Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil War.
The Opportunity
As a Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Global Lead, you will play a pivotal role in providing technical guidance and support to our Country Offices and Regional Hubs worldwide.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing real-time support to Country Offices during emergencies, with approximately 50% of your time spent working closely with teams at the point of impact.
- Strengthening the capacity of humanitarian teams and actively participating in in-country coordination mechanisms.
- demonstrating a strong Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) capacity and positioning for funding opportunities
- Representing Plan International at both national and global coordination fora, showcasing our commitment to humanitarian efforts.
About you
To excel in this role, you should have:
- Degree or equivalent in Cash and Voucher Assistance or related fields or appropriate work experience.
- Proven experience of design, implementation and managing CVA, in-kind and food in emergencies programmes in a range of different humanitarian crises.
- Demonstrated success in developing fundraising proposals for various donors..
- In-depth knowledge of key practices and guidance for CVA in emergencies.
- Experience in feasibility/targeting analysis for implementation of CVA programmes.
- Extensive understanding of Social Protection, Social Safety Nets and livelihoods.
- Direct experience with and thorough knowledge of CVA programming and regulations of major donors including but not restricted to WFP, USAID, BHA, EU, DFAT, CIDA, FCDO.
- Significant knowledge of humanitarian response and humanitarian coordination mechanisms
- Fluent in English.
- Demonstrable experience in advocacy, influencing and negotiating skills, experienced in gaining commitment from a wide range of people and bringing about change.
- Able to work calmly under extreme pressure and at unpredictable hours during emergency response.





