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 this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

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.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

As Digital Communications Assistant, you provide operational and editorial support to the team delivering the Plan International global website and our digital channels. You will ensure the team has overall capacity to deliver content and communications across the range of our programme and influencing work, in line with the priorities of our global strategy to see All Girls Standing Strong

You will provide responsive and effective daily editorial and technical support to our global community of WordPress CMS editors – maintaining quality and safeguarding standards. In addition to providing efficient editorial support to the Global Hub Digital Team on content for global digital channels.

About you

To be successful in this role you will need to be a confident communicator who is fluent in written and spoken English. You will need some understanding of digital content best practice, in addition to being technically literate and able to quickly master editing and content management technologies, as well as picking up new systems. With an eye for detail and commitment to accuracy of content, with some experience of editing copy for websites or social media channels.

You will be engaging with Plan International colleagues across the globe therefore you will need to be able to contribute to an organisational culture that promotes gender equality and cultural sensitivity. You will need to have strong team working skills and have a flexible approach in supporting the team to meet deadlines.

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Location : This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey where we are currently Hybrid working (one day per week in the office), however other locations where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered.

Type of role: Fixed term contrac until 31 January 2024

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 circa £26,000

Closing Date: Sunday 25th June 2023

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.