World Vision
Chief People Officer (CPO)
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Chief People Officer (CPO)
Chief People Officer
Location
Open to home-based locations in countries where World Vision is registered to operate.
About the Role
The Chief People Officer (CPO) is the key Partnership-wide people and culture role in managing the organization’s most important assets—people and organisational culture. The role is accountable for:
- Ensuring the organisation’s ongoing growth, health, and sustainability by attracting, developing, rewarding, and maintaining staff to meet strategic and operational needs.
- Aligning with Our Promise and addressing future staffing requirements across the partnership.
The CPO also:
- Provides organisation-wide people strategies.
- Manages and controls people processes, introducing necessary upgrades to programs, processes, policies, or procedures.
- Develops the leadership team.
- Champions and models the organisation’s mindsets, behaviours, Core Values, and Christian ethos to employees.
- Drives responsible change as an effective leader.
- Ensures compliance with legal, governmental, and regulatory requirements.
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This role is a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) for World Vision International (WVI) and serves as the lead People & Culture (P&C) business partner to the WVI President on all people-related issues.
The CPO is:
- The lead for the WVI Board Committee (People Committee).
- A key collaborator with the Executive Committee.
- Directly responsible for senior leaders in WVI’s P&C and Safety, Security, and Resilience (SSR) teams.
- A matrix leader to the P&C Leader of VisionFund International.
How to Apply
World Vision International is partnering with Macaulay Search to recruit its next Chief People Officer. All applications must be submitted directly through Macaulay Search using the provided link—do not apply via Workday or internal systems.
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About World Vision
This is a key role at a Christian humanitarian organisation rooted in the mission of following Jesus Christ to serve the world’s most vulnerable children.
Core expectations of the role: ✔ Affirmation of World Vision’s core documents to the fullest extent legally permissible. ✔ Adherence to Christian principles in conduct. ✔ A commitment to high professional ethics and cultural sensitivity in all practices. ✔ Participation in regular team/office devotions, chapel, and prayer gatherings as outlines in policies of the host location and relevant departments.
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