South Sudan: Senior Program Officer – South Sudan

World Vision is a relief, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 45,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Senior Program Officer you will facilitate programme development and resource acquisition for development and resilience programming and emergency response (Cat III) with high standards of appropriateness, timeliness, and effectiveness. The purpose of this position is to lead the design process of multi-regional, full proposals and concept papers, lead regional proposal development for grants over $2 million and provide the final review of all proposals and concept notes prior developed by the team of program officers before submission to donors and World Vision support offices. You will lead the team of three program officers and ensures that progress on grants is communicated timely with key stakeholders and donor visits are strategic, well timed and smoothly executed and managed.

Requirements include:

• At least 4 years field experience in a relief or development environment.
• Previous experience with successful multi-million dollar donor proposal writing and budget preparation (USAID, ECHO, BPRM, UN agencies preferred).
• Must have a Master degree or equivalent in relevant fields of study such as International Development, Political Science/International Relations, Economics, Sociology, or other related field.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Ability to work in high tension and medium-to-high security risk situations – preferred.

Is this the job for you?

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date

26 September 2016. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.