With over 70 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.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Application deadline: May 21, 2023

Here’s where you come in:

As the Director for Fundraising and Communication for World Vision Netherlands (WVN), you will lead a team of 19 young and motivated professionals through the 2nd phase of our 21-25 growth strategy. You are responsible for the growth of private income (through Child Sponsorship and Child at Rescue and through Churches and Philanthropy) and supported by World Vision positioning and branding in the Netherlands.

You do this in close collaboration and coordination with your marketing colleagues worldwide. You know how to use the products and campaigns of World Vision International for their potential in the Dutch market. You ensure that the objectives are achieved. You promote work processes, cooperation, and individual development in your team and across teams.

As a Senior Leadership Team (SLT) member, you will lead the team from the Dutch support office, located in our modern office near Amersfoort Central Station, and will report to the CEO/Executive Board of WVN.

This key role is critical to the ongoing realisation of growth as defined in the strategic vision to impact 10 million vulnerable children by 2025. Key goals for FY 23 are the growth and development of the team, implementing fundraising strategies to increase private income, build World Vision as a brand in the Dutch market, and Philanthropy.

Your focus will be:

• Management and Control
• Fundraising and Philanthropy
• Systems and Tools
• Further growing and building the World Vision Brand
• Building a great team with happy and competent people
• Strategic Leadership

Requirements include:

• University degree or equivalent relevant experience in marketing management, International Business studies or related fields.
• Substantial (senior) management (or executive level) experience in people management and leadership with preferable 5+ years of communications, fundraising and or direct marketing experience requiring similar skills.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience in database marketing and/or fundraising.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Flexibility and ability to lead change.
• The position requires the ability and willingness to travel domestically (within Europe) and internationally (fragile contexts) up to 10-20% of the time.

About World Vision Netherlands:

World Vision Netherlands (WVN) is one of the many offices, which through a Covenant of Partnership, together form the World Vision International Partnership (“WVI”).

Founded in 1981, WVN as one of the Support Offices is fully accountable to donors who contribute through child sponsorship, major relief appeals, corporate giving and other means. WVN raised over 35 million EUR in 2022. With the help of our donors, we support over 1 million vulnerable help children across 20 countries.

As a global partnership of interdependent national offices united in a common Christian humanitarian mission and vision, WVN as a support office of WVI contributes in acquisition of financial and other resources for the global partnership through its marketing, fundraising, and advocacy strategies.

WVN lives out the core values and mission of WVI, while focusing its organisational efforts in key areas of fundraising and public education. WVN seeks to be a trustworthy channel for donors’ giving and a trustworthy voice for the poor and needy.
For more information on World Vision Netherlands, please visit www.worldvision.nl.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local and International Applicants (IA’s) Accepted