Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist

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

At Plan International, we are on a journey to becoming an anti-racist organisation that is truly inclusive and equitable, and that recognises and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want to be a place where all colleagues – no matter who they are, where they come from, what they look like, what they believe in and who they love – can bring their true selves to work and feel empowered to make a difference for girls and young people all over the world.

We are currently recruiting for an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Anti-Racism Specialist to join our Global People and Culture team. This is an exciting time to join this critical function as we continue to build our Employee Relations & Inclusion team and make progress against our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Anti-Racism roadmap.

Your role will be focused on coordination and implementation of the roadmap, providing support and advice to the functions and management team within People & Culture – Reward, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Operations, Wellbeing, Performance, Organisational Learning and Leadership and Strategic Business Partnering in the Global Hub and across Regional and Country Offices to ensure momentum and accountability through your passion, expertise and influencing ability.

Typical activities will include process improvement, research, project management and coaching and training. You will also be involved in Employee Relations case management work as required.   

The Requirements

You will be expected to lead, promote, support and embed initiatives towards our roadmap using exemplary communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Experience of implementing and monitoring EDI/ Anti Racism interventions and managing staff led networks is essential in this role as is experience of implementing people aligned processes which recognise and promote intersectional EDI across all aspects of the employee and people manager life cycle.

Who are we looking 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 idea.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; EDIAR Specialist Feb 2023.docx

Fluent written and spoken English is required in this role and therefore we would greatly appreciate CV’s and cover letters in English. 

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. If you are based in the UK this will be according to our hybrid working policy which we are happy to share. 

Type of Role: 12 month fixed term contract

Reports to: Head of Employee Relations and Inclusion

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 May

*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, Japan, 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, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, 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.