WVV Area Development Program Development Facilitator

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Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
CONTEXT
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working to improve the quality of life of people, especially children, who are marginalized and living in poverty. World Vision helps all who are in need regardless of their religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
World Vision Viet Nam (WVIV) is supported by multiple countries and funded through a combination of sponsorship programs (majority) and Private Non-Sponsorship (PNS)/grants. WVIV operates across multiple provinces and implements Area Development Programs (ADPs) that focus on communities with high levels of poverty, often including ethnic minority populations. In addition to ADPs, WVIV implements various Special and Grant Projects to address the specific needs of vulnerable children in both ADP and non-ADP areas.
WVIV is headquartered in Hanoi, while majority of staff are based locally in ADPs and project sites across the country which enables them to work closely with government partners and communities on a daily basis.
JOB PURPOSE
The ADP Development Facilitator (DF) serves as a catalyst and community mobilizer, building strong partnerships with local stakeholders to drive sustainable, child-focused development. Reporting directly to the Area Development Program Manager (ADPM), the DF facilitates community empowerment processes and strengthens the capacity of local partners to improve and sustain the well-being of children-especially the most vulnerable.
The role is responsible for managing and implementing technical project activities in assigned communes,
ensuring quality delivery, meaningful community participation, and alignment with World Vision's child focused, community-based development approach. The DF also advocates for child well-being with local partners and contributes to evidence generation, accountability, and sustainability of program outcomes.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Community Engagement & Planning:
- Facilitate partnerships and networking among local stakeholders (community groups, mass organizations, NGOs, government agencies) to mobilize resources for child well‐being, aligned with ADP stakeholder mapping.
- Build capacity for local partners of transformational development principles as a sheet bed for growing technical models.
- Raise community and partner awareness on World Vision's Christian identity, Core Values, and child‐focused, community‐based development approach.
- Build capacity for communities and partners to participate in ADP planning and the annual community review process, ensuring relevance to local context, challenges, and opportunities.
- Lead commune‐level planning activities and facilitate annual community review and planning sessions to strengthen program impact, ownership, and sustainability.
- Support communities and partners to develop and implement community‐based disaster preparedness plans.
2. Program Management & Technical Implementation:
- Work with partners and team members to ensure a strong understanding of local context, vulnerabilities, risks, and opportunities in assigned communes.
- Collaborate closely with Technical Program Officers (TPOs) to build capacity for local partners on technical models, guidelines, and tools.
- Facilitate community‐level implementation of technical models according to standard guidelines and ADP context.
- Provide supportive supervision processes with TPOs and partners to ensure technical quality of interventions.
- Mainstream cross‐cutting themes (Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Disaster Risk Reduction - Response to Climate Change (DRR‐RCC), Advocacy) across all project activities.
- Mobilize established partnerships and networks to strengthen local advocacy for child well‐being.
- Steward all resources entrusted to the community and DF role in compliance with WV financial policies and procedures.
- Coordinate procurement and strategic sourcing at commune level, ensuring transparency and compliance.
- Identify potential/qualified local facilitators, and coordinate with TPOs to build capacity for local facilitators and strengthen the local facilitator network.
3. Community‐Level Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (DMEAL) Support:
- Build capacity for communities and partners to conduct shared monitoring using locally appropriate tools.
- Facilitate community‐based shared monitoring activities, compile findings, and support timely reporting to AP.
- Lead community reflection meetings to review progress, promote learning, and identify actions for improvement.
- Facilitate annual Program Effectiveness/Quality self‐review processes and community‐based group self‐assessments.
- Support ADP‐level DMEAL functions by collecting field data, monitoring the implementation of technical models, contributing to baseline surveys, evaluations, and knowledge products.
- Support community participation in assessments, surveys, research opportunities, and evaluations.
- Monitor and report on commune‐level project progress (ITT, narrative reporting), support program quality self‐assessments, and contribute to ADP‐level DMEAL requirements.
- Document evidence‐based practices and case studies to support internal learning, external engagement, and advocacy.
4. Child Participation, Child Protection & Most Vulnerable (MVC) Inclusion:
- Strengthen children's participation and promote children's voice and leadership throughout the program's activities and approach.
- Strengthen and support commune‐level child protection committees and community‐based child protection mechanisms to ensure a safe and protective environment for children.
- Build capacity for communities and partners to conduct, update, and use MVC mapping, and facilitate the process to ensure MVC are intentionally included and benefit from technical project interventions.
- Document best practices, lessons learned, and Most Significant Change (MSC) stories related to MVC and their families for learning, communication, and advocacy.
- Monitor MVC inclusion and evaluate their outcomes and impact across technical project interventions.
5. Micro Projects and Community Development Initiatives Facilitation:
- Strengthen community‐based groups and build their capacity to design, plan, and implement micro projects and community development initiatives (CDIs) that complement ADP objectives.
- Identify and mobilize partners and community groups for micro project and CDIs.
- Facilitate community‐based group implementation, monitoring, and reporting on micro projects and CDIs.
6. Sponsorship Integration & Child Monitoring:
- Ensure Sponsorship Integration is embedded in Annual Community Review and Planning (ACRP), promoting strong alignment with program activities and strengthening Community‐Led Care & Protection and Children's Participation & Voice.
- Support integration of sponsorship into Technical Programs and Community Engagement and Sponsorship Plan (CESP) to ensure Registered Children (RCs) actively participate in and benefit from program interventions.
- Support RC monitoring and case management in assigned communes, ensuring adherence to protocols for child incidents (death, sickness, accident, protection concerns).
- Integrate sponsorship communications (photos, content gathering, activities) into program events where appropriate.
- Support the ADP Manager in capturing Transformational Stories and other content for Support Offices (SO).
- Contribute to the effective, timely delivery of sponsorship engagement features in line with quality standards.
7. HEA-DRR (Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs / Disaster Risk Reduction)
- Integrate Disaster Risk Reduction - Response to Climate Change (DRR‐RCC) considerations into program planning, implementation, and monitoring.
- Coordinate with partners and staff to support emergency response efforts in the ADP when needed, ensuring compliance with humanitarian standards and accountability.
Other task: Perform any additional tasks assigned by the ADPM or leadership to support team effectiveness and ADP performance.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Act as an ambassador of World Vision's brand by following WV's brand and communications guidelines when working with external partners and developing communications products (print, audio, or video).
• Take responsibility for personal security, accurately identify and assess risks, and respond appropriately;
make good faith efforts to safeguard other WVIV staff and property, in line with WVIV's security training
and guidance.
• Be responsible for self-learning and professional development to enhance performance and career growth.
• Uphold and demonstrate commitment to World Vision's mission, vision, core values, and policies.
Qualified applicants should submit their application to:
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