[Hiring] Head of Risk @Plan International

Role Description

Are you a strategic risk leader who sees risk management not as a barrier, but as an enabler of innovation, growth, and impact? We are seeking an experienced Head of Risk to lead and continue to evolve our global approach to enterprise risk management, ensuring risk and opportunity informed decision-making is embedded across the organisation and supports the delivery of our ambitious strategic priorities.

In this influential leadership role, you will champion a forward-looking, opportunity-focused approach to risk, helping leaders make confident, balanced decisions in an increasingly complex global environment. Working closely with senior leadership, governance bodies, and management teams, you will provide expert insight on emerging risks, organisational exposures, and opportunities where an increased appetite for risk could unlock greater impact, innovation, and value.

This is a unique opportunity for a visionary risk professional to shape organisational thinking at the highest level, influence strategic decisions, and drive meaningful and lasting change.

What you’ll do

• Shape and strengthen a culture where risks and opportunities are actively identified, understood, and managed.
• Support strategic decision-making by evaluating risk and opportunity in line with organisational priorities and risk appetite.
• Ensure leaders are equipped to understand the trade-offs associated with action, inaction, and investment decisions.
• Lead the ongoing continuous improvement and implementation of the organisation's global enterprise risk management framework.
• Position risk management as a strategic partner to the business rather than solely a control function.
• Drive better organisational outcomes, strengthen resilience, and enable innovation across a diverse global operating environment.
• Oversee the organisation's global insurance and risk transfer strategy.
• Manage a comprehensive global insurance programme, ensuring it delivers value for money and meets legal, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Lead and manage a small specialist team and build strong relationships with external insurers, brokers, and other key partners.

Qualifications

• Significant senior experience in enterprise risk management and insurance within an international organisation.
• Proven ability to support complex, strategic decision-making.
• Ability to identify, assess and advise on risk, and translate risk insights into strategic opportunities and organisational value.
• Experience enabling leaders to take informed risks, not just mitigate them.
• Excellent influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical capability and ability to effectively communicate complex risk analysis to stakeholders.
• Ability to manage complexity with clarity and focus.
• Effective leadership and team management skills.
• Relevant qualification in Risk Management.

Location

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.

Type of Role

Permanent - Full time

Reports to

General Counsel

Closing Date

7th August 2026

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

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.

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.