Plan international Zambia
1. PURPOSE OF THIS CALL
Plan International Zambia is accepting expressions of interest from external consultants with a strong track record in development and/or humanitarian programmes in one or more of our thematic areas of work, who would like to be included in our database of pre-approved consultants.
Those candidates who are successful at demonstrating strong expertise in supporting the bid writing, programme design and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of both international development and humanitarian programmes, will be asked to undertake some initial background checks and possibly to hold a short online interview with Plan International Zambia.
Please note: this is not a call for applications for any specific piece of work, and there is no guarantee that applicants will be asked to provide any services in the future.
2. ABOUT US
Plan International strives to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. Working together with children, young people, our supporters, and partners, we’re tackling the root causes of gender inequality and child poverty. We’ve been building powerful partnerships for over 80 years, and we’re now active in more than 70 countries.
Our Programmes Team delivers the highest quality programmes in both development and humanitarian settings. Gender equality is our core mandate, working towards positive impact and change for children, especially girls, in development, fragile and conflict settings. We are known for our expertise and thought leadership in Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion, Protection, Inclusive Quality Education, Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship, Early Childhood Development and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights programming.
We collaborate with colleagues globally to enhance programme quality and effectiveness, raise income from institutional, corporate, and Trust and Foundation donors and drive change through setting and influencing policy agendas.
Plan International is also building resilience through our climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes. We acknowledge the need to ensure that all project and programme work is environmentally sound to ensure that our work does not negatively impact the natural environment and promotes positive contributions to addressing climate and environmental crises.
3. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are in the process of developing a database of pre-approved consultants with a strong track record of working in international development and/or humanitarian programmes; applicants will need to be able to demonstrate a strong track record in one or more of the following areas:
– strong skills in developing high-quality funding proposals with a variety of funders, including institutional, bi-lateral, and trusts and foundations;
– familiarity with working with internationally recognised models of best practice within the field;
– strong expertise in all aspects of technical programme implementation;
– Proven experience in developing, nurturing and managing relationships with local based partners and Civic Society Organizations.
– leading the monitoring and evaluation of programmes;
– specialist expertise in any of Plan International’s key thematic areas (Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion, Protection, Inclusive Quality Education, Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship, Early Childhood Development and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights).
Consultants can be either working as individuals or as part of a group of consultants under a legal framework (in case of the latter, all parties will be required to submit the documents listed under point 4).
Following your application, we might approach you in the future to check your interest and availability in contributing to any aspects of our work listed above, sometimes at short notice.
We expect most of the work to be delivered remotely and be desk-based. The inability to work on a specific piece of work will not prevent consultants from working with us in the future, as we appreciate that their availability might be limited at times.
Thematic areas that we are interested in receiving support, both in development programmes and emergency response, include, but are not limited to the following:
– Gender and Social Inclusion
– Gender transformative programmes
– Inclusive Quality Education
– Youth employment and entrepreneurship
– Safeguarding
– Protection from Violence/Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
– Disability and Inclusion
– Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
– Early Childhood Development
– Climate, Environment and Resilience
– Nutrition
– WASH
– Food, security and livelihoods
– Cash and Vouchers Assistance
– Monitoring, evaluation and learning
– Advocacy and campaigning
– Youth-led programmes
– Civic Society Organization strengthening
4. HOW TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Please send an email to [email protected] attaching the following documents:
1. a cover letter highlighting in no more than two A4 pages your experience and skills in one or more of the relevant areas of work listed above under point 3 (please specify which thematic areas you would like to be approached about);
2. a curriculum vitae
3. one or two examples of previous work (please send as attachments instead of hyperlinks, if possible)
4. whether you work as an individual or a company (if the latter, provide relevant information on the legal status);
5. a confirmation that you are happy for Plan International Zambia to keep your personal data in our consultants’ database. We will only process your data with the sole purpose of getting in touch when opportunities to work with us arise.
5. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
We will confirm reception of the expression of interest and potentially follow up with the request to undertake some pre-employment checks.
You will then be added to our database of pre-approved consultants; we will reach out to discuss specific pieces of work that are relevant to your skills and experience as they arise.
NB: ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE MADE BY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2024 BY 17:00HRS, AND ALL SUBMISSIONS, SUBMITTED PAST THIS TIME AND DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
