Country Director Vacancy-Job Ref: GJMMPLAN/0306/2025817

Country Director Vacancy-Job Ref: GJMMPLAN/0306/2025817

Yangon (Myanmar)

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s 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 its 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 children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – 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 80 years and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Plan International Myanmar (PIM) is a leading NGO in Myanmar, with a presence across the country. The country office is in Yangon, and there are sub-offices in Sittwe, Mandalay, Nyaung U and Mytikyina

PIM which is in its final year of its country strategy 2021 – 2026., and has a funding ambition of USD 80 million, provides multi-sectoral support to girls, young women, children and young people so that they can make a successful transition to adulthood as leaders. PIM focuses on 7 core Programmatic Areas:

Early child development2. Inclusive quality education3. Youth employment and entrepreneurship4. Child protection5. Sexual reproductive health and rights6. Resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR)7. Emergency response, CPiE, EiE, SRHRiE, MPCA, WASHiE
To achieve these ambitions, Plan International Myanmar recognizes its needs to improve and refines both its programmatic and operational functions by:

Strengthening the capacity on gender transformative, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive programming, both in development and humanitarian contexts;- Increasing Plan’s relevance and distinctiveness to decision makers, institutions and the public as a leader in championing girls’ and young women’s rights;- Modifying the delivery model, structure, staffing and support systems to suit the needs of a transformed entity.

THE OPPORTUNITY

To achieve the significant goals we have set above, we need a bold, forward-thinking and innovative individual to lead our country operations in a complex environment, driving change, and delivering results that will allow us to deliver the strategy, while managing a team of over 250 staff

In this exciting role: You will drive Plan International’s programme and influencing work, setting overall direction, leading a high performing team, ensuring accountability for meeting demanding targets and maintaining alignment with the global strategy.

You will be lead transformative change, have a demonstrable commitment to gender equality and represent Plan International at the highest levels of government, civil society, and media
You will lead efforts to deliver positive change for girls through advocating, campaigning and communicating at both the national and international level, while equally, you will ensure the country operating model is fit for purpose, taking into account the unique Myanmar context, we have the right funding mix to achieve our ambition, key business processes are in place. and organisational values are embedded in everything we do.

You will ensure that gender equality is evident in everything we do from staffing, to programming and influencing, to ways of working, while working with your team to bring about the right culture that ensures we are champions for girls and gender equality.
You will lead a motivated team, ensure legal compliance, and be ready and able to respond to emergency and development needs of the most marginalised children, especially girls

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

To be successful in this role you will need among other things:
Proven experience of exercising leadership functions in complex and fragile context with a strong track record of managing teams and operations in humanitarian high risk areas
Proven understanding of “child rights” and “gender in development” concepts and the promotion of girls’ rights in the context of relevant International Conventions (Convention of the Rights of the Child, Convention for the Eradication of Discrimination against Women) and the Global Goals (SDGs).
Experience and understanding of the concepts of sustainable community development and participatory approaches and practice in development interventions and triple nexus.
Knowledge of the requirements of donor compliance and financial management
Knowledge of programming in challenging environments with good understanding and appreciation of the historical, security context, political environment, economic, social/religious and humanitarian context in Myanmar or a comparable environment.

Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
Proven networking and negotiation skills with governmental and non-governmental actors
Strong diplomatic and communication skills, including through mass-media in order to influence decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Relevant University degree in development, social science, business administration or related field
Knowledge of the geopolitical factors affecting child-poverty in the country and the political, social and environmental opportunities for change is an advantage
Working knowledge of Burmese would be an asset.

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