Jobs at World Vision Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

Preferred location: United Kingdom - Remote/home-working

The successful candidate is to be based in a location where WV is registered to operate.

The People & Culture Business Partner (BP) plays a crucial role in the execution of the Human Resource Transformation Strategy. Partnering with Client Business Leaders in support of strategic business objectives, the Business Partner advises and coaches executives, managers and employees in all elements of employee life cycle. The BP works collaboratively with P&C Centres of Expertise, the Operational Effectiveness unit and the P&C Executive office to deliver integrated HR solutions, including workforce planning, performance management, talent transformation, management and leadership development, digitalisation, and all issues related to the rhythm of the P&C business.

This position will support World Vision International (WVI) senior leaders in aligning people strategies, goals and priorities with Our Promise going further.  They will encourage the use of innovative People Management/OD resources, tools and practices to reinforce and positively change beliefs, attitudes, operating models and structure of organizations to facilitate the delivery of Our Promise.

Major Responsibilities

Strategic Partner for leaders and client group senior leadership teams:

• Work as first level consultant with leaders and managers to identify strategic people needs.
• Acts as a thought partner with leaders and managers to improve people-related priorities in the business unit.
• Assist leaders and managers with strategic planning and forecasting needs regarding people.
• Provides assistance and guidance to leaders and managers on the full range of P&C activities associated with the rhythm of P&C business.
• Act as an initial point of contact and intermediary for leaders and managers in assigned business units.
• Coach leaders and managers on HR and people management practice.
• Maintain current understanding of the client’s department, strategy, people-related issues by becoming valuable member of client's leadership team.

Change Agent for client groups, advising leaders on all aspects of organisational development involving:

• Collaborate with leaders and managers to design organizational structures, job roles.
• Function as HR lead for leaders and managers going through organizational restructures.
• Evaluate the impact of proposed changes on employees, and manage change to minimize disruption to the business.
• Advise leaders and managers on the need for, development and ongoing changes of the department's people plan.
• Actively partner with leaders and managers and work with them to collaboratively identify practice improvement.

Employee Champion acting as a single point of contact and intermediary for employees, leaders and managers in assigned business units:

• Directing employees to P&C Helpdesk and P&C Generalist Services in Effectiveness Unit as appropriate.  Handling employee issues that are escalated from the P&C Help Desk.
• Provides guidance, counselling, and training to executives on employee relations issues.
• Assist leaders and managers with issues related in interviewing, hiring, terminations, promotions, performance review, and other HR topics.
• Occasionally investigates and recommends solutions to employee relations issues in a quick and efficient manner. 

Functional Expert who works to: 

• Maintain current understanding of the client’s department, strategy, people related issues by becoming valuable member of client's leadership team.
• Maintain a current knowledge of legislation and regulation that relate to HR issues, and collaborate with office of CPO in developing appropriate policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with other P&C teams on cross-functional HR initiatives that support current and future business strategies.
• Coordinate with Operational Effectiveness unit to discuss/collaborate on operational P&C issues that have arisen in client groups.
• Communicates regularly with the Centres of Expertise to collaborate on issues related to client groups and give feedback on rhythm of business and P&C priority issues.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Five to eight years’ experience in HR Business Partnering or related high-level specialist role. 
• Strong consultation skills and experience influencing and interacting with senior leaders.
• Outstanding people and client relationship skills.  Proficient in coaching, mediating, influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, analysis, and problem solving.
• Bachelor degree from a college or university and four or more years of related human resources experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong business acumen in multi-national environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time. 
• Fluency in English (speaking, reading, and writing)

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Professional certificate in HR/OD/ Management.
• Experience working in Human Resource/People& Culture with an INGO.

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JOB PURPOSE.

The Advisor, Data Analytics – Compliance, Accountability & Due Diligence serves the World Vision Partnership by leading data strategy, analytics and reporting for the Compliance, Accountability & Due Diligence unit. The role designs and maintains integrated datasets, dashboards and analytical products that bring together programme accountability, compliance, due diligence and external commitments data.

By turning complex data into clear, actionable insight for leaders, Field Offices, Regional Offices and other stakeholders, the Advisor strengthens evidence-based decision-making, improves risk management, and ensures that World Vision’s accountability to children, communities and external stakeholders is robust, measurable and transparently reported.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

Act as an SME, overseeing the data strategy, architecture and quality for analytics and insights

• Lead the design and ongoing improvement of the data architecture for the unit, integrating information from programme accountability, compliance monitoring, due diligence, incident management and external commitments.
• Integrate datasets from the three core functions (compliance, accountability and due diligence) into a coherent data model that supports analysis and reporting.
• Maintain and continuously improve core units dashboards, ensuring data is accurate, timely and consistent with agreed standards and definitions.
• Establish and coordinate data quality checks, documentation and processes in collaboration with relevant technical teams and data owners

Act as a champion for Analytics, Dashboards and Insight on Accountability to Children & Communities:

• Design and maintain dashboards and analytical products that track how Field Offices and Regions are implementing PAF commitments (information sharing, community feedback & complaints, participation, and staff behaviour).
• Analyse accountability data (e.g. information sharing, feedback and complaints, community participation, staff behaviour) to identify trends, gaps and areas of good practice.
• Translate analytics into clear insights, visualisations and recommendations tailored for senior leaders, Regions and Field Offices.
• Work with relevant teams to ensure accountability analytics are aligned with broader unit and organisational priorities.

Track Compliance & Policy Analytics

• Run and enhance dashboards and analytics for compliance-related data, including compliance framework and other policy and standards metrics.
• Consolidate and analyse data from compliance monitoring, reviews, audits and incident reporting to surface trends, patterns and risks.
• Provide regular and ad hoc analytical briefs and visualisations to support prioritisation of follow-up actions and management decisions.
• Coordinate with Legal, Enterprise Risk, Safeguarding, Regional and Field compliance focal points to ensure analytics respond to operational needs and risk priorities.

Capacity Building, Guidance & Data Literacy

• Provide guidance, coaching and technical support to the compliance and accountability unit, Regional and Field Office staff on data collection, quality assurance, dashboard use and interpretation of analytics.
• Contribute to or develop practical guidance, SOPs, templates and training materials that embed data-informed practice across ur units work.
• Facilitate learning sessions, clinics or communities of practice to build data literacy related to accountability, compliance and due diligence.

External Engagement:

• Engage in external accountability, transparency and data/measurement networks and working groups with a focus on analytics and evidence.
• Benchmark WV’s accountability, compliance and due diligence metrics against sector standards and peer organisations and identify areas for improvement.
• Support data-driven external reporting (e.g. Accountability Report, transparency products, external commitments) by providing analysis, visualisations and technical input.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING, LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND/OR CERTIFICATION.

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Analytics or a related quantitative field;
• OR Bachelor’s in International Development, Social Sciences or related discipline with demonstrable advanced training/experience in data analytics.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in data analytics, monitoring & evaluation, risk, compliance, accountability or related fields, preferably within the INGO or non-profit sector.
• Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining dashboards and analytical products (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools).
• Strong skills in data management and analysis, including cleaning, structuring and merging large datasets, and working with relational databases (e.g. using SQL).
• Ability to use at least one analytical or statistical tool (e.g. Excel at an advanced level, Python, R or similar) to perform descriptive and diagnostic analysis; experience with predictive or advanced analytics is an asset.
• Proven ability to translate technical analysis into clear, compelling insights and recommendations for non-technical audiences, including senior leaders.
• In-depth understanding of accountability, transparency and governance issues in the INGO sector and how they can be measured and monitored through data.
• Experience working cross-culturally and remotely with field offices and local staff in developing country contexts.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment for not-for-profit organisations, and of issues such as data protection, safeguarding, anti-corruption and PSEA, including their implications for data management and reporting.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.