Vice President, US Government Partnerships

International Justice Mission•District of Columbia - Hybrid, MD

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

International Justice Mission (IJM) is seeking a Vice President of US Government Partnerships to lead IJM’s vision and strategy for activating the legislative and executive branch of the US government. This role will focus on engaging the US government to serve as catalytic drivers, investors, and champions of IJM’s model of change and the priority of moving governments to own citizen protection. The position provides strategic global, regional, and national leadership, working in close coordination with IJM’s US, global, regional, and frontline country teams to activate agents of change that move host governments towards strengthening public justice systems to protect the vulnerable from violence. This position is based in the Washington, DC area and is available to be hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays). It reports to the Regional President for North America and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

Requirements

Graduate degree in international development, business administration or equivalent combination of experience and/or education required.
Minimum 15 years of relevant work experience.
Expertise in the challenges and interventions to address forced labor and human rights abuse in multinational supply chains.
Proven experience working in government or shaping government policy.
In-depth knowledge and experience with US Government structures and US development assistance mechanisms.
Superior leadership with a proven track record of building strong, aligned, and highly effective teams.
Proven ability to leverage and work effectively with a diverse team of experts and specialists.
Excellent cross-cultural leadership and communication skills.
Mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostles’ Creed.
Candidate selection is based on technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidate’s value congruence and thorough background, police clearance, and reference check processes.
IJM requires a background check, police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Salesforce preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead a disciplined team of professionals around a comprehensive strategy to move US government institutions to partner, invest and champion IJM’s model of change for protecting the poor from violence and exploitation.
Lead comprehensive strategy to embed IJM’s model of change in US foreign aid strategies and legislative priorities.
Equip IJM program offices to effectively engage US Embassies to secure resources and influence to advance programmatic goals in host countries.
Build and develop a highly effective, deeply engaged team that embodies IJM’s cultural values.
Recruit, develop, retain, and promote diverse, exceptional talent.
Lead team to acquire mastery of IJM’s programming priorities and theory of change to ensure that IJM’s activation strategies and communication are internally and externally aligned and that we can speak with the highest level of relevance to targeted agents of change.
Lead the development, maintenance and dissemination of leading-edge expertise in cross-cutting solutions in the space of violence against women and children, human trafficking, responsible sourcing and recruitment, among other areas of expertise.
Lead and align global, regional and country teams around KPIs, metrics and data collection that drive effectiveness, evaluation and learning.
Lead global, regional and country teams around a comprehensive activation vision and strategy to move US government institutions to partner, invest and champion IJM’s model of change for protecting the poor from violence and exploitation.
Lead comprehensive strategy to embed IJM’s model of change in US foreign aid strategies and legislative priorities.
Lead program design and power mapping fundamental to identifying and moving targeted agents of change.
Lead cross-functional, inter-divisional networking and partnership planning that will lead to the activation of targeted agents of change.
Build a highly effective business development team to drive the foregoing results, including strategic growth in grants and funding partnerships with US government agencies.
Lead annual grassroots advocacy campaign to advance program priorities.
Lead the development and dissemination of activation best practices to guide and align all relevant players in the global organization necessary to moving targeted agents of change.
Develop efficient procedures and protocols for grants acquisition and management in cooperation and alignment with global, regional and country teams.
Lead and contribute to the development of communication strategies and products that will drive activation goals.
Represent IJM on global, regional and national platforms, including strategic panels and forums targeting agents of change.
Lead the development of training and capacity building for regional and frontlines country staff on effective engagement with targeted agents of change.