Anticipatory Action DRR Resilience and Climate 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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

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

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The Global Lead for Anticipatory Action, Resilience, and Climate will oversee the development and implementation of global initiatives aimed at enhancing preparedness and resilience to disasters and climate risks. This role is vital in aligning the organization’s goals with frameworks like the Sendai Framework, the Paris Agreement, and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Global Lead will drive cross-sector collaboration, promote anticipatory action strategies, and advocate for systemic changes to reduce vulnerability, particularly in high-risk communities.

The risk landscape is increasingly complex, with climate change driving more frequent and intense crises, often leading to economic hardship, displacement, or conflict. Protracted conflicts also contribute to fragility, undermining development, reversing gender equality progress, and negatively affecting girls’ rights. Strengthening resilience can protect development gains and safeguard girls’ rights during crises.

At Plan International, resilience is defined as the ability of communities and institutions to withstand and recover from shocks and stresses that threaten human rights. Our approach addresses both sudden shocks (e.g., natural disasters) and slow-onset events (e.g., climate change, conflict, instability). Resilience programming is central to our strategy for tackling the climate crisis, with a focus on multi-risk analysis to assess and address impacts on girls’ rights.

While traditionally focused on disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation, we are shifting towards enhancing resilience in prolonged crises like forced displacement and political instability. This approach supports both immediate relief and long-term development, reducing dependency on humanitarian aid.

This role will provide technical leadership on resilience, both internally and externally, and ensure that all of Plan International’s work strengthens resilience, particularly at the intersection of development and anticipatory action in humanitarian programming.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; JD _Anticipatory Action Resilience and Climate Specialist.doc

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. Employment terms and conditions will be as per the employing entity. 

Type of Role: 

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

Closing Date: 13th January 2025 at 23.59pm GMT

Interviews will take place w/c 20th January 

*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, 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.