Head of Impact

Head of Impact - Asia region

Permanent. Full time

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Salary: Competitive

If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the scheduled closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply.

We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.

About the role

Reporting in to the Impact Director, the
Head of Impact for the Asia region
will lead a coherent change strategy for the region, which results in significant impact on poverty. Bringing together development, humanitarian and advocacy work as part of a dynamic impact strategy, addressing both poverty alleviation and tackling the underlying causes of poverty create long-term value.

The post-holder will hold oversight of the resourcing strategy for the cluster, this will require an ability to bring all sources of funding together to drive a coherent impact strategy. The role will obtain effective management of resources across programmes, allocate resources to maximise impact and identify strategic opportunities.

The successful candidate will provide leadership across all functions, ensuring close coordination across development, humanitarian, and influencing partnerships.

Some of the main responsibilities of the
Head of Impact
include:

• Lead Multi Country Cluster (MCC) in ensuring Christian Aid has an impactful and focused approach to achieving change for people in poverty create long-term value.
• Lead a coherent programme that brings together development, humanitarian and advocacy, alongside an integrated resourcing strategy that aligned unrestricted and restricted income to deliver impact, and that is aligned to organisational values and goals.
• Collaborating with the other Impact Department SLT to develop cross-cluster initiatives that create opportunities for meaningful engagement.
• Represent Christian Aid's programme and advocacy, amplifying partners' expertise and insights and promoting Christian Aid's objectives and distinctiveness.
• Drive and lead informed and dynamic relationships across the sector, including institutional and other donors, peer agencies, ACT Alliance, and Civil Society that amplify impact.
• Maintain oversight of a dynamic partner portfolio across the cluster, aligning Christian Aid's added value and role in strengthening and investing in Civil Society, including the development of a strong faith-based portfolio.
• Develop strategic objectives for the MCC aligned to Christian Aid's global strategy and ensure the effective monitoring of impact.
• Ensure the MCC efficiently and effectively operates within budget, optimising resources to provide the greatest impact.
• Lead cross-organisational projects, to strengthen organisational connections that cultivate a culture of inclusion and achieve outstanding results.

About you

Who we are looking for

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree, Postgraduate or equivalent qualification in management, leadership or a specialised professional qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Significant senior management experience.
• Extensive experience of leading diverse and high performing teams.
• Extensive experience in working across a range of operating contexts, including an understanding of conflict settings.
• Detailed understanding of and support for Christian Aid's faith identity.
• Substantial experience of developing strong relationships with donors, relationships that go beyond funding.
• Highly developed ability to effectively network and build and maintain strategic relationships.
• Substantial experience in ensuring sound financial planning and oversight.
• Substantial experience in meeting compliance requirements in high risk contexts.
• Detailed understanding of working in partnership and experience in strengthening and connecting Civil Society.
• Highly developed innovative and strategic thinking.
• Highly developed ability to support an organisation through change and growth.
• Detailed understanding of the cluster region and the drivers of poverty.
• Detailed understanding of monitoring and evidence impact.
• Highly developed leaderships skills.
• Highly developed communications, senior stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid's faith identity.

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the
Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme
. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.