Performance and Talent Management 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 this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

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

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.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

This is an exciting time in our Performance, Organisational Learning & Leadership Team where we are implementing our new People & Culture strategy to ensure the greatest impact on the lives of children especially girls’

The Opportunity

As the Performance & Talent Management Specialist you will contribute to building individual, organizational capability and knowledge to meet evolving operational and strategic requirements.

This will enable the organisation to drive the appropriate culture, behaviours, skills, and performance by leveraging technology and creating a learning culture to embed capability development. 

In this role you will have particular focus contributing to integrating talent management, succession planning and performance management across Plan International Inc. (PII)

The Person

With demonstrable experience in performance management, talent management and succession planning platforms. You will have developed succession plans and talent pools, and have experience in linking performance to talent conversations

You will need to be future-focused, inquisitive, and open-minded. Flexible and resilient in working style with ability to adapt when needed

With excellent stakeholder management skills, coaching and facilitation skills, and the ability to build solid relationships with colleagues at all levels and provide support at a distance.

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Location: Flexible location, in most locations where Plan International has a legal entity and you have the pre-existing right to live and work

Type of role: Permanent

Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here

Reports to: Head of Performance, Organisational Learning & Leadership 

Closing date: 30 January 2022

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.