Emergency Response Project Manager - Haiti

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

Haiti is facing overlapping crises, including violence, food insecurity and cholera, and the UN is activating a system‑wide scale‑up. Plan International Haiti is preparing to support this expansion and strengthen its donor‑funded programme portfolio. This role will be central to external representation and raising the organisation’s profile during this critical period.

Key Responsibilities

Programming & Strategy

• Lead the management of specific emergency programmes in line with Plan International standards.
• Update humanitarian response strategies and lead Rapid Needs Assessments focused on children, especially girls.
• Review and assess potential local partners and support technical specialists to ensure high‑quality, standards‑aligned programming (SPHERE, Child Protection, INEE, CHS).
• Lead consortium strategy and coordination, ensure donor alignment, and oversee timely delivery of life‑saving interventions.
• Produce high‑quality reporting, and lead proposal development and revisions.

Representation & Coordination

• Represent Plan International to national and regional government authorities.
• Participate in humanitarian fora and clusters, ensuring timely sharing of information.
• Maintain strong relationships with institutional donors and identify opportunities for strategic partnerships.

Consortium Governance

• Chair consortium meetings and ensure effective collaboration and governance.
• Establish MoUs, SOPs, cost‑sharing agreements, clarify roles, monitor performance and manage conflict resolution.
• Coordinate and consolidate consortium information‑sharing requirements.

Operations, Admin & Compliance

• Oversee finance, HR, logistics and compliance with Plan International procedures and national legal requirements.
• Work with the security manager to monitor context and update security guidelines and SOPs.
• Ensure administrative systems, procurement and supply chains are functioning effectively.
• Develop emergency operating budgets and ensure donor compliance.

People Management

• Define the emergency team structure, roles and responsibilities.
• Ensure staff understand Plan International’s humanitarian values and principles.
• Conduct performance appraisals and provide ongoing feedback.

Information Management

• Approve and share situation reports, ensuring timely internal dissemination and updating of organisational platforms.

Fundraising

• Develop a strong grant pipeline and support proposal development for institutional donors.
• Identify in‑country funding opportunities and lead proposal submissions.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience leading large‑scale humanitarian operations, including consortium management in diverse crisis contexts.
• Strong understanding and practical application of humanitarian principles, legal frameworks and minimum standards.
• Proven fundraising experience across a range of donors.
• Experience engaging in national humanitarian coordination mechanisms (e.g. HCT).
• Strong stakeholder engagement across government, civil society, UN, INGOs, donors, embassies and academia.
• Leadership experience in international development settings.
• Understanding of child rights, gender in development and girls’ rights frameworks.
• Experience with community development and participatory approaches.
• Knowledge of donor compliance, financial management and challenging operating contexts.
• Proven team leadership skills, including remote management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French.
• Strong diplomatic and communication abilities, including with media.
• Ability to manage stress in insecure environments.

Desirable Requirements

• Relevant university degree.
• Knowledge of geopolitical factors affecting child poverty and opportunities for change.

Location: Jacmel, Haiti with some travel to other parts of the country. This is a global recruitment and support with relocation is available if required.  

Type of Role: 6 month Contract with the possibility of extension.

Closing Date: 10th March 2026

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.

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