Plan International is looking for a Climate & Economic Empowerment Lead
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization dedicated to advancing children's rights and equality for girls. We believe in the potential of every child, yet recognize that poverty, violence, exclusion, and discrimination often hinder their development — with girls being the most severely impacted.
Working alongside children, youth, supporters, and partners, we strive for a just world by tackling the root causes of the challenges faced by girls and vulnerable children. We uphold children's rights from birth to adulthood and enable them to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. Leveraging our reach, experience, and expertise, we drive changes in practice and policy at local, national, and global levels.
For over 85 years, we have mobilized determined optimists to transform the lives of children in more than 80 countries.
We will not stop until we achieve full equality for all.
Role Purpose:
Help shape a more climate-resilient and equitable future for girls and young people.
PLAN International is seeking a strategic and influential leader to spearhead our global Climate and Economic Empowerment agenda, promoting climate justice while strengthening livelihoods for girls, young people, and marginalized communities.
This role is central to PLAN International's ambition to deliver lasting impact in a changing climate. You will help shape how the organization — and the wider sector — advances climate justice and economic empowerment for girls and young people at scale.
This is a high-impact global leadership position at the intersection of climate change, gender equality, and youth economic empowerment. You will define and lead an ambitious, evidence-based vision addressing the disproportionate effects of climate change on girls and vulnerable groups.
Operating across a complex global organization, you will enhance how we deliver integrated, climate-resilient, and inclusive programming — ensuring approaches are gender-transformative, youth-led, and grounded in community realities across both development and humanitarian contexts.
What you'll do:
• Set and drive the global vision, ambition, and value proposition for Climate and Economic Empowerment, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and programmatic standards;
• Establish and maintain a strong strategic narrative grounded in climate resilience, community-driven livelihoods, youth economic empowerment, and intersectional, gender-transformative approaches (including disability, migration, indigeneity, and poverty);
• Shape and strengthen resource mobilization, including donor positioning, partnerships, and climate finance opportunities;
• Provide technical leadership and thought leadership in global climate and livelihoods spaces;
• Represent PLAN International externally, contributing to sector dialogue, partnerships, and influencing efforts;
• Champion integrated programming linking climate resilience with livelihoods, education, protection, and youth opportunity;
• Translate evidence, research, and field learning into compelling narratives, advocacy, and programme design;
• Strengthen cross-organizational alignment across global, regional, and country teams in a matrixed structure;
• Enable knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous learning, amplifying insights from climate-affected communities.
About you:
• Strong expertise in climate change, resilience, and economic empowerment;
• Experience working in resource-constrained, fragile, or climate-affected contexts;
• Strong understanding of gender-transformative and youth-led approaches, particularly in climate settings;
• Experience engaging with climate funding mechanisms, partnerships, or global donors;
• Proven ability to translate evidence into strategy, advocacy, and funding opportunities;
• Strong track record in external representation, influencing, and partnership development;
• Skilled at working across complex, global, matrixed organizations and leading through influence;
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to bring clarity to complexity.
Type of Role: Permanent - Full-time or maximum fixed-term contract as per employing office's standard terms and conditions.
Location: The location of this role can be flexible where PLAN International has an office that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live. The preferred location for this role is one of PLAN International's offices in the Asia Pacific region.
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 organizational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls' rights and inclusion.
Safeguarding: 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 organization, 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.
NB: PLAN International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.
How to apply?
All applications must be submitted ONLINE at: https://jobs.plan-international.org/search/?createNewAlert=false&q=came…
Closing Date: 12th July 2026.