Faith and Church Partnerships, Manager

About the role

International Justice Mission ( IJM ) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1, 2 00 professionals are at work worldwide in over 3 0 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable. We are a global community that cares for one another. W e believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve. The Need For over 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. 9 out of 9 times in the last decade, IJM's Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50 and 85% for very large populations of people in poverty. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence , we are seeking a Faith and Church Partnerships, Manager to join our team. This position works with IJM's Global Programs team, overseeing the vision, development, and capacity to partner with faith leaders and organizations to address forms of violence against women and children and modern slavery. This position is hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays) in the Washington, DC area . It reports to the Global Vice President of Program Excellence and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and Management
• Develop and drive a measurable and time-bound approach to build strategic faith partnerships, guided by IJM's Church Partnerships Strategy and the program portfolio strategies that r espond to programming and project needs and create efficiencies for project-based leadership and staff.
• Lead the creation and development of global products and services to enhance and accelerate partnerships with faith-based organizations and leaders.
• Build and strengthen relationships with and between project staff tasked to programmatically engage traditional, faith, and other critical community leaders to advance the mission.
• Strategy & Knowledge Development & Implementation
• Identify , develop, and advise project teams on faith-centric curriculum and programming materials that advance programming objectives for faith-based partnerships and align with evidence-based models and practices (internal and external).
• Identify and, with project team support, implement opportunities and innovations to accelerate IJM's progress to address forms of violence through the lens of faith engagement.
• Develop, lead, and participate in relevant communities of practice for IJM's program staff to share best practices and facilitate other cross-Regional learning platforms.
• Applying best practice in social and behavior change science and insights from faith leader engagement, equip IJM teams to build strategic partnerships that increase access to justice and validate just outcomes for survivors of violence.
• Networking & Partnership
• Identify , map, and engage with faith-based organizations and leaders to build strategic agreements that foster effective, place-based programming partnerships .
• Convene and contribute to faith-based global coalitions to influence IJM's global advocacy targets and build thought-leadership to address violence
• Contribute to stakeholder mapping for the programming portfolio's external engagement plans (and implementation of external engagement plans).
• Stay up to date on faith-led initiatives and movements that work in support of or against addressing violence (local, regional, national, global), offering critical analysis and recommendations to support IJM's mission.
• Communication
• Routine engagement with relevant leaders and staff across the organization.
• Update relevant Global Programs SharePoint site with information and intelligence to inform strategy implementation.
• Document the role of faith partnerships in interventions, ensuring that MERL's monitoring data, programming experiences, and lessons learned are captured in ways that expand our expertise and implementation.
• General Tasks
• Participate and add value to the Global Programs Center for Excellence team (subject matter programming experts).
• Coordinate relevant resources, staff participation, and the implementation of agreements to ensure the implementation of faith partnership approaches.
• Responsible for internal communication with relevant project , regional, and global staff to ensure effective and professional engagement externally.
• Contributes to overall Global Programs strategic initiatives and works in alignment with programming and team objectives .
• Uses IJM's dat

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