Location: Guatemala, Honduras, México or Nicaragua, remote work with mandatory regional travelling**
Start date: September 2021
Type: Salary, Full-Time, permanent position
DRS is looking for a Deputy Regional Vice President – Latin America and the Caribbean on behalf of a faith-based organization operating in the WASH sector.
Principles of the organization:
· Honor God
· Develop People
· Pursue Excellence
· Be Good Stewards
To improve the operational performance of the region by providing leadership, management, and technical support to key program staff in-country offices on an ongoing basis to ensure that the country implements their plan in alignment with the organization’s strategies and standards. Areas of support include program design, monitoring and learning (MEL), church and community mobilization (CCM), and project management. Also provides day-to-day management support to the 4 – 6 Regional Service Team members and effectively interfaces with Regional Finance and HR as well as the Trips Department. Supports partnerships managed at the regional level—currently Asociación Agua Viva (El Salvador) and Asociación Manantiales de Agua (Peru) and handles RVP-delegated projects as requested. The Specialist should be available/willing to fill in temporary positions in other countries.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
• Steward the ongoing application and measurement of Living Water’s Theory of Change
• Build organizational capacity for creativity and critical thinking in developing program designs
• Ensure global MEL systems are in place
• Support country offices in baselines, WPA Designs, mid-term and end-line evaluations
• Coordinate the efforts to build capacity of MEL and Program Staff in the region
• Ensure program models and toolkits are utilized to facilitate effective program design
• Drive the programmatic innovation and learning agenda in coordination with regional and global peers across the organization
• Represent Programs and programmatic learning in the broader WASH and international development community
• Together with the Regional Program Officer, support the pursuit of programmatic grants and local revenue across the region
• Provide direction on grants strategy for the region, in sync with the Grants Oversight Team
• Support country offices to do their grants readiness assessment and then build their capacity
• Facilitate the use of Grants Planning Model for all grants
• Ensure effective utilization of organizational systems for management of grants throughout the lifecycle
• Build partnerships with like-minded organizations for collaboration on grants
• Build capacity in regional service team and in country offices for acquiring programmatic grants and local revenue
Church & Community Mobilization
• Support the Regional CCM Advisor to enable effective mobilization in all programs across region
• Ensure effective integration of CCM as the core process in all programs, in keeping with Living Water’s Theory of Change
• Validate that quality standards are followed for all CCM activities
• Develop and recommend tools and strategies for staff spiritual development in country offices
Partnership Support
• Ensure effective coordination and accountability for implementing partners managed at the regional level.
• Work with leaders of each partner to achieve agreements and shared understandings in each MOU
• Effectively coach leaders of each partner according to the agreed performance management framework
• Ensure methods of operation and working behaviors are in line with the organization’s values and policies
• Identify, approach, negotiate, and oversee due diligence for potential new partners
Administration
• Ensure that issues raised in monthly management reports are communicated to the appropriate technical or functional specialists in a timely fashion
• Assist in facilitating regional workshops, meetings, and implementing business processes
• Ensure legal compliance is in place for all country offices – this includes health and safety, labor laws, taxes, insurance and other local requirements
MINIMUM EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE
· Postgraduate degree (minimum Bachelor's degree, Master's degree is a plus) in management, administration, international development, project management
· Minimum 8 years’ experience in strategy development, project management, program design, monitoring and evaluation, implementation of programs at the community level
· Minimum 8 years progressive experience in activities related to holistic development work (the person should have experience not in one area but experience in integrated interventions at the community level)
A leading candidate will have the following competencies:
· Training and development
· Direct contributors to each area of responsibility (church and community mobilization, project management, finance, HR, leading department, program design, monitoring, evaluation & learning)
· Experience working in the NGO sector (mandatory);
· Commitment to the integral mission and a Christian ethos of development
· Strong planning, community mobilization, and inter-cultural communication skills
· Team player
· Strong Spanish, English language skills including excellent presentation and writing skills (French language a plus)
· Willingness to travel regionally up to 35 percent of the time
· Business acumen, including organization skills
· Management experience
· Leadership capabilities
How to apply:
To apply for this opportunity, please send your CV to m.mihaila@developmentaid.org. Due to a large number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.