Faith Engagement Lead

About the role

World Vision Ethiopia is looking for a Faith Engagement Lead to support its Faith & Development work with faith-based partners. The role covers partnership development, capacity strengthening, quality assurance, localization, networking and reporting. It is a local fixed-term position based in Addis Ababa, with frequent travel to project sites in the region.

Key responsibilities

• Faith partnership development and management: engage and manage faith partners, run onboarding, due diligence, Organizational Capacity Assessments and partnership agreements, hold review meetings and strengthen relationships with faith leaders and denominations.
• Capacity strengthening: design and deliver training on Faith & Development models, coach and mentor partners, support capacity improvement plans and certification of methodologies.
• Quality assurance and program support: monitor faith-related activities, conduct supportive supervision and field monitoring, give technical guidance and integrate safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion and social accountability.
• Localization and institutional strengthening: support the Localization Roadmap, promote peer learning and lead quarterly learning reviews and indicator reviews.
• Networking: represent World Vision Ethiopia in faith forums and working groups, facilitate national, regional and local faith forums and joint advocacy.
• MEAL and documentation: work with MEAL teams, collect success stories and case studies, prepare donor, management and partnership reports.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Theology, Religious Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, International Development or a related field; additional postgraduate qualifications, Faith & Development or partnership management certifications are preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Faith & Development, faith partnership management, community development or faith-based programming.
• Experience with churches and faith-based organizations, organizational capacity assessments, adult learning, donor-funded projects and multi-faith environments.
• Fluent English and Amharic; working proficiency in Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya or Somali is an advantage.

Required skills

• Faith engagement, partnership management, localization and organizational capacity strengthening
• Training, facilitation and adult learning; project planning, monitoring and reporting; MEAL systems
• Safeguarding and child protection, resource mobilization and donor compliance
• Facilitation, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, strategic thinking, report writing and cross-cultural engagement