Senior Emergency Response & Programmes Lead — Venezuela

Plan International; Caracas; Presencial; VES 53.860.000 - 80.790.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Plan International in Caracas seeks an Emergency Response Manager / Head of Programmes to provide strategic and operational leadership for humanitarian and recovery programming in Venezuela. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, donor-compliant activities through partner networks and robust monitoring.

The post holder will manage a diverse portfolio, engage donors, and coordinate across teams to ensure safeguarding and accountability.

Formación

• Substantial progressive experience in humanitarian and/or development programming, including significant humanitarian response experience.
• Proven experience in programme management or senior coordination in humanitarian settings.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-project and multi-donor portfolios.
• Strong experience across the full project cycle: design, implementation, monitoring, financial follow-up, reporting and close-out.
• Experience managing programmes implemented through local or national partners.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles, programme quality, safeguarding and accountability.
• Experience with grant management and donor compliance.
• Ability to coordinate technical, programme and operational functions.
• Experience working in volatile or operationally complex environments.
• Strong analytical, leadership, negotiation and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly within Venezuela.
• Spanish: Advanced professional proficiency (C2).
• English: Advanced professional proficiency (C1).

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for Plan International's humanitarian and recovery portfolio in Venezuela, ensuring programmes remain relevant, effective, and aligned with needs.
• Lead planning, implementation, monitoring, and delivery of humanitarian and recovery programmes with quality, timeliness, and donor compliance.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of projects, grants, budgets, partners, and technical sectors, identifying risks and driving corrective actions.
• Build and maintain relationships with partners, promoting localisation, safeguarding, and programme quality.
• Ensure effective monitoring, evaluation, learning, and accountability to affected populations across the portfolio.
• Oversee financial performance and grant management with high-quality reporting.
• Lead programme development, including needs assessments, proposals, donor engagement, and resource mobilisation.
• Represent Plan International with donors, UN agencies, NGOs, and authorities to strengthen partnerships.
• Provide leadership across multidisciplinary teams to foster collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and high performance.
• Ensure safeguarding, gender equality, inclusion, protection and risk management are integrated throughout design and implementation.

Conocimientos

Programme management

Humanitarian programming

Donor/grant management

Stakeholder coordination

Leadership

Spanish proficiency

English proficiency

Travel adaptability

Descripción del empleo

Plan International in Caracas seeks an Emergency Response Manager / Head of Programmes to provide strategic and operational leadership for humanitarian and recovery programming in Venezuela. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, donor-compliant activities through partner networks and robust monitoring.

The post holder will manage a diverse portfolio, engage donors, and coordinate across teams to ensure safeguarding and accountability.