Country Director
- Career Category: Exec. / Management, Business Administration
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: $1000 Negotiable
HFSV IS seeking dynamic, highly experienced, values-driven Christian leader who can inspire people, strengthen organizational culture, develop exceptional teams, build strategic partnerships, and transform ambitious ideas into measurable outcomes for children.
The successful candidate will bring energy into the room and purpose into the work. This individual must be prepared to lead from the front, establish clear goals, hold people accountable, cultivate creativity, and build an organizational culture in which initiative, excellence, integrity, compassion, and continuous growth become the standard.
Position Purpose
The Country Director will provide strategic, operational, cultural, and relational leadership across HFSV’s work in Cambodia.
Working directly and closely with the HFSV Founder and President, the Country Director will help translate organizational vision into effective strategies, accountable execution, measurable results, and outstanding outcomes for children.
- Strategic and Organizational Leadership
- Team and Culture Development
- Program Oversight
- Child Safeguarding
- Government Relations and Regulatory Compliance
- Financial Management and Accountability\
- Fundraising and Partnership Development
- Communication and Public Representation
- Bachelor's Degree
- Has substantial senior-leadership experience within Cambodia’s NGO, education, child-development, or social-impact sector.
- Understands the Cambodian government environment and can confidently manage regulatory compliance, official reporting, NGO registration, and ministry relationships.
- Has significant experience working with children, young people, families, education, or child-protection programs.
- Inspires and unites people around a compelling mission and shared goals.
- Builds meaningful relationships with government, businesses, schools, churches, NGOs, donors, and community leaders.
- Embraces creativity and continually looks for better ways to serve children.
- Takes pride in helping children discover their abilities, enlarge their sense of possibility, and pursue their highest potential.
- Leads the team collectively while developing each employee as a person, teammate, leader, and contributor.
- Brings positive energy into the workplace and elevates the performance and confidence of others.
- Establishes clear expectations, measurable goals, personal responsibility, and consistent follow-through.
- Communicates proactively, clearly, respectfully, and confidently with Cambodian and international stakeholders.
- Leads from the front and models the integrity, discipline, initiative, humility, and work ethic expected from others.
- Loves challenges and is willing to pursue worthy opportunities that others may find intimidating.
- Is a committed reader, learner, and goal-setter who actively seeks personal and professional growth.
- Maintains the resilience, discipline, and energy necessary to lead a demanding and purpose-driven organization.
- Is a parent or possesses comparable experience mentoring, coaching, caring for, and investing personally in children and young people.
- Can authentically represent and advance HFSV’s Christian mission, values, and organizational ethos
