Interim Learning & Development Consultant

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 seeking a dynamic and driven individual to fill the role of Organisational Learning Consultant.

In this exciting position, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing individual and organizational capabilities, aligning with evolving operational and strategic needs.  

You will be responsible for driving the appropriate culture, behaviours, skills, and performance by leveraging technology and creating a learning culture to embed capability development.

Your focus will extend to optimizing the Global Hub Learning infrastructure, offering consultancy services to business teams, and providing valuable coaching and mentoring to Plan International employees.

Major projects over next 12 months:

• Upgrading of Totara 13 to Totara 17/18
• Developing and majoring process for using long term agreements of learning development suppliers
• Requirements and tendering for Digital Adoption Tool
• Providing learning infrastructure support for major system transformation programme
• Business case and process for “roles & responsibilities for tracking offline completion of mandatory training”

The Person

We are looking to recruit a future-focused individual who is a learning & development specialist with extensive end to end experience of the full learning cycle. With working level of competency and Admin experience in administration of LMS/CMS (ideally Totara Learn Platform). You will need to have a thorough understanding of instructional design and how to incorporate adult learning theories and supporting technologies, as well as proven experience of training/learning needs analysis and designing appropriate solutions/interventions.

Please follow this link for a 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: The location of this role can be flexible where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live.

Type of role: 12-month Fixed term contract, with possible extension to 18 months  

Grade: Hay Level 16. You will be paid according to the salary scale where you are currently based and have the pre-existing right to live and work 

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

Closing Date: Sunday 14th January 2024, midnight UK time

*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, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, 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.