Position TitleGlobal Director Capacity Development
Requisition Number 15-0036
Post Date 3/13/2015
City Washington D.C
.Description Pact Overview
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.
Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.
Department Overview
Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. Program Advancement, contributes to realizing this purpose by:
•Working across Pact to ensure that Quality and Impact are central to everything that we do.
•Playing a key role in new business acquisition from pre positioning to submission.
•Articulating Pact’s expertise externally.
Position Purpose
Reporting to the Vice President, Program Advancement, the Global Director Capacity Development is responsible for driving Pact’s work in capacity development and ensuring that Pact remains at the cutting edge of thought leadership. Additionally the successful candidate will play a central role in growing the portfolio, focusing on quality and impact and ensuring that Pact’s work is articulated externally.
Key Responsibilities
•Driving thought leadership of capacity development research and practice internally and externally.
•Manage a globally networked team of capacity development professionals to provide targeted and strategic technical assistance, facilitate networked learning among practitioners, and support adoption of high-quality and innovative. practices in capacity development.
•Act as a conduit for ideas between Pact and external audiences, publishing and promoting Pact’s work in different thematic areas and country contexts as appropriate.
•Lead the organization-wide implementation of standards/values in capacity building.
•Support an integrated approach to capacity development that is infused throughout Pact’s engagement with partner organizations.
• Ensure internal connectivity and networking for sharing and learning among Pact’s capacity development practitioners.
•Support the capacity development of Pact’s staff worldwide through the provision of training and professional development materials.
•Lead the development of cutting-edge materials around flagship approaches and tools for high-quality capacity development.
•Coordinate with Results and Measurement Team to implement a global learning agenda in support of learning and evaluation around the results of capacity development activities.
•Work closely with Opportunity Development to ensure high quality technical support throughout the project design and proposal development process, increasing Pact’s success in acquiring additional and new sources of funding.
•Coordinate with Program Delivery Teams to provide technical assistance to implementation of priority capacity development initiatives.
Basic Requirements
•Significant and demonstrated ability in driving and facilitating technical operations in multiple countries.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 15 years of relevant experience.
•Experience in managing a global team.
•Demonstrated technical ability and experience in capacity development/organizational development.
•Experience and willingness to play a key role in new business acquisition.
•Strong experience with a variety of statutory, foundations and corporate donors.
•Ability to work across a matrixed organization, often achieving results without decision making authority.
•Experience living and working outside of home country.
•Ability to travel 30% of time.
Preferred Qualifications
•Masters degree in pertinent area with 12 years of experience.
•Language skills in addition to English
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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