IT Project 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.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

 Join our dynamic Global IT Enterprise team, where you will play a pivotal role in delivering essential business applications and support services that drive our strategic goals. In this exciting position, you will be responsible for implementing approved projects across key applications such as Child Data, SharePoint, and SAP, as well as critical infrastructure services.

You will oversee the successful delivery of small to medium projects, ensuring that new systems and upgrades to global IT services are delivered on time and meet the highest quality standards.

As a key member of the IT Project Delivery team, you will also contribute to shaping and refining project management processes, enhancing project execution, and driving system adoption. You will manage project budgets ranging from £50K to £500K, making a significant impact on the success of our global IT initiatives.

The Individual

We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager with demonstrable experience successfully delivering systems, liaising, and translating between technology and business needs. Preferably with a PRINCE2, certification or equivalent. Experience delivering multiple IT  projects within a Global organisation would be an advantage.

Demonstrable experience in full project lifecycle for application development including requirement gathering and analysis, solution design and realisation, testing and implementation.

With effective internal and external relationship management, excellent analytical skills and the ability to coordinate initiatives across multiple teams and countries are essential.

Strong influencing, negotiating and communication skills will be imperative as will the capacity to manage demanding workloads, independently and to deadlines.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; IT_Project Manager _Job Description_Dec_21_V0.2.docx

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted. 

Location: UK – The Global Hub for Plan International is based in Woking, Surrey which is approximately 25 minutes from London Waterloo.  You may be office, home or hybrid based, coming into the office once per quarter. You must have the pre-existing right to live and work in the UK

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

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.

As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be £46,000 - £52,000 per annum

Closing Date: 5th January 2025

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.