Food Assistance Technical Advisor (Disaster Rresponse)

Employees in specific high cost of labor locations in the United States (such as San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA) may qualify for a geographic differential. This fixed-term role is supported by grant funding approved for a one-year period.

About the role

This career specialist serves on a technical advising team to consult and provide implementation support for global program designs, initiatives, and tools. The specialist provides competent knowledge in a given sub-specialty in their field. At this career level, the incumbent works independently on moderate to highly complex issues and may coach or oversee the work of other specialists.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks, and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
• Champions and implements global program designs, standards, and training tools in alignment with the ministry's objectives.
• Serves as a key contributor among cross-functional teams to equip National Offices to provide holistic development to caregivers, children, and youth.
• Partners with Regional staff and stakeholders to provide strategically designed program implementation support and learning strategies of moderate complexity.
• Provides consulting in individual area(s) of specialization to National Offices, focusing on Compassion’s overall theory of change and outcomes framework.
• Supports the design and development of Compassion's program models to be implemented globally, including theory, standards, activities, tools, resources, and indicators.
• Collaborates and partners with National Office staff and stakeholders, providing subject matter expertise within area of specialty.
• Supports program data and provides ongoing subject matter expertise in using high-quality data to measure program inputs, outputs, and outcomes on a global scale.
• Aids Regional staff by providing coaching and knowledge for measurement usage and interpretation. Serves as a subject matter expert regarding metric creation, collection, and usage.
• Independently conducts special training and initiatives and consults with others regarding industry standards, national policies, and best practices.
• Identifies and analyzes moderately complex global program process problems and defines the scope of activities required to address the issues, including requirement definition, process review, impact assessment, and operational streamlining where appropriate to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Prepares supporting documentation such as presentations, future state maps, success metrics, business requirements, and related impact analyses.
• Participates in the creation of new processes.
• Defines relevant metrics and develops reports utilized to track overall program development and implementation success. Analyzes data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Provides expertise and coaching to other program support and partnership staff in Regional and National Offices as requested.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of your salary.
• Excellent healthcare coverage.
• Free short-term professional counseling.
• Opportunities for spiritual growth, including regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $92,330.00 - $108,476.00.