District Coordinator

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Key Responsibilities:

The District Coordinator (DC) provides leadership for the effective implementation of the Integrated Programme Framework (IPF) and Sponsorship Operations Project (SOP) across Area Programmes, ensuring alignment with WVI Nepal’s strategy, programme standards, and child sponsorship requirements. The role coordinates and supports AP teams, partner NGOs, local government, communities, and other stakeholders to strengthen programme quality, child well-being, sponsorship operations, compliance, and accountability. The DC also oversees partner performance, supports data-driven decision-making and programme integration, provides leadership and guidance to teams, and represents WVI Nepal at the district level to promote sustainable outcomes for the most vulnerable children.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

SPONSORSHIP SERVICE MANAGEMENT:

• Sponsorship KPI reporting: Lead to facilitate Child Sponsorship reporting to ensure well-being of Registered Children and manage quality of Child Sponsorship, such as periodical CMS, SOI, Death reports are on time throughout the year with Green ratings (Horizon HOPE), if discrepancies facilitate for review, analysis, tracking and follow-up with Partner NGO (analyse, reconcile AP Performance status, identify emerging issues and engage stakeholders).
• RC Portfolio and Child Registration Process: Engage with Partner NGO team to ensure agreed RC portfolio (±2%) is consistently maintained throughout the year for Support Offices. Ensure active involvement of key stakeholders, and communities in the ongoing registration of children to effectively manage the RC portfolio across the AP lifecycle.
• Design a child registration plan with partners that ensures the transparency and ownership of community and key stakeholders in the process. And understanding and participation of children and family in a fun and meaningful way.
• Involve partners and community groups in defining and adapting child selection criteria based on World Vision’s global standards and WVI NEPAL’s criteria of vulnerability.
• Design a process which fully involves partners to ensure that vulnerable children are selected for Sponsorship programming adhering to the WV’s minimum child selection criteria.
• RC Data Management: Ensure RC records and files are well managed, scanned and stored securely. Periodic RC Data review in Horizon Hope for accuracy to ensure all data points of new and existing RC are correctly reported in Hope. Follow the correct process for RC Data correction. Review of RC ID list to ensure no Duplicates Child IDs generated in the system.
• CMS: Regulate child monitoring processes to ensure children are monitored according to Child Monitoring Standards, under locally agreed timelines. CMS Green throughout the year.
• Case management and follow-up: Ensure Horizon Child-Wellbeing data (Case Management) is regularly reviewed, updated and shared with Partner NGO. Ensure reporting and follow-up adherence to organizational protocols. Timely and accurate reporting of Child Death and Emergency cases must be ensured.
• QMS: Coordinate responses and follow up to queries in a timely manner.
• Programme links: Provide analysis, interpretation of CMS, Child-Wellbeing and child participation data with Partner NGO team for appropriate case management follow-through and action. Utilize the reporting and referral mechanism.

SPONSOR AND CHILD ENGAGEMENT:

• Nurture sponsor and child connections: Ensure quality and timely communication between sponsors and Registered Children for two-way connection and assurance of impact. 
• Manage Sponsorship activities to contribute to Child Participation, Life Skills and Voice: Ensure sponsor engagement feature opportunities contribute to developing life skills and promoting child participation and voice. Ensure implementation of sponsor communication through IPF activities as per activity designs.
• Efficient management & delivery of high quality sponsor engagement features: Ensure appropriate child engagement tools are practiced while engaging with children and families to produce high quality sponsor child communications (IL, SL, GN, EL, SAC, APR, CEW, SG, QMS, FL, BB and Rich Media content and sponsor queries), within Sponsorship standards.
  • Digital and Non-digital Correspondence: Ensure sponsor gifts/letters are well processed and sent within standard timeline. SOI rating is Green throughout the year.
  • Rich Media Delivery: Ensure all the Rich Media products (CGP, CGV, CUP, CUV, YUP, YUV) and New SI Field Content for SFP APs are delivered on time with 100% quality assurance.
  • CEW: Engage Partner NGO team to complete 100% of Child Expression Worksheets (CEW) with meaningful child engagement and quality, for timely delivery.
  • Sponsorship 3.0: Facilitate Sponsorship 3.0 initiatives in the Area Programmes to ensure simple, modern and digital management of Sponsorship experience for all.
  • Sponsor visits: Plan and facilitate sponsor visits, and ensure the visiting sponsors are well attended on and get wide exposure and positive impression from visit, with adherence of required protocols, such as production of the Sponsor Visit Report, Sponsor Visit CUP, Sponsor Visit-Thank you Letter.
• Capture transformational stories: Ensure Quality Communication that captures Transformational Stories to communicate with sponsors. Capture, document and share lessons, good practices, innovations, impact stories, photos and videos for other stakeholders.
• Manage confidentiality of all the provided information and data

AP PERFORMANCE and CAPACITY BUILDING:

• Sponsorship capacity building: Facilitate capacity building trainings on Sponsorship standards, emerging practices in child participation, child engagement, Global Sponsorship initiatives to staff, children, community volunteers and partners - follow up its implementation and application. Enable staff of partner organization(s) to establish strong relationship with and mechanism to support children and families for active participation and engagement in integrated programmes and Sponsorship Operations Project.  
• Capacity Gaps: identify capacity gaps at Area Programme level and community and use the most appropriate training approach to address.
• Equip Sponsorship Field Mobilisers (SFM) and CWB monitoring committees: To inspire, equip and manage SFM and CWB monitoring committees as active agents of change for children with the required skills to meet Child Sponsorship requirements and to be emotionally available for children to contribute positively to their lives.
• Ensure appropriate training for emerging child and adolescent to develop and promote them as youth leaders and role model in the community.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT:

• Child protection standards: Sponsorship data management, quality and practices are aligned to Sponsorship and child protection policies, standards and procedures. Maintain updated child information in the system and ensure data protection and Horizon Privacy Policy, as per WV Guidelines comply with national legal requirements.
• Awareness: Ensure awareness of community, sponsors, registered children and AP staff on Child Sponsorship protocols and standards. 
• Risk management: Identify and mitigate all risk exposures at AP level according to the latest Sponsorship Feasibility and Risk Assessment, and other accountability review processes to manage smooth implementation.

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT:

• Equip partner NGOs to design and engage in the process of community awareness on Sponsorship Programming and Operations requirement which will enhance the community ownership of Sponsorship. 
• Equip Partner NGOs implementing SFP, SOP, and/or IPF interventions to ensure they have a clear and consistent understanding of World Vision’s Sponsorship Approach.
• Coordinate performance of partner NGO through feasible work plans with clear targets.
• Monitor and document performance of partner NGOs implementing WVI Nepal projects, SOP and SFP to ensure that they performed on time, with quality, within budget as per project agreements and work plans.
• Conduct regular visits to Registered Children, families and communities, including unscheduled and random visits, as part of partner NGO’s performance monitoring.
• Coordinate with Field Office technical teams to provide necessary technical support to Partner NGOs, ensuring technical quality in program delivery and compliance with minimum organizational standards.
• Represent in Partner NGO’s board meeting as a District focal point on matters including, but not limited to, WVI Nepal’s Operational compliances, standards, requirements, technical guidance on recruitment/evaluation of core staffs and any other matter as per the need in coordination with respective supervisor or Field Office team

REPRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRIBUTION: 

• Build relationships with district and local governments, community stakeholders, implementing partner NGOs and other INGOs/NGOs in coordination with relevant staff from Field Office and National Office.
• Promote basic understanding of key external stakeholders with regards to WVI NEPAL’s vision, mission and goal and its projects/programmes in the district.
• Promote community engagement to ensure Sponsorship essentials mainly; Community led care and protection, children’s participation and voices and child monitoring and appropriate follow up action are well integrated into the local protection systems and program interventions in WVI NEPAL’s projects/programmes
• Share relevant information about the district with WVI NEPAL’s departments for sponsor/donor visit, security, public engagement, MEAL and proposal development purposes as required.
• Represent WVI Nepal as district focal point (Security, Child and Adult Safeguarding, WVI Nepal representative) in relevant networks, meetings in the district in consultation with the respective sector/leads as required.
• Contribute to strategic organizational process including annual planning, budgeting and reporting processes, and audit processes.
• Perform other organizational and business processes that are required to contribute to WVI NEPAL’s strategic objectives and to maintain a healthy organizational life.
• Increasing demonstration and understanding of and commitment to World Vision’s Core Values in the approach to work and relationships

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 3-year experience in similar or equivalent positions in development sector or Sponsorship-focused organization
• Experience in preparing and facilitating training workshops
• Experience working in a rural or remote district of Nepal
• In depth understanding and experience in Child Sponsorship and its contribution to child wellbeing
• Area program work experience in Sponsorship or development projects
• Demonstrated competencies in operational aspects of Child Sponsorship
• Demonstrated facilitation skills, including cascading, connecting, and capacity building

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Bachelor degree in social science/development studies/ Sociology/ International Relation or any relevant field
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social science/Development studies/ Sociology/ International Relation or any relevant field 
• Understanding of poverty issues, development theories and sustainable development practices including empowerment approach through community-led activities and advocacy
• Knowledge of World Vision’s Programming Approach, Organizational policies and standards, including Child Sponsorship standards
• Strong people management skills including performance management and capacity building skills (facilitation, mentoring and coaching skills)

• Knowledge and practical skills in working with children with basic understanding of Child Protection and Advocacy
• Knowledge of community development and engagement
• Knowledge of local partnering
• Effective written and oral communications skills including presentation and reporting skills
• Good interpersonal skills and cross-cultural sensitivity. Strong collaboration and partnership skills to mobilize engagement and influence
• Computer and Technology; Strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Strong experience in using technology including information management database software and platforms
• User experience with WV’s data management, information platforms and Sponsorship systems such as Horizon

Travel and Work Environment

• Will be required to be based in one of WVI NEPAL’s operational district and working from partner NGO’s office
• Will be required to spend at least 50% of work time conducting monitoring and
• field visits in target municipalities and wards
• Willingness to work outside office hours especially when conducting monitoring/field visits, when hosting sponsor/donor visits and meeting sponsorship deadlines for key deliverables

“World Vision is committed to achieving diversity, as the diversity of our teams is critical to our overall success. WV welcomes applications from qualified professionals all over Nepal. Women, people with disability, and members from other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.”

“Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with WV as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that WVI Nepal shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates, in accordance to its Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy. WVI Nepal has zero tolerance to child rights’ violations, by employees and/or affiliates.”

WVI Nepal reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

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