Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil War. Langdon-Davies conceived the idea of a personal relationship between a child and a sponsor – a model that puts the child at the centre, and remains the core of what we do. Today, Plan International is a global organisation that is active in over 70 countries to advance children’s rights and equality for girls. Who We Are We work with communities around the world to end the cycle of poverty for children. We work with communities around the world to end the cycle of poverty for children. Founded over 70 years ago, Plan is a nearly $800 million organization often ranked among the top 10 international development agencies by reputation, size and scope. We work side-by-side with communities in 50 developing countries to end the cycle of poverty for children, developing solutions to ensure long-term sustainability. Our level of community engagement, long-term outlook and constant focus on the needs and priorities of children is unique among international development organizations. Our solutions are designed up-front to be owned by communities for generations to come and range from clean water and health care programs, to education projects and child protection initiatives. Community by community, Plan works to promise futures that are worthy of all children’s potential. Our Vision Our vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. Our Mission Plan strives to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of vulnerable children in developing countries by: Enabling children, their families and their communities to meet basic needs and to increase their ability to participate in and benefit from their societies; Fostering relationships to increase understanding and unity among peoples of different cultures and countries; and Promoting the rights and interests of the world’s children.
- Job Type Remote
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
The Opportunity
Plan International Inc (PII) relies upon the contributions of a variety of stakeholders to help achieve its mission, ambition, and strategy. PII’s volunteers play a crucial role in day-to-day operations of PII’s work.
The new strategy of ‘All Girls Standing Strong’ suggests that this will continue to increase in the future with greater requirements for onboarding, management and offboarding of our volunteers providing access to technology and organisational systems, as we strive to become more digitally connected and data-driven, we are seeking a passionate and skilled professional to join us in this key role.
As the Volunteer Management Project Lead, you will be instrumental in shaping and implementing a comprehensive global Non-Employee Management (NEM)/Volunteer framework. This involves the development of policies, procedures, tools, measures, and organizational design to ensure an effective end-to-end non-employment practice and engagement. Partnering with the IT team to implement the system to enable the overall NEM practice.
The framework along with the NEM system will help efficiency of PII’s Sponsorship and Monitoring & Evaluation processes as well as strengthening evidence and accountability of Plan International’s work.
The Person:
With previous experience of establishing large scale people management practices (specifically non-employees and/or volunteer engagement and management), with project management and change management experience in a global organisation.
You will have knowledge of relevant laws and regulations governing non-employee/volunteer management, as well as a fundamental understanding and experience of working in operational aspects of large, geographically dispersed, complex organisation and ability to plan and prioritise work within the context.
Strategy planning and M&E/measurement and reporting skills, in conjunction with experience demonstrating consultative, facilitation, influencing, collaboration and decision-making skills across various stakeholder teams to ensure alignment and drive progress toward a common business objectives.
