Policy and Positioning Lead

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Plan International

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Not specified
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 05/04/2026
  • Location: Remote (global)
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Youth
Location: The location of this role can be flexible, but given the nature of the interactions and engagements, preferably based out of the USA or our global hubs in UK or Kenya, aligned with where you have the pre-existing right to work and live.


The Opportunity
 
As Plan International continues to drive forward its important work for children’s rights and equality for girls, the Policy & Positioning Lead will be instrumental in ensuring our messaging is bold, inspiring, and aligned with our vision for change. This is an exciting moment to join Plan International. With a shift in our global operating model, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape and play a key role in supporting the positioning of the organisation and our leadership at a critical time. 
 
The Policy & Positioning Lead provides strategic support to the Director of Global Affairs to strengthen and elevate Plan’s organisational voice through high‑quality policy positioning, strategic communications, and compelling external products. It ensures that Plan’s flagship initiatives, evidence, and impact are consistently articulated, packaged, and communicated across the organisation and externally to build recognition of the impact on girls of Plan’s work and expand partnerships and investments in girls programming.  This position is attuned to developments within the sector and helps position the externally facing communications material to current and potential partners (including institutional, academic, governments, donors and foundations).
 
The role translates complex internal analysis, data, and intelligence into powerful, accessible narratives—supporting speeches, proposals, opinion pieces, and communications that influence priority stakeholders and position Plan as a leader in the sector.
 
This reports to the Director of Global Affairs, with close interactions with the Office of the CEO (OCEO). The Global Affairs department has multiple teams that together provide strategic guidance and high-level coordination to strengthen external communications and alignment across Plan International. It contributes to advancing Plan’s global strategy by ensuring effective external communication and engagement, particularly during times of change. Aligned with the ‘One Plan’ approach, the Global Affairs department fosters transparent and inclusive messaging, amplifies diverse leadership voices, and supports integration of local insights into global messaging and action.
 

Dimensions of the Role

 
  • Organisational influence: Works across the Global Affairs department including External Communications, engaging with programme teams, the Office of the CEO, regional hubs, and country offices to enhance Plan’s global positioning.
  • Scope of work: Leads on packaging major flagship initiatives for organisational positioning, business cases, and external engagement strategies. Supports leadership’s relationships with external stakeholders to facilitate critical collaborations and opportunities.
  • Outputs used by: CEO, executive leaders including Director of Global Affairs, regional offices (ROs), country offices (COs), and national organisations (NOs).
  • Cross-functional coordination: Aligns with external communications for profile-raising while ensuring programmatic and policy substance is reflected in strategic messaging.
  • Geographical reach: Global – drawing from country-level impact, regional intelligence, and global analysis for technical impact narratives.
  • Internally: Represent Global Affairs in various internal networks when needed.

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