With 75 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!
Overview:
VisionFund is World Vision’s microfinance provider serving vulnerable clients through loans, savings, and insurance. We enable families to grow their livelihoods in hard to reach, rural locations in 28 countries so that caregivers can create secure futures for their children. We believe in brighter futures for children; empowering families to create incomes and jobs; unlocking economic potential for communities to thrive. Join VisionFund as we seek to end intergenerational poverty through microfinance.
Here’s where you come in:
The Resource Development & Management Advisor, VisionFund International role in Africa is part of the Resource Development team within VisionFund’s Business Development Department and will lead on funding acquisition and funds management activities to support VisionFund’s financial inclusion activities in the region. The role will develop and manage funding opportunities through grants from a variety of institutions in keeping with VFI global strategy and funding priorities. This position will manage third party regional grant and major donor acquisition and compliance. The role will ensure we meet all obligations to donors on technical and financial reporting.
You will provide leadership and capacity building on the development of funding acquisition and project management processes in the region, including supporting MFI staff on how to manage grants, report on impact and pre-position with donors.
Requirements include:
- University degree in international development/Relations, Marketing, Economics, or related field.
- This role requires at least 10 years’ experience in grant acquisition, fundraising, or corporate management setting dealing with senior management.
- Experience working in a development context in a grants role.
- Able to work in complex corporate and development culture and financial systems and ensure procedures internally and with third parties are well documented, monitored and executed.
- Creative and strategic problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to work well with donor and partner agencies, Support Offices, MFI’s, and other VFI departments.
- Excellent research and analytical skills and experience in developing funding opportunities.
- Strong grant-making and writing skills, persuasive writing and communication, and complex evidence development.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement.
How to apply
Is this the job for you?
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the application deadline of 30 APRIL 2026.
World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org.Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.