Senior Vice President for Global Advocacy and Mobilization - INTERNAL JOB POSTING

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL CANDIDATES: The Senior Vice President for Global Advocacy and Mobilization (SVP-GA&M) is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and serves as a strategic ambassador who builds high-value relationships with decision-makers worldwide. The SVP-GA&M identifies, cultivates, and secures commitments to join OneChild’s mission of supporting children in hard places. This role leads the Global Advocacy, Communications, and US Growth teams in creating and prioritizing organizational initiatives that will ultimately grow our global community of Child Champions and holds overall responsibility for brand development, communications strategies, and outreach across all channels and all media types.

About OneChild Global

A Global Community: We are a global community of Child Champions that serves children in poverty so they can discover hope and reach their God-given potential. Our Mission: As a global community of Child Champions, we advocate for children in hard places and provide holistic care so they have hope and thrive. Our Vision: We see a world where every child in poverty has a champion — someone who loves them and supports them as they overcome adversity. Someone who believes in them, listens to them, and challenges them to persevere. Uplifted by Child Champions, we see children thriving, filled with hope, strong in faith and equipped to make the world better – from the renewal of local communities to the eradication of global poverty.

Description

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL CANDIDATES SUMMARY: The Senior Vice President for Global Advocacy and Mobilization (SVP-GA&M) is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and serves as a strategic ambassador who builds high-value relationships with decision-makers worldwide. The SVP-GA&M identifies, cultivates, and secures commitments to join OneChild’s mission of supporting children in hard places. This role leads the Global Advocacy, Communications, and US Growth teams in creating and prioritizing organizational initiatives that will ultimately grow our global community of Child Champions and holds overall responsibility for brand development, communications strategies, and outreach across all channels and all media types.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL DUTIES* Serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Partners with other ELT members to lead the global strategy, develop policy, build organizational culture, guide planning and prioritization of the global organization while strengthening the coherence, trust, and performance of the ELT itself.

• Leads the Global Advocacy Team. Provides vision, strategy, and accountability for Advocacy staff; oversees budget, approves advocacy activities, builds team capacity; aligns advocacy strategy with OneChild’s mission and decentralized program model.
• Leads the US Growth Team. Sets and oversees the vision and strategy for outreach efforts (marketing), approves plans and budgets, supervises the VP for US Growth to achieve growth targets, including income targets and monthly donor commitments (sales). Collaborates with Global Operations to ensure that relationship management is professionally supported with CRM pipelines, defined targets per stage/deal, and optimized time to commitment. Hubspot is used for performance management, learning and accountability.
• Leads the Communications Team. Provides vision, strategy, oversight, and leadership for communications. Shapes key messaging, content, and deployment of all forms of media, channels or outlets while ensuring seamless integration with Advocacy, Mobilization and Learning (Global Academy) strategies.
• Grows Strategic Partnerships. Identifies priority audiences; builds and stewards high-value relationships with church leaders, organizational partners, influencers, and other targeted decisionmakers who can take meaningful action as defined by the Advocacy strategy. Secures commitments to partner with the mission of OneChild and Cause Communities on Bridgely.
• Mobilizes Ambassadors and Advocates to champion the cause of children and the role of the church. Provides oversight and is responsible for OneChild’s volunteer Ambassador program.
• Represents OneChild as an Ambassador for children: Speaks on behalf of children in hard places; champions their value, rights and protection, communicates OneChild’s mission, philosophies, and program model with clarity, conviction, and cultural intelligence. Representing OneChild will include any stage, platform, or venue, (online and/or in-person) that will expand a funnel of participation in OneChild’s Cause Communities.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. OTHER DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES* Uses outstanding ambassadorial skills and motivational speaking skills to relay compelling, highly credible communications (written, video, media, and live formats) with a variety of worldwide audiences.

• Coaches and strengthens partners (supporting, frontline and field) in (1) programmatic practices including the Five Signs and (2) creating relational, contextually meaningful content that inspires and roots engagement while honoring dignity, transparency, and effective generosity.
• Identifies leaders within OneChild’s community who demonstrate the passion and skills needed to be effective advocates and helps promote their voice and influence.
• May be asked to perform other duties or additional responsibilities consistent with the scope of the role to meet changing business needs.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS***KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES: Demonstrates a Christ-centered faith, with integrity and humility

• Embodies a heart for service, values relationships, has a solution-driven mindset, and effectively collaborates with others
• Strengths-based leader; cultivates relational trust, team belonging, and strategic alignment across diverse cultural and regional contexts
• Empathetic coach and collaborator with a reputation for empowering staff and collaborating well across functions and cultures
• Deep knowledge of, and ability to articulate Bridgely’s six pillars (Dignity, Relationships, Listening, Local-First, Transparency, and Decentralization)
• High level of maturity and emotional intelligence; outstanding interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership in work and outcomes
• Displays good judgment and decision-making skills
• Resilient and flexible with change

EDUCATION OR FORMAL TRAINING:* BA or BS degree required in a related field

• Masters degree in a relevant field is a plus

EXPERIENCE:* Must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in cross-cultural leadership related to international development or child development

• Significant executive leadership experience required
• Extensive expertise in issues and best practices related to children-at-risk, ecclesiology, and transformational development
• Must have 7+ years of people leader/manager experience
• Proven ability to organize, sequence, and execute work to achieve results

MANAGERIAL SCOPE: this role is responsible for managing and developing members of the Global Advocacy, US Growth and Communications Teams; oversees approximately 20 regular staff and independent contractors. WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS This role is eligible for a 3/2 hybrid model with three days in-office weekly and up to two days remote. Position may include up to 50% domestic and/or international travel to low-income communities with demanding, chaotic, and emotionally intense situations. It is expected that the candidate will be available to participate in all scheduled meetings and other collaborative activities across the organization. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS At OneChild, we are committed to providing fair and transparent compensation in alignment with our mission and budget. As a nonprofit organization, we strive to offer a meaningful benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, 403b participation/match, PTO, a monthly cell phone stipend, and other perks (tuition assistance, fitness/wellness reimbursement, and paid volunteer time). This position is considered a full-time, exempt role. Final compensation will be based on candidate experience, skills, and employment status.

Salary

$141,300 - $185,150 per year