Plan International

Founded in 1937, Plan International is a development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners. OUR PURPOSE We strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We engage people and partners to: Empower children, young people and communities to make vital changes that tackle the root causes of discrimination against girls, exclusion and vulnerability. Drive change in practice and policy at local, national and global levels through our reach, experience and knowledge of the realities children face. Work with children and communities to prepare for and respond to crises and to overcome adversity. Support the safe and successful progression of children from birth to adulthood. OUR STRATEGY AND AMBITION To fulfil the promise of the 2030 Global Goals, our 5-year Global Strategy is designed to deliver significant change for girls and boys, putting a special emphasis on gender equality. We see clear links between fulfilling children’s rights, achieving gender equality and ending child poverty. Every girl and boy has the right to be healthy, educated, protected, valued and respected in their own community and beyond. We support these rights from when children are born to when they reach adulthood. We work to ensure that girls and boys know their rights, and have the skills, knowledge and confidence to fulfil them. This approach inspires and empowers children and communities to create long-lasting change. Girls have the power to change the world. Our ambition is to work beside them and together we take action so 100 million girls learn, lead, decide and thrive. Our global advocacy work not only focuses on international policy but also ensures national governments can meaningfully implement and uphold laws that advance children’s rights and gender equality at community level. TOGETHER, WE ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES. Work at Plan International A career with us offers interesting and varied international experiences in roles with competitive rewards and benefits. People working with Plan International enjoy a range of benefits. Our intention is that individuals feel truly valued and are able to fully contribute to the organisation’s exciting strategy and purpose. We ensure our reward packages are competitive and are also reflective of the country contexts and markets in which our roles are based. With many of our career opportunities offering international assignments, with exposure to different countries and cultures, it is important that staff are appropriately rewarded for the roles they perform and the challenges they meet. In addition to a competitive base salary, we aim to ensure staff are recognised for their contribution to Plan International’s success and to our purpose of advancing children’s rights and equality for girls. OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT While many working with us have the opportunity to experience at first-hand our work in a wide range of countries, we also provide learning and development opportunities through our Plan Academy framework. We continually look at ways we can further enable people working with us to gain experience and exposure within Plan International, encouraging them to be pro-active and creative in their career aspirations. You can train to become one of our Plan Academy Facilitators or take one of our many courses. We encourage all to embrace opportunities which arise offering additional challenge and a sense of achievement. Examples of this would be cross-organisational or cross-regional project work, secondment opportunities or other activities which offer enhanced responsibilities within an existing role.