Agency director – ci mexico
this role, reporting to the regional director, is pivotal in leading our agency toward impactful child and youth development. Your mission is to align the agency strategy and execute our strategic vision, oversee our "child path" change model, and foster operational excellence. As an innovative leader, you'll cultivate a high-performance culture aligned with ci's values. You'll champion staff development, accountability, and collaboration, ensuring operational efficiency and adherence to our policies, including child safeguarding.
responsibilities
* champions and ensures that organizational and global programs and operations strategies and plans, as well as the "ci framework" are executed in the agency and meet performance expectations, with highest priority given to fully executing the child path model.
* recruits, leads, and manages leaders/managers in the agency in a manner aligned with ci values and leading to increased effectiveness and efficiency.
* develops and manages performance of agency leaders through clear accountability, coaching, ongoing feedback, and intentional developmental opportunities.
* leads and coordinates annual planning and budgeting process for the agency and ensures reporting and accountability for its results.
* provides line management leadership and accountability in the execution and cost effectiveness of program capabilities of the child path model within the agency.
* ensures board development, compliance and alignment and maintains ongoing personal relationships with board members.
* mobilizes support for agencies, both with regionally based staff and global functions, to provide one‑off or ongoing support as needed, and closely coordinates with the regional director – oversees daily operations of the agency, ensuring performance, and productivity.
* encourages continuous improvement initiatives and leads change within a complex, ever‑changing work environment.
* develops and enables a learning culture that addresses agency challenges and problem solving – enables seamless information flow, breaks down silos, and stimulates effective collaboration across stakeholders within the global organization, agency as well as the community, maximizing collective impact for our children, youth, and families.
* partners with other agencies to share best practices, learnings, and other approaches to stakeholder engagement.
* participate regularly in key stakeholder activities carried out in the community areas and elsewhere to observe, build alliances, engage, and solicit feedback with diverse stakeholders both internal (staff, and volunteers) as well external partners like government institutions, other ngos etc. – drive growth in program reach and depth at the agency and partnership collaboration.
education, experience, and key skills
* a bachelor's degree, advanced degree preferred, with a minimum of 7 years of relevant management and operations experience. Experience with t
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