Faith & Development Impact and Reporting Manager, VisionFund International

VisionFund's work seeks to end intergenerational poverty through financial products and services. We're about the long-term change that ensures children can break free of the poverty cycle, for good.

By supporting people and communities living in poverty to develop and grow their livelihoods, VisionFund is catalysing sustainable economic growth to break the cycle of poverty, so that children can reach their potential as communities thrive.

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Location : Preferred location is any country in Asia where WVI is registered to operate but applications are welcome from all other countries in the world with WVI-registration.

Application Deadline : 9th September 2024

Overview

VisionFund is World Vision’s microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 25 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children. We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive.

The Faith & Development (F&D) Impact & Reporting Manager supports VisionFund microfinance institutions, Global Centre Teams, and Senior Managers to understand the impact of VF’s Empowered Worldview (EWV) work on the lives of clients and their households. (Empowered Worldview is a World Vision faith-based enabling Core Project Model that helps VisionFund staff and clients address the spiritual root causes of poverty.) As a MEL programme manager, coach, and trainer, this role helps to strengthen the body of evidence of impact and to interpret the data and evidence for a deeper understanding of EWV impact throughout the VisionFund network. This role is the primary producer of VisionFund’s internal and external reports and communications about EWV impact with clear data visualisation and report narrative, highlighting key areas of learning to facilitate programme improvement and contextualising the evidence to make VisionFund’s work relevant to various audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Faith & Development GC and MFI staff have access to coaching to improve their EWV data collection, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Operational solutions are put in place to overcome problems with EWV data collection and storage within the MFI.
• Faith & Development GC and MFIs have access to best practices from the VFI network related to EWV completion and impact data collection for clients and staff.
• VFI GC has EWV completion and impact-related “content” and well-developed PowerBI tools that feed the WV Impact Portal and VFI website.
• EWV research and impact measurement tools are strengthened, using guidance from the VF Impact team and WV Faith & Development MEL and Research Leads.
• Internal Audiences (Global Centre, Regional Teams, MFI Leaders) receive monthly EWV completion and impact performance reports.
• MEL process results in higher quality programme design, better impact, more competitive proposals resulting in growth in grants portfolio.
• Donor individuals and institutions receive quarterly and semi-annual reports tailored to their interests and areas of funding.
• Projects to create, improve, and communicate evidence of VisionFund’s impact are well managed and achieve the desired aims.
• VisionFund is able to demonstrate to all stakeholders its progress against strategic impact goals, thus strengthening the reputation of VisionFund within the Partnership and with external supporters.
• WV’s technical work is published in external publications / journals and shared in external conferences.
• Donors are informed and engaged.
• Network of academic institutions is increased as well as credibility of research published.
• Relationships with SOs and Regional Office is strengthened through shared / common learning or research agenda.
• VF / WV global reputation is increased.

Knowledge, Skills and Capabilities

Travel and Work Environment

The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of the time.