Senior Consultant - EU Trust Fund Madad Proposal development

Senior Consultant - EU Trust Fund Madad Proposal development

Summary

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 and Lebanon 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 by the 31^st of august 2017. In preparation to the full proposal development Plan International UK has carried out a needs assessment and consultations of stakeholders in the two countries, developed a Theory of Change for the project and drafted the country programmes that will represent the foundation of the full proposal.

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:

• Conducting a desk review of recent assessments and other relevant document for the development of the proposal related to child labour.

• Revision of the material already produced in preparation to the full proposal development (i.e. ToC, needs assessment, country programmes)

• 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

• Periodically consult with Plan International UK relevant staff to collect feedback and inputs on the proposal.

• Possibly travel to the region (Egypt and Lebanon) when required to meet stakeholders and work with Plan and partners teams.

• Finally, the consultants will develop a full proposal to be submitted to the Madad Fund. The proposal will include budget, work plan, and other relevant annexes in line with donor’s 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’re looking for

You will have significant experience in proposal development for Child Labour and emergency education, child protection and livelihoods programmes, in particular 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 and Lebanon, will also be advantageous.

Consultant specification

• At least 10 years’ experience in working in humanitarian sector and in proposal development or technical support

• 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.

• Track record of project proposal development for EU and/or EU Trust Funds

• Knowledge of gender equality, resilience and humanitarian international standards.

• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills

• Fluent in English with a high standard of written English

TIMEFRAME AND MILESTONES FOR PAYMENT

The assignment is expected to be carried out during April and May but the exact timeline will be communicated in accordance to the deadline that will be established by the donor. The expected start date of the assignment is mid-April 2017. Deliverables are ideally expected in the following timeline:

• Contract signed: 30% payment

• 4^th August 2017 (TBC): First draft of full proposal (budget, work plan and other relevant annexes included) - 30% payment.

• 31^st August 2017: Full proposal revised and finalised according to feedback received - 40% payment.

KEY OUTPUTS

The consultancy should deliver the following outputs:

I. Full proposal: The Full proposal will be developed in line with EC and EU TF regulations and formats. The full proposal will include all relevant annexes (i.e. work plan, budget, risk mitigation, etc. - list of annexes will be identified by Plan International UK in line with donor’s expectations).

General tasks

· Revision of the material already produced in preparation to the full proposal development (i.e. ToC, needs assessment, country programmes)

· 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

· Periodically consult with Plan International UK relevant staff to collect feedback and inputs on the proposal.

· To work collaboratively with other Plan departments to ensure the proposal is well coordinated, especially finance, procurement and logistics.

· If required, travel to the three target countries (Egypt and Lebanon) when required to meet stakeholders and work with Plan and partners teams.

· Finally, the consultants will develop a full proposal to be submitted to the Madad Fund. The proposal will include budget, work plan and other relevant annexes in line with donor’s 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.). Accountability with affected population should be included in the proposal, mainly through the inclusion of relevant and context specific feedback mechanisms.

· The draft full proposal will be revised by Plan International UK and consortium partner and the consultant will revise the proposal according to the feedback received before final delivery.

Date Created

04/07/2017

APPLICATION PROCESS AND TIMELINE

The assignment is expected to be carried out during July and August but will not require a full time engagement. Given the tight time scale, please register expressions of interest with a CV, cover letter and financial proposalby 11.00am (UK Time) Wednesday 12^th of July 2017 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 15 working days distributed on the duration of the contract that will end with the submission of the full proposal to the donor on the 31^st of August 2017.