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 this is often suppressed by poverty, violence,
exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young
people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world,
tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all
vulnerable children.

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.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 75 countries.

The Opportunity

As part of the
Project and Funds team, the Project Management Systems Specialist key
responsibilities are to understand, maintain, advise on and troubleshoot
the Salesforce, Vera, project and programme management system and the
integration with D365. This role will be pivotal in ensuring
utilisation, governance and application aligned to operating standards
and procedures. You will work closely with both the IT Project and
operational teams who support the project management systems from an IT
perspective as well as leading engagement with third-parties working to
support the platform. You will act as a systems steward by ensuring
project management systems interface effectively with related systems,
as well acting as a systems subject matter expert, maintain an in depth
knowledge of available and emerging functionality. You will work to
increase adoption of the Project Management systems by all offices and
stakeholders, and provide continuous training and updates. In addition,
you will ensure that contractual obligations are met where reporting is
required and provided to vendors. This role will also have an emphasis
on determining how to innovate through automation, process improvement
and system enhancement whilst focusing on continuous improvement.

The Individual

• You will
  need to have demonstrable experience of supporting Project Management
  and/or Salesforce/Force.com systems in a large and matrix organisation.


• Knowledge of Project Management operations, principles, practices and processes will be required.


• Understand
  and lead discussions on Project Management workflow and lateral
  processes - where to probe for inefficiencies and clarity


• Strong experience in the use of reporting tools to develop standard and ad-hoc data reports


• You will need to be adaptable and able to prioritise your workload effectively.


• Experience in setting metrics and analytics and the ability to analyse data for operational and strategic decision making.


• Strong analytical skills and robust problem solving skills

Please follow this link for a full role profile - Project Management Systems Specialist_June 2022.docx

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.  

Location: This
role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for
Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey however other
locations 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 may be considered. You may be office, home or hybrid based

Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed-term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions.

Salary:
We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to
applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that the
salary and employment benefits will be set according to your location
and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.

As an indication if this role was based in the UK the salary would be circa £45,000

Closing Date: Extended to 31 July 2022

*Applicable
locations include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia,
Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African
Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United
States, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.