, creed or gender. Our distinctive approach focuses on working with children throughout their journey from birth to young adulthood, as well as with families, local organizations and communities globally to create the environments children need to thrive.

When you work with ChildFund International, you will continuously raise the bar by doing more, doing it better, measuring your progress and communicating your results so that others are inspired to join us in our efforts.”

Job Description

This position can be based in Richmond, Virginia or Washington, DC

ChildFund International’s mission is to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to improve their lives and the opportunity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. We promote societies whose individuals and institutions value, protect and advance the worth of children.

ChildFund International is seeking a Director, Infants and Young Children Technical Unit within the Program Development Division. The Director is a member of the Senior Management Team that plays an influential role in setting the direction, pace and culture of the Division.

As a technical leader, the Director will lead the organization to develop and implement a set of standards, indicators and effective practices. The Director has oversight of the development of a learning agenda aligned with the organization’s theory of change and life stage approach including identifying key questions in the development arena and ensuring a plan to gather evidence, execute applied research, and develop a cadre of professionals across ChildFund.

The Director represents the organization in external fora and stays abreast of cutting edge practice to ensure that the ChildFund International program portfolio contributes to this discourse and benefits from it.

The Director is responsible for directly contributing to the quality and size of the portfolio around Life Stage I, Infants and Young Children, including donor cultivation, grants acquisition and management, proposal development, and partnership development.

The Director manages a team to execute on a program quality improvement agenda. This includes supervision of staff, collaboration with colleagues across borders, and developing work plans and monitoring their execution and outcomes.

Required

• Master’s degree or Doctorate in discipline closely related to Life Stage I (such as International Development, Public Health, International Education, Child Psychology)
• 10-15 years of experience in the management and execution of programs related to the growth and development of infants and young children (Life Stage I)
• Demonstrated expertise in a relevant field of child development such as maternal and child health or early childhood development for infants and young children
• Proven ability to set strategic direction and develop operational plans
• Demonstrated success in the management and development of dispersed geographic and multi-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrated experience in capacity building of staff, including training, mentoring and coaching
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership and knowledge and learning strategies that reach cadres of staff
• Familiarity with the donor landscape active in programming around Life Stage I, Infants and Young Children and experience in growing a program portfolio, and executing and managing programs funded by a set of these donors
• Knowledge of standards and effective practices across multiple disciplines for infant and young child development
• Knowledge of participatory community development approaches
• Proven ability to cultivate and steward relationships with partners and donors
• Excellent presentation, public speaking and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated experience utilizing an influential style of leadership
• Strong computer skills, with familiarity in using Microsoft Office suite applications
• Organized, team player, self-starter and results-oriented individual
• Travel required

Preferred

• Prior experience with sponsorship as a funding mechanism for development programming
• French, Spanish, or Portuguese language skills

EOE M/F/D/V

How to apply:

Applications for this position should be sent to:
http://childfund-hr.silkroad.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.dsp...