Sr. Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration, A&EE
*Location to be determined by home country of successfull candidate where WVI is registered to operate.
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
The role of the Senior Advisor is to support A&EE (Advocacy & External Engagement) leadership in ensuring delivery of the advocacy and external engagement parts of WV’s new global strategy. This includes developing and implementing a strong planning and operations architecture and ensuring effective integration between A&EE and internal partners and processes.
The Senior Advisor is also responsible for the design and execution of both existing and new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches for the Partnership-wide advocacy and external engagement ministries.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Developing and implementing a strong planning and operations architecture.
- Ensuring effective integration between A&EE and internal partners and processes.
- Designing and executing both existing and new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches for the Partnership-wide advocacy and external engagement ministries.
- Acting as ‘Chief of Staff’ for A&EE.
- Line management (dotted) of 0.4 FTE working on M&E.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITITES:
- Very strong technical skills in planning, operations, and M&E: able to take a lead role.
- Excellent written and spoken English: able to write and present at level suitable for leadership audiences.
- Very strong Excel skills and experience.
- Planning experience.
- M&E experience.
- Experience in financial management (creation and management of budgets).
Preferred:
- MBA (Master of Business Administration).
- Strong PowerPoint skills.
- Understanding of organizational strategy.
- Understanding of INGO sector.
- Experience of working in complex, global organizations and virtual teams.
Work Environment/Travel:
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours where necessary to accommodate any time differences between self and supervisor/other colleagues.
- Working from home is optional in all cases, but may be necessary in those cases where no suitable office space is available locally.
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of the time.
