The position

The Country Impact Officer will help maintain WVA’s relationship with a WV National Office/s, including providing assistance to a country impact manager to manage the full portfolio of projects within that office that are funded through WVA.

The role will be required to build collaborative relationships across WVA and engage and support a number of internal and external stakeholders to support WVA’s evolution as an Impact Business.

In addition to this you will:

• Strategically engage with Field Offices and Implementation Partners to support design, evaluation & stand-up of grant projects and Area Programs, as appropriate
• Ensure Portfolio is fully compliant and managed to the highest quality, establishing a platform for enhanced engagement with institutional donors, Partner agencies, Corporates, individual supporters and Major Donors
• Collaboration with key internal stakeholders including Field Impact, Marketing, Private Funding and Retail to contribute to delivery of Enterprise Business Plan, to coordinate engagement with National Offices
• Support National Offices to respond to Category I and II humanitarian emergencies
• Deliver growth within the portfolio by working with WVA’s Grant Acquisition team and technical advisors to identify and capitalise on growth opportunities within the portfolio
• Timely review of Area Program annual reports up to a designated threshold for WVA priority National Offices

Who we’re looking for 

We are looking for someone with program management experience, ideally with a grant portfolio. You will have cross cultural experience and excellent relationship building skills.

You will:

• Be keen, energetic and want to learn
• Have self-managed work experience, with the ability to maintain focus and achieve outcomes under pressure
• Have program and project management experience, including an understanding of contracting and contract management as well as risk management 
• Previously have worked in a similar organisation with overseas experience being advantageous
• Have an understanding of methods to influence and negotiate with project stakeholders
• Have a social / international development related degree or work experience (advantage)

Working for World Vision means you are making the world better 

It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward. 

The selection process 

For your information, the interviews may start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work. 

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.

For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us.