Jobs at Plan International

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Risk to join Plan International’s Governance and Executive department. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead on embedding strong risk management culture on a global scale and to play a key role in decision making and influencing at a senior level. A priority focus for the department is supporting greater global management coherence and excellence across the global organisation. To address this, the Risk & Insurance team is dedicated to driving an enterprise risk management culture and providing a quality and seamless experience to our key stakeholders. 

This post will drive a transparent, accountable and risk aware culture which supports risk-based decision making to improve our organisational risk maturity. The post holder will deliver a strategy for strengthening risk management across the global organisation including optimising our approach to risk transfer through the procurement of insurance. This post advises management on the transfer of risk through insurance and manages the global risk portfolio so that it delivers the benefits management, and the Board are seeking, is cost effective and meets or exceeds legal requirements and standards of good governance and insurance management within the sector. 

The post holder is responsible for decision making in relation to both strategic and operational risk management and reporting including advising management on global risk remediation plan and the procurement of a global insurance programme. The post holder is responsible for managing a budget of approximately $900K and delivering risk and insurance services through direct line management of a team of three staff.

You bring;

• Experience in risk management, insurance or audit in an international organisation, acting as the subject matter expert on enterprise risk management and global insurance
• Experience providing risk management advice internationally on a diverse range of issues.
• Understanding of the risk and insurance issues affecting international organisations.
• Experience providing support to senior governance bodies and senior executive leadership across various country and cultural contexts
• The ability to manage complexity with a high degree of coherence and clarity
• Comfort taking accountability for a wide range of strategic and operational decisions
• Skills and creativity to solve complex problems across an organisation
• Influencing and relationship building skillsy
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• The ability to develop efficient and effective risk, compliance or governance systems and processes that are user-friendly and fit for purpose
• Strong drafting skills and powers of analysis with excellent attention to detail including when under pressure.
• Highly effective prioritisation
• Effective leadership skills

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Experience working at a senior risk management, insurance or audit role in an international organisation, acting as the subject matter expert on enterprise risk management and global insurance
• Experience at providing risk management advice internationally on a diverse range of issues.
• Knowledge and understanding of the risk and insurance issues affecting international organisations.
• Passion for Plan International's purpose
• Substantive experience of providing high quality strategic support to senior governance bodies and senior executive leadership across various country and cultural contexts
• Strategic approach and ability to manage complexity with a high degree of coherence and clarity
• Comfortable with taking accountability for a wide range of strategic and operational decisions
• Highly effective at using skills and creativity to solve complex problems across an organisation and identifying and leading on co-ordinating organisational wide responses.
• Able to influence and build strong relationships with different types of people at all levels, including those over whom the post holder has no direct responsibility
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Aware of impact on others and use impact to create a positive working environmet

Closing: 24, February, 2023

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The Opportunity

At Plan International, we are on a journey to becoming an anti-racist organisation that is truly inclusive and equitable, and that recognises and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want to be a place where all colleagues - no matter who they are, where they come from, what they look like, what they believe in and who they love – can bring their true selves to work and feel empowered to make a difference for girls and young people all over the world.

We are currently recruiting for an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Anti-Racism Specialist to join our Global People and Culture team. This is an exciting time to join this critical function as we continue to build our Employee Relations & Inclusion team and make progress against our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Anti-Racism roadmap.

Your role will be focused on coordination and implementation of the roadmap, providing support and advice to the functions and management team within People & Culture – Reward, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Operations, Wellbeing, Performance, Organisational Learning and Leadership and Strategic Business Partnering in the Global Hub and across Regional and Country Offices to ensure momentum and accountability through your passion, expertise and influencing ability.

Typical activities will include process improvement, research, project management and coaching and training. You will also be involved in Employee Relations case management work as required.   

The Requirements

• You will be expected to lead, promote, support and embed initiatives towards our roadmap using exemplary communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of implementing and monitoring EDI/ Anti Racism interventions and managing staff led networks is essential in this role as is experience of implementing people aligned processes which recognise and promote intersectional EDI across all aspects of the employee and people manager life cycle.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Experience of implementing and monitoring EDI/ Anti Racism interventions at the country, regional or global level.
• Experience of working in EDI and managing staff led networks
• Deep understanding and appreciation of intersectionality and EDI/Anti Racism.
• Experience of implementing people aligned processes which recognise and promote intersectional EDI across all aspects of the employee and people manager life cycle at a country/regional/global level.
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical skills to develop insights and trends.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills and an ability to communicate complex information concisely and clearly.

Desirable

• Degree qualification in human resources, social sciences or similar.
• Experience working in a People and Culture/HR team within an international organisation

Closing Date: Monday 27th February