National Director

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is currently **seeking a transformational leader** to serve as the** National Director (ND) of Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Vietnam**. The ND will lead the HFH Vietnam in fulfilling its critical and complex role as housing expert, convener, and lead implementer of innovative housing solutions. The ND is **accountable to lead, direct, develop and manage HFHI resources ensuring quality, effectiveness and accountability in line with all policies, protocols and standards**. This role is also responsible for developing the capacity of the Branch Office to fulfill the purposes of Habitat for Humanity Vietnam. The position **enables sound organizational growth through effective strategic and operational development**, with an emphasis on collaboration, innovation and quality programming in alignment with HFHIs strategic goals.

The National Director must be **a compelling, transformative leader with 10+ years of NGO or development sector leadership experience** encompassing the following:

- Cast a clear and transformative vision for the future of HFH Vietnam in alignment to the Regional and Global Strategic Framework, to position the organization as a leader in housing and a key convener to work within the housing system.
- Building a highly competent, technical leadership team and empowering, agile organizational culture capable of developing and implementing organizational strategy.
- Leading a wide range of diverse internal and external stakeholders through complex organizational change.
- Building and leading multi-sector coalitions and strategic partnerships to successfully scale solutions and advocacy impact and expand funding support.
- Orchestrating wide-spread public and donor engagement and support of the organization’s mission and strategy through a clearly articulated value proposition.
- Securing funding to support evidence-based, innovative, scalable solutions.
- Navigating the complexity of matrixed NGO structures, demonstrating collaboration with and accountability to local communities as well as local and international governance structures.
- Overseeing operational excellence of a direct service organization, including safeguarding, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, and other quality controls.

**POSITION RESPONSIBILITES**:

- Cast a clear and transformative vision of the future of housing to build public and donor support.
- Build a top-tier, people-centric leadership team and an agile, resilient organizational culture.
- Oversee the implementation and growth of innovative, evidence-based programming.
- Leverage strategic partnerships to drive multi-sector, national and regional impact.
- Champion good governance and the highest standards of accountability, ethics, and operational excellence.
- Collaborate with HFHI’s Area Office
- Safeguarding

**POSITION REQUIREMENTS**:

- Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field, such as international development or relations, public administration, management, civil engineering, and/or social sciences
- Ten (10) years relevant experience as Country Director/Chief of Party or of successful senior Program Development or Program Management and strategic leadership position in a humanitarian operating environment of a middle-size organization.
- Track record in stewardship, servant leadership, and strategic organizational management
- Experience in leading and building a coalition of different stakeholders from the public, civil society/non-profit, and the private sector including research institutions, academe, and think tanks.
- Track record in utilizing partnerships to mobilize resources.
- Track record on advocacy initiatives with preference on experience in policy advocacy
- Compels others through embodiment and clarity of vision, building widespread internal and external support and driving action through a clear articulation of a value proposition.
- Leads through ambiguity and transformation, modeling agile learning and supporting efforts to prioritize and support employees and stakeholders through change.
- Upholds the highest standards of integrity and ethics while navigating organizational conflict, critical conversations, and decision-making.
- Embodies trust and transparency by promoting a free flow of information throughout the organization and providing teams with the leverage to achieve goals and grow.
- Embraces rest and resilience as critical to mission achievement, supporting and growing efforts to listen to and be responsive to employee feedback.
- Fosters a culture of inclusion where diverse thoughts are freely shared and integrated.
- Deeply respects and embraces the autonomy and power of all individuals, treating community members and employees with the same respect as strategic external partners.
- Critical technical expertise to develop and drive a transformative strategy.
- Building and growing strategic relationships with external partners, including multi-sector and multi-c