Field Innovation & Continuous Improvement Advisor Full Time

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As the Field Innovation & Continuous Improvement Advisor, you will bring a deep, field-based perspective to World Vision’s innovation ecosystem, serving as a vital bridge between global frameworks and frontline realities. With lived experience designing, testing, and scaling contextually grounded solutions in humanitarian and development settings, this role supports the development and uptake of innovation and continuous improvement strategies that are practical, effective, and grounded in community needs. By mentoring field teams, embedding innovation methods, and designing evidence building approaches to drive scale-up, the advisor catalyzes an internal culture of learning, adaptability, and transformational impact.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Development, Social Innovation, Public Administration, or related field.
• Lean Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
• Proven track record leading innovation initiatives in complex field contexts
• Strong facilitation experience with design thinking, adaptive learning, and systems thinking.
• Demonstrated success leading continuous improvement efforts and embedding change practices.
• Fluency in English required.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 25% of the time. Field-friendly; must adapt to basic or resource-constrained environments.

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