Requirements

Required

• Education: A master's degree in international development, non-profit management, agriculture, natural resource management, economics, agribusiness or a related field.

• Experience: At least 15 years of growing management responsibility in complex international projects with several sectors.

• Proven technical skill in food security and livelihoods, plus experience managing programme delivery and financial reporting.

• Proven success leading a project on resilience, agriculture, natural resource management, agribusiness or similar.

• Experience with large U.S. Title II food aid grants, such as RFSA, DFSA or DFAP programmes.

• At least two years of senior-level work on projects that addressed social inclusion.

• Experience recruiting and managing large, diverse teams in remote areas, including several sub-awardees.

• Strong communication, management, mentoring and facilitation skills, and field experience in low-resource settings.

• Language: Fluent English, written and spoken.

Preferred (Not Required)

• At least five years of work in fragile or post-conflict countries such as Mozambique.

• Leadership experience in the Southern Africa region.

• Experience with graduation programming.

• Knowledge of Mozambique's social, political, economic and cultural setting.

• Experience with Feed the Future or Food for Progress market grants.

• Experience building partnerships with the private sector.

• Fluency in Portuguese.

Other Conditions

• Travel to programme sites, regional and global meetings, and World Vision's Washington, DC office.

• World Vision is a Christian organisation. The person hired is expected to affirm its core documents and take part in team devotions and prayer gatherings, as allowed by local law.