Plan International are hiring Global Humanitarian Director
Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children.
- The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon - Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil.
The Opportunity
Plan International is seeking an exceptional humanitarian leader to shape and drive our global humanitarian ambition.
The Global Humanitarian Director provides strategic leadership for Plan International's global humanitarian strategy, influence and operations.
- Reporting to the Chief Impact Officer, the role will lead our continued evolution as a stronger dual-mandate organisation, ensuring that high-quality humanitarian programming reaches those most in need at scale while strengthening the integration of humanitarian action, resilience building, systems strengthening and long-term development.
- Working across the organisation, the Global Humanitarian Director will bring together Global Hub teams, Regions, Country Offices, National Organisations and partners behind a shared humanitarian vision.
- The role is responsible for strengthening organisational readiness, capability and crisis response, while ensuring excellence in programme quality, effectiveness and impact.
As Plan International's senior humanitarian leader, the postholder will position the organisation as a leading voice on humanitarian action, localisation, resilience and the humanitarian-development nexus, building strategic partnerships with governments, donors, multilateral institutions, UN agencies, INGOs and civil society organisations to increase our influence and impact.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Organisational Transformation:
Lead the development and delivery of Plan International's global humanitarian strategy and agenda.
- Drive the organisation's evolution as a dual-mandate organisation, integrating humanitarian action, resilience, systems strengthening and policy influence.
- Ensure humanitarian priorities are embedded in organisational strategy, operating models, investments and performance frameworks.
- Champion innovation, learning and thought leadership to strengthen humanitarian impact and effectiveness.
- Strengthen Plan International's visibility, influence and reputation across humanitarian forums, partnerships and policy dialogues.
- Promote evidence-based approaches that advance the rights and wellbeing of children and girls affected by crisis.
Global Humanitarian Capability and Readiness:
- Strengthen regional and country-level capability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises.
- Build the humanitarian leadership capacity of Country Office leadership teams.
- Oversee the development of systems and tools that support effective humanitarian programming and performance monitoring.
About You
- You are a highly credible humanitarian leader with significant senior leadership experience within complex international humanitarian and development organisations.
You bring:
Relevant qualifications and experience with a proven track record of leading large-scale humanitarian programmes across multiple countries and regions.
- Experience shaping humanitarian strategy and leading organisational transformation.
- Strong expertise in humanitarian financing, donor engagement and partnership development.
- Experience building organisational capability, preparedness and response systems.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Experience representing organisations with donors, governments, UN agencies, multilateral institutions and strategic partners.
- Strong people leadership skills and experience leading diverse, internationally dispersed teams.
- A deep commitment to children's rights, equality for girls and locally led humanitarian action.
Location: All 36 State's
Deadline: 20 November 2026
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
