HEA Program Manager

World Vision USA

. Support planning, coordination, and management of World Vision’s responses to rapid-onset and complex humanitarian emergencies .

Posted 10/15/2026contractRemote • Washington • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $81,300 - $112,590 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing humanitarian emergency responses, including project oversight, donor compliance, and multi-stakeholder engagement. Proficient in grant writing, program evaluation, and maintaining relationships with partners while ensuring accountability and adherence to humanitarian quality standards.

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Humanitarian Emergency ManagementGrant WritingProject OversightMulti-Stakeholder EngagementDonor Compliance

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Hard Skills

Project ManagementNeeds AssessmentProgram DesignMonitoring and EvaluationBudget DevelopmentRisk IdentificationCompliance ControlEmergency Response TrainingFinancial OversightTechnical Review

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingAdaptabilityStakeholder Engagement

Tools & Technologies

Computer Skills

Industry Keywords

Humanitarian AffairsEmergency ResponseAccountabilityProtection MainstreamingDonor EngagementBilateral Grant ProposalsOperational BottlenecksAdaptive ManagementBest Practices DocumentationSpiritual Disciplines

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support planning, coordination, and management of World Vision’s responses to rapid-onset and complex humanitarian emergencies
Manage and oversee publicly and privately funded projects, ensuring high-quality implementation and donor compliance
Communicate project issues and successes to internal teams and stakeholders
Coordinate disaster responses with the HEA Operations Team and regional and national office counterparts
Serve as a primary contact for disasters across WV stakeholders
Evaluate field needs and recommend Reserve Fund commitments
Brief stakeholders on unfolding emergencies and World Vision responses
Provide technical review and finalize response strategies, plans, and budgets
Identify implementation risks, operational bottlenecks, and compliance controls and develop mitigation measures
Promote accountability to affected populations, safeguarding, protection mainstreaming, and humanitarian quality standards
Maintain relationships with partners and support donor engagement
Contribute to public, private, and bilateral grant proposals and acquisition
Support needs assessments, program design, start-up, phase-in, phase-out, communications, reporting, monitoring, and evaluation
Facilitate coordination among programming, finance, operations, grants, and technical teams
Integrate learning, evidence generation, and adaptive management into implementation
Develop reporting and evaluation processes for program performance management
Lead or participate in emergency response program development, assessments, surveys, and evaluations
Serve in the WVI HEA Global Surge Capacity Network and be deployable to high-visibility Category III, Level 3 emergencies
Develop and conduct emergency response training with WVUS, regional, and national office teams
Document best practices and lessons learned
Maintain knowledge of donor trends and ensure compliance with donor regulations, award conditions, and WV policies
Support donor meetings, field visits, presentations, and information requests
Provide grant portfolio management and financial oversight
Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life and participate in World Vision’s spiritual disciplines

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (eight years)
Master’s degree in a related field such as international relations or social sciences preferred
Minimum of five years of related work experience in addition to education or education equivalent
Understanding of key issues in humanitarian and emergency affairs
In-depth knowledge of relevant areas of responsibility
Ability to apply skills and paradigms appropriately in relief or chronic humanitarian emergency contexts
Proven work experience in grant writing
Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration in complex settings
Computer skills
Proven experience effectively managing large projects and resolving implementation challenges preferred
Demonstrated ability to facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement preferred
Fluency in spoken, understood, and written English
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.A. for any employer

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits package (details provided via employer link)
Remote work within the U.S.
Up to 25% domestic and/or international travel