Faith Engagement Lead

About the role

World Vision Ethiopia is looking for a Faith Engagement Lead, a local fixed-term position. The role works with faith partners to support the implementation of Faith & Development programmes that help vulnerable children overcome poverty, and involves frequent travel to project sites in the region.

Key responsibilities

• Faith partnership development: build and manage relationships with faith partners, handle onboarding, due diligence, Organizational Capacity Assessments and partnership agreements, run review meetings and strengthen trust with faith leaders and denominational structures.
• Capacity strengthening: design and deliver training on Faith & Development models, coach and mentor faith-based organizations and leaders, support capacity improvement plans and certification of methodologies.
• Quality assurance and programme support: monitor faith-related activities, conduct supportive supervision and field monitoring, give technical guidance on faith-led community engagement and integrate safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion and social accountability.
• Localization and institutional strengthening: support the Localization Roadmap, promote peer learning and capacity sharing, lead quarterly learning reviews and document lessons learned.
• Networking: represent World Vision Ethiopia in faith-based forums, technical working groups and coordination platforms, and facilitate national, regional and local faith forums.
• MEAL and documentation: work with MEAL teams to track indicators, prepare donor, management and partnership reports, and collect success stories and case studies.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Theology, Religious Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences or International Development; additional postgraduate qualifications and certifications in Faith & Development, partnership management, organizational capacity strengthening or project management are preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Faith & Development, faith partnership management, community development or faith-based programming, including work with churches and faith leaders, organizational capacity assessments, adult learning, donor-funded projects and multi-faith environments.
• Fluent English and Amharic (written and spoken); working proficiency in Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya or Somali is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel frequently to project sites; the position is based in Ethiopia.

Required skills

• Faith engagement and partnership development and management
• Localization and institutional strengthening
• 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, coaching and mentoring, report writing and cross-cultural engagement