{"id":89917,"date":"2026-02-05T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/senior-technical-programmes-advisor-philanthropy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:00:42","slug":"senior-technical-programmes-advisor-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/senior-technical-programmes-advisor-philanthropy\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Technical Programmes Advisor, Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOB PURPOSE<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Technical Programmes Advisor ensures that programmatic and funding knowledge across the Philanthropy Alliance (PA) fundraising offices effectively supports donor connection to World Vision\u2019s Global Signature Initiatives (GSIs) and the associated core Business Plans. This is accomplished through both direct technical support to all PA Offices (including Executive leaders and Programmes teams) and fundraisers, as well as building increased capacity across the PA to effectively market GSI programming to HNW (high-net-worth) and U-HNW (Ultra high-net-worth) donors. The Advisor will develop and direct training and mentorship programmes to build fundraiser confidence and capacity (including CEOs and Programming leaders\/specialists), work with PA offices to close gaps in strategic fundraising practices, and engage with all global fundraising initiatives to develop business plan synergies.<\/p>\n<p>KEY RESPONSABILITIES<\/p>\n<p>30 % of the time: Establish training process to develop a \u201cChief Development Officer\u201d-like (CDO) role within each Philanthropy Alliance Support Office (PA SO), focusing on the highest priority markets, so that this skillset exists within every office, time zone, and donor language. <\/p>\n<p>\tDevelop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across World Vision\u2019s global fundraising entities, ensuring awareness and connection to all sponsorship and non-sponsorship fundraising strategies and products.<br \/>\n\tDevelop strong collaborative relationships throughout all PA offices and stakeholders.<br \/>\n\tLead development of training and mentoring processes to embed CDO-type skillsets within each PA SO.<br \/>\n\tAs needed, provide input into selection of CDO-focused role holder(s).<br \/>\n\tEach PA SO hosts a CDO-focused role, and CDO-focused role holders are trained and empowered to effectively support their fundraisers as well as HNW\/UHNW donors.<br \/>\n\tAs needed, provide ongoing mentorship and direction to PA CDO-focuses role holders, offices, and fundraisers.<\/p>\n<p>40 % of the time: Equip Support Offices (SOs) and National Offices (Nos) with the tools and processes needed to align funding to Global Signature Initiative (GSI) commitments rather than one-off projects. <\/p>\n<p>\tDevelop strong technical understanding of all GSI technical areas and root Business Plans with a focus on illuminating the real-world value of GSI efforts for communities in each market.<br \/>\n\tDeeply understand the Sponsorship Foundational Programme, how this will affect World Vision\u2019s programming in the future and how the Business Plans\/GSIs align with it.<br \/>\n\tDevelop strong collaborative relationships throughout all PA offices and stakeholders and associated National Offices, including with CEOs, National Directors and Senior Operations\/Programmes staff.<br \/>\n\tAssess needed tools and process for more effective alignment across all offices.<br \/>\n\tLead development \/ contextualisation \/ adaptation of tools and processes to enable each PA office to effectively understand, communicate, and market GSI technical areas to HNW \/ U-HNW donors in their markets.<br \/>\n\tCollaborate with PA offices to ensure all PA fundraisers fully understand the impact value of fundraising to support GSI commitments and have the capacity to fully support this fundraising with their donors.<br \/>\n\tAs needed, provide ongoing mentorship and direction to PA offices and fundraisers.<\/p>\n<p>30 % of the time: Train fundraisers to translate technical sector programming into \u201cdigestible\u201d, donor-facing appeals.<\/p>\n<p>\tLead training and mentoring processes to ensure PA fundraisers have the knowledge and capacity to translate technical sector programming into digestible, donor-facing appeals.<br \/>\n\tSupport development \/ contextualisation \/ adaptation of technical information and communications to technical programming value addition is effectively translated into appealing messaging for HNW \/ U-HNW donors in their markets.<br \/>\n\tAs needed, provide ongoing mentorship and direction to PA offices, CEOs and fundraisers.<\/p>\n<p>REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND \/OR CERTIFICATION:<\/p>\n<p>\tBachelor\u2019s degree in fundraising\/marketing, with significant understanding of GSI technical areas; or Bachelor\u2019s degree in a relevant technical area, with significant fundraising experience. Closely related education in combination with experience may be considered.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t10+ years working in international organizations focused on community development.<br \/>\n\t\t10+ years communicating effectively across cultures and with audiences having varying levels of technical knowledge.<br \/>\n\t\tProven excellence adapting communication style and methods as needed to facilitate strong engagement and build collaborative relationships across cultures.<br \/>\n\t\tProven knowledge of primary GSI technical areas.<br \/>\n\t\tProven capacity to build and facilitate effect relationships with high-net worth and ultra-high-net worth donors and fundraisers\/CEOs who support them.<br \/>\n\t\t10+ years demonstrated success training and supporting the understanding and adoption of new practices and capacities to increase effectiveness.<br \/>\n\t\tSignificant knowledge and understanding of World Vision\u2019s practices and ways of working.<br \/>\n\t\tSignificant knowledge and understanding of World Vision\u2019s fundraising approaches and practices.<br \/>\n\t\tSignificant knowledge and understanding of World Vision\u2019s approaches and practices at Support and Field Office levels.<br \/>\n\t\tA strong foundation of World Vision relationships at multiple levels.<\/p>\n<p>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:<\/p>\n<p>\tMaster\u2019s degree or higher in International Development, HNW (high-net-worth) marketing\/fundraising, GSI-relevant technical area(s), or highly relevant area of focus.<br \/>\n\tRelationships and experience working with fundraisers at multiple levels of World Vision or a similar INGO.<br \/>\n\tProfessional experience in GSI technical area(s).<\/p>\n<p>LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:<\/p>\n<p>\tNative\/ Excellent-Level written and verbal English is required for this role.<\/p>\n<p>TRAVEL AND\/OR WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS:<\/p>\n<p>\tWork will be principally homeworking\/remote.<br \/>\n\tFlexibility in working across cultures and regions.<br \/>\n\tAbility and willingness to travel domestically or internationally up to 25% of the time.<br \/>\n\tAbility and willingness to adjust work schedule as needed to accommodate working across multiple time zones.<\/p>\n<p>Apply Through:<\/p>\n<p>.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com","_company_name":"World Vision Kenya","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.wvi.org\/kenya","_company_tagline":"World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[692],"job-categories":[728,693,702,771,703],"job-types":[687],"class_list":{"0":"post-89917","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-nairobi","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/89917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=89917"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=89917"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=89917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}