Job Description

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!

Supply Chain is the backbone of our country operations and we aim to deliver maximum positive impact on the lives of girls and young people whilst ensuring that the needs of other stakeholders, especially our funders and donors, are met.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You will focus on strengthening our Country Office (CO) Supply Chain function through a continuous improvement approach; ensuring that our processes are efficient, and we are providing effective and quality support in a timely way to meet the needs of our project participants and create lasting change.

To do this, you will work closely with the Regional Supply Chain Specialist (RSCS) to focus on the country’s overall performance and functional capabilities, as well as the ability of the organisation to adapt to change with an agile Supply Chain through:

• Assessing their structure, capacity, skills and knowledge of business processes,
• Supporting the implementation of improvement plans,
• Monitoring progress to improve the Country’s overall performance against our core metrics and KPIs and supporting with reporting requirements,
• Providing training and support as required,
• Working with Countries to make best use of our ERP system (SAP)
• Possibility to be deployed at the request of Country Offices to provide hands on support in setting up supply chain standards and across supply chain focus areas as per needs identified.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Location: Kenya, Jordan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Egypt, Tanzania and Uganda.

This role is open to candidates who have work rights in the above listed countries

Reports to: Regional Supply Chain Specialist (RSCS)

Job Grade: Hay Level 16

Vacancy advert closing Date: 24th July 2026

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.

Disclaimer: Plan International is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate applicants on any basis. We also do not charge Job seekers any fees at any point of the recruitment process.