Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Remote
Executive Office – Executive Office /
Full-time /
Remote
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Position Summary
 
KIND seeks an entrepreneurial, results-oriented Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer, who is a member of the organization’s executive leadership team and reports to the President, to lead the organization’s Programs Team. The incumbent will supervise a team of functional and regional experts, including the program leadership for our legal, partnerships, and psychosocial work as well as our regional directors in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. The incumbent will ensure programmatic and regional alignment and lead an evolution of KIND’s strategic and operational programmatic approach to ensure the long-term impact of our work. 
 
The Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer must possess the experience to lead and drive KIND’s presence globally and ensure mission alignment as the organization continues to grow in size and complexity. The incumbent will lead, coach, and support a team of highly seasoned professionals to exceed client, donor, partner, and Board of Directors’ expectations; and serve as an organization-wide strategic advisor and face of KIND’s core programmatic capabilities. 
 
KIND offers the successful candidate a challenging position to support its rapidly growing set of global programs. The incumbent will have the opportunity to chart a course that enables KIND to build on its past programmatic work and build a sustainable model for the future that ensures the safety and well-being of some of the most vulnerable children in the world. 
 
This is a headquarters position based remotely from Washington, D.C.

Essential Functions

    • Leads Internally:

      • Leads KIND’s Program Design and Oversee Implementation Globally

    • Actively participates in KIND’s strategic plan development and oversees management and implementation of the strategic plan within and across programs.
    • Establishes a strategic vision and guiding program philosophy to identify and develop new programs, and carefully monitors the progress of those efforts.
    • Oversees and provides direction on program design; the people, resources, and technology needed to achieve program objectives; and the evaluation and reporting of outcomes.

      • Leads High-Performing Program Team

    • Collaborates across departments to develop and monitor effective programming that meets defined objectives and ensures the holistic and effective delivery of services to child clients.
    • Supervises, nurtures, and supports a high-performing, outcome- and quality-focused global programs team, including filling new, vacant roles.
    • Maintains a positive work environment that facilitates collaboration and information sharing and is conducive to attracting, retaining, and motivating diverse talent.
    • Represents programmatic perspectives and needs with leadership of the organization, including its President and Board of Directors, in a spirit of collaboration and team problem-solving.

    • Leads Externally:

      • Supports and Enhances KIND’s Brand

    • In close coordination with other senior leaders in the organization, shares in representing and promoting KIND’s mission globally in a manner that enhances the status of KIND and positively and thoughtfully influences decision-making bodies, intergovernmental agencies, civil society, and the private sector.
    • Fosters innovation and creative problem-solving among global stakeholders when it comes to addressing the protection needs of unaccompanied and separated children.

      • Ensures the Financial Stability of KIND’s Programs

    • Participates in designing and implementing a diversified fundraising strategy for KIND’s overall programmatic work globally in close collaboration with KIND’s Development team and alongside program functional and regional leadership.
    • Ensures that KIND’s programmatic operations are well resourced in the short and long term.

Qualifications and Requirements

    • Advanced graduate degree in law, social work, child development, international human rights and/or migration, or other relevant professional training or equivalent professional experience demonstrating expertise in matters relating to unaccompanied and separated children required.
    • Must be fluent in English, and ideally, a second language spoken in the global regions we serve.
    • Minimum of 15 years of experience leading programs advocating to protect the rights of children and/or the displaced.
    • Position will require significant travel in the United States, Latin America, and Europe.
    • Experience articulating and leading strategy and vision that engenders impact, inspires confidence, seizes opportunities, and confronts challenges.
    • A smart, innovative, creative, and analytical thinker, yet pragmatic and operationally savvy, with a strong commitment to positively impacting the lives of displaced children.
    • Comfortable in a changing organization and political climate, and able to excel by operating with a sense of urgency while remaining flexible, open-minded, and adaptable.
    • Experience collaborating with NGOs, UN agencies, governments, and the private sector.
    • Experience implementing projects/programs and managing key financial and operational aspects.
    • Experience in project management, including familiarity with donor-funded project processes.
    • Ability to mobilize resources from the public and private sectors; familiarity with key financiers and actors in the child-protection sector.
    • Strong networking and positioning skills, including highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
    • Strong strategic, analytic, and diplomatic negotiation skills.
    • Ability to interact with senior leaders, Board members, and high-level external partners with confidence and professionalism.
    • Ability to coach, lead, stimulate, and inspire professionals and skillfully build and manage teams within and across departments.
    • Ability to perform responsibilities in a professional manner and handle assignments with a high degree of accuracy, reliability, timeliness, and confidentiality.
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suites (such as Teams, Excel, etc.)
    • Ability to work collaboratively and multi-task in our KIND environment, managing numerous priorities and emerging opportunities.
    • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work on multiple projects in a deadline-oriented environment; ability to prioritize tasks and delegate as appropriate.
    • Ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and communication styles.
    • Commitment to prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, as well as embracing transparency and authenticity in daily work life.
    • Be disciplined and nimble to ensure delivery on our core mission of access to justice and protection of children’s wellbeing and rights.
    • Ability to multitask and work with a sense of urgency in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
    • Committed to practicing and supporting wellbeing and a work-home life balance.
    • Experience working and communicating in a remote environment. 
$200,000 - $213,000 a year
dependent on experience.

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