Deployment Coordinator

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

Plan International is committed to supporting children and communities affected by crises worldwide. To strengthen our ability to respond quickly and effectively, we’re seeking a Deployment Coordinator to ensure rapid, well‑organised, and compliant surge deployments across our global humanitarian portfolio.

If you thrive in fast‑moving environments, excel at coordination, and want to make a tangible impact on emergency operations, this role is for you.

⭐ What You’ll Be Doing

As the Deployment Coordinator, you will manage the full deployment cycle for surge staff supporting humanitarian responses. You’ll be the central link between country teams, technical rosters, HR, Finance and our travel partners—ensuring every deployment is smooth, timely and fully compliant.

You will:

• Manage the global deployment tracker and request system
• Coordinate the end‑to‑end deployment process — from request to closure
• Arrange travel, accommodation and required documentation
• Maintain accurate, real‑time deployment and travel records
• Provide onboarding materials and ensure all mandatory training is completed
• Support roster recruitment, shortlisting, and screening
• Monitor roster availability and proactively identify suitable candidates
• Oversee recharge processes, deployment costing and monthly financial tracking
• Implement and maintain scheduling systems and standardised templates
• Collate and analyse travel data to support planning and workload management
• Ensure full compliance with Safeguarding, Gender Equality and Inclusion policies

🤝 Key Relationships

You’ll work closely with:

Internal: Deployment Manager, P&C teams, Finance, CO/RO humanitarian teams, Global Humanitarian Team, and roster members.
External: Travel partners, consultants, and external surge personnel.

🎯 What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Strong administrative and coordination experience
• Excellent organisation and time‑management skills, especially under tight deadlines
• Strong data management and Excel/reporting skills
• Experience working with HR, logistics or deployment processes
• Clear, confident written and verbal communication

Desirable

• Experience within humanitarian surge mechanisms or INGO emergency response
• Language skills in French, Spanish or Arabic

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. 

Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing entities terms and conditions. 

Reports to: Deployment Manager

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.

Closing Date: Tuesday 10th March 2026 (UK Midnight)

Anticipated 1st round interview: 16th March 2026

*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, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, US, 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.