People & Culture (HR) Project Analyst at Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: People & Culture (HR) Project Analyst

Location: Flexible where Plan International has a legal entity and the applicant has the pre-existing right to work and live
Type of Role: Permanent or maximum duration of fixed term contract available in line with respective Country Office employment terms

The Opportunity

• Reporting to the Executive Director People & Culture (P&C), and working closely with the P&C management team, the PMO Analyst will play a key role in providing internal communications and support for a variety of projects within P&C.
• This is a varied role and you will directly contribute to a range of initiatives transforming P&C operations across the organisation.

Responsibilities
May include:

• Supporting the Executive Director P&C and P&C Management Team on projects and initiatives, progressing actions and ensuring competing priorities are managed and coordinated with other work programmes.
• Working with the Executive Director, P&C management Team and internal communications on developing and implementing the internal communications strategy for P&C.
• Liaising with the P&C management to ensure communication strategies are integrated and aligned to build employee engagement and compliance.
• Draft and / or coordinate preparation of agendas, papers and newsletters for P&C related board/ board sub-committees, departmental and other network meetings, ensuring these are circulated within agreed timescales and taking meeting minutes as required
• Organising and coordinating agenda department level meetings and workshops
• In conjunction with the P&C management Team, work with a range of stakeholders to maintain an overview of key planned activity, including P & C Calendar and Roadmap to deliver the strategy and track progress against critical milestones.
• Gather and analyse data to help the organisation understand progress against the strategy and to prioritise resources effectively, and produce regular and ad hoc reports
• Support identification of interdependencies between P & C strategy implementation activities, mapping key interdependencies and maintaining visibility of the critical path
• Consolidate annual plans and review for expected content
• Oversee correct document storage and other information, knowledge management and communication and collaboration tools, supporting the work of a diverse and geographically dispersed team.
• Work with Internal Communications team and the Gatekeeper function to support timely and consistent communication and messaging to stakeholders at all levels

The Individual
You bring:

• Demonstrated understanding of the project management lifecycle and key elements of project planning
• Understanding of risks, issues and dependencies together with how to identify and mitigate them
• Experience of working with stakeholders at senior managerial levels.
• Experience of working through influencing outside direct line-management relationships in order to achieve results
• Excellent organisational abilities, able to prioritise tasks and work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Collaborative approach to work, listening actively to stakeholders and adapting to their concerns, and the ability to prioritise competing stakeholder requirements
• Strong project management, written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Logical reasoning – to demonstrate the rationale behind any recommendations.
• Outstanding spoken and written communication skills, including representing information visually. High level of skill in Excel and PowerPoint
• Attention to detail, accurate and observant and ability to handle confidential correspondence in a professional manner.
• Time and task management, with professional and organised approach to delivery
• Resilience and comfort in working with uncertainty
• Fluency in English
• Highly efficient and organised, able to prioritise and multitask
• Adaptable and a team player
• Comfortable in working in a diverse environment and a strong promoter of equality
• Strategic thinking and innovation: constantly looking for ways to improve the outcomes for Plan.
• Balances strategic perspective with practical delivery critically evaluates work effectiveness and searches for better ways of working.

Salary

• We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.
• As an indication if this role was based in the Global Hub office in the UK the salary range would be circa £36000 per annum

Application Closing Date
Friday; 15th April, 2022.