Regional Head of Programs, Impact and Influencing - Asia Pacific

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 its 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 80 years and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

Plan International is seeking an experienced, values-driven and strategic leader to serve as Regional Head of Programs, Impact and Influencing (Asia Pacific).

This is a critical regional leadership role within the Asia Pacific Regional Team, responsible for driving high quality, rights based, gender transformative programming that delivers measurable impact for children; especially girls, and strengthens Plan International’s positioning and influence across the region.

The role leads regional efforts on program quality, impact measurement, learning, evidence generation, and influencing, ensuring that country programs are effective, accountable, and evidence driven, and that they contribute to shaping systems, policies, and resource flows at scale.

Working across a complex, matrixed federation, you will provide strategic leadership, manage competing priorities, and work collaboratively with country offices, national offices, and global teams to drive impact.

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership to ensure high quality programmes aligned with Plan International’s Global Strategy and regional priorities
• Lead regional efforts on program quality, monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL), and impact measurement
• Drive the design and delivery of evidence based, scalable and gender transformative programmes across the region
• Lead the development and implementation of regional influencing strategies and strengthen evidence based advocacy
• Ensure strong integration of influencing, gender equality, and impact across programmes, grants, and funding proposals
• Strengthen collaboration across country offices, national offices, and the Global Hub to scale learning and best practice
• Provide strategic oversight of regional grants, donor engagement, and proposal development processes
• Champion localisation, equitable partnerships, and youth engagement across the region
• Ensure strong regional visibility, credibility, and positioning through communications, campaigns, and knowledge products
• Lead and develop a high performing, inclusive, and values driven team

Do you have what it takes?

To excel in this role, you will need:

• At least 10 years of progressive experience in the development or humanitarian sector, including a minimum of 4 years in senior leadership roles
• Strong experience working in the Asia Pacific region, with deep contextual understanding
• Proven expertise in programme quality, monitoring and evaluation, research and learning, and impact measurement
• Experience in influencing, advocacy, and engaging with government systems
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic planning, organisational change, and complex stakeholder environments
• Strong experience in proposal development, donor engagement, and resource mobilisation
• Deep understanding of gender equality, rights-based programming, and child safeguarding principles
• Excellent communication, leadership, and team development skills
• High levels of cultural awareness, adaptability, and ability to work in a complex, matrixed organisation

For a detailed job description which includes the full list of accountabilities and requirements, please click on the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sumv00bbtsdqq0v0kli1u/JD-Regional-Head-of-Programs-Impact-and-Influencing-June-2026.pdf?rlkey=uc32j5wghocyvfkl7etmrcbgh&st=864o4d9p&dl=0

Location: Flexible (within a PLAN Country office, with a preference for Bangkok)

Length of role: 24 Months Fixed Term contract

Type: Local Contract (no expat benefits available)

Reports to: Director of Sub Region

Closing Date: 15 July 2026

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THIS IS A LOCAL CONTRACT- NO EXPAT BENEFITS AVAILABLE

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.

As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for. Our organisation 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 will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practice, positive attitudes and principles of gender equality and inclusion.