Director of Global Hub Office

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 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to join Plan International Global Hub in this newly created role as Director of the Global Hub Office. The Director will work in partnership with the Global Hub facing Leadership Team, ensuring strong operational management to streamline processes, enhance Global Hub community building, communications and engagement, and ensure effective financial and people management practices – across Global Hub both UK and Worldwide. Plan International’s Global Hub (GH) employs approximately 350 staff globally across a broad range of functions. Approximately 60% of the Global Hub staff are based in the UK.  

The Director will provide greater accountability and dedicated leadership to ensure that the Global Hub can adapt effectively and operate efficiently in response to today’s rapidly changing environment.  

They will be crucial in supporting Global Hub wide operational management, community engagement, and financial and people practices, all while aligning with our global strategy and ambition.  

The Director of Global Hub will be instrumental in driving operational efficiencies by enhancing decision-making, identifying and eliminating duplications, and optimising processes. 

To bring about lasting change, we have to live our values. We are committed not simply to telling the world we are the go to organisation on girls’ rights, but to embedding justice and equality in all that we do. Will you join us? 

About You 

An experienced and visionary leader, you bring broad expertise and knowledge of people and culture, finance and communications. A skilled decision maker, you possess strong business and project management acumen and collaborate effectively across a broad range of teams and leaders, alliance building, networking and influencing as required.  

You are a strong advocate for employee well-being and skilled in managing, directly and indirectly, cross-cultural, geographically dispersed teams.  

Please follow this link for a full role profile; Director of Global Hub Office Role Profile Nov 24.docx

Location: The preference is for this role to be based from the Global Hub in Woking, Surrey (UK) which is approximately 25 minutes from London Waterloo. The Plan International office in Nairobi, Kenya is also a location option if applicants have the pre-existing right to live and work in Kenya.  

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

Reports to: Plan International’s CIO as sponsoring Leadership Team member in driving our change agenda and efficiencies in our ways of working across the organisation 

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.  

Closing Date: Friday 13th December 2024 at 23.59pm UK 

Interviews will be held week commencing 6th 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.