Director Of Asset Creation

This job must be based in Phoenix AZ, Washington DC, or a country with an established FH Office.

Do you bring structure into complex and ambiguous situations while also quickly building trusted influencer relationships?

Are you hungry to dig in, do the work, guide others, and build capabilities all the way to actually realizing transformation?

Does learning, curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and ownership permeate throughout your DNA?

Bring your unique skills to the table and thrive.

Join a team where your ideas are heard and valued.

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FH Culture

All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.

Job Summary

Responsible for building organizational capabilities to design, develop, and deliver holistic and sustainable solutions to realize the goal of Asset Creation, as an area of flourishing in support of the new program model. This role will support the achievement of organizational goals by establishing standards, scope, and strategy for technical specialization under Asset Creation, as well as, innovating and building the product and services that can be eventually monetized to generate revenue streams. This role will build strong relationships with external networks and partners to position FH as a thought and practice leader for Asset Creation.

Principal Responsibilities

Vision and Strategic Leadership for Asset Creation

• Provide leadership to develop and deepen a culture of innovation, research, and knowledge creation for Asset Creation.

• Lead a team to provide operational management, leadership, strategy, and vision for Asset Creation in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Business Development, and Agriculture Value Chain.

• Define and design innovative, monetizable, value-driven solutions, products, and services that enable FH to gain comparative and competitive advantage in the market.

• Conduct product research, prototyping, and learning loops related to Asset Creation products to ideate and refine products and services rapidly.

• Keep abreast with cutting edge knowledge and development in terms of strategies and standards related to this area.

• Engage with external stakeholders and provide thought leadership and influence, in order to influence the global community through partnerships, conferences, publications, and other key forums.

• Foster a discipline of reflection, collaborative learning, and program adaptation.

Demand Driven Technical Services

• Provide demand-based, professional services to ensure operational excellence in Asset Creation in support of the people we serve.

• Develop program quality standards to improve the fidelity of implementation of programs related to Asset Creation, to deepen and sustain missional impact.

• Partner with Country Offices to develop appropriate programming.

Partnership and Collaboration

• Preposition and ensure that revenue targets are met for Asset Creation.

• Lead assessment, technical designing, and writing of concept notes and grants.

• Foster and enable strong collaboration between other leaders in order to execute shared vision, strategy, and thought leadership towards co-ownership in improving program quality as well as deepening and sustaining the missional impact.

• Build strong relationships with external networks and partners to position FH as a thought and practice leader for Asset Creation.

Create Evidence Based Knowledge Assets

• Develop research, innovation, and learning agenda for Asset Creation.

• Publish well researched articles in reputable journals demonstrating the learning and effectiveness of programming.

• In collaboration with Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) unit develop, review, and implement successful M&E plans.

Provide Thought Leadership

• Engage with external stakeholders and provide thought leadership in this are to influence the global community.

• Participate and represent FH in relevant external conferences and forums related to Asset Creation.

• Connect and maintain relationships with key thought leaders in the relief and humanitarian development space on innovation and impact in global development in relation to Asset Creation.

Other duties as assigned.

Job Level Specifications

• Vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ and Christian commitment to serving the poor and in full agreement with FH’s Christian beliefs.

• Sound technical knowledge in Entrepreneurship and Business Development, Market Systems and Agriculture Value Chain.

• Sound knowledge and working experience in leading climate adaptation programming.

• Proven practical experience demonstrating use of Systems Practice, Human Centered Design, and research methodology.

• Leadership and supervisory experience.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment with respect for diversity and gender.

• Has published articles in reputed journals.

• Able to travel 35% of the year in developing countries and fragile contexts.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience working in International Development specifically in the area of asset creation.

• Prior experience in a complex, matrixed organization, with the ability to scale processes in a global, professional, service organization.

• Non-profit ministry experience is a plus.

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in one of these areas: Entrepreneurship and Business Development, Market Systems, or Agriculture Value Chain required.

• Master’s degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Supervisor Responsibilities

Directly supervises staff. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems, etc.

Safeguarding Policy

FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the Heartbeat Values and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.