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 children's life stories Key Responsibilities: The position of Project Director will be expected to lead and provide strategic leadership to the anticipated U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), Increase Municipal Collective Action to Address Child Labor and Forced Labor in Mexico. This will be a 4-year project will have an estimated budget of $4M. The position is contingent on successful grant award and donor approval. Major Responsibilities: Establish and maintain effective project reporting, evaluation, and communication systems. Submit timely accurate and professional reports that meet donor requirements. Manage grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate and timely financial reports to donors and SO staff. Ensure grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocated as per assigned budget, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure low risk audits. Liaise with local government officials, local communities, donor representatives and other stakeholders as appropriate. Consistently look for more effective and efficient implementation methods and opportunities to increase impact. Participate and conduct on-going lessons learned with key staff and partners/sub-grantees. Liaise with local government officials, local communities, donor representatives and other stakeholders as appropriate. Participate, lead NGO – donor forum to represent WV, the project, and seek cooperation for joint advocacy opportunities. Escalate grant management issues early and openly; resolve grant management issues quickly and fully. Provide spiritual leadership to the grants team. Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and daily devotional meetings. Serve as primary liaison to USDOL local and national governmental authorities, local NGOs, community organizations, Facilitate learning of best practices on program's technical areas and other donor organizations. Provide vision and strategic technical leadership for the project. Close cooperation with NO GAM lead for implementation of the GAM objectives as well as close collaboration within the NO GAM Unit on donor positioning, lessons learned, grant health and quality improvements. Requirements Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, supervision, administration, and implementation of cooperative agreement and/or contract requirements (including meeting deadlines, achieving targets, establishing and maintaining systems for managing project operations, working with multiple subgrantee(s) and/or contractor(s), and overseeing the preparation and submission of required reports to donor agencies), preferably in the country of implementation. A Master's degree in management, international development, education, political science, or a related field desired. Experience establishing and maintaining systems for managing project operations. Proven experience in a leadership role for a project addressing labor-related issues, including child labor, forced labor, or workplace exploitation. Demonstrate the ability to maintain working relationships with all project stakeholders, and engages in coalition building and public-private partnership promotion. Understanding of agricultural supply chains, gender mainstreaming, and/or women's economic empowerment. Proficiency with public speaking is preferred. Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Must be directly hired by the recipient, not a subrecipient. Applicant Types Accepted: Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted About Us Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. As a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation, 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. Our organisational culture reflects a "Partnership" of World Vision offices in 100 countries and 33,000 staff working towards one vision: life in its fullness for every child. A career with World Vision is a God-given calling, and we believe that every staff member has been brought to World Vision for God's purposes. Whether working from home, in an office, or with children and community members, we celebrate and embrace each staff member's diverse background and talents – knowing that together, we can make a difference. Together, WeAreWorldVision. Each staff member brings their unique experience and God-given talents to the organisation – and in return World Vision provides employees a competitive "Total Rewards" package tailored to the context in which they work. Have questions about applying to a job with World Vision? J-18808-Ljbffr
