Project Management jobs,
Vice President, Global Program Effectiveness
Key Responsibilities
- Actively participate and contribute as a vital member of the Senior Leadership and Operations Leadership teams.
- Cultivate and lead a team of four senior leaders, as well as a global, cross-functional team, inspiring and enabling staff to achieve their objectives.
- Development and oversee global technical program strategies aligned with organizational strategic objectives.
- Take accountability for departmental plans and related budgets, ensuring fiscal responsibility.
- Lead and sponsor strategic, cross-functional initiatives.
- Partner and collaborate with fundraising teams to increase funding for global and regional programs.
- Forge influential relationships with actors in the housing ecosystem, fostering strategic and creative partnerships across sectors for higher impact, influence, and fundraising.
- Champion the implementation of Habitat’s people-centered development principles, catalyzing organizational change that affects overall program effectiveness.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred.
- 10+ years of global leadership and management experience, with at least 5 years in housing, shelter and/or community development.
- Experience leading some or all of the following functions in an international development/humanitarian context: program design (including needs assessments); Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning; technical teams focused on basic services, tenure security, habitability and affordability, gender, urban and climate change; program partnerships, and/or disaster risk reduction and response.
- Experience working in a developing country context.
- Experience in effectively managing and leading diverse, globally distributed, complex, leaders of technical teams in a federated network in the international development/humanitarian sector.
- Experience as an effective contributor and compelling communicator in shaping organizational strategy and operations in the highest forums of an organization such as International Board of Directors, etc.
- In-depth knowledge of Habitat for Humanity’s affiliated network or significant experience working within a federated network.
- Demonstrated ability to serve as an external ambassador and representative of Habitat, along with exceptional communication skills.
- Model and promote HFHI’s Christian-faith-focused mission, vision, values and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, both internally, as it relates to organizational culture, and externally, as it relates to program design and implementation.
- Ability and willingness to travel globally 20%.
Active Support Of HFHI Values & Commitments
- Humility – We are part of something bigger than ourselves.
- Courage – We do what is right, even when it is difficult or unpopular.
- Accountability – We take personal responsibility for Habitat’s mission.