Prospective Board Members at World Vision Tanzania

Application deadline 2017-08-31

Description

The Guardian 21/7/2017
World Vision Tanzania is a child focused Christian humanitarian, relief, development and advocacy non-governmental organization, operating in 13 Regions in Tanzania. We wish to recruit for highly qualified, motivated and results oriented leaders/influencers in their respective fields to serve as Board members on a voluntary basis. Collectively, the qualified candidates should represent a relevant diversity in experience, competence, age, gender, church affiliation, ethnicity, and geographic backgrounds.
Currently, we are seeking for an individual with demonstrated high-level expertise that contributes to positive social change in Tanzania.
The individual should be able to provide thought leadership to development issues and have a track record as a key contributor to poverty reduction and development at a policy level: This may be evidenced by previous participation at the executive or board level in the private or non-profit sector where the organizational outcomes are clearly contributing to positive social change
Practically speaking this suggests that the individual is a well-respected senior business leader (Owner, CEO, Managing Director, or Executive Vice President of a leading company or non-profit organization) in one of the following sectors:
i. Community I Economic Development
ii. Humanitarian Emergency Affairs
iii. Church Relations I Theology
iv. Marketing I Public Relations
v. Strategic Planning I Governance I Organizational Development
Other helpful qualities include:
• A heart for the poor and committed to the ministry of World Tanzania.
• English language fluency (written and verbal).
• Good communication skills including public speaking and presentation
skills.
• Must be a resilient, humble and committed Christian who participates in the: worship and life of a local church (a Trinitarian denomination)
World Vision is a child-focused organization and upholds the rights and well-being of children. Our recruitment and selection procedures include screening and background checking for child abuse offences

APPLICATION
Please send an application letter explaining why you would like to be on the Board and attach a CV with church and professional references to david_ombeni@wvi.org by 31St August 2017