Humanitarian Needs Assessment Specialist

**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.

**The Opportunity**

We are seeking an experienced Humanitarian Needs Assessment Specialist to strengthen the quality, consistency and impact of needs assessments across our humanitarian portfolio.

In this highly dynamic role, you will support Country Offices to design and implement high-quality, principled humanitarian needs assessments in real time—ensuring Plan International is well positioned to design effective programmes, secure funding and respond to the needs of the most at-risk children, especially girls.

This role involves significant global travel and deployments to humanitarian crises, often at short notice.

**Key Responsibilities**

**You will:**

- Develop and maintain user-friendly tools, guidance and methodologies for rapid and multi-sectoral needs assessments.
- Ensure gender, child protection, disability inclusion and age considerations are central to all assessments, in line with Sphere and Core Humanitarian Standard requirements.
- Support Country Offices to deliver high-quality assessment reports suitable for don