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 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

A. Team Leadership

Model a high standard of personal Christian leadership, maturity and integrity as an example to staff and others, nurturing staff spirituality.Facilitate a working environment of mutual trust, respect, and care among all staff.Be responsible for building the capacity of his/her staff, enhancing their commitment, character, competence, and critical thinking.  Work with them to develop and implement personal capacity building plans.Promote ongoing reflection and learning among staff.Ensure good individual and team performance in support of quality ministry and good stewardship, through coaching, mentoring and regular meetings.Coaching staff on leadership, project modelMaximize learning / reflection for building staff capacity on quarterly basisInvesting in talent pool for future leaders

B.  Building Relationships

Be responsible for maintaining and strengthening relationships with key partners, especially relevant government institutions (MoH, MoE, DNAS, DHS, MAF, etc.) especially at District levelEnsure that partnerships with other development partners are focused on promoting the well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable.Represent the organization in the district level technical working group.

C.  Project Management and Technical Quality Assurance

Facilitate effective teamwork, coordination and work planning among Development Facilitators, Associate Area Manager and the technical teamEnsure that the project in its respective sector is technically sound both in design and implementationCoordinate and network within and outside of WV to secure necessary technical resources to support program implementationDevelop TOR, ensure the delivery of technical training and manage the logistics and finance administration of activities in the sectorMonitor project spending against budget on a regular basis and provide explanation of variance. Ensure projects responsibly spend up to the level of funding commitment and provide explanation of variance.Manage and report on the budget according to accountability standards of the national office and donor guidelines, while ensuring the highest levels of financial stewardship and integrity.Work as primary link to ensure the Development Facilitators and the community are informed with the recent approach/technologies in the sector.Identify training needs, prepare materials and conduct training for staff and volunteers.Support the Associate Area Manager to prepare and submit quality and timely Monthly Management Report by supplying technical activity implementation progress

D.  Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME)

Support the process of DME (Assessment, Design, Evaluation) in the respective sector in alignment with LEAP standards and associated guidelines and share lessons learned with communities, development partners and other WV Partnership stakeholdersEnsure the monitoring system and tools are developed and used to track the progress of project implementation and to capture learning.  Train the Project Facilitators on using the tools.Coordinate revision of plans and budgets in response to monitoring, reflection and learning with the community and the program Team. Be in charge of the writing and submission of the first draft of Project Semi Annual Report and Annual Report or similar types of report according to Donor Guidelines.Quarterly reflection and learning at each bases with specialist involvement.Evidence based intervention (project model standard) for scaling upEngage with government, churches for sustainability and scaling up

E. General Responsibilities

Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and regular devotional meetings.Support in hosting the visits of sponsors, donors, and WV staff from other.Other responsibilities:  While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the duties involved in this position, WVI reserves the right to add, remove or alter duties when necessary.Well-arranged donor visit / maintaining relationship with donor by showing impact. Meet their expectation, even go beyond thatAssist humanitarian emergency disaster management.

Required Professional Experience

A minimum of two years of appropriate professional experience.Demonstrated experience in project design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and report writing.Proven leadership ability and experience as a team.

Required Education, training, license, registration and certification

University degree in a relevant technical field (e.g. Development Studies, Philosophy & Social Science and Humanity)

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

Competence in spoken and written English communicationGood interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to supervise staff.Literacy in Microsoft Word and Excel.Understanding of the Humanitarian industryThe ability to think strategically and solve problemsGood presentation and communication skills for a number of different audiences.Proven time management and organizational skills.

Application Close: 29 May 2025-5Pm TL time.

World Vision Timor-Leste applies the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and has zero tolerance towards incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with WV Timor-Leste's work. World Vision Timor-Leste is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourage candidates of diverse background, women and differently abled, to apply

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