Sponsorship Specialist (General Coordination)

World Vision International in Vietnam (WVIV) is looking for:

Position: WVV Sponsorship Specialist (General Coordination) [1]

• Work Base: Hanoi City
• Deadline of submission: 25 July 2023

For detailed Job advertisement, Job description please find on WV Vietnam's career page:

WVV Sponsorship Specialist (General Coordination) [2]

TERM OF REFERENCE

I. CONTEXT

World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization working to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities living in poverty. World Vision serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. As a child-focused organization, WV’s work focuses on children, ensuring they are protected and their basic needs are met. World Vision Vietnam (WVV) has been funded from 12 support countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Funding of WVV consists of sponsorship program funding (70%) and PNS/grants (30%). WVV employs about 430 staff, of which 93% are Vietnamese nationals.

WVV is operating in 4 zones: North 1 (Hoa Binh, Dien Bien), North 2 (Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang, Hai Phong), Central (Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri and Da Nang) and South (Quang Nam Quang Ngai, Ho Chi Minh and DakNong). WVV’s Area Program (AP) usually focuses within one administrative district of a province which populated by ethnic minority people with high rates of poverty. A uniqueness of WVV’s Development Program Approach (DPA) is that AP team members are based at district level where the AP is located, which enables them to work closely with government partners and communities on a daily basis. Besides the APs, WVV is also implementing different Special and Grant Projects to meet the specific needs of vulnerable children in both AP and non-AP areas.

II. JOB PURPOSE

The Sponsorship Specialist provides coordination support to the National Office (NO) management of sponsorship operations, sponsorship business systems, guidelines and standards for improved performance and relationship between the child, family and community with sponsors and Support Offices (SOs).

The position supports and provides National Office level technical oversight to clusters/APs in mainstreaming of Sponsorship in Programming and Sponsorship Standards while working closely with the Zonal Sponsorship Officer (ZSO) and Area Programs.

This position works closely with the Sponsorship Manager to address gaps identified through Sponsorship data and programming analysis to achieve sponsorship excellence and ensure quality results across all Child Sponsorship deliverables.

III. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

1. Leadership, Strategy and Policy implementation (10%)

Vision for sponsorship:

• Support and communicate a compelling vision for sponsorship as a transformative relationship and actively promote the integration of sponsorship and programming for ministry impact.  
• Support strategic understanding and ownership of Child Sponsorship within key national office roles. Enable cross-team strategic engagement for an integrated approach to transformational development in which sponsorship is an integral part.
• Actively engage with ZSO and APs in influencing, interpreting and implementing sponsorship strategy, policy and procedure through an integrated approach.

National Strategy:

• Support development of sponsorship strategy integration and contribution to national strategy and operational plan development.
• Child Sponsorship policy, standards and essentials implementation: Coordinate and support the NO Child Sponsorship implementation strategy to achieve the organisational mandate of an enriching experience for children, sponsors and fulfilling donor promise, meeting sponsorship standards. Provide analysis of the extent of integration of sponsorship essentials (Community-Led Care & Protection and Children’s Participation and Voice) within TPs, Community Engagement and Sponsorship Plan (CESP) and work practices.
• Children’s Experience of Sponsorship: Support to develop and implement initiatives to ensure children’s experience of sponsorship is meaningful, enjoyable and transformative, builds children’s skills and leadership, and children’s views are actively considered through feedback processes.
• Integration and planning: Support the engagement with operations and relevant stakeholders to ensure integration and mainstreaming of Sponsorship in Programming strategies within all programmes for the sustained well-being of children (inclusion, participation and protection), families and communities and an enriched supporter/sponsor experience.

2. Sponsorship Operations Coordination (25%)

Sponsorship Operations:

• Provide coordination support to implementation of effective Sponsorship Operations with processes managed efficiently adhering to global and national Sponsorship Standards and quality.
• Provide support to ensure key sponsorship processes (quality, performance, capacity building, Registered Child (RC) portfolio, sponsor engagement, child monitoring, risks and reporting) are prioritised, measured and monitored
• Engage with relevant National Office stakeholders such as Operations, Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME), technical teams, and administration/support teams for successful implementation of Child Sponsorship services deliverables, targets and plans.
• Identify and address gaps, issues on sponsorship service operations at NO level, Zonal level and Area Programmes.

Sponsorship Monitoring and Reporting:

• Provide subject matter expertise and ensure regular review of performance trends using periodic reports including Global National Office Dashboard (GNOD), Sponsorship Operations Index (SOI) and monthly Exception Reports on HOPE system (World Vision system to manage RC's information) and tracking sources. (Interpret implications and advise key areas for functional and line management action on specific issues and addressing key performance gaps).
• Provide analysis interpretation of Child Monitoring Standard (CMS), Child-Wellbeing and child participation data with NO leadership, operations and Cluster/AP teams for appropriate follow-through and action.
• Interpret implications, identify emerging issues, reconcile performance status and advise key areas for functional and line management action. Monitor reports and identify potential risks, coordinate risk mitigation efforts and develop support plan. Monitor and report on progress against corrective and management actions.

3. Organisational Capability (15%)

• Sponsorship Field Capacity Building: Coordinate and support Sponsorship capacity building trainings, modules and resources within the NO, clusters and APs influencing practices for delivery of quality Sponsorship.
• Equip NO, Zonal and AP Staff (community volunteers and partners): Provide subject matter expertise and support to ensure NO management staff, ZSO and AP staff are trained and equipped with tools and skills to engage with children, youth and community volunteers in facilitating quality, effective and efficient sponsorship processes, and deliverables and be active agents of change.
• Capacity Gaps: Contribute to NO strategy by identifying capacity gaps at NO, Zonal and AP and community levels and proposing appropriate capacity building efforts or training modules to address these gaps.
• IT training: Coordinate with IT team to ensure staff using Sponsorship Business Systems functionality are trained on HOPE, Horizon Desktop, Rich Media and Digital content. Also to provide orientation (theory and practical) to community volunteers on relevant Horizon features.

Sponsorship Business Processes: Provide support to establish contextualised business processes to achieve quality outcomes. Equip staff with sponsorship management responsibilities at all levels to analyse, identify and address emerging problems in meeting standards, as well as identify opportunities for ongoing improvement.

4. Sponsorship in Programming (SiP) (10%)

- Sponsorship in Programming quality: Provide support as required to

• Engage NO Operations, DME and technical teams to ensure sponsorship integration into technical programmes (TPs) and CESP and annual plans for stronger programming impact to Child Well Being.
• Ensure mainstreaming of Sponsorship in Programming practices in area programmes including two essentials of Community-led Care & Protection, and Child Participation and Voice.

- RC Participation and Most Vulnerable Children (MVC) inclusion: Provide support to:

• Ensure RC Participation standards are met across the organisation.
• Manage planning to promote children’s participation and voice and their input into key decision-making processes in DME cycle, annual reflections/planning and their child sponsorship experience.

- Sponsorship messaging: Provide support as required to ensure sponsorship education processes and clear messaging of Child Sponsorship within communities that promotes active community ownership and participation in processes to improve children’s well-being.

- Feasibility & Risk Management: Coordinate to ensure all Area Programmes have conducted feasibility & risk management analysis and are actively mitigating and managing identified risks including those identified through regular monitoring.

- Child Sponsorship contribution to Community-led Care & Protection: Support the engagement with operations, ZSOs and APs teams to ensure Child Sponsorship contribution to local safeguarding efforts. 

• RC selection: NO level child selection criteria is adhered to in child selection processes.
• Child Monitoring: Ensure monitoring of all RC is managed effectively as per Child Monitoring Standard (CMS) Standards across all APs.
• Ensure regular monitoring and reporting on HOPE system Case Management data across all APs.

- Child safeguarding and protection: Ensure compliance to WV Child Protection and Safeguarding policies, standards and procedures across all management of Child Sponsorship.

5. Child and Sponsor Engagement (25%)

- Child participation and sponsorship integration:

• Coordinate processes to promote usage of child participation practices to engage children and families to ensure sponsorship group and individual interactions contribute to child development (improved cognitive development, academic performance, better social-emotional development, and improved health).
• Support discussions with operations and sectors for engagement opportunities on common themes facilitating processing of sponsor engagement features along with program activities.

- Nurture sponsor and child connections through child engagement:

• Support AP processes and volunteer skills to promote active child communication practices to enhance skills of children in telling and capturing stories more effectively about their community’s situation and development and to encourage impact stories to be captured and communicated with sponsors.

- Management of sponsor engagement/experience features:

• Regular review of processes at NO, cluster and AP level to ensure sponsor experience features and products (correspondence and Sponsorship 2.0) received from sponsors are recorded, processed with quality and responses sent to sponsors and SOs in accordance with partnership standards, global and NO targets and agreed timelines.
• Support and build capacity of sponsorship staff in quality assurance management.
• Ensure local language translations are done with accuracy and completeness.
• Provide and support Global Centre (GC) & NO level design, development of communication materials, quality assurance and administration.
• Coordinate with ZSO/APs to facilitate sponsor visits in adherence with partnership standards and child protection protocol ensuring an enriching experience for the sponsor, child and community.
• Manage engagement with GC to facilitate Global Fulfilment (Print, Scan and Mail) of approved sponsor features. Liaise with (Regional Office) RO/GC to provide guidance and support to APs in ensuring smooth processing of all sponsor features within agreed deadlines.

6. Risk Management and Business Process (10%)

• Sponsorship Data, Storage and Security: Ensure all sponsorship data (HOPE records, system resources and sponsor addresses), sponsor communication, and child files are filed, stored and protected in adherence to WV data protection protocols and aligned to child protection policies, standards and procedures.
• Sponsorship in emergencies: In a Sponsorship in emergencies situation, support the emergency situation reports review process and highlight major risks and support leadership action to manage negative impact on children, sponsorship field ministry and delivery of key priorities within standards. Drive follow-up action in coordination with Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA) and relevant stakeholders to ensure sponsorship considerations and reporting are prioritised appropriately to keep SOs well informed and sponsors updated.
• Audit reviews: Support the Risk Based Integrated Audit (RBIA) preparation, monitoring and implementation of National Office and Area Programme Audits including reports, management action on recommendations ensuring identified gaps are timely addressed, providing status updates to National Office leadership and working closely with relevant stakeholders. Support Internal Audit Team to ensure common understanding of RBIA process and actions to take to manage risks presented during the audit.

- Sponsorship Business Systems:

• Ensure Sponsorship Business Systems (Sponsorship systems, HOPE and Horizon mobiles) are maintained and updated as per WVIT protocols and procedures. Ensure issue escalation protocols are adhered to and functioning in coordination with WVIT and NO IT.
• Support (or lead as assigned) the fulfilment of Sponsorship Business Systems capability requirements and processes to maximize impact.
• Support (or lead as assigned) pilots and user acceptance tests ensuring new business rules or requirements are validated. Provide field level feedback on User Acceptance Tests.

- Ensure technical support for transmission of Rich Media (Images and Videos) through WV approved platforms.

7. Others (5%)

• Act as an ambassador of World Vision’s brand by strictly following World Vision’s brand and communications guidelines when working with external partners and developing communications products (print, audio, or video).
• Perform other duties as assigned by the manager to contribute to the team performance

IV. KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

1. Required Professional Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in Development sector

2. Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification:

• Bachelor in social work, management, development or other relevant area required.

3. Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications:

• National or Zone/Cluster level experience in sponsorship management and development projects.
• Knowledge of sponsorship policies, framework, systems and processes
• Knowledge of various technical sectors of development particularly DME and Child Protection and Sectors.
• Have understanding and experience in Child Sponsorship and its contribution to child wellbeing.
• Have understanding and experience in Development Program Approach and Sponsorship in Programming.
• Demonstrated competencies in Sponsorship Management and operational aspects of Child Sponsorship.
• Demonstrated community and staff facilitation skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

Interested candidates are invited to send your CV to the email address: [email protected] [3]

People and Culture Department
World Vision International in Vietnam
Add: 9th floor, Mercury Building, 444 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi
Tel : 84-24-39439920

We give equal opportunity to every candidate, regardless of religion, race and gender.