WVV AP Development Facilitator

With 75 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 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

1. Community Engagement & Planning (20%)
• 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 development principles as a sheetbed for growing technical models
• Raise community and partner awareness on World Vision’s 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 (20%)
• 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 (15%)
• 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 (10%)
• 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 (10%)
• 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 (10%)
• 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) (10%)
• 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.

Others (5%)
Perform any additional tasks assigned by the ADPM or leadership to support team effectiveness and ADP performance.

Required Education, Professional Experience:
• 2–3 years of experience in community development or child focused project implementation.
• Experience working with local partners, communities, and government using participatory approaches.
• Experience in community planning, monitoring, and reflection processes.
• Experience supporting child participation, child protection, or MVC inclusion activities.
• Basic experience in monitoring, data collection, and field reporting (DMEAL).
• Experience implementing technical project activities or community based initiatives.
• Experience with sponsorship operations is an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in community development, social sciences, education, public health, agriculture, or related fields.
• Training in community development, child protection, DMEAL, or participatory facilitation is preferred.
• Certification in Project management is an advantage.
• Training in DRR/Climate Change Adaptation or safeguarding is desirable.
• Valid motorbike driving license for field travel.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only