Plan International Pilipinas Foundation Inc. is a local nongovernment, non-religious and nonpolitical development and humanitarian organisation committed to enabling children to live a life free of poverty, violence, inequality, and injustice. By working together with children, young people, supporters and partners Plan International works relentlessly in the Philippines to advance children’s rights and equality for girls and to ensure children and girls realize their rights to education, protection, health care, and high quality of life.

Plan International Pilipinas implements projects that focus on:

• Protection from violence
• Youth economic empowerment & Inclusive quality education
• Disaster risk management & Climate change adaptation
• Disaster preparedness and early response
• Early childhood development & Sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Gender equality and inclusion & Child and youth engagement

Benefits and Culture

• Lead a successful, collaborative country team at a time of growth and ambition
• Enjoy a highly visible and influential leadership role in a global NGO with a values-driven culture: open and accountable, strive for lasting impact, we work well together, inclusive and empowering
• An attractive local remuneration package including health cover and generous leave allowances
• Based at the Plan International Pilipinas office in Makati, overseeing the local team

The Role

This critical leadership role comes at a time of growth and ambition for Plan International Pilipinas. As the executive director of a local foundation, which has recently transitioned from Plan International Federation, you will lead the country team, drive Plan International Pilipinas’ vision, and strategy for organisational sustainability whilst building a strong impactful program portfolio for community and a robust funding pipeline.

You will lead transformative change and you relish the prospect of representing Plan International Pilipinas to the highest levels of government, civil society, institutional and corporate donors, and the international media, cementing Plan’s global brand throughout the Philippines, supported by your successful national team.

You will lead a motivated, values-driven cohesive cross functional team to ensure legal compliance and be ready and able to respond to emergency and development needs of the most marginalised children, especially girls.

Skills Required

The executive director role offers huge scope to develop and grow Plan International nationally and capitalize on untapped funding opportunities. As such, the ideal candidate will be an energetic, vibrant, and well networked collaborative local leader with proven experience contracting grants, developing, implementing, and monitoring programs, and leading similar national teams. Crucially your career demonstrates sustainable growth delivered on organisational and fundraising objectives. To excel in this critical leadership role, you also will need:

• Significant experience securing funds from corporate and institutional donors
• Experience establishing relationships with community, NGOs, corporates, and the media
• Excellent public representation and stakeholder management skills
• Strong experience in advocacy, influencing, and program delivery
• Experience working with, and reporting to boards
• Native level Tagalog and good English language skills are essential

If you are an ambitious leader with the track record in growth necessary to officially launch Plan International Pilipinas, and you are passionate about advancing children and girls’ rights, please send your resume and cover letter, addressing the skills required above to [email protected], quoting #1237185, or call Lois Freeke at NGO Recruitment in Australia on +61 (0)3 8080 8978.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

You must have your own working rights for the Philippines and native level Tagalog is required for this role

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we will only contact short-listed candidates for further screening.
For more information on Plan International and its programs in the Philippines, please visit our website: www.plan-international.org. Our recruitment and selection policies and procedures ensure our commitment to gender equality and keeping children safe.