National Director

• Ensure FVMG’s contribution to the 5 strategic mandates of the Global Strategy – Our Promise 2030 (i. Deepen our commitment to the most vulnerable children; ii. Focus our ministry on a few areas; iii. Advocate on behalf of children; iv. Deliver high-quality, sustainable funding; v. Live out our Christian Faith with boldness and humility).
• Ensure country strategy is aligned with WV global strategic priorities and expectations agreed with the Advisory Council.
• Develop and implement appropriate advocacy strategies to raise awareness of- and advocate for change in- key issues within the specific context in favor of children.
• Ensure excellent standards in the management of the human, financial, capital and technical resources of the organization, which includes inspiring and setting high standards of work and clear performance indicators and accountability to stakeholders.
• Ensure organizational sustainability by ongoing predictive success planning (funding, Ministry, organizational development, leadership pipeline, leadership development).
• Promote WV’s Vision, Mission, Core Values and key Partnership Standards and Practices among the staff and partners and ensure these are the core foundation of World Vision Guatemala strategies and work.
• Be a model of a high standard of personal Christian leadership, ministry, and integrity through lifestyle and work relationships, and provide spiritual guidance to staff by the WV Vision, Mission, and Core Values.
• Inspire staff to support Christian identity, commitments, and witness.
• Promote a culture of innovation and agility in order to respond timely to external challenges and expectations and ensure relevance.
• Promote a culture of learning and development, employee engagement and good stewardship of human capital in the office that is sustainable for growth and high performance.
• Build an organisational culture, which leverages respect, value and promotes gender, age, and ethnic diversity.
• Contribute to the global pool of workforce of WV Partnership by sourcing, recruiting or building committed, competent talents from within the country.

Lead the implementation of WV Guatemala's transition process, thus ensuring the achievement of necessary goals to become a relevant and self-sustainable organization to contribute to the wellbeing of most vulnerable children in Guatemala:

• Design and ensure the execution and adaptation of a transition process according to internal and external context for continuous relevance in Guatemala.
• Strengthen the integration and alignment of marketing and programming for coordinated design and promotion of products and programmes.
• Strengthen all needed skills and organizational approaches needed for self-sustainability.
• Practice an adaptive leadership open to collaborative analysis and addressing challenges and conflicts timely.
• Ensure timely, effective and appropriate organizational internal communications strategy in WV Guatemala.
• Establish an intentional approach to change management through a strategy or plan.

Lead dialogues and negotiations with other WV – Global Center entities (Strategy Implementation Office, Global Operations, Global Treasure, Resource Development, etc.) and Support Offices (WV US and WV Canada):

• Ensure implementation and compliance to Partnership Performance Management Standards and Principles.
• Negotiate and influence stakeholders in World Vision representing the best interests of Guatemala children.

Collaborate and build strategic relationships with Christian leaders, governments, corporations, NGOs and the civil society in order to support WV Guatemala’s ministry; for the following purposes:

• Advocacy agenda - promote integral well-being and protection with a tenderness of childhood, through the incidence of public politics that impact childhood.
• Institutional relations for the acquisition of resources.
• Enable and support programmes in the country by government agencies at all levels.
• Media relations; ensure that WV and Child Well-Being and protection agenda is promoted appropriately.
• Acquisition and cultivation of key partners.

Practice twin citizenship in WV's Partnership, with effective participation in international forums, events, and campaigns:

• Act as a Twin Citizen and global leader ensuring that National Office participates in global processes and decisions and allocates resources and talent were most needed, Partnership wide.
• Source best practices and strategic services available Partnership wide, be aware of and apply relevant innovative approaches.
• Build strong relationships with the Board.
• Support the Chair of the WV Guatemala Advisor Council in strengthening organizational governance.
• Support the Chair of the WV Guatemala Advisor Council in coordinating Council meetings, and in maintaining a pool of contacts from which to draw future Council members.
• Support Advisor Council Chair and AC members in succession plans.

Lead WV Guatemala’s staff, thus promoting their commitment and high performance towards the institution’s objectives:

• Ensure that the NO functions in a contextualized, complementary, sensitive and cohesive manner.
• Establish and ensure a collaborative working environment across areas and teams.
• Lead and prepare others for taking decisions and lead organizational processes in order to ensure and promote organizational agility.
• Build sustainability through the growth and development of staff and leadership capability and effective organizational succession planning for all leadership roles including the National Director and Senior Leadership Team.
• Inspire, motivate, accompany and develop the Senior Leadership Team.
• Ensure formation to the leadership team so they can face change and have management capacities.

Lead the management of the organizational model in order to ensure the staff’s commitment and high performance, besides discipline in the execution of initiatives related to the new model:

• Ensure that World Vision Guatemala operations provide relevant impact in the country and region.
• Lead the development and execution of the country strategy through programme approaches and operating plans with clear, measurable short-term and long-term targets.
• Ensure organizational compliance to the country Government standards and laws for WV operations in the country.
• Provide leadership, strategic direction and support to the team for developing and implementing excellent donor experience and acquisition of Ministry funds.
• Identify new opportunities and forge alliances that lead to optimization of the resources.
• Ensure effective stewardship and accountability of WV and other donor resources, finances and people.
• Ensure efficient and effective organizational practices, which result in a successful financial and operational audit rating.
• Promote and model a high level of transparency, integrity and zero tolerance to fraud.
• Ensure office is in compliance with local legal requirements and standards.
• Represent World Vision Guatemala in courts, if required.
• Provide direction for integrating private and public funds to maximize results and respond to community needs in the most effective and efficient way.
• Have overall responsibility for assessment of risks and the development of risk management planning to mitigate risks to NO operations, staff, assets, and programmes.
• Maintain complete accountability to the Advisory Council and Regional leadership on the management of risks facing the organization.

Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA):

• Maintain the capacity to respond to natural and man-made emergencies in coordination with the HEA team.
• Collaborate with HEA Regional Director in determining the appropriate level of emergency response in country.
• Oversee relief efforts, as and when they arise and work in partnership with HEA response teams. Build in-country relief response capacity to ensure adequate disaster mitigation, management and response.