[Hiring] Intelligence and Foresight Analyst @Plan International

Role Description

The Intelligence and Foresight Analyst monitors and analyses the external policy, donor, geopolitical, and humanitarian environment to surface trends, risks, and opportunities that sharpen Plan International's positioning, influence strategic decision-making, support rights-based, equitable decision making and identify key partners for maximum impact.

This role brings rigorous evidence-based analysis and forward-looking intelligence that reflects diverse perspectives, including from crisis affected and marginalised contexts into the heart of the Global Affairs function, enabling Plan International's senior leadership to make informed, timely decisions and to position the organisation proactively at global policy moments.

The Analyst is central to building and maintaining networks and influence across key multilaterals, think-tanks, academic institutions, foundations and the private sector to ensure “just-in-time” briefings and longer-term horizon projections of high relevance to Plan and impact on girls.

The Analyst is central to Plan International's drive to be propositional, data and intelligence-led, and strategic in its global engagements and impact.

Accountabilities

• Conduct ongoing market and landscape scans that consider differential impacts of global trends on children, young people, girls and marginalised groups across political, economic, donor, geopolitical, and humanitarian environments.
• Produce timely updates, rapid short analytical briefing notes, and reports on emerging trends, risks, and opportunities relevant to Plan International's strategy and positioning.
• Draft high-stakes “just-in-time” briefings, intelligence reports and strategic memos for the CEO, Leadership Team, and International Board.
• Build and sustain a high-level network with foresight leaders and economists across key institutions.
• Provide a strategic interface with key private sector analytical heads to synthesize macro-trends with humanitarian needs.
• Influence key partners, shape approaches, and identify areas for collaboration with strategic partners and institutions.
• Consolidate, synthesise and analyse foresight inputs into actionable scenario summaries and strategic intelligence briefings.
• Deliver evidence-based intelligence outputs that inform decision-making by the Global Affairs Director, senior leadership, and the CEO's Office.
• Support the global strategy design process by coordinating input-gathering activities and synthesising key findings.
• Maintain a live intelligence repository and horizon-scanning system.
• Provide thematic intelligence and foresight analysis to support the Policy, Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships Director and Leads.
• Produce compelling, high-quality written intelligence outputs that translate complex information into accessible formats.
• Ensure that Plan International's global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical background in economics, political economy, international relations, development and humanitarian sectors; and finance, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in intelligence analysis, policy research, economic trends analysis, horizon scanning, or strategic foresight.
• Ability to synthesize large volumes of complex, multi-source information quickly and accurately.
• Experience in applying macro-economic trends and fiscal analysis to development contexts.
• Exceptional ability to distill complex intelligence into high-impact narrative presentations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in synthesizing analysis and data into succinct, visually engaging formats.
• Experience working with or analysing global multilateral systems, institutional funding, and donor behaviour trends.
• Strong understanding of the global development and humanitarian sector.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives on emerging issues.
• Proven facility in using AI-enabled analytical tools.

Requirements

• Experience using data visualisation tools or quantitative analysis methods.
• Familiarity with Plan International's thematic areas - including education, protection from violence, climate, and youth.
• Strong experience and networks within private sector, policy research, think tanks, or multilateral institutions.

Location

The location of this role can be flexible, but preferably based out of the USA or our global hubs in UK or Kenya aligned with where you have the pre-existing right to work and live.

Type of Role

Permanent or maximum fixed term contract as per employing office’s standard terms and conditions.

Reports to

Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships

Closing Date

Tuesday 21st July at 23.59pm UK