The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrenโs rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And itโs girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support childrenโs rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for โ and respond to โ crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.
We are currently looking for an exceptional, highly experienced leader to join our Regional Hub team as the Regional Operational Effectiveness and Digital Security Director - Middle East, East and Southern Africa Region.
Location: The location of this role can be flexible where Plan International has an office within (MEESA) Middle East, East and Southern Africa Region that can employ on behalf of the Regional Hub/office and you have the pre-existing right to work and live.
Type of contract: Local fixed term contract as per the employing officeโs standard terms and conditions.
Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, kindly note that the salary and employment benefits will be set according to your location and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.
Closing Date: Monday 12th June 2023
The Opportunity
Plan Internationalโs Ambition from now to 2027 is to see All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change. Will you stand with them?
Working together we will create:
A world where all girls know and exercise their rights to living the life they choose
A network of supporters, communities, staff, partners, and donors, all supporting girls and young women to stand strong as they learn, lead, decide, and thrive.
โโโโGlobal change through breaking down the barriers and discrimination girls and young women currently face every minute, every hour, every day.
We aim to improve the lives of 200 million girls in the next five years. There are more than 200 million reasons to join Plan International, will you be one of them?
The Role
As the Regional Operational Effectiveness and Digital Security Director, your role will be to maintain and improve organisational effectiveness and digital security in the MEESA Region and the MEESA Hub by:
Providing strategic leadership to the Nairobi Shared Service Hub who provide timely, accurate and cost-effective services to existing and new clients within and beyond the MEESA region and to form the operational core of the Nairobi Global Hub; and bring strategic support and thought leadership for the emergence of shared services in the region. (The shared Services Centre has the HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Logistics and Admin functions)
Improve and optimise operational effectiveness - oversight and coordination of the regional work to strengthen business processes and then to adopt the new systems to take them on-line. (YODA).
Bring strategic leadership to improve digital security and on-line functional capability in the MEESA Region; needs digital/it understanding
Oversee the regional Supply Chain function to support countries to adopt and adhere to the supply chain manual.