Regional Climate and Anticipatory Action Specialist, Asia Pacific

THE ORGANISATION

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation.

Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

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

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalised and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Today’s risk landscape is more complex than ever, with many factors interplaying to create humanitarian crises which are lasting longer, with Climate change being a significant driver of these crises.  Anticipatory Action (AA) before the impact of hazards is critical as it can save lives and protect livelihoods while increasing the resilience of communities over time. Plan International aims to support this by focusing on supporting high-risk countries with developing capacities.

In this exciting and crucial role, you will be a member of Plan International’s Asia Pacific Regional team, and will support the organisation in having strong, ambitious and strategic programming and guidance on Climate and AA that contributing to strengthen community resilience. You will provide technical thought leadership on Climate and AA both within the Asia Pacific region and its Country Offices (COs) and for external engagement.

You will also be part of various regional and global networks to ensure that all of Plan International’s work on Climate and AA contributes to strengthening resilience, including supporting the nexus between development and humanitarian programming, while also improving Plan International’s visibility and positioning in this area with clear advocacy, evidence and learning across our Country Offices.

A few of the many exciting activities that you will take part in, while undertaking this role include:

•    Lead Plan International’s work in Asia Pacific on climate and anticipatory action through the provision of guidance, tools, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and training materials
•    Support Plan International’s Country Offices to incorporate Climate and AA into both humanitarian and development programs, and providing significant in person technical support as necessary.
•    Foster and lead a virtual network of Climate and AA practitioners
•    Strategically represent Plan International at relevant high level external events
•    Develop partnerships in Climate and AA with key actors at country, regional, and global levels.
•    Define and design methodologies and programme approach for Climate and AA that contribute to the Humanitarian scale up priorities.
•    Identify and develop training manuals, guidance documents, and toolkits on key Climate and AA programming
•    Undertake capacity building, mentoring, training (with others) and support to Plan International staff on Climate and AA.
•    Manage the roll-out of Plan’s resilience framework ´Pathways to Resilience´, Climate Policy and AA framework.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful in this role you will need among other things:

•    Preferably a university degree or diploma in a relevant field
•    Preferably Technical training in DRR, including EWEA systems and disaster preparedness for response
•    Preferably Technical training/competency in climate science, impact forecasting, anticipation and/or financing mechanisms
Three or more years of experience in similar positions providing technical expertise on Climate and AA
•    Specific knowledge on the different needs of girls and boys in emergencies and the particular risks facing girls
•    Demonstrated ability to mainstream gender in design, management, monitoring and evaluation of emergency programs in line with the existing humanitarian standards
•    Demonstrated ability to contribute to or lead the development of Climate and AA proposals
•    Ability to train staff on technical knowledge and skill on climate and AA
•    Excellent command of English, both speaking and writing
•    Ability to work under pressure and with minimum supervision
•    Ability to work in a multicultural environment

A detailed job description can be downloaded here

Location:                  Flexible with Asia Pacific
Type of Contract:     12 Month Fixed Term contract under local terms and conditions
Reports to:                Regional Head of Humanitarian Preparedness, Response and Resilience for Asia Pacific
Remuneration:         Competitive salary and package available (local T&C, no expat package)
Closing Date:          18 October 2024

----------

This is a national staff contract position under competitive local terms and condition, and as such, the contracting body will be the host Asia Pacific Country Office

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

A national staff contract position under competitive local terms and condition, will be prioritized for this recruitment, and as such, the contracting body will be the host Asia Pacific Country Office

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.
As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for. Our organisation 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 will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practice, positive attitudes and principles of gender equality and inclusion.