Deployable Education in Emergencies 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

📍 Flexible global location (must have right to work where Plan operates)
✈️ Up to 75% travel (including deployments up to 3 months)

🚨 About the Role

As a Deployable EiE Specialist, you will play a critical role in leading and supporting high-quality education responses in humanitarian contexts. You will deploy to crisis-affected countries—often at short notice—to design, implement and strengthen education programmes that ensure children, especially girls, continue learning during emergencies.

When not deployed, you will contribute to global EiE strategy, technical guidance, and capacity strengthening across Plan International.

🎯 Key Responsibilities

Emergency Response & Programme Delivery

• Lead and support safe, inclusive, and quality education programmes in crisis settings
• Ensure education interventions address the needs of:
• Girls and marginalised children
• Out-of-school children
• Survivors of violence
• Children on the move and those affected by conflict
• Integrate education with other sectors including child protection, gender, cash assistance, and nutrition

Programme Design & Technical Leadership

• Conduct rapid needs assessments and contribute to response planning
• Design gender-responsive and inclusive EiE strategies and proposals
• Ensure alignment with national systems and long-term development goals

Coordination & Representation

• Represent Plan International in Education Clusters and coordination forums
• Collaborate with NGOs, UN agencies, governments and local partners
• Strengthen Plan’s external visibility and influence in EiE

Resource Mobilisation

• Support the development of high-quality funding proposals
• Build and maintain relationships with donors and partners
• Contribute to growing a strong EiE funding portfolio

Monitoring, Evaluation & Accountability

• Develop and support robust M&E frameworks (including sex, age and disability disaggregated data)
• Ensure accountability to affected populations
• Produce high-quality reports and capture learning for continuous improvement

Capacity Building & Knowledge Sharing

• Mentor and train staff and partners on EiE and related themes
• Develop tools, guidance and training materials
• Promote best practice and innovation in education in emergencies

✅ About You

We are looking for a highly experienced and adaptable humanitarian professional with:

• Proven experience designing and delivering Education in Emergencies programmes in complex humanitarian settings
• Strong knowledge of:
• INEE Minimum Standards
• Child protection and safeguarding
• Gender equality and inclusion
• Experience working with Education Clusters and multi-sector coordination mechanisms
• Demonstrated ability to conduct needs assessments, M&E, and programme design
• Strong track record in proposal writing and donor reporting
• Excellent communication, negotiation and representation skills
• Experience mentoring and building capacity of diverse teams
• Fluency in English (additional languages such as French, Spanish or Arabic are an advantage)

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. This is not an international position.

Up to 75% travel required: implementing country-based for emergency response, in periods of up to 3 months at a time (Country/Regional Offices)

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. Please note this is NOT an International/expat position.

Reports to: Head of Education in Humanitarian Action Unit

Closing Date: 7th June (UK midnight)

Anticipated 1st round interviews: Week commencing 15th June

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.