Sponsorship Participant & Reporting 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 

Child Sponsorship is Plan’s largest source of global support and income for delivering programmes.  The sponsorship team manages our global sponsorship participants of over 1.4 million sponsors and sponsored children, ensuring performance in sponsorship against KPIs and identifying/promoting best practices. The sponsorship team oversees the processing, transfer and integrity of our global sponsorship data. 

This role will support the transformation of the way sponsorship in Plan International operates.  1-2-1 sponsorship has been identified as a critical element of Plan International’s new strategy, which calls for a transformation of sponsorship by strengthening and optimizing it. The role is required to manage the Global Sponsorship Participant and reporting to support the growth in the number of children and sponsors that Plan works with.  

The post holder will be responsible for the analysis of sponsorship data/information and reports to support continuous improvement of sponsorship communications/programme/initiatives and will coordinate and support the sponsorship participant long-term and annual planning process and will follow -up and monitor the implementation.  

The Individual 

Excellent understanding of both Global Sponsorship processes and systems. Experience of managing supply and demand situations within a global INGO environment and particularly within the field of child sponsorship. You will be highly analytical with good attention to detail as well as able to produce high level good quality reports.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Good skills in capturing, analysing, managing, retrieving and disseminating information effectively using appropriate information channels  

You will be self-motivated with excellent prioritisation skills and a flexible, resilient approach. The ability to communicate effectively in English is essential.  

Please click here to access the full role profile – Sponsorship Participant Reporting Specialist March 2023.docx

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.  You may be office, home or hybrid based.  

Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions. 

Grade: GH4 or equivalent. Please note that employment terms will be as per the standard terms and conditions in the country where you are based.  

Closing Date: Thursday 25th May 2023

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. As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be circa £34,000. 

*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.