Vice President Human Resources

About the role

The Vice President, Global Human Resources is a key executive leadership position in ChildFund, responsible for the critical talent strategies and infrastructure delivering the organization’s strategy, Growing Connections.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of talent strategies for ChildFund’s organization-wide strategy, Growing Connections, and its objectives related to talent acquisition and development, employee engagement, and performance.
• Evaluate people analytics, stakeholder feedback, and best practices to make data-driven, culturally-aligned decisions about organizational design and people resources.
• Collaborate with leaders to implement organization-wide people strategies effectively and compliantly.
• Lead succession planning for critical leadership roles.
• Cultural Leadership
• Provide executive leadership in embedding ChildFund International’s organizational values—connection, honesty, innovation, learning, and diverse lived experiences—into daily practices, leadership behaviors, and people management systems across the organization.
• Serve on board committees, including governance committee.
• As a member of the Global Leadership Team, demonstrate and champion Inclusive Leadership qualities and principles.
• Team Leadership
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and daily supervision to a matrixed, global team of senior HR professionals.
• Set priorities and goals and build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, setting high standards for performance.
• Drive collaboration across Global HR.
• Evaluate and optimize team structure, capabilities, and resource allocation to support evolving business needs and growth strategies.
• Global HR Systems and Operations Leadership
• Provide strategic direction and oversight for the Global HR Operations function, including the enterprise-wide HR information system, employee relations, policy & compliance, performance management, compensation and benefits, payroll, and benefits administration.
• Regularly review reports and audits and monitor compliance with applicable labor laws and regulations across all ChildFund locations.
• Change Management and Transformation
• Provide leadership, key support, and people-centered approaches for major change initiatives, including organizational restructuring, culture evolution, and process improvements.
• Partner with senior leaders on effective workforce planning, change planning, communication, and adoption across the global organization.
• Safeguarding
• Remain alert and responsive to any safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required; Master’s degree preferred (MBA, MPA, Human Resources, or similar).
• At least 15 years of experience in the human resources function, with experience in international development strongly preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience leading teams.
• Experience leading the HR function in international organizations across multiple country locations.
• Significant experience developing and implementing people- and culture-centered, strategy-aligned HR initiatives.
• Experience advising, consulting, and influencing at the C-suite level preferred.