Posiiton

Emergency Response Manager

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.

ROLE PURPOSE

Plan International is responding to the Nepal Flash Floods August 2026 crisis in Nepal through a multi-sector and multi-donor funded program. We are recruiting an Emergency Response Manager to oversee and lead that program delivery.

Plan International Nepal’s country strategy is designed to address the specific needs of girls, boys, women and men affected by disasters putting special emphasis on gender equality in a way that it contributes to the resilience of the communities in a long run. Plan International Nepal is currently responding to the ongoing flash floods in Nepal, with a focus on addressing the immediate humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable and at-risk populations. The response aims to reduce the impacts of the disaster, protect the health, safety, and well-being of affected communities, and prevent further harm, particularly among girls, women, children, and children and adults with disabilities. The intervention also seeks to strengthen protection, access to essential services, and community resilience while mitigating the longer-term social and economic consequences of the flash floods.

The Emergency Response Manager (ERM) will be responsible for working closely with Technical Advisors, support departments and implementing partners as a strategic and technical guide to ensure quality assurance of project interventions, as well as meeting the compliance requirements of donors and Plan International.

S/He will be fully responsible for the overall implementation, coordination and reporting of the Nepal Flash Floods August 2026 ensuring the quality and timely delivery of the project activities maintaining highest technical quality according to the objectives and approach in the project document, fund agreement document and to the satisfaction of project stakeholders. S/he will be accountable for the quality implementation of the above in alignment with Plan’s global strategies/standards and Country Strategy. S/He will technically lead implementation of all projects including planning, M&E, financial management, procurement and knowledge management in close guidance of the Director of program delivery.

S/he is responsible to achieve a rights-based, gender transformative and inclusive program. S/He will also support on influence work approach in program implementation, ensuring efficient technical support to partner NGOs.

Dimensions of the Role

The ERM will be the lead of Nepal Flash Flood August 2026 response team. S/he will be a budget holder and have to monitor and manage the budget under her/his portfolio. The position works in close coordination and support of the Cash focal person, Protection Technical Advisor, Senior Technical Advisor-WASH, the Gender Technical Advisor and other relevant sectoral leads. The position will work with the Grants and Compliance Manager to ensure that the reporting requirements have been met timely and the proper external communication have been done. This is a managerial position responsible for ensuring the implementation of the ERP.

Internal and External interfaces

Accountabilities

Functional Competencies

Design and Develop strategy/framework

Ensure all the projects under emergency response program are gender aware and those longer than 6 months are gender transformative and inclusive

Ensure the proper context specific adoptive management during emergency response planning for the anticipated potential external factor such as; monsoon floods, landslides, water borne diseases etc.

Ensure that the emergency response projects contributes towards community resilience

Ensure that the emergency response program adhere to the country strategy, cluster standards, humanitarian principles and standards, DRRM policies and strategic action plan.

Ensure that the Nepal Flash Flood recovery plan revised/updated to address the changing vulnerabilities and the context incorporating the learnings from ongoing response.

Incorporate innovation and new ways of creating positive change for children and young people through program and influencing; and

Identify, develop and disseminate tools, guidelines and standards for the implementation of effective emergency response work within the organization.

Project Management

Prepare Detail Implementation Plan (DIP) and Project Outlines (POs) and provide technical backstopping to project implementing partner(s) in line with approved DIP and PO. Develop a realistic, prioritized, result-based budget plan & budget forecast.

Review Partners proposal/ provide feedback and correction as needed

Review the projects periodically and ensure project objectives are achieved effectively.

Review project documents and progress report to ensure activities carried out are of quality and implemented punctually.

Identify risks and challenges in the project implementation, management and provide solution to achieve project goal / results.

Identify the training needs/gap of the plan and partner staff and provide/recommend training plans to develop their technical expertise.

Knowledge management through, sharing good practice, lessons learned

Conduct regular reviews of budgets and work plans to ensure compliance with donor specific requirements and address any changes to the original plan in time.

Develop and submit reports on time as outlined in the project agreement

Work with MER team to ensure that the CEA component well integrated in the emergency response program implementation.

Develop SOP for partner and ensure that SOPs are followed and compliances are maintained at Plan and the partners following no-harm principles.

A risk matrix is developed for both and partner and mitigation measures are in place; the risk matrix is periodically reviewed.

Monitoring and supervision

Ensure an approved M&E framework and relevant tools are in place and shared with the project staff members for utilisation.

Ensure that partner staff members are oriented on the project’s M&E framework and adapted for monitoring and progress tracking of interventions.

Ensure effective project monitoring by taking necessary corrective actions that are being followed up and reviewed periodically

Undertake field monitoring visits (desktop monitoring in case of movement restriction) and report performance against established schedules and targets

Review the data/information provided by Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) specialist, provide input and make effective monitoring plan.

Work closely with the MER team at Country Office to ensure that implementation of the activities is done in line with M&E requirements. This include ensuring that links exist with reporting requirements, data management, documentation of best practices, case studies and learning and as set out in plan/log frame.

Resource Mobilisation

Proactively seek out opportunities for funding, investigating and developing innovative and creative new relationships in humanitarian response;

Work in collaboration with the Business Development Team and NO on proposal design and budget allocation.

Working in Partnership

Critically evaluate partner’s capacity in terms of capacity for effective project delivery; and

Responsible for the design of a training plan to enhance the Partner’s capacity and monitor it regularly

Provide technical support and feedback to program staff both at CO and field, CBO, NGOs, R/Municipality and other concerned individuals to ensure quality design, accountability and implementation of the project activities.

Advocacy & Influencing

Lead sectoral networking and representation and build relationships and alliances with relevant networks, government bodies, federations and other agencies;

Lead evidence-based lobby and advocacy within the sectoral program and work closely with the Director of Influencing, Campaigns & Communication in

planning and delivering campaigning and advocacy work and ensure that programme plans include influencing objectives; and

Coordinate the production of briefing papers, policy position and public communication materials.

Represent Plan in relevant committees, professional networks and mechanism to maintain organisation’s professional image.

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

1. Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.

2. Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.

3. Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.

4. Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.

5. Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

6. Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.

7. Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.

8. Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.

9. Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

10. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.

11. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.

12. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.

13. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

14. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential

15. We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace

16. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Knowledge and Experience

Master’s Degree in relevant field with minimum 7 years of proven experience holding at least 3 years in a senior management position leading, advising or managing humanitarian/emergency response program portfolio;

Demonstrated experience in emergency response/recovery related program management including program design, implementation and evaluation and resource management;

In depth practical knowledge of inter disciplinary development issues affecting children, women and families;

Demonstrated experience in successfully using key influencing strategies such as advocacy, lobbying, movement building, or policy development;

Experienced in carrying out power, policy and political analysis to inform strategies and projects

Proven experience of managing team, budgets and other management domains

Work experience on local level partnership/coordination

Skills

Ability to work in tight deadlines, under pressure, and multi-tasking environment;

Proven experience of managing team, budgets and other management domains

Demonstrated analytical, strategic thinking and negotiating skills;

Strong communication, coordination and negotiation skills;

Demonstrated ability to build positive and trustworthy relations for influencing;

Experience in managing time and resource constraints;

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing in English and Nepali in order to communicate complex and technical information to technical and general audiences; and

Proven IT skills

Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint etc.

Physical Environment

Based in Country Office, Lalitpur with travel to project areas;

Ability to work in challenging environments and circumstances (remote, disaster areas, etc.); and

Work with multi-culture and multi-lingual staff/team members.

Level of contact with children

Mid contact

Occasional interaction with children.

Location

Country Office, Lalitpur

Type of Role

Short-term contract for 6 months

Reports to

Director of Program, Partnership, and Impact

Grade

D2

Closing Date

24 September 2026

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 organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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 organisation, 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.

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