TOR: Call for Expression of Interest from Local Consultants and Local and International Advisors

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

Plan International Ethiopia is accepting expressions of interest from national/local Consultants and national/local and international advisors with a strong track record in development and/or humanitarian programmes in one or more of our thematic areas of work. Applicants will be included in our database of pre-approved consultants for short-term and long-term assignments.

Those candidates who are successful at demonstrating strong expertise in Education in Emergencies, Governance/Public Finance Management (PFM), Safer Schools, Climate-responsive Education, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Peace Building, Management Information System (MIS), Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), WASH, and Psychosocial Support, will be asked to undertake some initial background checks and possibly to hold a short online interview with Plan International Ethiopia.

An education programme that will help Ethiopia protect education gains to date, and to level up regions with poor education outcomes and educational inequity. This will be achieved through a focus on equity, including girls, targeting other marginalised groups, and developing regions; and a focus on improving learning outcomes, particularly foundational learning, and the transition to secondary school. It will boost results under other programmes in Ethiopia, on health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH), that also focus on gender issues such as maternal health, early pregnancy, and menstrual health management.

We are in the process of developing a pool 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:

What are we looking for

• Education in Emergencies
• Governance/Public Finance Management (PFM)
• Safer Schools 
• Climate-responsive Education
• Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
• Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
• Management Information System (MIS)
• Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)
• WASH
• Mental health/Psychosocial Support

The Individual

National/LocalConsultants - Total 5+ years of experience and at least 3 relevant experience in the roles 

National/Local and International Advisors - Total 7+ years of experience and at least 5 relevant experience in the roles 

Please click here to review the TOR details and Job Requirements

Language requirements

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is typically required. Proficiency in additional languages relevant to the program's location and target population is an advantage.

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.

• 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 within the regions of Ethiopia. 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.
• We will confirm the reception of the expression of interest and potentially follow up with the request to undertake some pre-employment checks (these might include Reference check or Acuity check).
• 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.

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that the team members under supervision are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted. 

Location: With in the regions of Ethiopia

Type of Role: National/Local Consultants and National/Local and International Advisors

Closing Date: November 16, 2024

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.