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 it’s 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.

The Opportunity :

This is an exciting time to join Plan International as we implement our global 2017-2022 strategy to transform the lives of 100 million girls.

This role as the Head of Corporate Development you will provide strategic and transactional leadership counsel and quality business process ownership to enable Plan International to evolve and grow through mergers, acquisitions and entity changes, including membership and localisation.

You will be required to deliver value to Plan International through developing and implementing quality processes for mergers, acquisitions, member development, localisation of country offices and other corporate entity changes.  Implementing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategies and ensuring M&A transactions and other complex reorganisations are appropriately resourced and managed.

About You :

We are seeking to appoint an individual with significant experience working with mergers and acquisition projects. Who has strong influencing and leadership skills, as well as the ability to work across the highest levels of the organisations.

Strong project management, financial analysis and modelling skills, and negotiation skills will also be essential for this position.

Understanding of working for an NGO and knowledge of international development governance structures

For a detailed job description, please see: More details here

Location : Global Hub in Woking, Surrey (approximately 25 minutes from Waterloo)

Type of Role : Permanent

Reports to : Chief of Staff and General Counsel

Salary : Competitive

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.

As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk. 

Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.