People and Culture Coordinator

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.

The Opportunity

The People and Culture (P&C) Coordinator will play an important role in aligning human resources functions with program goals at the Program Area (PA) level. As a key enabler of program effectiveness, the coordinator will lead PA level end to end recruitment processes, support in workforce planning at the PA level, P&C service delivery, capacity development, and organizational culture initiatives that foster a high-performance, inclusive, and values-driven environment. The role ensures compliance with Plan International policies, labor law, and donor standards, while supporting emergency and development programming needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Talent Acquisition & Onboarding: Lead end-to-end recruitment, ensure transparent, timely hiring aligned with policies, and deliver effective onboarding while maintaining strong candidate experience.
• Learning & Performance: Support capacity development programs, track mandatory trainings, and facilitate the full performance management cycle.
• Employee Relations & Wellbeing: Promote staff engagement and wellbeing initiatives, foster positive work relationships, and manage smooth onboarding and exit processes.
• Contracts & HR Data Management: Maintain accurate staff records, manage contracts and benefits, and ensure compliance with HR systems and data protection standards.
• Compliance & Risk: Ensure adherence to organizational policies, labour laws, and donor requirements; support audits and risk management processes.
• Coordination & Representation: Collaborate across teams, contribute to reporting, and represent the program area in P&C coordination forums.

The Individual

• Education: First Degree level in fields such as Management, Human Resource Management and other related fields
• At least 5 years’ relevant work experience out of which 3 years on a senior level experience.
• Previous experience working in INGO/NGO is advantageous.
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Proficient using Microsoft Suite
• Ability to effectively organize and manage multiple training initiatives.
• Experience providing full-scope training materials, from analysing needs to lesson planning, development and implementation.
• Experience creating yearly training plans and materials for all departments
• Excellent skill in presentation, facilitation, coaching and creative thinking.

Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participant and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Benishangul-Gumuz, Assosa

Type of Role: Fixed term, full time contract

Reports to: Program Area Manager

Closing Date: June 26, 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.

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