Requirements

• Someone with Master’s Degree in Humanitarian Studies, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Management, International Development, Public Policy, or relevant field or a bachelor’s degree with over 10 years of relevant progressive experience.

• Should have 8–10 years’ progressive experience in humanitarian response, resilience, DRR, climate programming, or nexus initiatives, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role.

• Someone who can demonstrate experience in managing emergency responses in complex contexts (drought, conflict, refugee settings, disease outbreaks).

You should have strong technical understanding of:

• Climate adaptation and resilience frameworks

• DRR, early warning/early action systems

• Humanitarian principles, Sphere, CHS

• HDP Nexus and integrated programming

• Someone with proven skills in donor engagement and resource mobilisation.

• You should have experience representing organisations in coordination structures at national level.

• Someone with strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and negotiation skills.

• Someone experienced in managing teams and building partner capacity.

• Lead and integrate Plan Kenya’s humanitarian, resilience, and climate strategies in line with global standards; drive nexus programming, policy advocacy, and protection of girls; coordinate multisectoral stakeholders; maintain a trained emergency response team; and ensure timely analysis, reporting, and accountability.

• Design and oversee humanitarian and resilience programs in crisis-affected areas; ensure interventions are gender-transformative, climate- and conflict-sensitive, and inclusive; lead assessments and response planning; strengthen DRR, early action, and climate-resilient livelihoods; coordinate high-quality multisectoral implementation; and advocate for protection, resilience, climate justice, and gender equality.

• Lead emergency preparedness planning through risk analysis, early warning, contingency plans, and simulations; ensure strong coordination, surge capacity, and procurement readiness; provide technical leadership during crises; and continuously monitor national disaster risk assessments for effective response.

• Ensure programs meet international standards and donor requirements; strengthen accountability through feedback mechanisms; promote real-time learning and documentation of best practices; implement robust monitoring and evaluation with MERL to track impact; and conduct regular reviews to adapt strategies based on gaps, challenges, and lessons learned.

• Support fundraising and donor engagement through strategy, proposals, and partnerships; secure grants, strengthen external relations, and represent PIK in coordination forums to enhance visibility and influence.

• Strengthen partner capacity in emergency response, DRR, climate adaptation, and nexus programming; provide technical mentorship and quality assurance; and champion locally led preparedness and response models.

• Manage and mentor humanitarian and resilience teams with clear expectations; build a culture of gender equality, learning, accountability, and high performance; ensure surge capacity readiness and support staff wellbeing during emergencies.

• Provide oversight of budgets, financial planning, and grant compliance for humanitarian and resilience projects, ensuring accurate and timely expenditure tracking and reporting with Finance.

• Plan International has a robust global policy for Safeguarding and PII policy for Preventing Sexual Harassment Exploitation and Abuse; and Gender Equality and Inclusion principles and Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to your area of responsibility. You will therefore have a responsibility to adhere and enforce adherence of staff and associates within your sphere of responsibility.     

• You will be trusted to take on additional assignments within the scope of work as assigned by your supervisor on need basis.