Global Humanitarian Director
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Plan International is seeking a Global Humanitarian Director in Nairobi to lead its humanitarian strategy, strengthen organisational capabilities, and oversee programme effectiveness, performance, and risk management. The role also covers crisis preparedness, safeguarding, security, compliance, and recognised humanitarian standards.
- Leads Plan International's global humanitarian strategy and agenda.
- Strengthens regional and country-level crisis preparedness and response capability.
- Oversees humanitarian programme quality, impact, effectiveness, and risk management.
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Plan International is seeking a Global Humanitarian Director in Nairobi to lead its humanitarian strategy, strengthen organisational capabilities, and oversee programme effectiveness, performance, and risk management. The role also covers crisis preparedness, safeguarding, security, compliance, and recognised humanitarian standards.
- Leads Plan International's global humanitarian strategy and agenda.
- Strengthens regional and country-level crisis preparedness and response capability.
- Oversees humanitarian programme quality, impact, effectiveness, and risk management.
- Champions safeguarding, security, compliance, and recognised humanitarian standards.
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Global Humanitarian Director
Job Type: Full Time
Qualifications
BA/BSc/HND
Experience
Location: Nairobi
Job Field: Project and Program Management
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.
- Programme Effectiveness, Performance and Risk Management
- Oversee humanitarian programme quality, impact and effectiveness, driving continuous improvement and learning.
- Lead global humanitarian risk analysis and forecasting to inform prevention, preparedness and response priorities.
- Ensure strong governance, safeguarding, security, compliance and risk management across humanitarian operations.
- Embed accountability to affected populations and adherence to recognised humanitarian standards.
- Lead the ongoing review and strengthening of emergency procedures and crisis activation protocols.
- Strategic Partnerships and Localisation
- Build strategic partnerships and coalitions that strengthen humanitarian impact, resilience and local capacity.
- Increase Plan International's influence through engagement in humanitarian networks and interagency fora.
- Advance locally led humanitarian action and strengthen the role of local and national actors in humanitarian response.
- Humanitarian Financing and Growth
- Work with Global Affairs and Finance teams to strengthen humanitarian financing and support response at scale.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with donors, multilateral agencies, foundations and private-sector partners.
- Advise leadership on investment priorities that strengthen capability, innovation and impact.
- Promote funding approaches that enable locally led and sustainable humanitarian action.
- Leadership and People Management
- Lead and develop a high-performing global humanitarian team.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative and values-driven culture aligned with Plan International's purpose and values.
- About You
- You are a highly credible humanitarian leader with significant senior leadership experience within complex international humanitarian and development organisations.
- You bring:
- 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.
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