People and Talent Manager

About the Organization

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.

Job Summary

The position holder will be responsible to lead the strategic direction and implementation of end to end recruitment process, onboarding, capacity development, performance management, succession planning, and employee engagement. The role ensures Plan International Ethiopia attracts, retains, develops, and engages high-quality talent while aligning HR practices with organizational goals, values, and safeguarding principles.

Reports to: Head of People and Culture

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of people, talent, and organizational development strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Lead workforce planning, succession management, talent development, and change management initiatives.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, internal mobility, and employer branding activities.
• Ensure transparent, inclusive, and competency-based hiring practices while enhancing candidate experience.
• Oversee performance management processes, including goal setting, reviews, coaching, and manager capability building.
• Design and deliver learning, capacity-building, and leadership development programs.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, recognition, and organizational culture initiatives.
• Monitor HR metrics, maintain HRIS data integrity, and produce people analytics and management reports.
• Support budget planning and cost-effective management of recruitment, learning, and talent development activities.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, procedures, data protection standards, and audit requirements.

Required Qualifications

• BA Degree level in fields such as Management, Human Resource Management and related fields
• Minimum 7 years plus relevant experience and of which at least 3 years in managerial position in Talent acquisition and Learning and development areas (not necessarily gained in an NGO or INGO) or demonstrated equivalent combination.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Ability to communicate effectively and authoritatively on area of expertise.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships across a network.
• Proficient using Microsoft Applications
• 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 skills in presentation, facilitation, coaching, and creative thinking.
• Adept with a variety of multimedia training platforms and methods.
• Tangible experiences in developing guidelines or SOP is a must.
• Event management experience
• Ability to influence without power

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 Participants 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.

How to Apply

Apply using the link below.

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.