Advisor, Global Accountability

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!

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• All CVs should be submitted in English.
• This position is open to candidates based in countries where World Vision International is legally registered to operate.

The Advisor, Global Accountability position serves the World Vision partnership with strategic direction and technical leadership to strengthen and balance World Vision’s accountability to its external stakeholders, with a focus on championing, and overseeing consistent implementation of accountability to children and communities, in line with World Vision’s community-empowering distinctive and ensuring compliance with WVI policies, including the Partnership level policies owned by the Global Accountability team and other key policies . The Advisor will work to build awareness and ensure effective implementation through communications and development of appropriate guidelines. 

The role also includes providing direction on how World Vision shapes and responds to sector expectations around INGO transparency and accountability, such that we build trust and reputation with key partners, model accountability and transparency to governments and all actors who have power to contribute to the well-being of the most vulnerable children.
 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Act as an SME, overseeing the maintenance and implementation of the Programme Accountability Framework (PAF) across WV entities and teams.

• Provide technical leadership on how World Vision is accountable to children and communities through oversight of the PAF (overseeing updates when required) and influencing with WV to enhance a culture/enabling environment that values and support this.
• Collaborate with others to ensure the PAF is embedded in our programming approaches, consistently implemented and capability built.
• Implement and support monitoring of the PAF adherence and implementation in coordination with the Global Compliance team, aligning and tools and approaches where possible.
• Work with the Social Accountability function to provide guidance on how WV’s own accountability can be practiced in ways that enhance the implementation, and impact, of our social accountability programming.

Act as a policy delegate for key Partnership level policies and standards, including:

• The Partnership Policy on International NGO Commitments and Accountability Mechanisms and Open information policies.
• Management procedures for joining or leaving global commitments and standards
• Ensure effective implementation with, compliance with, across WV entities

Track external stakeholder expectations and commitments in regard to WV’s reporting of accountability practices and lead the annual update of the WVI Accountability Report with relevant teams to contribute products that will build trust in WV (e.g. Accountability Reports and publishing details on our investments in alignment with the International Aid Transparency Initiative)

• In coordination with the Director, lead the updating and production of the annual Accountability report with a variety of GC level stakeholders, ensuring the report discloses appropriate levels of information to meet external stakeholders’ expectations, while protecting WV’s reputation.
• Monitor expectations of INGO disclosure around their stewardship of resources and management of risks related to unintended, negative impacts. This includes representing World Vision’s interest in industry accountability bodies like Accountable Now, or others as requested by the Director
• Strengthening Organizational Accountability and Transparency practices, procedures and structures
• Equip World Vision with a mechanism for capturing, tracking, and communicating commitments made to external accountability mechanisms (e.g. Global Compact, Core Humanitarian Standard, Grand Bargain, IATI)

External Engagement:

• Engage periodically and represent WV in global accountability working groups and with other peer organizations
• Advise leaders and managers to maximize the learning potential of benchmarking our practices with the Global Standards for CSO Accountability.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or

Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, Communications, Social Sciences or other related discipline.

Required Professional Experience

• 7+ years of experience working in the field of accountability and transparency, or related disciplines. 
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders, including senior leaders in many contexts.  
• In depth understanding of emerging accountability and governance issues, trends, and challenges relevant to the International NGO sector.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and persuasively in a wide range of contexts - from leadership to community - both within and outside the non-profit sector and to manage multiple stakeholders and cross functional project groups or teams.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment for not-for-profit organizations, especially on transparency, anticorruption and PSEA.
• Comfortable working cross-culturally with field offices and local staff in developing country contexts.

Required Language(s):

• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.

Required travel and/or work environment accommodations

• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time

Position’s physical requirements

• Sitting at a desk for extended periods of time.

Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or other Qualifications

• Experience with networking and successful implementation of new initiatives and concepts, such as accountability, transparency and PSEA at an organizational level through demonstrated practical application.
• Familiarity with the International NGO Charter of Accountability and the requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative NGO Sector Supplement.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.

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