Plan International Ireland

Culture Overview

Our Purpose is at the heart of our culture. We have a warm safe welcoming caring and inclusive culture, where all staff are treated with respect, have equal opportunities and are encouraged to reach their potential. We do not have HR professionals directly employed. Instead, our culture and values require management to treat staff in a professional, caring way ensuring all are treated with dignity, fairness and respect.As a Children’s Charity our staff appreciate the Purpose of the organisation, i.e., We strive for a just world, that advances children’s rights, especially girls. While we try to pay a fair wage, salaries in Plan International Ireland are not as good as the salaries that our staff could command in Private or Public sectors. To retain our staff we engage and manage them in a professional, positive respectful and caring way. We invest in and show them how they will grow and develop skills and competencies while working with Plan. Friday 11’s is a regular break in our diaries to have a coffee and chat with colleagues. This helps to build friendships across the different teams. Every two weeks pairs of employees are selected randomly to have a virtual coffee with a colleague for 15-20 minutes. The 5@5 bi weekly internal newsletter keeps everyone informed about what’s going on in the organisation – who is focusing on what etc. To help all staff better understand the work we have regular Brown Bag Lunches. These lunches can really inspire staff across the organisation as they learn about the work that we do and the people whom we assist.Staff meetings are held approximately every two months. These give an opportunity to communicate strategy, results and achievements or just “what’s going on”. The CEO provides a general update and uses the opportunity to give a “shout out” to either individuals or teams. The Sports and Social Committee ensure that we do not take ourselves too seriously!