Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Director of Sub Region (Mano River Cluster)

Location: Globally Flexible
Employment Type: Five year fixed term contract
Reports to: Regional Director, WACA

Job Summary

• Plan International engages and partners with regional and sub-regional networks, bodies and movements to advance children’s rights and equality for girls using evidence from our own interventions and partners best practises.
• We empower youth and young women-led organisations through regional level networking, capacity building and support to children and youth/girls-led initiatives to promote gender equality in West and Central Africa.
• The WACA Regional Hub promotes an enabling environment and supports our countries’ team to ensure excellence in our gender transformative programming and influencing.

Role Purpose

• The Director of Sub-Region will be accountable towards coherent and consistent implementation of Plan International’s purpose and ambition across the sub-region, in line with Plan’s values-based leadership underpinned by feminist principles.
• They will ensure quality aligned strategies are developed and resourced for all countries in the region and programmes delivered with the expected impact.
• As a member of the Regional Hub Management team and of the Regional Leadership team they will have specific accountabilities to drive elements of the regional hub plan depending on areas of interest, expertise and potential and to contribute to the overall learning and strategic direction of Plan International’s West and Central Africa Region (WACA) in 15 countries in the region of approximately €240 mil (in 2023) through an organisation of over 10,000 people globally of which more than 2300 are based in WACA.

Application Closing Date
27th September, 2024.