Deployable Emergency Response Manager-MEESA; Internal

Deployable Emergency Response Manager-MEESA

Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. We actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in children's and young people's lives. We support children to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future.

We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 85 years, and are now active in over 80 countries.

The Deployable Emergency Response Manager-MEESA is part of MEESA humanitarian team and deploys to Country Offices to lead humanitarian operations ensuring high quality programmes.

About The Role:

You will be deployed (sometimes at short notice) to support Plan International's MEESA country offices to respond to specific humanitarian crises. You will be responsible for the management of humanitarian funding for specific crises during deployments. During deployments some staff may report to you and significant numbers of indirect reports. Typically, technical specialists, Finance, HR, Logs, communications/media and policy staff.

Accountabilities:

Programming 30% Lead emergency programme implementation in compliance with organizational policies and procedures. Develop humanitarian response strategies and define operational priorities. Conduct rapid needs assessments and provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership. Support in identification and management of local partners for effective humanitarian delivery. Ensure high-quality, child-focused programming with emphasis on girls' needs. Maintain compliance with humanitarian standards, including SPHERE, INEE, and CHS.

Oversee donor reporting and programme updates for internal and external stakeholders.

Representation and Coordination 15% Represent the organization with government stakeholders, advocating for the rights and needs of children, especially girls. Coordinate engagement in humanitarian forums and clusters, ensuring timely information sharing and reporting. Built and maintain relationships with institutional donors to support humanitarian programming. Identify and develop strategic partnerships with humanitarian agencies to enhance response effectiveness.

Operational Support 15% Supervise finance, HR, and logistics operations to support programme delivery. Ensure compliance with organizational systems, procedures, and legal requirements. Monitor security risks and implement security guidelines and SOPs.

Administration and Finance 10% Manage administrative, procurement, logistics, and supply chain functions for emergency operations. Coordinate emergency budgets, financial resource mobilization, and donor compliance. Ensure efficient logistics infrastructure and operational support systems.

Human Resource 10% Lead emergency team structure, define roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines. Ensure staff adherence to humanitarian principles, values, and operational standards. Manage team performance through appraisals, coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback.

Information Management 5% Oversee preparation, approval, and dissemination of emergency situation reports and recovery updates. Ensure timely reporting and fundraising communications with headquarters and partner offices. Manage internal information sharing and organizational knowledge updates.

Fundraising 15% Develop and manage emergency funding pipelines and grant opportunities. Support donor proposal development, funding submissions, and appeal initiatives. Identify and pursue in-country funding opportunities to resource emergency responses.

You will be trusted to take on additional assignments within the scope of work as assigned by your supervisor on need basis.

What We Are Looking For:

Knowledge:
Someone with a degree or equivalent in management or related fields. You should have over 8 years of field experience in managing emergency programmes in a number of humanitarian crises. Someone with demonstrated experience of key practice and standards for humanitarian response such as SPHERE and CHS. You should have significant knowledge of humanitarian response, child protection and disaster risk reduction.

You should be conversant with the international humanitarian architecture, particularly related to coordination and…