Senior Programme Manager - Humanitarian and Development (Haiti)

Programme & Policy

Overview

Provide strategic and operational leadership across development and humanitarian programmes.

You have:

• Progressive experience managing both long-term development and large-scale humanitarian programmes in complex or fragile contexts.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and standards, including International Humanitarian Law, Sphere Standards, and the Red Cross Code of Conduct.
• Proven success in securing institutional funding and managing donor compliance and financial requirements.
• Experience in external representation and humanitarian coordination, including cluster engagement and strategic partnerships.
• Solid knowledge of gender equality, child rights, and localisation principles, with practical experience promoting girls’ rights in line with international conventions and the SDGs.
• Experience in sustainable community development and participatory approaches.
• Proven leadership in international development settings, including managing effective and motivated teams.
• Excellent communication, diplomatic, and interpersonal skills in both French and English (Haitian Creole and/or Spanish an asset).
• Strong contextual understanding of Haiti or similar environments.
• Ability to manage stress and foster staff well-being in insecure environments.

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.

About Plan International Haiti

Haiti is currently facing a convergence of crises—violence, food insecurity, and cholera. In response, the UN is activating a system-wide scale-up, and Plan International Haiti is committed to supporting this effort through strengthened programming and donor engagement. We are building a robust portfolio of grants to meet the urgent needs of children, especially girls, and to support long-term development and resilience.

Role Purpose

The Senior Programme Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership across Plan International Haiti’s development and humanitarian programmes. As a key member of the Country Management Team, this role ensures that all interventions—from rapid emergency response to long-term development—are delivered with quality, accountability, and impact.

This position plays a critical role in external representation, programme quality assurance, resource mobilisation, and team leadership. It also leads business development efforts, working closely with country and regional teams to identify funding opportunities, design competitive proposals, and strengthen donor relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multisectoral programmes across development and humanitarian contexts.
• Drive emergency preparedness and response strategies.
• Strengthen partnerships and champion localisation.
• Lead donor engagement, proposal development, and reporting.
• Represent Plan International in national coordination forums.
• Ensure operational efficiency and compliance.
• Manage and mentor a diverse programme team

Essential Requirements

• Progressive experience managing both long-term development and large-scale humanitarian programmes in complex or fragile contexts.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and standards, including International Humanitarian Law, Sphere Standards, and the Red Cross Code of Conduct.
• Proven success in securing institutional funding and managing donor compliance and financial requirements.
• Experience in external representation and humanitarian coordination, including cluster engagement and strategic partnerships.
• Solid knowledge of gender equality, child rights, and localisation principles, with practical experience promoting girls’ rights in line with international conventions and the SDGs.
• Experience in sustainable community development and participatory approaches.
• Proven leadership in international development settings, including managing effective and motivated teams.
• Excellent communication, diplomatic, and interpersonal skills in both French and English (Haitian Creole and/or Spanish an asset).
• Strong contextual understanding of Haiti or similar environments.
• Ability to manage stress and foster staff well-being in insecure environments.

Please click here for the full role profile - Senior Program Manager_Haiti_Aug2025.docx

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.

Location: Haiti. This is a global search and support with relocation is available for those not currently based in this country.

Type of Role: 1 Year Fixed term contract, renewable

Reports to: Country Director

Closing Date: 26th October 2025

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

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