The Executive Board of SOS Children’s Villages International
The CEO / FSC lead, and the CPO / IDS lead jointly constitute the Executive Board (EB) of SOS Children’s Villages International and work together to deliver the responsibilities of Children’s Villages International. The EB co-chairs the (soon-to-be-formed) International Management Team (“IMT”), which is a mix of top senior leaders convening for decision making purpose.
The CPO’s / IDS lead’s primary responsibility is to lead the IDS unit to achieve its functional mission. This includes supporting Members and program operations of SOS Children’s Villages International to adopt innovative programming for scale, build their capabilities and increase their income. It also has primary accountability for closely accompanying dependent programs operations which are organized as foreign branch operations of Children’s Villages International in countries where no Member is active (“CVI-Run Operations”), by supporting their transition to independence and coordinating the Federation’s humanitarian response activities.
The CPO/IDS lead builds strategic programs through a process of innovation and research, driving scale whilst ensuring adequate processes for Members and CVI-Run Operations to reach and maintain an independent, self-sufficient status.
As the CPO / IDS lead is responsible for enabling increase of SOS Children’s Villages International’s global impact through Members and Children’s Villages International’s run operations, as well as use of research, monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability to improve program quality and policy development, the new person should have senior experience in international development with a strong track record in large and quality programmes, policy and membership development.
As the CEO / FSC lead and CPO / IDS lead are jointly the Executive Board of SOS Children’s Villages International, it requires extremely good collegial and complementary leadership. Together they co-chair the soon-to-be-formed International Management Team (“IMT”), which is a mix of top senior leaders convening for decision making purpose.
Skills, experience and a strong track record with managing country and global programmes, budgets, donor relations, staff, and members at this level would be a requirement for SOS Children’s Villages International’s new CPO.
