Global Head Architecture and Technology Portfolio

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 80 countries.

The Opportunity

This is a newly created role, responsible for overall enterprise and technology architecture for Plan International. Key accountabilities will include;

• Definition of the desired enterprise and technology architecture in line with the business and technology goals for Plan International
• Leading the global IT strategy enablement
• Leading the development and implementation of technology roadmaps and oversee the development of our enterprise architecture plans
• Planning and initialisation of the initiatives necessary for the implementation of the target architecture
• Designing the architectural transformation of technology domains to enable and support business objectives
• Defining and maintaining enterprise architecture standards and policies to ensure that our technology infrastructure is secure, reliable, and scalable
• Developing and maintaining the global IT technology portfolio
• Developing and driving the global technology roadmap
• Operationalisation of the technology architecture in close coordination with the regional and country stakeholders  and partners across the enterprise including the development of integration architecture principles and guidance, the development of e2e solutions, and the development of solutions within a specific technology domain.
• Consideration of new technologies, solutions, platforms and frameworks in support of the IT strategy
• Drive the architecture roadmap across enterprise solutions, Country Offices and the broader organisation
• Ensure security and data standards and governance are in place for the enterprise solutions
• Utilise an optimised sourcing model to ensure adherence and governance of the architecture
• Develop and govern the architecture roadmap for Plan International Inc &  National Organisations, working closely with senior stakeholders
• Continuously seek opportunities for efficiencies though optimisation of IT solutions

Please follow this link for a full role profile and person specification; Global Head Architecture and Technology Portfolio.docx

Location:  The location of this role can be flexible 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. Preferred locations include Kenya and India. 
Type of Role: Permanent or maximum fixed term contract

Reports to: CIO

Closing Date: Friday 27th October

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.