Humanitarian Needs Assessment Specialist

Date: 5 Mar 2025

Location: Globally flexible, Flexible

Company: Plan International

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The Humanitarian Rapid Needs Assessment Specialist in Plan International is responsible for setting and managing global standards for rapid needs assessments during emergencies, ensuring that methodologies, tools, and guidelines align with industry best practices. This role is pivotal in developing frameworks, tools, and guidelines that support effective and timely needs assessments. While direct implementation in the field may be limited, the Specialist will provide strategic guidance and support to Regional and Country Offices, ensuring that their assessments adhere to established standards and effectively address the needs of affected populations, with a particular focus on vulnerable groups such as children, especially girls, and gender considerations.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; Humanitarian Rapid Needs Assessments Specialist Oct 24.docx

Location: The location of this role can be flexible where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live. 

Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions. 

Reports to: Head of Rapid Response and Readiness Unit

Closing Date: Tuesday 18th March at 23.59pm UK

*Applicable locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe