Regional Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Coordinator
at Plan International, Bangkok, Bangladesh
- Contract
- Emergency Response
- Closing date
- 24 November 2026
- Listed
- 21 October 2026, from Plan International
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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. Plan International has been working in the Asia Pacific (APAC) Region since 1960. Currently there are 12 Country Offices (COs) that includes Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam and 3 Fundraising Country/National Offices (FCNOs): (Indonesia, India, and Philippines); and 4 National Offices (NOs): HongKong, Australia, Japan, and Korea in the Asia Pacific Region. In Asia Pacific region, through Humanitarian and Resilience programing, we build communities’ resilience and support children’s right to dignity and protection before, during and after disasters and conflicts. Aligned with the Global Strategy 2022 – 2027, Plan International will Scale up humanitarian impact as one of the program priorities where we aim to become a leading agency protection children’s right and promoting equality for girls in crisis. We will enhance humanitarian preparedness throughout the organisation, strengthen integration of humanitarian-development and peace work and finally improve ways of working to respond quickly and effective to emergencies. Plan International want to reach more children especially girls, in less time, save lives and leave lasting impact. Under the supervision of the Regional Humanitarian Preparedness, Response and Resilience, the Regional Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Coordinator will provide support to strengthen the disaster preparedness, readiness and response to disaster caused by natural hazard nor climate related hazards as well as conflict and protracted crisis in Asia Pacific region. The expected role is to support oversee the achievement of Country’s Ready to Respond (R2R), conduct regular analysis of disaster risk and conflict trends in the region, manage the emergency response data base and its documentation, promote the importance of Accountability to Affected People and support coordinate the APAC’ Children in Crisis Fund (CiCF) and representing Plan International in specific emergency technical working groups in particular the Accountability to Affected People (AAP) Working Group, CVA Working Group and the Regional Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) network. Lastly this post holder is expected to be deployed in the initial phase of response and or during recovery phase to support COs in his/her capacity as technical advisor and or Deputy Emergency Response Manager as well as potential seconded to Country Offices to provide technical support in any humanitarian preparedness and readiness work in normal situation and support with delivering humanitarian related training i.e. Emergency Response Team (ERT) Training. DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE The post holder serves as the principal regional coordinator on humanitarian preparedness and response related deliverables in Asia Pacific region and work in close coordination and collaboration with the Regional Head of Humanitarian Preparedness, Response and Resilience and the Regional Anticipatory Action and Climate Specialist. This post covers 15 countries in t