Resilience and Humanitarian Programming Manager

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.

With approximately 38 years of experience in implementing its programme, Plan International Kenya (PIK) mainly operates in the following geographical areas; Nairobi, Machakos, Kajiado, Kwale, Kilifi, Turkana, Isiolo, Marsabit, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Tana River.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Plan International Kenya’s strategic goal is to end teenage pregnancies and eliminate all forms of sexual and gender-based violence against adolescent girls and young women. We aim to create an enabling environment where girls and young women are safe, valued, equally cared for, and have equal opportunities.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You will provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Plan International Kenya’s humanitarian preparedness, emergency response, and resilience programming. You will ensure that PIK is fully equipped to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies while building long-term community resilience and driving climate adaptation and nexus programming across the portfolio.

Further, you will strengthen PIK’s institutional capability to deliver high-quality, gender-transformative interventions in humanitarian settings; champions climate-resilient programming across sectors; lead nexus planning and integration; and ensure that PIK is well positioned within national, regional, and global coordination mechanisms.

You will represent PIK in national humanitarian and DRR coordination platforms, lead donor engagement and resource mobilisation for humanitarian and climate-resilience programming, and support CO leadership in aligning country response strategies with Plan International’s Global Humanitarian Strategy, Climate Change Adaptation Framework, and the HDP nexus approach.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and integrate Plan Kenya’s humanitarian, resilience, and climate strategies in line with global standards; drive nexus programming, policy advocacy, and protection of girls; coordinate multisectoral stakeholders; maintain a trained emergency response team; and ensure timely analysis, reporting, and accountability.
• Design and oversee humanitarian and resilience programs in crisis-affected areas; ensure interventions are gender-transformative, climate- and conflict-sensitive, and inclusive; lead assessments and response planning; strengthen DRR, early action, and climate-resilient livelihoods; coordinate high-quality multisectoral implementation; and advocate for protection, resilience, climate justice, and gender equality.
• Lead emergency preparedness planning through risk analysis, early warning, contingency plans, and simulations; ensure strong coordination, surge capacity, and procurement readiness; provide technical leadership during crises; and continuously monitor national disaster risk assessments for effective response.
• Ensure programs meet international standards and donor requirements; strengthen accountability through feedback mechanisms; promote real-time learning and documentation of best practices; implement robust monitoring and evaluation with MERL to track impact; and conduct regular reviews to adapt strategies based on gaps, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Support fundraising and donor engagement through strategy, proposals, and partnerships; secure grants, strengthen external relations, and represent PIK in coordination forums to enhance visibility and influence.
• Strengthen partner capacity in emergency response, DRR, climate adaptation, and nexus programming; provide technical mentorship and quality assurance; and champion locally led preparedness and response models.
• Manage and mentor humanitarian and resilience teams with clear expectations; build a culture of gender equality, learning, accountability, and high performance; ensure surge capacity readiness and support staff wellbeing during emergencies.
• Provide oversight of budgets, financial planning, and grant compliance for humanitarian and resilience projects, ensuring accurate and timely expenditure tracking and reporting with Finance.
• Plan International has a robust global policy for Safeguarding and PII policy for Preventing Sexual Harassment Exploitation and Abuse; and Gender Equality and Inclusion principles and Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to your area of responsibility. You will therefore have a responsibility to adhere and enforce adherence of staff and associates within your sphere of responsibility.     
• You will be trusted to take on additional assignments within the scope of work as assigned by your supervisor on need basis.

What we are looking for:

• Someone with Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Studies, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Management, International Development, Public Policy, or relevant field or a bachelor’s degree with over 10 years of relevant progressive experience.
• Should have 8–10 years’ progressive experience in humanitarian response, resilience, DRR, climate programming, or nexus initiatives, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Someone who can demonstrate experience in managing emergency responses in complex contexts (drought, conflict, refugee settings, disease outbreaks).
• You should have strong technical understanding of:
• Climate adaptation and resilience frameworks
• DRR, early warning/early action systems
• Humanitarian principles, Sphere, CHS
• HDP Nexus and integrated programming
• Someone with proven skills in donor engagement and resource mobilisation.
• You should have experience representing organisations in coordination structures at national level.
• Someone with strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Someone experienced in managing teams and building partner capacity.

Please respond to the requirements of this role in your cover letter.
Only applications in English language will be accepted. 

Location: On site working and the role is based at Nairobi, Kenya

Reports to: Director of Programs

Contract Period: 1 years

Job Grade: Hay Level 16

Vacancy advert closing Date: 25th June 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.

Disclaimer: Plan International is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate applicants on any basis. We also do not charge Job seekers any fees at any point of the recruitment process.