Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 02 Dec 2016
Plan International is a child- centred organisation working in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas. We focus on child rights, implementing programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children by working with women, youth and civil society organisations.
Since the beginning of our humanitarian response to the crisis in Syria Plan International and its partners have been working in refugee camps and host communities to provide tens of thousands of refugee children and their families, as well as children from host communities, with access to critical resources and services.
In August 2016 Plan International UK presented a regional Concept Note to the EU Trust Fund for the Middle East “Madad Fund”. The concept note presented focuses on Child Labour in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan and is based on three pillars: Education, Child Protection, Livelihoods. The concept note has been developed in close coordination with national and regional stakeholders and is presented by a consortium led by Plan International UK and including local and international partners. The concept note has been pre-selected by Madad and Plan International UK has been invited to submit a full proposal. The exact deadline for the submission of the proposal will be negotiated by Plan International UK with the representative of the Madad Fund but should be tentatively be in late January
The role
The consultant will develop, in collaboration with Plan International UK and consortium partners, a professional and technically competent proposal to be submitted to the Madad fund. This will include:
Coordinating needs assessment with the country office and partners staff.
Conducting a desk review of recent assessments and other relevant document for the development of the proposal related to child labour.
Coordinating with national and regional authorities (ministries, clusters, UNICEF, UNHCR, ECHO, etc.) and stakeholders in order to include their feedback in the proposal.
Liaising with all the consortium partners to ensure the readily provision of inputs required for the development of the proposal
Given the strict correlation of the Madad proposal with ECHO strategy the consultant will also provide support for the development of the ECHO national proposal of Plan UK in Lebanon
Periodically consult with Plan International UK relevant staff to collect feedback and inputs on the proposal.
Travel to the three target countries (Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan) when required to meet stakeholders and work with Plan and partners teams.
Finally, the consultants will draft a full proposal to be submitted to the Madad Fund. The proposal will include budget, work plan and other relevant annexes in line with donors requirements and expectations. In line with Plan’s priorities the proposal will need to be gender sensitive, risk informed and inclusive (disability, ethnicity, elderly, etc.)
What we are looking for
You will have significant experience in proposal development for emergency education, child protection and livelihoods programmes, in particular with major institutional donors, preferably with previous experience with EC and EU Trust Fund Madad.
Knowledge and experience of child-centred programming will be an advantage. Similarly, experience of proposal development in region and in particular Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan, will also be advantageous.
Consultant specification
At least 10 years’ experience in working in humanitarian sector and in proposal development or technical support
Master’s degree and/or proven expertise in Child Labour, Education, Child Protection and Livelihoods
Track record of consultancy work in the areas of, need assessments, proposal development, grants management
Knowledge of gender equality, resilience and humanitarian international standards
Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills
Experience in the collection and analysis of qualitative in-country primary research
Fluent in English with a high standard of written English
How to apply:
The assignment is expected to be carried out during December and January in accordance to the deadline that will be communicated by the donor. Given the tight time scale, please register expressions of interest with a CV, cover letter and financial proposal by 11.00am (UK Time) Friday 2nd December 2016 to Eugenio.donadio@plan-uk.org. Please indicate in the subject of the email “Plan International UK – Senior Consultancy for Madad proposal development”.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received by Plan International UK and the position may therefore be filled before the deadline. We strongly encourage early applications to give applicants the best chance of selection.
Given the scope of the work it is expected that consultancy will be approximately 30-40 working days (to be revised according to deadline established and needs identified) distributed between December and January.