Job opportunity : GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN DIRECTOR – Flexible location (incl. Cameroon)

GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN DIRECTOR

• Organization: Plan International
• Location: flexible – in any country where Plan International has an office that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub (including Cameroon); working hours aligned with the UTC time zone are preferred; relocation support to Kenya or the UK may be available
• Type of role: permanent or maximum fixed-term contract, according to the employing entity's terms
• Reports to: Chief Impact Officer
• Closing date: Friday 20 November 2026

THE ORGANISATION

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children's rights and equality for girls, working in more than 80 countries for over 85 years.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Plan International is seeking an exceptional humanitarian leader to shape and drive its global humanitarian ambition. The Global Humanitarian Director provides strategic leadership for Plan International's global humanitarian strategy, influence and operations, leading its evolution as a stronger dual-mandate organisation and bringing together Global Hub teams, regions, country offices, national organisations and partners behind a shared humanitarian vision.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic leadership and organisational transformation

• Lead the development and delivery of the global humanitarian strategy and agenda;
• Integrate humanitarian action, resilience, systems strengthening and policy influence;
• Champion innovation, learning and thought leadership, and strengthen Plan's visibility in humanitarian forums.

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.

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Programme effectiveness, performance and risk management

• Oversee humanitarian programme quality and impact; lead global humanitarian risk analysis and forecasting;
• Ensure strong governance, safeguarding, security, compliance and accountability to affected populations.

Strategic partnerships and localisation

• Build strategic partnerships and coalitions; advance locally led humanitarian action.

Humanitarian financing and growth

• Strengthen humanitarian financing with Global Affairs and Finance teams; build relationships with donors, multilateral agencies, foundations and private-sector partners.

Leadership and people management

• Lead and develop a high-performing, inclusive global humanitarian team.

ABOUT YOU

• Significant senior leadership experience in complex international humanitarian and development organisations;
• Proven track record of leading large-scale, multi-country humanitarian programmes and organisational transformation;
• Strong expertise in humanitarian financing, donor engagement and partnership development;
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills;
• Strong people leadership of diverse, internationally dispersed teams;
• Deep commitment to children's rights, equality for girls and locally led humanitarian action.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online on the Plan International careers website before Friday 20 November 2026: https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Flexible-Global-Humanitarian-Director/1455317033/

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