With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
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Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (duración determinada)Job Description:
The Project Director (PD) will provide overall strategic, technical, operational, financial, and managerial leadership for the successful implementation of this complex anti-trafficking project. The PD will serve as the primary liaison with the U.S. Department of State TIP Office, U.S. Embassy, Government of El Salvador, consortium partners, implementing partners, and other key stakeholders. This position is contingent upon project award. Preference will be given to qualified local candidates.
The Project Director will ensure high-quality implementation, achievement of project objectives, compliance with donor requirements, and effective coordination among government institutions, criminal justice actors, protection service providers, communities, civil society organizations, and other project stakeholders. The PD will lead a multidisciplinary team while ensuring that all project activities contribute to strengthening El Salvador’s anti-trafficking systems and institutional capacity.
- Provide overall strategic leadership, technical direction, and management oversight for all project activities.
- Ensure successful implementation of project objectives related to trafficking prevention, victim protection, justice-sector engagement, and institutional strengthening.
- Serve as the primary liaison with the U.S. Department of State TIP Office, U.S. Embassy, Government of El Salvador, consortium partners, and implementing partners.
- Lead development and implementation of annual work plans, implementation plans, MEL plans, risk management plans, and adaptive management processes.
- Ensure project implementation is technically sound, evidence-based, and aligned with donor priorities, Government of El Salvador priorities, and World Vision standards.
- Oversee project budget management, forecasting, financial compliance, and achievement of contractual deliverables.
- Promote learning, knowledge management, and dissemination of good practices throughout project implementation.
- Supervise and mentor a multidisciplinary project team while promoting collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Strengthen coordination with relevant government counterparts involved in anti-trafficking, child protection, victim assistance, criminal justice, migration, and related sectors.
- Ensure timely preparation and submission of high-quality technical, financial, and performance reports.
- Promote collaboration among government institutions, civil society organizations, communities, and other key stakeholders.
- Represent the project in national, regional, and international technical forums related to trafficking in persons, child protection, migration, organized crime, victim protection, and institutional strengthening.
- Ensure integration of child protection, safeguarding, survivor-centered approaches, trauma-informed practices, gender equality, disability inclusion, and social inclusion throughout project implementation.
- Support sustainability planning and institutionalization of project approaches within government and community systems.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants OnlySkills Required
- Local applicant (Local Applicants Only)
- Proven experience leading complex anti-trafficking or child protection programs
- Experience liaising with donors, U.S. Department of State TIP Office, embassies, and government counterparts
- Experience developing and implementing work plans, MEL plans, risk management, and adaptive management processes
- Project budget management, forecasting, and financial compliance experience
- Experience supervising and mentoring multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge and application of child protection, survivor-centered and trauma-informed approaches, gender equality, disability inclusion, and social inclusion
- Experience coordinating with criminal justice actors, protection service providers, civil society, and government institutions
What We Do
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.
