Deployable Emergency Response Manager

The Opportunity

In 2023, the UN projected that 39 million people would require humanitarian assistance. This fiscal year, Plan International has responded to 88 emergencies, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to delivering humanitarian support. As the Deployable Emergency Response Manager, you will play a pivotal role at the forefront of these critical interventions—ensuring rapid, high-quality, and reach. Join us in making a tangible impact on the lives of those affected by crises around the world.

The Deployable Emergency Response Manager is a key member of Plan International’s surge team and will deploy to Country Offices at short notice to lead humanitarian operations, ensuring high quality programmes and response.

Representing Plan International with host Governments, the Emergency Response Manager will oversee the management of specific emergency programmes, ensuring response activities are in line with Plan International’s standard policies and procedures. You will lead and manage rapid needs assessments and support the selection of local partner organisations. During deployments, up to five members of staff may report directly to the Emergency Response Manager alongside a significant number of indirect reports. When not deployed the Manager will be assigned to desk-based projects related to Disaster Risk Management activities for the Global Hub.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have significant field experience of managing emergency programmes in a number of humanitarian crises and possess extensive knowledge of disaster risk reduction and child protection in emergencies.

Experienced in funding, you will demonstrate prior experience of engaging with the humanitarian coordination system at local, regional and global levels. Skills required include training and facilitation, project management, networking and influencing and negotiating. Fluency in English and the ability to travel extensively to high-risk areas will be imperative. Excellent written and spoken French or Spanish would be highly advantageous.

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, preferable locations include: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Mozambique; Rwanda; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia ; Mali; Niger ; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Paraguay; Peru; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Jordan; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Vietnam.

Type of role Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions.

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 31st December 2023, Midnight UK time. We hope to hold interviews w/c 8th January or 15th January