Vice President, Programming Quality & Technical Support
Full time @Feed the Children posted 3 weeks ago in Project Management Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Career Level Executive
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Experience 8 Years +
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Qualifications Master’s Degree
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Global Programming Quality & Standards
- Establish, maintain, and enforce global programming quality standards across all programmatic pillars.
- Define minimum technical requirements for program design, implementation, and learning.
- Lead program quality reviews and oversee corrective action planning.
- Serve as final technical authority for new program models and major adaptations.
- Identify systemic program risks and implement mitigation strategies
Technical Leadership & Country Office Support
- Provide strategic and hands-on technical assistance during program start-up, scale-up, and recovery.
- Deploy technical expertise to fragile, complex or high-risk operating environments.
- Support country offices in transitioning from activity-based to outcome-driven programming.
- Guide program redesign when performance gaps or risks are identified
- Provide technical leadership during program transitions, restructuring, or scale expansion
Program Design, Innovation & Evidence
- Lead development of evidence-based program models aligned with global best practices.
- Strengthen program design methodologies and technical rigor across the organization
- Ensure alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and donor technical expectations.
- Drive innovation, adaptive programming approaches, and continuous improvement.
- Promote scalable program models that support organizational growth
 Proposal Technical Leadership & Donor Readiness
- Serve as technical lead or senior reviewer for major funding proposals.
- Ensure technical rigor, feasibility and competitiveness in all major submissions.
- Support donor technical engagement and site visits.
MEAL Integration & Adaptive Learning
- Ensure technical alignment between program design and MEAL frameworks
- Promote strong program logic, indicators, and measurement systems
- Support adaptive management and learning-informed decision making
- Strengthen feedback loops between implementation and program improvement
- Collaborate closely with MEAL leadership to strengthen impact measurement
Capacity Building & Talent Development
- Strengthen technical capacity across countries and regional teams.
- Develop technical guidance, tools, and learning resources
- Identify technical skill gaps and recommend structural solutions.
- Support development of technical communities of practice
- Coach and mentor technical and program leadership across regions
Authority & Decision Rights:
The Vice President, Programming Quality and Technical Support has the authority to:
- Approve or reject program models based on technical quality.
- Require corrective actions when programming standards are not met.
- Establish and update global technical standards.
- Provide final technical sign-off on major proposals.
- Deploy technical support resources across country offices
- Escalate program quality risks directly to the President, International Programming and Operations.
Core Competencies:
- Technical Leadership & Program Quality
- Strategic Thinking & Systems Design
- Donor and Proposal Credibility
- Adaptive Management & Learning
- Cross-Cultural Leadership
- Coaching & Capacity Building
- Risk Identification & Mitigation
- Change Leadership & Organizational Influence
Qualifications & Experience:
Required:
- 12–15+ years of international development experience.
- Senior leadership experience in program quality, technical leadership or global program design.
- Strong background in food security and nutrition.
- Proven experience with U.S. Government funding and large institutional donors.
- Experience across multiple countries and complex operating environments.
