United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Deployable Emergency Programme Manager

12-month fixed term contract

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We work to give every child the same chance in life.

We are a leader in the development of the global disasters work of Plan International. Our Disaster Risk Management Unit supports our country offices to design and deliver quality programmes, assisting with the development of strong donor relationships, and providing technical support for humanitarian work. As Deployable Emergency Programme Manager you will support the wider humanitarian surge capacity of the organisation, supporting country offices’ response to specific humanitarian crises, alongside proposal development and programme management of humanitarian funding.

In the role you will:

• Support Country Offices’ response to specific humanitarian crises, particularly those that require scaling up. This will involve deploying (often at short notice and up to 60% of the time) to Country Offices
• Work on proposal development and programme management of humanitarian funding for Plan International.
• Build strategic and effective partnerships with key institutional donors such as DFID and ECHO but also with humanitarian actors present in the field, which may include building consortia.
• Support the establishment of all logistics infrastructure, including timely mobilisation of financial, administrative and human resources functions (when required)
• Supporting the country offices or regions in strategy and capacity statement development; programme quality; financial management; monitoring; reporting
• Manage staff on deployment when required

You will have experience of:

• Responding to humanitarian crises and emergencies in several contexts (at field level as well as experience at HQ level).
• Field experience in designing and implementing emergency projects and programmes, plus a good understanding of gender issues and integration of gender in programming.
• Child protection programming and of mainstreaming gender and inclusion
• Leading or participating in conducting need assessments, proposal development and budgeting, and humanitarian coordination.
• Supporting fundraising, recruitment and procurement.
• Building strategic partnerships with donors and humanitarian actors and winning emergency funding from major humanitarian donors
• Facilitating training and overseeing creation of training materials.
• Working with key practice and standards for humanitarian response such as SPHERE and CHS.

You will be able to build good relationships with various stakeholders at all levels and demonstrate good problem solving and analytical skills. You will also be able to work well under pressure, in sometimes stressful environments in-country and to deploy internationally, often at short notice. Proficiency in French and/or Spanish would be an advantage; excellent communication in English is essential.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am onMonday7January2019.

Interviews will take placeduring week commencing 14 January 2019.

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

Please apply via our website https://plan-uk.org/jobs-and-volunteering