Emergency Response Manager

Emergency Response Manager

Fixed term until May 2027 (maternity cover) 

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.

We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes. And we won’t stop until we are all equal.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with Plan International Regional teams and Country Offices to support Start Network projects and Disasters Emergency Committee appeal-funded interventions, ensuring programme relevance, technical quality, and accountability. You will also oversee the management of humanitarian appeals and our Girls Emergency Fund, working closely with our Regional teams and Major Partnerships Unit to help drive forward Plan UK's Scale Up Humanitarian Strategic Action Plan.

The role involves leading on emergency proposal development, supporting the end-to-end business development process, and providing technical input into proposals, reports, and donor engagements. You will monitor humanitarian contexts and emerging risks, act as the focal point for Plan International’s Global Regional Humanitarian Leads and be ready to surge where deployments are requested (remotely or in-country) to support Country Office humanitarian response programmes. You will also represent Plan UK at external meetings and conferences, working to position Plan as a credible actor within emergency responses.

You will need significant professional experience in emergency response, humanitarian work, or international development, including experience operating in challenging, stressful, or high-risk environments. You will have a track record of successfully securing and overseeing Start Network and DEC programmes, with a strong understanding of donor compliance requirements and solid knowledge of humanitarian standards and international legal and policy frameworks. You'll be highly organised, able to manage a varied workload to tight deadlines, and skilled at working collaboratively across diverse teams and cultural contexts. Willingness and ability to travel, potentially at short notice (up to 30% of working time) is also required.

If this sounds like you and you share our values and passion for the work we do, we would love to hear from you.

For further details of this role, please see the job profile. Please note that this is a UK-based role and we are unable to offer an international contract. This role is also not eligible for sponsorship.

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The deadline for applications is 23:59 on 26 July 2026 

Interviews will take place on August 12 and 13 2026 

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks, and for this role, this will include a Basic Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.