Global Director of Client Impact- VisionFund International

With over 70 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 childrens life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Application Deadline: 12th December 2023

Overview

VisionFund is World Visions microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations by operating financial institutions in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children.

We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive.

Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance.

Job Summary

The Global Impact Director leads the development and execution of a VisionFund Internationals impact work – operational through 25 countries around the world. Impact is about lasting change in the lives of the families and children we serve. The role will drive efforts to build capacity across the organisation in impact, to provide internal consultancy to provide tools for data analysis and reporting, to elevate profile and relevance of the evidence of impact with key audiences and position the organisations efforts for successful fundraising, partnerships, growth and influence. With a key focus on data, impact-led storytelling, and thought-leadership, the Director will strengthen impact effectiveness, assuring a sustainable and high-performing content and audience engagement approach. The Director brings creativity and vision, as well as a sharp analytical approach, whilst playing an integral role in shaping work which delivers financial empowerment to communities across the globe.

Major Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Lead on VFs priority to broaden and deepen impact across the organisation, and the strategic initiative to deliver agreed targets by 2030.
• Leads on the development, design and use of all data used to provide evidence of change.
• Leads the development and execution of a multi-year impact strategy builds VFIs strength and reputation with key audiences, tells our global impact story and supports key priorities across the VFI portfolio.
• Directs measures that optimise the global VFI impact operating model with attention to key capabilities, ways of working, stewardship of resources, alignment and opportunities to collaborate with WVIs Global Impact team on integrating and aligning our work
• Advises VFI executive leadership on impact developments, internal and external positioning.
• Leads efforts that contribute to providing fundraising priorities with a strong understanding of VFI donor engagement needs, through deliberate use of impact data and reports.
• Leads a high-performing team of impact professionals, globally dispersed in a virtual or hybrid environment
• Provides oversight and direction for the development of impact strategies for strengthening of the evidence of impact across the network
• Demonstrated progress towards realising VFIs strategy through agreed high-impact impact activities
• A strategy-led end-to-end impact model
• Executive leadership values and acts on advisory, strengthening overall effectiveness and performance
• Deliberate use of impact data and reports fuel evidence-based content
• Calendared and insights-led content, messaging and reporting function targeted to fundraising plans and opportunities
• VFI Impact Team is a valued, productive and well-integrated function across the world

People Leadership & Development

• Leads the team to develop and execute the impact work. Grows the capabilities of the team and identifies opportunities for professional growth
• Recruits, manages and holds regular meetings with the team, setting performance goals and holding regular review meetings
• A strong and effective team, pushing the opportunities for the evidence of impact to be elevated inside and outside of VisionFund

Content and Experiences

• Leads the overall approach to build skills in impact staff across the relevant countries where VisionFund works, including staff orientations, the impact community of practice group, and tailor made training
• Designs, delivers and leads the development of all data used in providing the evidence of change for impact
• Develops and uses relationship with key stakeholders to ensure impact team engage effectively in relevant meetings so that commitment to impact is deepened across VisionFund
• Leads the overall approach to VisionFunds Impact Community of Practice, bringing together global staff to share and learn about impact
• Stays abreast of emerging trends and technologies in impact , leveraging new opportunities for organisational growth and global reach
• VFI content, platforms and experiences are of high-quality, operating at industry best-practice and lead to increased engagement and donor support.
• Content enables more data driven decisions, both locally and at global level

Executive, Board and Internal Engagement

• Develops excellent working relationship with the VF Board Chair for the Impact Committee. Set forward agenda with chair. Write pre-reads and create presentations for the meetings and present as required.
• Deepen relevant relationships with World Vision, agreeing shared indicators and annual deadlines as relevant.
• Work closely with CSO to develop approach and methodologies to set indicators and track impact targets in the 2030 strategy.
• Maintain strong relationships with Fund Raising department, ensuring aligned annual planning
• Leads an internal engagement approach that connects, informs and inspires VFI and WVI leaders and staff
• Provides strategic support to the VFI and CEO President as requested.
• Represents VFI impact issues and priorities through forums such as the VF Fund Raising and Impact Committee, and relevant for a in World Vision
• VisionFunds ministry is profiled more prominently in World Vision internal channels for increased understanding and support
• Strong Board communications facilitate strengthened governance
• WVI communications leadership is more engaged in VFIs success with increased collaboration and learning opportunities

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

Required Professional Experience

• A degree or equivalent in data analysis, quantitative techniques, management science or related fields.
• At least 10 years’ of professional experience in areas of impact reporting or monitoring & evaluation, or data analysis, and around 3 years of managing teams.
• Demonstrable track record of developing and executing impact reporting within scope and budget to positively impact the organisations influence and visibility
• Demonstrated experience leading effective impact reporting and tools
• Experience leading/managing multiple and/or overlapping priorities across multiple contexts that engage, compel and demonstrate knowledge, impact and expertise
• Proven ability to effectively manage team and project to deliver outcomes on time
• Experience linking communication outputs with impact reporting
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), and a proven ability to train and coach staff and peers
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with proven team leadership and participation.
• High level of awareness of global and regional socio-economic, political and environmental issues
• Advanced competency in the use of Microsoft Office computer programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and PowerBI
• Ability to work virtually with other teams across different time zones, and in different cultural contexts.

Preferred knowledge/qualifications for the role

• Experience leading a team in the international humanitarian / NFP sector or in the banking sector
• Ability to enable an efficient, effective and transparent flow of information, across entities and with key stakeholders
• Experience negotiating with multiple business units in a large organisation

Travel and/or Work Environment

• The position requires ability and willingness to travel internationationally up to 30% of the time

• High level of English written and verbal.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only