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

Your role

The role exists to operationalise the 5-year country strategy by providing a technical steer towards the approved strategic direction while building on the gains made under past and existing projects and programmes. The incumbent oversees the full portfolio of post award management of programmes, their approaches and procedures, delivered through projects. The postholder leads the end-to-end process of programming, guided by Plan International’s Global programme thematic frameworks and project management standards. The Director of Programmes also provides thought leadership on innovative and bold programme solutions and guides the programmes team to realise our strategic ambition. Furthermore, the role ensures collaborations internally and externally in quality programming, sharing knowledge, co-designing, and coordinating with various stakeholders from project participants to Government and NGO partners.

The Director of Programmes reports to the Country Director and is the programme department leader of a geographically dispersed team of four Programme Area Managers, and six Technical Leads, who in turn lead a programmes team of approximately 100 staff. The postholder has delegated financial authority of €500,000 currently and are a budget holder for approximately €300,000.

About you:

We are looking for a Director of Programmes to support, inspire and lead our team. With demonstrable experience exercising leadership functions with increasing responsibility in an international environment related to development and social justice and of programming in difficult environments you are ready to rise to a new challenge that puts girls rights at the heart of everything you do.

As Director of Programmes, you will be support at developing people, building relationships, and creating a strong sense of purpose and collaboration for all those around you. You will bring genuine passion, determination, and fresh thinking to our work – with the aim of expanding both our reach and our impact, and making change work for millions of children.

You will consistently live our values, aligning them with our work to bring these to life.

For more information regarding this role, please click the link to the job description:

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• Contract duration: 5-year fixed term contract
• Location: Khartoum, Sudan
• Reports to – Country Director
• Advert closes: 7th May 2023
• Anticipated 1st round interview for successful shortlisted candidates: Week commencing 11th May

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.