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’s Executive Office is seeking a Senior Officer to the CEO — a key role within the CEO’s core team, responsible for delivering high-level coordination, operational excellence, and strategic liaison in a dynamic, mission-driven, and politically nuanced global environment.

The Senior Officer will help to enable the CEO to operate at maximum effectiveness by ensuring timely access to strategic briefings, robust follow-up mechanisms, insightful analysis, and decision making support. Responsibilities include engaging with internal and external stakeholders, contributing to agenda development and preparation, synthesising complex information and recommendations, producing high-quality materials for the CEO, and ensuring diligent follow-through on key actions and commitments.

The Senior Officer is focused on real-time execution, intelligence gathering, issue tracking, and stakeholder interface management, enabling the CEO to lead with clarity and impact.

The role works in close partnership with the Chief of Staff and requires excellent judgment, discretion, and a strong grasp of global development and humanitarian dynamics.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; Senior Officer - Executive Office.docx 

Location: The Senior Officer will be in close collaboration with the CEO throughout the working day and will travel with them fairly regularly. Although 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, the CEO is based in Nairobi, Kenya and therefore it is likely that proximity to the UTC+3 timezone will be most practical for the successful applicant. 

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

Reports to: Chief of Staff

Closing Date: Sunday 16th November

*Plan International has offices in: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, 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.