Deputy Company Secretary

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Deputy Company Secretary to join our Governance and Executive Department. You will be responsible for delivering governance support to the governing bodies of Plan International, Inc. (including the International Board, Members’ Assembly, their standing committees and any ad hoc committees) and delivering an effective company administration and secretariat service, alongside the Company Secretary and a fellow Deputy Company Secretary.

In this important role you will also advise staff and governors on the corporate governance processes and requirements applicable to Plan International’s work. 

The Individual

With demonstrable corporate governance knowledge and expertise gained through professional legal, company secretarial or governance training and practice and a solid understanding of working with boards and decision-making bodies internationally you will need to work effectively with company secretariat and compliance processes across several jurisdictions.

Strong corporate administration and project management skills will be imperative as will excellent relationship building skills and the highest level of diplomacy and discretion.

Excellent judgement, awareness and understanding of significance of compliance and governance issues being raised by Board members, staff and senior managers will be key.

Please click here to view the full role profile.

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.   

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.    

Location: This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey. This is a hybrid working role, coming into the office at least once per week. Other locations where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and where you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered. 

Type of Role: Permanent where this is feasible. Some locations may mean that only a fixed term contract can be offered.

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here.

Closing Date: 31 October 2023

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held between 31 October – 10 November.  

*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe 

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.