Plan International Ireland currently implements development grants in two regions, West Africa and Asia, comprising eight priority countries. We are committed to ensuring the delivery of high-quality programmes that are accountable to all stakeholders, and deliver sustainable change.

The Desk Officer will be part of our Development Programmes Team which is responsible for managing and maintaining our grant portfolio. S/He will be the primary focal point between Plan International Ireland and Plan Country Offices where our grants are being delivered. S/He will be expected to cover a Country Portfolio of four West Africa countries, depending on the size and scope of our grants. Key Functions in managing the Country Portfolio:

 Management of development programme grants within the designated countries;

 Strong co-ordination and liaison with both Country Offices and National Offices, in order to support the delivery of high-quality programmes;

 Maintenance of robust donor engagement and identification of new funding opportunities, ensuring a robust grants pipeline to our priority Country Offices;

 Sharing of learning and knowledge management for development programmes, both internally and across Country Offices to strengthen delivery of programmes;

 Acting as focal point and providing technical capacity on a relevant thematic, and/or donor and/or project management area;

 Maintenance of a strong context analysis on priority countries and on the donor landscape;

 Contributing to opportunities to profile our work, within the Plan Federation and within Ireland. Key internal links:

The Desk Officer will link closely with Plan Ireland’s technical experts to strengthen the design and management of development programme grants, supporting a robust pipeline of grants. S/He will liaise with the fundraising and communications department to profile Plan’s work in the designated country offices, and within Ireland.

 Support Country Offices in the development, implementation, monitoring and review of Country Strategic Plans (CSPs);

 Liaise with other National Offices (Germany, UK, Canada, Belgium etc) working in designated countries to maximise co-ordination, learning, and grant opportunities;

 Ensure Country Offices are fully aware of Plan International Ireland thematic priorities, and share current thinking and best practices as appropriate;

 Contribute towards staff training and organisational learning in designated countries where appropriate;

 Assist designated countries in lobbying and influencing all relevant stakeholders (including donors) toward children’s rights.

 Provide continuous mentoring and backstopping support to a designated number of Country Offices to ensure quality delivery (eg start up workshop), timely reporting (internally and to donors), and M&E processes of grants secured by Plan International Ireland;

 Conduct regular monitoring missions (at least four a year), to supported countries to review activity plans, achievement of outputs and outcomes and adherence to Plan International and donors’ policy and compliance rules;

 Support Country Offices to implement good practices in all aspects of programme/project cycle and budget management liaising with Plan International Ireland finance team;

 Work with Country Office teams to maintain appropriate flows of communication with partners including contracting procedures, dissemination of templates, funding schedules, report deadlines and to build their capacities;

 Manage grant budgets to ensure timely and accurate expenditure and reporting;

 Assist the Country Office teams in identifying innovative and successful approaches and scalable solutions in-country;

 Represent Plan International Ireland to donors as required and to deal with their related inquiries;

Maintain programme records and associated files (including project contracts and internal compliance documents) for designated countries to facilitate reporting.

 Contribute to the development and implementation of funding strategies for designated Country Offices;

 Support the Development Programmes Team in the development high quality proposals related to designated Country Offices.

 Manage programme review and evaluation, and share learning, research and best practices, in close co-ordination with Plan International Ireland’s technical advisors;

 Assist Country Offices to develop stories of change, case studies and briefing papers that can also be shared with the communications, fundraising, programme funding and technical teams as appropriate;

 Maintain watching brief on country context, programmes/projects, and evaluation and/or advocacy initiatives of designated countries, and share with internal teams where appropriate;

 Seek opportunities to develop advocacy, communications and development education material on designated countries, where appropriate.

 Contribute actively to Plan International Ireland’s Development Programmes Unit, sharing ideas and experience to ensure the implementation of our programme strategy and to build programme quality.

1. Minimum 4 years relevant experience in an international development project or programme management role (including at least 3 years in overseas development programmes).

2. Educated to masters level, in an international development related field.

3. Knowledge and experience of programme cycle management, RBM and CRBA.

4. Experience in donor compliance.

5. Strong analytical skills and financial understanding.

6. Experience in using participatory approaches in project design and implementation.

7. Experience in working with a portfolio of donors and donor compliance.

8. Ability and willingness to travel to country offices and other locations as required.

9. Fluency in English and working knowledge of French.

10. Experience of working in West Africa.

11. Knowledge of Portuguese.

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1. Strong communications and networking skills: the role requires co-ordination with a diverse number of stakeholders, both internal and external. S/He will need to have strong written and verbal communication skills, and be able to adapt messages to meet diverse audiences.

2. Excellent time management and organisational skills: the role requires an ability to plan well and deliver on objectives in a timely way, particularly in relation to meeting grant management deadlines.

3. Proven learning, creativity and innovation ability: the role requires someone who is willing to seek out, develop and successfully implement new ideas, or adopt proven approaches that support the delivery of quality programmes.

4. Ability to influence, advocate and profile our work: S/He must be willing to engage with others inside and outside the organisation to promote our child rights agenda, and profile the work of Plan International Ireland.

5. A team player who is willing to adapt to change: S/He will be willing to respond positively and constructively to change, and play an active role in Plan International Ireland’s Development Programmes Unit.

Please submit a CV and letter of motivation by 02 June 2017 to hr@plan.ie. For more information on Plan International Ireland, see www.plan.ie.

Please indicate your:

 Current Salary

 Salary expectations

Applicants must have a valid work permit at the time of applying to enable them to work in Ireland. Garda/police checks and clearance are essential prior to job offer as part of Plan Ireland’s child protection controls.

Plan regrets that only short-listed candidates will be contacted in response to applications.

1. Research Background

Young people today make up at least 50% of the world’s inhabitants. In Asia and the Pacific, there are about 700 million 15-24 year olds whose needs, skills, and ambitions hold unprecedented potential for economic, social, and environmental progress. Young people in South Asia alone already comprise one-fourth of the region’s population while one-fifth of the population in South-East Asia are 15-19 years old.

There is growing recognition of the importance of engaging youth in development. Youth involvement not only builds social cohesion and embeds young people within their communities, but also provide innovative and creative approaches to problem solving and solution finding.

Today’s generation will mature during the 15-year period covered by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that countries adopted 25 September 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. The inclusion of youth in the design, conduct, and monitoring of the SDGs is going to be even more critical to the overall achievement of the goals than it was under the Millennium Development Goals. With the review of a country’s progress toward the SDGs being strictly voluntary, the implementation of the SDGs will rely—to a great degree—on its population, including the current generation of young women and men. Youth’s role in holding their leaders and governments to account and reminding them of their commitments to Agenda 2030 is therefore going to be essential.

On top of that, there are and increasingly will be opportunities for young people to advance the SDGs. Youth organizations, for instance, have mobilized more young people in developing a sense of ownership and awareness about the challenges they face nowadays. Elsewhere, there are cases of young people leveraging collective action to promote attitudinal changes in respect of decent work, environmental protection, and sustainable consumption patterns, which could also enhance the effectiveness of peace and development efforts further down the line. Therefore, youth are both a subject of the SDGs and crucial enablers of them.

Engaging with youth is no longer an option: the "Millennials" are a growing constituency that pushes an increasingly coherent agenda. The newly adopted SDGs represent an unprecedented opportunity: they acknowledge youth, address issues that are of particular concern to young people, and invite updated approaches to youth engagement. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has availed the services of Plan International UK to assess and evaluate the added value of youth-led or youtht oriented programs in the achievement of the SDGs. The selected organization will provide evidenceebasedresearch that supports the case of greater youth involvement for the realization and delivery of the SDGs. This will support the case that governments and policymakers that recognize the value of collaborating with young people as partners and invest in establishing clear and explicit pathways for their meaningful participation are better positioned to achieve the SDGs and related targets.

1. Audience and Use of Evidence-Based Piece

• The research should strengthen the evidence base for youth to be able to meaningfully contribute to, realize, and deliver on the SDGs. The final output will be a PowerPoint report with preliminary findings from field research and early recommendations that can be adapted to future programmes and policy and presented at high level fora.

• Our primary target audiences include development practitioners, government institutions and agencies, intergovernmental agencies, financial institutions and non-governmental organisations, as well as academic institutions.

1. Rationale and Study Outputs

Plan International UK is seeking a senior researcher to deliver the Evidence-basedResearchonYouthandtheSDGs. The proposed research will seek to capture,evaluateandenhancethevalue-addofyouthinvolvementinmaximizingdevelopmentimpactandachievingtheSDGs, using programme examples relating to a number of SDGs. Ultimately, the research should support the case for governments and policymakers to recognize the value of collaborating with youth as partners, and invest in establishing clear and explicit pathways for their meaningful participation in the achievement of the SDGs and related targets. The senior researcher will therefore also provide governments and the international community with adequate recommendations to that end.

Specific outputs (including key sources and suggested elements of methodology):

i. YouthSteeringCommittee: The researcher will support Plan International UK/Asia in finalising the set-up of aYouthSteeringCommittee(YSC) composed of youth representatives from Plan International, ADB Youth for Asia (YfA) and AIESEC, an organization developing the leadership potential of youth through experiential learning, volunteer experiences and professional internships. Through closely collaborating with the YSC, the researcher will ensure that youth’s concerns, aspirations and expectations from the study are accurately captured in the research plan and proceedings, and that young men and women from all backgrounds have the opportunity to contribute to their fullest potential at different stages of the research. For example, the researcher is expected to discuss with the YSC which SDGs they would like to see the research prioritize, based on previous global consultations on young people’s development priorities (e.g. MyWorld survey, YouthSpeak survey, African Monitor).

ii. Rapiddeskreview: The researcher will conduct ashortdesk/literaturereview (secondary

data collection). Plan International and its research partners have existing research and recommendations on the role of young people in the SDGs, therefore the desk review will serve to identify remaining knowledgegaps on how and why investing in youth leads to a greater chance of SDG achievement.

iii. Researchinceptionreport: Based on the above, the researcher will produce a brief inception

report including a research plan explaining the research approach. The plan will include, among other, a refined research question, details of qualitative/quantitative research methods&tools used (seepointsivandvbelow), an implementation/work plan featuring inputs from the YSC, and pointers for action to share news from the research through social media and other channels.

iv. YouthprogrammescopingandSDGcategorizationsystem: the scoping will cover relevant youth initiatives/projects in a maximum of 4-5 Asia&Pacific countries suggested by Plan and the YSC. The strategic objectives, activities and outcomes of youthprogrammes(about10)

selectedfor scoping will need to be mapped against current SDG targets (specifically those identified by the YSC) using a SDG categorization system** to be developed by the senior researcher. The researcher will assess whether selected youth programmes need or need not have (a) happened in the same countries, (b) used various degrees of youth involvement (e.g.

some should be initiatives where youth engagement seemed instrumental in maximizing development outcomes) and (c) related to the same SDG(s) – yet all mapped initiatives should show key programme implementation&evaluation information such as structure, cost, impact/relevance, scalability potential, etc. Theexactcriterialististobedeterminedbytheseniorresearcher who will be responsible for identifying those variables that will make any necessary comparison and conclusion on the value add of youth engagement in SDG projects as rigorous as possible.

v. Fieldresearch: Based on the results of the above components, the researcher in collaboration with the YSC and ADB will determine which youth projects, in up to 2-3 different countries, are worth exploring in more depth. With support from Plan Asia Regional Office and Plan country offices, the researcher will carry out in-country visits to proceed with primary data collection and field research to validate and complete/refine initial findings under component (iv) and any assumption related to the value add of investing in youth engagement in programmes and youth’s role in maximizing sustainable development achievements. Throughout data collection, the researcher is expected to ensure propersegmentation of gender, age, ability/disability and other relevant characteristics, and to use youth-friendlyandparticipatoryresearchmethods: FGDs, key informative interviews, ‘diaries’, most significant change with key stakeholders (e.g. staff and beneficiaries, local implementing partners, government stakeholders), consultation with global staff involved in the delivery of youth programmes, etc.

vi.Study report and dissemination of findings:** Based on field data analysis as well as findings

from the earlier components, the researcher will share preliminary study results including programmatic recommendations in the form of a20pagePowerPointresearchreport for review and input by the ADB. Subject to ADB’s approval early results will be disseminated via the usual communication channels and presented by the researcher as well as relevant Plan International/YSC staff on a highlevelpolicyplatform,possiblyUNGA2017.

We therefore expect the consultancy to require approximately 60daysofworkovertheperiodof26th**June** – 29th**September** 2017.

The research must be submitted to the ADB by 30th September 2017. However we would like to present the initial findings at UNGA in September 2017 and would therefore need these to be available by early/mid-September.

1. Senior Researcher’s Qualifications

The senior researcher will have an excellent understanding of the SDG framework and a demonstrated experience in youth development, engagement and empowerment as well as in social sciences research.

Required experience:

• Proven experience in designing and leading youth-participatory research focused on SDG related themes and youth empowerment, with relevant publications

• Extensive technical knowledge of one or several of the following youth thematic areas: youth education, youth employment, youth governance, youth health

• A demonstrated understanding of and ability to mainstream gender equality and environmental sustainability in research outputs

• Very good knowledge of (youth-participative) methodologies for qualitative and quantitative research

• Experience of conducting research in developing countries, working with youth organisations/agencies

• Ability to form constructive relationships with the relevant stakeholders who need to be consulted as part of this research, particularly youth

• Ability to produce well-written reports, in a plain and approachable text, demonstrating excellent analytical and communication skills

• Masters degree in a relevant field of social development with at least 10 years of experience.

1. Submission of Technical Proposals

Submission of proposals should be made by email to the email address indicated below, by specifying on the Cover page the research title “**Plan** InternationalUK/AsianDevelopmentBankEvidencenbasedResearchonYouthandtheSDGs”**.**

The proposals should include the following:

A. A topline research framework/plan based on the ToR

B. Your proposed daily fee

C. Your CV

D. An example of youth empowerment/participation research report produced by the candidate (or valid hyperlinks to online published papers or reports)

Place and deadline for submission of tenders:

Technical proposals should be submitted in English to Lea.Moubayed-Haidar@plan-uk.org

The deadline for submission is 7th**June** 2017,noon(UKtime).Pleasenote: we apologise in advance that we are unable to confirm receipt of your application and will only be contacting shortlisted candidates. Interviews will be conducted on Friday9June2017 at Plan International UK’s Old Streeta based offices in London.

The senior researcher should be able to engage in the work no later than June26th**,** 2017. The research will be carried out in accordance with Plan International’s ethics standards and child protection policy.

Plan International UK is recruiting for a research assistant to support their longitudinal ‘Real Choices, Real Lives’ study for a period of 1-2 months. This is a very exciting opportunity for those with specialised gender and research skills to take part in an international project and contribute towards a stimulating report.

This year Plan UK will produce a flagship report looking at analysis of the eleventh year of the ‘Real Choices, Real Lives’ cohort study as the girls in our study have now reached the age of 11. This report will be launched on the International Day of the Girl on October 11^th 2016. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase evidence relating to gender and a number of thematic areas on which we collect data, particularly as the girls are now entering early adolescence.

This will require a highly motivated research assistant with specialist gender knowledge and skills to join our team and be able to start working to a high capacity immediately. It is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about gender and research and learning more about Plan’s work relating to girls’ rights more broadly.

Essential:

• Excellent research skills, including experience conducting gender related research and/or qualitative research and data analysis

• Experience in coding gendered qualitative data

• A post graduate degree in a gender related subject

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge on key gender issues and theory

• Must be available to start from June 2017 and commit to five days per week for a period of 35 working days in total (there may be a slight extension to the work which will be confirmed after the start date of the consultancy).

• Experience of using a qualitative research software, such as Nvivo

• Experience of working in a team environment

• Ability to work to efficiently and produce high quality work to deadline

• Good IT skills, including working knowledge of Excel, Outlook, Internet and Word with proficiency to pick other programmes up quickly

• Ability to work independently, take the initiative and multi-task

Desirable:

• Experience of working in an INGO environment

• Experience of working on a multi-country research project

• Knowledge of international development organizations and human rights frameworks

• Previous gender based research or gender programme / activism experience

• Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to contribute positively to the team

• Passionate about gender equality

• Excellent administration skills and attention to detail

Outputs:

Excellent gender based analysis and coding of data from the Real Choices, Real Lives study produced to time and high standard. This data will ultimately feed into the 2017 Real Choices, Real Lives Cohort Report which will be launched on the International Day of the Girl (11 October) 2017.

The research assistant will be responsible for assisting the team with the coding and analysis of the ‘Real Choices, Real Lives’ Cohort Study. You will use Nvivo, a qualitative data analysis tool. Additionally, you may also be required to support the team with background research including collecting and analysing policy documents, statistics, and reports from other organizations to support our analysis.

Specific Tasks:

Code and analyse data from our study on Nvivo according to our strict schedule.

Run queries (searches) in our data as requested

Produce contextual country/policy analysis as requested.

Schedule and Payment:

Five days per week (Monday-Friday) from June for a period of 35 days which may be extended subject to progress check during the consultancy.

£120 per day

Submit CV and a short one page cover letter to Lili Harris, Girls Research Manager: Lili.Harris@plan-uk.org

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and consultants may be appointed before the final deadline 6pm on Tuesday 6^th June 2017. Interviews will be scheduled shortly after and applicants will be required to start immediately (no later than mid-June 2017).

Please note we apologise in advance but will be unable to confirm receipt of your application. Please note we will only be contacting shortlisted candidates.

ADVOCATE (INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT) - FORT PORTAL, UGANDA

The Need

International Justice Mission Uganda (IJM) is seeking a talented advocate to work as an independent consultant with IJM to bring relief to child victims of sexual violence in the Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts of Uganda. IJM seeks an individual who is passionate about justice and highly motivated to use their legal skills and experience to effect positive change. The consultant will be part of a small start-up team working in Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts, and will play a central role in developing and implementing a unique pilot project to provide multi-disciplinary services to child survivors of sexual violence, and to build the capacity of the public justice system (the “Pilot Project”).

The advocate will serve as an independent consultant and not an employee of IJM. The duration of the contract will be approximately 15 months, for the duration of the Pilot Project. This position is based in Fort Portal, Uganda, requires regular travel in Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts, and may require travel to Kampala, Uganda. The position reports to the Project Manager and the National Director of IJM Uganda.

Responsibilities

Litigation, case management and leadership

• Represent child victims of sexual violence in court to secure their legal interests, and provide legal counseling and accompaniment to victims and those at risk of sexual violence;
• Liaise with police and prosecutors to ensure the effective investigation and prosecution of child sexual offence cases;
• Draft, file and pursue petitions, well-researched submissions and other legal documents;
• Identify, evaluate and select the most appropriate redress method for each case;
• Work with internal team and other stakeholders to evaluate cases referred through the referral system to be activated by the Pilot Project and other sources;
• Work with internal team and other stakeholders to plan and implement case strategies and manage related investigative efforts; and
• Participate in performance monitoring of police officers, prosecutors and magistrates in order to identify system gaps, training and reform needs within the justice sector.

Networking and advocacy

• Work with stakeholders to strengthen the medico-legal response to sexual violence against children by building linkages among justice, police and health workers on forensic evidence collection, filling Police Form 3A, and preparing for court hearings;
• Working with internal team and other Pilot Project stakeholders, support the establishment of District Action Centers in Kamwenge and Kabarole;
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with District Action Center staff and other Pilot Project stakeholders to ensure effective case management and seamless provision of services to child victims of sexual violence;
• Support inter-institutional dialogue and coordination for cases of sexual violence;
• Develop and maintain an effective network of contacts within the public justice system; and
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with the IJM Kampala office.

Training

• Support joint training programs with the police, judiciary and medical staff on case management, including ethical and safety considerations for child survivors of sexual assault;
• Participate in the development and delivery of training curricula; and
• Provide training on case management and service provision to District Action Center staff.

Information management, monitoring and evaluation

• Analyze and document cases of sexual violence against children that can contribute to updated case management protocols;
• Work with the Pilot Project team and M&E team in Kampala to monitor and evaluate the Pilot Project, including monitoring and reporting of project targets, results and outputs; and
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Project Manager, the National Director, and other IJM leaders.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Law degree from an accredited University;
• Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Uganda with a current practicing certificate;
• Minimum five (5) years legal experience;
• Experience in criminal prosecution, human rights or legal aid required; experience with violence against children or other forms of gender-based violence strongly preferred;
• Prior leadership and/or management experience preferred;
• Valid certificate of good conduct;
• Fluent in written and oral communication in English, with working knowledge of Runyakitara required; and
• Computer literate with proficiency in MS Word, Outlook and Excel.

Critical Qualities

• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed;
• High levels of self-motivation and personal initiative;
• Interest in project development and innovation, and ability to thrive as part of a small, flexible, start-up-oriented team;
• Creative and energetic problem solver;
• Extremely high levels of honesty and integrity;
• Ability to work well under stress and deadline pressures;
• Excellent advocacy, critical thinking and legal analysis skills; and
• Applicant must be registered with the Uganda Revenue Authority and possess a Tax Identification Number.

Strong preference for Ugandan nationals. Consulting fees to be paid in Ugandan Shillings at a rate reflective of Ugandan standard rates.

*What is a statement of faith?

A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.

Send Job Application Form, Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith to:

By E-mail (preferred method):

ugandarecruiting@ijm.org

By Mail:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 502

Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA

By Hand:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

Plot 15 Suuna Road, Ntinda

Kampala, UGANDA

Applications received after the closing date and applications without all the specified/ required documents will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

CHURCH & COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COORDINATOR - KAMPALA, UGANDA

The Need

IJM Uganda is working to protect widows and orphans by eliminating property grabbing in Uganda. IJM does this by bringing rescue and restoration to individual victims, accountability to their perpetrators and transformation to the public justice system as a whole. As the Church and Community Mobilization Coordinator on IJM’s System Reform team, you will have the opportunity to mobilize, educate, and equip the church and community on how to protect widows and orphans from property grabbing.

This position is based in Kampala, Uganda and reports to IJM’s Director of System Reform and will work closely with the National Director on national initiatives.

Responsibilities

Education and Empowerment

• Support the development curricula for community education and church empowerment programs;
• Teach church and community members and their leaders about the causes, costs and consequences of property grabbing;
• Teach faith-based leaders about the pursuit of justice for widows and orphans and strategies for engagement with relevant government authorities;
• Mobilize participation in community education and church empowerment programs;
• Coordinate logistics for community education and church empowerment programs;
• Identify and train clergy and lay leaders to conduct documentation clinics (wills, marriage, land, etc.); and
• Lead, facilitate and coordinate documentation clinics for members of the community.

Strategic Planning, Networking, and Advocacy

• Develop and implement strategies for mobilizing faith-based and communities at-large to seek justice;
• Network with church, parachurch, political, and community leaders and inter-religious institutions to develop an awareness of property grabbing and its effect on widows and orphans;
• Manage special events (pastor’s conferences, justice and peace seminars, partner workshops, etc.);
• Develop relationships with actors like Born Again Federation, Uganda Christian University, Interreligious Council of Uganda, Uganda Joint Christian Council and other potential partners in Uganda and the Western Church;
• Support IJM in advocacy efforts for positive change in the public justice system; and
• Engagement and support of faith-based parliamentarian groups.

CCM Team Leadership

• Supervise, mentor, and manage the efforts of the Church and Community Mobilization team, including Mobilizer and Fellow; and
• Develop team members talents and potential to engage with faith-based and community leaders to further the goals of IJM Uganda.

Support and Development

• Support and liaise with the training teams as they engage with police, local counsel members, and other sensitization efforts;
• Organize and support national and parliamentary organizations that are faith-based;
• Support System Reform Director in development of System Reform initiatives;
• Participate in IJM programs to develop professionalism and Christian formation;
• Assist in hosting guests, visitors, and volunteers; and
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Travel Requirements

• This position requires frequent travel not limited to areas within Kampala and Mukono District during working hours.

Required Skills and Experience

• University degree in relevant field (theology, law, program management, social sciences, etc.);
• Five or more years of professional experience in relevant field preferred;
• Five or more years of experience leading teams or organizations preferred;
• Community mobilization experience preferred;
• Demonstrated ability to interact and work among various faith backgrounds including various Christian denominations;
• Excellent critical thinking, analysis, and oral and written communication skills;
• Fluency in English and Luganda, with excellent writing and speaking in both;
• Computer literate with proficiency in MS Word, Outlook, Access and Excel; and
• Driver’s License preferred.

Critical Qualities

• Mature Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed;
• Passionate commitment to IJM’s mission and values;
• Professional in demeanor, appearance, writing and oral communication;
• Works well under stress with a sustained positive attitude;
• Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity;
• Intelligent, organized, creative and proactive problem solver; and
• Ability to cooperate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.

Send Job Application Form, Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith to:

By E-mail (preferred method):

ugandarecruiting@ijm.org

By Mail:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 502

Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA

By Hand:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

Plot 15 Suuna Road, Ntinda

Kampala, UGANDA

Applications received after the closing date and applications without all the specified/ required documents will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

INVESTIGATOR (INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT) - FORT PORTAL, UGANDA

The Need

International Justice Mission Uganda (IJM) is seeking a talented investigator to work as an independent consultant with IJM to bring relief to child victims of sexual violence in the Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts of Uganda. IJM seeks an individual who is passionate about justice and highly motivated to use their skills and experience to investigate cases of sexual violence and document them for legal action, in close partnership with the Police and other stakeholders. The consultant will be part of a small start-up team working in Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts, and will play a central role in developing and implementing a unique pilot project to provide multi-disciplinary services to child survivors of sexual violence, and to build the capacity of the public justice system (the “Pilot Project”).

The investigator will serve as an independent consultant and not an employee of IJM. The duration of the contract will be approximately 15 months, for the duration of the Pilot Project. This position is based in Fort Portal, Uganda, requires regular travel in Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts, and may require travel to Kampala, Uganda. The position reports to the Project Manager and the National Director of IJM Uganda.

Responsibilities

Direct investigation and case management (in partnership with Police)

• Partner with and provide support to the Uganda Police Force in investigating allegations of sexual violence against children referred through the Pilot Project’s referral system and other sources;
• Liaise with police and prosecutors to ensure the effective investigation and prosecution of child sexual offence cases;
• Develop and implement sound investigative plans and program investigations accordingly;
• Collect witness statements, documents, photographs and other relevant evidence;
• Conduct surveillance and other undercover operations in support of investigations;
• Recruit investigative informants and collect actionable intelligence;
• Maintain a thorough working knowledge of laws relating to sexual and gender-based violence, criminal procedure and other relevant laws; as well as criminal investigative procedures;
• Provide courtroom testimony, when required; and
• Prepare clients and staff for police interviews and courtroom testimony.

Networking and advocacy

• Work closely with stakeholders to strengthen the medico-legal response to sexual violence against children by building linkages among justice, police and health workers on forensic evidence collection, filling Police Form 3A, and preparation for court hearings;
• Working with the team and other Pilot Project stakeholders, support the establishment of District Action Centers in Kamwenge and Kabarole;
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with District Action Center staff and other Pilot Project stakeholders to ensure effective case management and seamless provision of services to child victims of sexual violence;
• Support inter-institutional dialogue and coordination for cases of sexual violence;
• Develop a sophisticated understanding of relevant networks and hierarchies of law enforcement officials; and
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with the IJM Kampala office.

Training

• Support joint training programs with the police, judiciary and medical staff on case management, including ethical and safety considerations for child survivors of sexual violence;
• Participate in the development and delivery of training curricula; and
• Train District Action Center staff on case management and service provision.

Other

• Identify threats to the safety and security of IJM assets, staff or clients and develop sound mitigation plans;
• Complete timely, accurate and thorough investigation reports free of errors;
• Follow IJM’s operational security protocols;
• Maintain digital records on all case files and related materials;
• Work with local team and M&E team in Kampala to monitor and evaluate Pilot Project, including monitoring and reporting project targets, results and outputs; and
• Perform other tasks as assigned by Project Manager, National Director, and other IJM leaders.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Preferred three years (or more) experience conducting criminal investigations with the Uganda National Police Force Directorate of Criminal Investigation or other government agency with investigative responsibilities;
• Proven ability to develop and conduct investigations (including experience in surveillance, evidence collection and preservation, crime scene documentation, and chain of custody preservation);
• Uarmed self-defense training preferred;
• Proven working knowledge of forensics and forensic techniques;
• Proven experience and/or training in working with children;
• Prior leadership and/or management experience preferred;
• Valid certificate of good conduct;
• Valid driver’s license and experience driving manual vehicles in rough terrain;
• Fluent in written and oral communication in English, with working knowledge of Runyakitara required;
• Computer literate with proficiency in MS Word, Outlook and Excel; and
• Applicant must be registered with the Uganda Revenue Authority and possess a Tax Identification Number.

Critical Qualities

• Mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostle’s Creed;
• High levels of self-motivation and personal initiative;
• Interest in project development, and ability to thrive as part of a small, flexible, start-up-oriented team;
• Creative and energetic problem solver;
• Extremely high levels of honesty and integrity;
• Ability to work well under stress and deadline pressures with a sustained positive attitude; and
• Attention to detail; organized and disciplined with priorities.

Strong preference for Ugandan nationals. Consulting fees to be paid in Ugandan Shillings at a rate reflective of Ugandan standard rates.

*What is a statement of faith?

A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.

Strong preference for Ugandan nationals. Consulting fees to be paid in Ugandan Shillings at a rate reflective of Ugandan standard rates.

Send Job Application Form, Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith to:

By E-mail (preferred method):

ugandarecruiting@ijm.org

By Mail:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 502

Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA

By Hand:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

Plot 15 Suuna Road, Ntinda

Kampala, UGANDA

Applications received after the closing date and applications without all the specified/ required documents will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

PSYCHO-SOCIAL SPECIALIST (INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT) - FORT PORTAL, UGANDA

The Need

International Justice Mission Uganda (IJM) is seeking a talented social worker or psycho-social support professional to work as an independent consultant with IJM to bring relief to child victims of sexual violence in the Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts of Uganda. IJM seeks an individual who is passionate about justice and highly motivated to use their skills and experience to effect positive change. The consultant will be part of a small start-up team working in Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts, and will play a central role in developing and implementing a unique pilot project to provide multi-disciplinary services to child survivors of sexual violence, and to build the capacity of the public justice system (the “Pilot Project”).

The social worker/psycho-social support professional will serve as an independent consultant and not an employee of IJM. The duration of the contract will be approximately 15 months, for the duration of the Pilot Project. This position is based in Fort Portal, Uganda, requires regular travel in Kamwenge and Kabarole Districts, and may require travel to Kampala, Uganda. The position reports to the Project Manager and the National Director of IJM Uganda.

Responsibilities

Psycho-social support and case management

• Complete needs assessments and treatment plans for child survivors of sexual violence served by the Pilot Project (“Pilot Clients”) toward measurable client outcomes of sustainable protection in the community;
• Ensure safe placement of Pilot Clients, whether with non-offending family members or within alternative care settings;
• In conjunction with other Pilot Project stakeholders and in accordance with individualized treatment plans, coordinate psycho-social services such trauma-informed counseling, medical care, and family support services for Pilot Clients;
• Participate in forensic interviewing Pilot Clients and other child survivors of sexual violence; Prepare Pilot Clients and their families before court hearings and provide psycho-social support during court hearings;
• Provide ongoing support and encouragement to Pilot Clients and families during the court process and provide regular updates on the progress of their case; and
• Work with IJM team and other Pilot Project stakeholders to evaluate cases referred through the referral system to be activated by the Pilot Project and other sources.

Networking and advocacy

• Work with Pilot Project stakeholders to strengthen medico-legal response to sexual violence against children by building linkages among justice officials, police and health workers on forensic evidence collection, filling Police form 3A, and preparation for court hearings;
• Working with team and other Pilot Project service providers, support the establishment of District Action Centers in Kamwenge and Kabarole;
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with District Action Center staff, other Pilot Project services providers, and stakeholders to ensure effective case management and seamless provision of services to Pilot Clients;
• Support inter-institutional dialogue and coordination for cases of sexual violence;
• Develop a sophisticated understanding of relevant networks and hierarchies of prosecutorial and law enforcement officials;
• Develop and maintain an effective network of contacts within the health, psycho-social, and community development space; and
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with IJM Kampala office.

Training

• Support joint training programs with the police, judiciary, child protection workers, and medical staff on child-friendly S/VAC interventions, including ethical and safety considerations for child survivors of sexual violence;
• Participate in the development and delivery of training curricula; and
• Provide training on case management and service provision to District Action Center staff that incorporates elements of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).

Information management, monitoring and evaluation

• Analyze and document cases of sexual violence against children that can contribute to updated case management protocols;
• Work with the Pilot Project team and M&E team in Kampala to monitor and evaluate the Pilot Project, including monitoring and reporting of project targets, results and outputs; and
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Project Manager, the National Director, and other IJM leaders.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Degree in social work/counseling/psychology or equivalent; Master’s Degree in social work or related field preferred;
• Minimum five (5) years professional experience providing trauma-focused case management counseling services to survivors of trauma, experience with child survivors preferred;
• Experience with Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) or another trauma-informed counseling modality preferred;
• Proven experience in successful networking with service providers at both governmental and civil society levels;
• Excellent listening and report-writing skills;
• Fluent in written and oral communication in English, with working knowledge of Runyakitara required;
• Computer literate with Proficiency in MS Word, Outlook and Excel; and
• Applicant must be registered with the Uganda Revenue Authority and possess a Tax Identification Number.

Critical Qualities

• Mature orthodox Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed;
• Strong passion to help people who have suffered from trauma or injustice;
• High levels of self-motivation and personal initiative;
• Interest in project development and innovation, and ability to thrive as part of a small, flexible, start-up-oriented team;
• Creative and energetic problem solver;
• Extremely high levels of honesty and integrity;
• Ability to work well under stress and deadline pressures; and
• Excellent advocacy, critical thinking and analysis skills.

Strong preference for Ugandan nationals. Consulting fees to be paid in Ugandan Shillings at a rate reflective of Ugandan standard rates.

Send Job Application Form, Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith to:

By E-mail (preferred method):

ugandarecruiting@ijm.org

By Mail:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 502

Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA

By Hand:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

Plot 15 Suuna Road, Ntinda

Kampala, UGANDA

Applications received after the closing date and applications without all the specified/ required documents will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

*What is a statement of faith?

A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.

end Job Application Form, Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith to:

By E-mail (preferred method):

ugandarecruiting@ijm.org

By Mail:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 502

Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA

By Hand:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

Plot 15 Suuna Road, Ntinda

Kampala, UGANDA

Applications received after the closing date and applications without all the specified/ required documents will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

STAFF ATTORNEY - KAMPALA, UGANDA

The Mission

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects the poor from violence throughout the developing world, by partnering with local authorities to rescue victims of violent abuse, bring the criminals to Justice, restore the survivors to safety and strength and strengthen the public justice system to end the targeted abuse.

The nature of abuses we intervene in include slavery, child sexual exploitation, property grabbing against widows and orphans, police abuse of power to mention a few. In Kampala Uganda, our casework focus is on eliminating property grabbing against widows and orphans through an effective and efficient public justice system.

The Need

International Justice Mission is seeking an experienced Advocate to assist its Legal casework team as a Staff Attorney working to reinstate the rights of widows and orphans victimized through property grabbing, bring the criminals to Justice, document the survivors rights and participate in initiatives to improve the Public Justice Systems response to the targeted abuse.

This position is based in Kampala, Uganda, requires regular travel to and from areas within Mukono District and Jinja during work hours, and reports to IJM Kampala’s Legal casework Manager.

Responsibilities

Intervention Strategy and Management

• Evaluate, develop, and implement intervention strategies for IJM cases.
• Encourage and support State Attorneys in the prosecution of property grabbing perpetrators.
• Coordinate and lead mediations, negotiations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution to resolve IJM cases.
• Represent IJM clients in civil litigation and in the administration of estates.
• Ensure that government offices (Lands Registry, Administrator General, etc.) take necessary action leading to the processing of clients documentation.
• Conduct legal research and draft correspondence, memorandums, and legal briefs.
• Track case related data in paper and electronic case tracking management systems.

Team Support

• Supervise, mentor, and manage the efforts of Associate Attorneys, Law Clerks and/or Volunteer Attorneys.
• Coordinate with IJM Investigators to investigate allegations of property grabbing and ensure all evidence is collected in an admissible form.
• Cooperate with IJM Aftercare Specialists in identifying psychosocial needs of victims.
• Conduct case intake and client screening based on established criteria.
• Assist in hosting guests, visitors, and volunteers.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Professional Development

• Participate in IJM programs in professionalism and Christian spiritual formation.
• Maintain Practicing Certificate and participate in CLEs relevant to IJM’s casework.

Required Skills and Experience

• Degree in law, successful completion of LDC and current Practicing Certificate.
• 3 or more years of experience as a practicing attorney.
• Excellent critical thinking, legal analysis, and oral and written advocacy skills.
• Fluency in English and Luganda, with excellent writing and speaking in both.
• Computer literate with proficiency in MS Word, Outlook, and Excel.
• Experience in civil and/or criminal litigation preferred.
• Driver’s License preferred.

Critical Qualities

• Mature Christian faith as defined by the Apostles’ Creed.
• Passionate commitment to IJM’s mission and values.
• Professional in demeanor, appearance, writing and oral communication.
• Works well under stress with a sustained positive attitude.
• Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity.
• Intelligent, organized, creative and proactive problem solver.
• Ability to cooperate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.

Send Job Application Form, Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith to:

By E-mail (preferred method):

ugandarecruiting@ijm.org

By Mail:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

P.O. Box 502

Ntinda, Kampala, UGANDA

By Hand:

International Justice Mission

Attn: Human Resources

Plot 15 Suuna Road, Ntinda

Kampala, UGANDA

Applications received after the closing date and applications without all the specified/ required documents will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Start Date: As soon as possible

Compensation: Competitive salary with benefits

Reports to: Bangkok Field Office Director (FOD)

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects the vulnerable from violence by partnering with government authorities to rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen criminal justice systems so they protect the vulnerable from violence and abuse long-term. IJM is a global team of lawyers, social workers and other professionals. IJM has 17 field offices across the globe, including multiple offices in Southeast Asia.

IJM has worked in northern Thailand through IJM’s Chiang Mai Field Office (FO) since 2000, partnering with government authorities on hill tribe Thai citizenship cases and cases of sexual violence against children. In 2017, IJM will establish a new field office in Bangkok that will provide support to Thai authorities to eliminate labor trafficking and forced labor from the Thai fishing and seafood industries. IJM lawyers, social workers, fieldworkers and other professionals will support Thai law enforcement, social services and the judiciary to identify and prosecute cases of forced labor and labor trafficking crimes and restore labor trafficking survivors to safety and strength.

Position Detail

IJM is seeking a Human Resources (HR) Manager to establish, lead and manage all HR and people development activities for IJM’s Bangkok office. We are looking for a talented human resources professional with strong leadership abilities who is passionate about the IJM mission and willing to bring his or her skills in the areas of organizational planning, recruitment/staffing and talent management, performance management, staff care and professional development. This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand and may require occasional travel within Thailand.

Responsibilities

Leadership

• Provide leadership to HR support staff; ensure that the department achieves its key result areas.
• Manage, supervise and coordinate the activities of HR support staff and other staff providing occasional support for HR initiatives;
• Participate on the leadership team for the office.

Staffing and Employee Support

• Manage all HR functions, including recruiting, on-boarding of new staff, payroll administration, staff professional development program, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, occupational health and safety, and staff care.
• Manage the office’s end to end recruitment procedure, partnering with hiring managers throughout the process, and making improvements where needed to ensure a thorough yet prompt candidate review process.
• Work with managers across the office to ensure all staff and unfilled positions have current job requirements and job descriptions.
• Proactively and creatively seek out candidates for open positions.
• Advise leaders as to critical qualities needed for open positions, and give reasoned opinions on hiring choices.
• Support all department heads and supervisors in implementing IJM’s annual and mid-year staff performance review process.
• Maintain employee agreements, personnel records, monthly time sheets, and leave request forms.
• Manage contracts for temporary hires and external service providers.
• Act as POC and local coordinator for international and local interns, fellows and other volunteers, liaising with IJM’s global intern and fellow program and FO leaders as necessary and checking in periodically with interns and fellows on assignment.
• Work with relevant government agencies related to visa applications, visa extensions, and work permits for foreign staff, interns and fellows.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for government regulatory agencies including the Department of Labor (DOL) and Social Security Office (SS), prepare and submit social security and tax payments, and ensure compliance with government policies and regulatory requirements relevant to the employment of national staff.

Staff Care and Development

• Develop and implement an effective office-wide training and development program, and an effective staff care program for the staff.
• Identify training and development needs and opportunities, and recommend and design training programs to meet priority needs.
• Oversee and organize logistics for all components of IJM Bangkok’s Staff Care Plan, including staff retreats, health programs, post-incident debriefs and individual staff counseling.

HR Policies and Procedures

• Ensure all HR policies and procedures comply with Thai labor law and other relevant laws and regulations, as well as IJM’s organizational culture, objectives, and standards;
• Ensure staff adherence to all HR and primary office policies, including the IJM Employee Manual, Finance Manual, Safety and Security Manual, IT Policy, and Child Protection Policy, among others.

Other

• Perform other necessary assignments as required.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Progressive professional experience in human resources of at least 4 to 5 years; 2-3 years’ experience providing HR leadership to an office of at least 20-30 staff.
• Experience working with international organizations
• Excellent communication skills, including fluency in spoken and written English and Thai.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Critical Qualities

• Highly developed organizational and leadership skills, superior attention to detail, exceptional follow-through and accountability for results.
• Disciplined with priorities, excellent time management and ability to work effectively under deadline pressures; proven ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks with competing demands under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to exercise sound judgment, take initiative and produce results.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, as well as under supervision and as part of a team.
• Ability to perform and thrive in an international organization with an international-standard, professional working style and business culture, in addition to ability to work effectively in Thai and other Southeast Asian working styles and business cultures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication, and ability to establish and maintain and foster good working relations in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary working environment.
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and willing to receive feedback and learn from others.
• Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity.
• Professional presentation in demeanor and written and oral communication.
• Passionate commitment to and understanding of IJM’s mission, vision and values.

In order to apply, submit a complete application form, CV, and Cover Letter to bangkokrecruiting@ijm.org. Please specify in the subject which position you are applying for.

1. BACKGROUND

Plan International is a non-religious, non-political and non-governmental child centred international organization, operating in 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East and South America to advance children's rights and with a particular focus on equality for girls and youth. Plan International implements programmes in child protection, sexual and reproductive health, education, water and sanitation, livelihoods and youth economic empowerment, including in emergencies and humanitarian settings.

Child Protection in Emergencies programming is intended to mitigate and respond to increased risk of exploitation, abuse and violence facing boys and girls when disaster hits communities. A focus area for Plan International is Modern Day Slavery. This includes serious human rights violations of children including the worst forms of child labour, such as bonded and forced labour, trafficking for sexual exploitation and recruitment into armed groups and forces, as well as some forms of child, early and forced marriage.

A global review of the worst forms of child labour in 2014 undertaken by the global Child Labour Task Force under the former global Child Protection Working Group, showed gaps in effective prevention and response to hazardous and worst forms of child labour in emergencies.

Today, there is more attention for modern slavery in humanitarian settings, as a result of increased disasters, more people being displaced than ever before, the rise of terror groups such as Boko Haram and IS, and on-going and protracted conflicts. However, gaps remain in the data about how many and in which ways children are affected by modern slavery, and there is limited analysis of how gender plays a role in affecting girls and boys differently. There is still limited documentation within this field of protection and there is a need to better understand which prevention and response interventions are most effective to reach and address the needs of these children.

1.1. Project context: The study will focus on humanitarian and fragile contexts in selected countries where Plan International has active programming in this field, both in prevention and in response to modern child slavery, involving the worst forms of child labour. These countries are: Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria, Tanzania, South Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar, Philippines.

1.2. Project rationale: Plan International is leading this initiative to contribute to the global evidence-base data on modern slavery and children in fragile contexts. The review and detailed documentation of Plan International’s programming in this field aim to contribute to the evidence gathering and compilation of lessons learnt, and providing recommendations on best practices for future programming. This project will particularly focus on collecting data on the gender and age dynamics of modern day slavery.

1.3. Project aims and objectives: To conduct a review of modern day slavery and children in humanitarian settings and to document Plan International’s prevention as well as response work related to modern slavery including bonded and forced labour, trafficking, recruitment into armed forces as well as forms of child, early and forced marriage in fragile contexts.

1.4. Outputs

1. To conduct a review of modern day slavery, including forms of forced and early marriage, forced and bonded child labour, children associated with armed groups and forces and trafficking of children in humanitarian settings.

2. Documentation of Plan International’s programming in relation to different forms of modern day slavery and children in humanitarian and fragile contexts with specific attention to the gender and age dimension. The review will include production of 7 case studies on Plan International’s programming. This document will also include key findings, overall trends, opportunities, gaps, along with recommendations on best practices.

   NB: The review should not exceed 30 pages, including executive summary and case studies.

   1.5. Time frame: the execution of the research is to be completed by 15 August 2017

2. OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTANCY

2.1. To contribute to global evidence on both strategies and effective and relevant programming on modern day slavery in emergencies.

2.3. To identify, capture and document best practices from Plan International programmes in 7 selected programme countries on the modern slavery agenda (bonded and forced labour, trafficking, recruitment of children in conflict, as well as forms of early and forced marriage)

2.4. To improve programme design and delivery in emergencies related to modern day slavery and worst forms of child labour.

2.5. To contribute to gathering evidence based data on modern day slavery and children for future advocacy campaigns based on research findings.

3. METHODOLOGIES

3.1. The research will involve desk based review, literature review, documenting and analysing project activities, including through telephone interviews with relevant CO staff and other key informants and practitioners working on modern day slavery and children in emergencies.

3.2. The consultant is requested to propose his/her own methodology and/ or approach for how he/she will cover all the key questions.

4. KEY ACTIVITIES/SCOPE OF WORK

4.1. Completion of the consultancy will involve:

• Developing a detailed work plan and outlining research methodology, including key sources of information and research tools. The methodology will be shared and agreed upon with Plan International UK before the commencement of work.

• Participating in the initial briefings with Plan International UK to ensure that the consultant is clear on the expectations of the research. Plan International UK will provide the list of key informants from our country offices and external stakeholders known in the field of modern slavery to be interviewed.

• Developing the research tools which will be shared with Plan for discussion and agreed upon by the two parties before the research starts.

• Present to Plan the key findings and allow discussion and input from the team through debrief.

• Submit draft report to Plan for review, comments and inputs which will be taken into consideration before submission of the final report.

• Confidentiality of issues discussed shall be safeguarded by the consultant/s in all aspects of (e.g. the study presentation package; individual project case studies; overarching synthesis report).

5. RESEARCH REPORT

5.1. The production of the research report will be the liability of the researcher(s) covering all the evaluation questions, objectives and areas outlined in this ToR. Plan International UK will be responsible for coordinating the research exercise, in partnership with Plan International Country offices. During the research process, the researcher will keep the organisation up to date and agree on changes to the methodology where appropriate.

5.2. The report shall be produced in English language and should be simple in expression (jargon free).

5.3. The Executive summary should include a brief description of the project, a brief section on methodology but with most text for conclusions and summary of recommendation. The text should be an A4 paper size in Calibri font size 11 and no longer than 30 pages including case studies and executive summary (excluding appendices).

5.4. The consultant will be liable to submit an electronic version of the evaluation report in PDF Version by the agreed deadline.

5.5. The final product should be fully referenced, with findings clearly linked to evidence.

6. ANTICIPATED OUTPUT

6.1 The evaluation will result in the following outputs/deliverables:

• Inception report including detailed proposed work plan.

• Research tools.

• Draft report for input and feedback from Plan

• Final report addressing all objectives, research questions and including clear recommendations.

• Presentation of the key findings, lessons learnt and recommendations during a launching event.

7. TIME FRAME

The research process will take 15 days including: preparation, interview with Plan Country Offices or relevant external informants, and report writing. It is expected that the consultant starts as soon as possible and completes latest by 15 August 2017. The consultant will follow the agreed work plan.

8. REPORTING LINE AND LOGISTICS

8.1. The consultant shall work under the supervision of Plan UK CPiE Programme Officer

8.2. The International IH will play an advisory role in the planning and implementation of the review.

8.3. The consultant and the relevant Plan international staff will meet as per the agreed timings, particularly at stages in the research process when deliverables are produced.

9. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

9.1. The desired specifications and qualities of the consultant(s) are:

• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in carrying out research, demonstrable relevant academic and practical experience in qualitative and quantitative research methodology, research design and implementation.

• Good understanding of children’s rights with a particular focus on child protection and with proven background in carrying out similar research topics.

• Strong analytical, facilitation and communication skills, especially with regards to working with children and youth.

• Knowledge of child protection procedures when working with children and youths.

• Experience of effective interaction with local and national organizations, government departments, and marginalized communities in rural and urban areas.

• Conversant with child protection in emergencies, gender in emergencies and analysis, child rights and advocacy.

• Good spoken and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of French would be an asset.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

1. All documents and data collected will be treated as confidential and used solely to facilitate analysis.

2. Where necessary, the respondents will not be quoted in the reports without their permission.

3. All those contracted by Plan must agree to sign and abide by the Child Protection Policy.

10. BID REQUIREMENTS

10.1. Interested consultants or firms are requested to submit:

• An Expression of Interest detailing their interpretation of the TOR, proposed methodology including sampling framework and work schedule.

• A detailed budget for proposed costs including all taxes liable to be paid

• A capability statement demonstrating how they meet the required qualifications and competencies;

• Copies of all relevant Curriculum Vitae (CVs). Only CVs for the specific individuals that will form the proposed evaluation team should be included.

• A sample of a research report for a similar project completed within the last 24 months (this will be treated as confidential and only used for the purposes of quality assurance) along with contact details for the responsible person from the organisation for whom the evaluation was done.

• Two references (including one from your last client/employer).

• N/B: The entire bid should be a maximum seven (7) pages including the budget. Bids not meeting this requirement will not be considered.

11. APPLICATION PROCEDURE

11.1. If you believe you qualify for this post and you are the candidate that we are looking for, please submit your applications as per the bid requirements in English by submitting proposals to huda.ghalegolabi@plan-uk.org

11.2. The closing date for this post is 22 June 2017

11.3. The shortlisted 3-4 candidates may be invited to submit modifications or make a short presentation for the final selection.

11.4. We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

Data and Reporting Specialist

£39,739 per annum

Plan International UK 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 strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our Programmes department supports Plan International’s global programme by working across the organisation to share lessons learned, support with the development of policy and advocacy positions, contribute towards publications and fundraising, and by presenting Plan’s programme work to a range of audiences. To help achieve this, the Evidence and Impact team strengthens our monitoring and evaluation work, using this to improve our accountability to both beneficiaries and donors. We are looking for a Data and Reporting Specialist to join us and drive forward our programme data management and reporting.

You will establish strong data management and reporting systems for programmes, lead on transparency and accountability work by ensuring we meet IATI standards, and identify innovative technologies and tools to support Plan International UK’s monitoring, evaluation and learning processes.

You will have proven experience of database development, data collection and implementing data management and reporting systems at both project and organisational levels, ideally in an international development/rights based organisation. You will bring highly developed analytical and innovative problem-solving abilities to the role, and be able to make data and analysis meaningful to different audiences.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Tuesday 29 June 2017

Interviews will take place during week commencing 10 July 2017

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

https://plan-uk.org/jobs-and-volunteering

Programme Support Officer

£33,123 per annum

Plan International UK 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 strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

As Programme Support Officer you will manage the project cycle for a portfolio of Major Partnership Unit funded projects; ensuring that projects are aligned with UK and Country office strategy and standards; that project learning is shared; and most importantly, that projects are implemented according to agreed objectives and donor contracts. You will also support Programme Officers in new project proposal development, contributing to narrative, budget and M&E aspects of new project proposals. In addition, you will take responsibility for the development and implementation of team grant management systems and processes, ensure data collection for reporting against grant and programme KPIs, and support knowledge management within the team on thematic areas such as monitoring and evaluation.

You will have prior experience of partnership/institutional fundraising and project cycle management. Managing such a portfolio will demand excellent communications skills, strong time management skills, plus the ability to identify issues and find creative, collaborative solutions to ensure projects are delivered and expectations met. Above all, you will also be a passionate advocate for Plan International UK and be able to build excellent relationships at all levels of the organisation.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Friday 30 June 2017

Interviews will take place on 13 and 14 July 2017

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

https://plan-uk.org/jobs-and-volunteering

About Plan International UK

Plan International UK strives to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. We recognise the power and potential of every single child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected. As an independent development and humanitarian organisation, we work alongside children, young people, our supporters and partners to tackle the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

Background and rationale

The UK Prime Minster, Theresa May, has established the issue of ‘modern slavery’ as core to the work of her new government [1], and is seeking a ‘whole of government approach’ to addressing it in the UK and globally. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) are exploring the areas where they feel they can most add value as a department, aligning to target 8.7 of SDG framework.

Plan International UK, and the wider Plan International Federation, has considerable experience and expertise in these areas across its development and humanitarian programme portfolio. We are seeking to leverage this expertise in order to support DFID and the UK government to achieve its objectives around the modern slavery agenda, with a specific focus on building an evidence base and policy and programme recommendations to address the specific risks faced by adolescent girls.

This consultancy will be a critical foundational piece for an integrated campaign that Plan International UK will develop on the worst forms of child labour (as a subset of issues that fall under the modern slavery umbrella). It will also enable us to identify key evidence and research gaps, and provide guidance to help shape a research agenda.

Purpose and objectives

The objectives of this study are to:

• Undertake a comprehensive gender and age analysis of the worst forms of child labour and identify and highlight the specific drivers and risks that impact on girls, especially adolescents.
• Produce a policy briefing paper on adolescent girls and the worst forms of child labour with recommendations for policy and practice for the UK government.
• Identify evidence gaps and formulate a subset of research questions on adolescent girls and the worst forms of child labour for further investigation.

Suggested research methods

• Desk-based research, including literature reviews using recognised and rigorous gender methodology and analysis framework, such as intersectional analysis.
• Telephone interviews with relevant stakeholders and key contacts within the development and humanitarian sector, including the UN, DFID and peer NGOs.

Audience and how this study will be used

The outputs of this consultancy will be used for 2 purposes:

1. The policy briefing will be used to inform Plan International UK’s engagement with decision makers, civil society and other actors in policy making and programming.

2. The research gap analysis will be used to identify areas for future primary research that could make an important contribution to informing policy, practice and knowledge for Plan International and the wider sector.

Outputs

• An 8-10 page policy briefing paper, developed in consultation with Plan staff. The briefing paper will feature the following components:
  • Review of global gendered / typology prevalence data of the worst form of child labour, with a focus on adolescent girls.
  • Gender analysis exploring the individual, inter-personal, community, institutional drivers of modern slavery, with a focus on fragile settings and humanitarian contexts (specifics to be agreed with Plan staff).
  • Inter-sectional analysis of the specific impacts of these drivers and the risks that are faced by girls of different ages.
  • Brief analysis of promising practice and the development of draft policy and programme recommendations (to be finalised in consultation with Plan staff).
  • Appendix – List of documentation reviewed, people and organisations interviewed.
• A short 2-4 page briefing to frame discussions around future research in this area, based on gender and evidence gap analyses.
• A bibliography and list of interviewees should be provided separately.
• Separate PowerPoint presentations of the policy briefing paper and the research gap analysis key findings, and a commitment to present these to Plan International UK staff before completion of the consultancy.

Timeframe

The consultant is expected to develop a detailed timeline for this piece of work, but it is anticipated that the whole piece of work should not exceed 20 days. The research gap analysis should be completed by 1 August, and the other outputs by 1 September.

Please note – consultants will need to invoice for the work by 30th June 2017

Research Management

Consultant(s) will report directly to the Policy and Advocacy Advisor.

The work will be carried out in close collaboration with the Plan International UK Gender Adviser, Gender in Emergencies Officer and Child protection in Emergencies Officer.

Skills and experience

The desired specifications and qualities of the consultant(s) are:

• A commitment to promoting and supporting child and girls' rights
• Excellent understanding of gender equality and children’s rights, with a focus on protection from violence, with proven background in carrying out similar research topics in fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in carrying out research on gender equality, through an inter-sectional lens, with demonstrable relevant academic and practical experience in research and gender analysis.
• Demonstrably strong analytical, writing and communication skills, with a track record of writing policy briefing papers for external audiences.
• Conversant with child protection in emergencies, gender in emergencies and child rights and advocacy.
• Fluent spoken and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of French would be an asset.
• Ability to deliver on tight time frames and meet deadlines within agreed budgets

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/defeating-modern-slavery-theresa-may-article

Application Process

Plan UK welcomes a response to these Terms of Reference, with a CV and short written statement including:

• The consultant(s)’ suggested approach including methodology, schedule and proposed research matrix
• An outline of costs & timescales
• A capability statement demonstrating how they meet the required qualifications and competencies;
• Examples of relevant previous work
• Copies of all relevant Curriculum Vitae (CVs). Only CVs for the specific individuals that will form the proposed evaluation team should be included.
• Two references (including one from your last client/employer).
• N/B: The entire bid should be a maximum seven (7) pages including the budget. Bids not meeting this requirement will not be considered.

Responses should be sent to: Anthony Davis (Anthony.davis@plan-uk.org) no later than 5pm on 28th June 2017. Phone interviews will be conducted that week.

Background

GEC programme background

• The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. DFID is tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. DFID’s work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too.
• DFID is working to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Progress on girls’ education is critical to the achievement of these targets. SDGs 4 and 5 specifically relate to education and achieving gender parity. SDG 4 specifically notes ‘*inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning*’.
• Globally 31 million primary age girls have never been to school. And the majority of these girls come from the poorest and most marginalised communities in the most disadvantaged locations, ethnic groups etc. Over the last 20 years primary enrolments for girls have improved along with boys but completion rates are equally low for both sexes. At the secondary level the differences between boys and girls participation rates really start to show. Significant disparities exist within countries, with the poorest girls from rural areas most severely subject to educational disadvantage - even at the primary level.
• The Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) is helping the world’s poorest girls improve their lives through education and supporting better ways of getting girls in school and ensuring they receive a quality of education to transform their future.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and alliance partners have been contracted as the dedicated Fund Manager (FM) and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the GEC. This includes establishing the recipient tendering process, supporting The Evaluation Team, sifting and scoring proposals, monitoring Value for Money (VfM) and making project funding recommendations for DFID approval. The FM also manages the relationships with the selected projects and oversees their Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning operations.
• Through the GEC, DFID provided £355m between 2012 and 2017 to the FM to disburse to 37 individual projects across 18 countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to help girls’ education. In 2016 the GEC Transition window has been set up with additional DFID funding to support the original GEC beneficiaries to continue their journey through stages of education and further improve their learning.

GATE-GEC project background

Plan International is leading a consortium of four organisations, ActionAid (AA), Handicap International (HI), Open University (UK based) and Forum for African Women Educationists (FAWE) in implementing the GATE-GEC project in Sierra Leone, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST).

GATE-GEC’s vision is to continue to support the marginalised girls and children with disabilities in 5 districts in Sierra Leone – Kailahun, Kono, Kenema, Port Loko and Moyamba – that were being supported in our original GEC project since 2013, to reach their learning potential and to transition through primary school, into junior secondary school and beyond. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), GATE-GEC will work at the individual, school, home, community and governance levels to ensure sustainable support and investment in education for Sierra Leone’s most marginalised children. GATE-GEC will build on current GEC interventions that have proven successful in increasing beneficiaries’ access to, transition through and learning at school, including study groups, training and support of female learning assistants and student teachers, working through CBR volunteers and school adaptations to support children with disabilities, and community-based accountability systems. Sustainability will be achieved through adapting and strengthening financial support from bursaries to economic empowerment activities (VSLAs and livelihoods grants) and a structured approach to developing and implementing a partnership strategy to ensure collaboration with and value-add to state and non-state education actors. Deep-rooted social norms will be challenged through providing support to UNICEF’s GATE education media campaign and creating linkages as well as strengthening the existing formal and informal child protection structures including child rights clubs and the existing child forum networks in schools and at district level; a new approach in this transition phase of the GEC.

The project will be focusing on two key transition points: Primary 6 to Junior Secondary School (JSS) for children with disabilities, and Junior Secondary School to Senior Secondary School or other successful transition points that will be identified with beneficiaries during this evaluation process, across 272 primary schools and 180 JSS schools in the 5 districts in Sierra Leone. The project will run for three years plus one tracking year running from May 2017-May 2021.

Rationale for the Evaluation

Plan International UK is seeking to procure the services of an independent Consultant to design, plan and conduct a baseline evaluation for the GATE-GEC project in Sierra Leone, which is funded through the global Girls’ Education Challenge – Transition Window (GEC-T). The Consultant(s) will provide an independent and rigorous evaluation and research function, designing and implementing frameworks which will assess the delivery, effectiveness, VfM, and impact of the project and report the findings and lessons learnt through these processes.[1]

The findings from the evaluations will primarily be used:

· By the project management team, project partners and stakeholders to inform improvements in the delivery of the project during its lifetime;

· to demonstrate accountability for the funding received to DFID, other UK Government Departments, UK tax-payers, UK media;

· by the project management team to leverage additional resources from existing and new partners and stakeholders in order to scale-up and sustain the activities /benefits delivered by the project;

· by the project management team to support the on-going development and implementation of the project’s sustainability and succession strategies;

· by partners, stakeholders and the Government to learn lessons from the project for the purpose of replicating what works elsewhere and/or taking up approaches and activities that have proven to work in order to scale up the project;

· by the Fund Manager to feed into and identify insights in order to inform programme level questions; and

· by other donors, academic institutions and education networks to inform the wider policy debate concerning the education of girls and marginalised girls.

Evaluation Objective

The project is seeking to procure the services of an independent External Evaluator to conduct a mixed-method, gender-sensitive baseline evaluation that is inclusive of persons with disabilities (disaggregated by types and severity) of the GATE-GEC project. The GEC project has extremely high demands in terms of the quantity and quality of evidence to be collected and used by multiple stakeholders, and will require a high level of rigour and investment to meet the M&E standards expected. The research efforts will align as much as possible with Plan’s Programme Accountability and Learning System, including additional research questions relating to child-centeredness, gender and inclusion. The design and implementation of the baseline must also take into account and abide by Plan International’s Child-Centred Community Development principles. This means, for example, ensuring children are at the centre of the research, that principles of gender equality, inclusion (particularly around disabilities) and non-discrimination are considered and acted upon throughout, and that the meaningful participation of children and other key stakeholders is promoted in the design and implementation of the baseline. Furthermore, the assessment is required to be conducted in line with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy and internal guidelines on Child Protection and ethical standards in Monitoring, Evaluation and Research.

Evaluation Questions

The baseline study is intended to provide a clear picture of the issues affecting the current cohort of girls’ and children with disabilities’ (following on from GEC 1) education in the 5 districts and to identify the needs of the GATE-GEC cohort of girls and children with disabilities. This will allow the project to further develop the programmatic design and target interventions of the programme accordingly, based on a solid situational analysis and on baseline data. The baseline study must also provide baseline data for the project logframe and provide the basis, in order to compare the results and assess the extent of change, and answer the follow GEC evaluation questions:

• Was the project successfully designed and implemented according to stakeholders? What are the best practices and successful stories of change?

• To what extent has GATE-GEC reached and affected marginalised girls and children with disabilities (based on type and severity)?

• What impact has the project had on marginalised girls’ and children with disabilities learning? To what extent has the project addressed the needs of marginalised girls and children with disabilities? What has been the involvement of parents, teachers and school administration in the implementation of the project? What was it unable to achieve?

• What works to increase the attendance, quality of learning and transition of marginalised girls throughout school and beyond JSS?

• What impact has GATE-GEC had on enabling marginalised girls and children with disabilities to be in school?

• What impact has GATE-GEC had on indirect beneficiaries including boys within the schools?

• What has worked, what has not worked, why, and with what effects?

• How sustainable are the proposed changes envisaged by the project (baseline) and how sustainable are any changes the project has led to (this will be linked to the midline and endline)? How effective has the sustainability strategy been? What is the long-term impact of the project in the life condition of the beneficiaries?

• To what extent has the project been framed within national educational priorities and policies?

In addition to using GEC questions and OECD-DAC evaluation criteria, the following are cross-cutting questions for Plan’s evaluations:

• Child-centeredness – To what extent were children involved in the project, how were they selected, what was the impact on boys and girls of their participation in the project and how did the project affect girls and boys, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively?

• Non-discrimination and inclusion – Who benefited from the project and who was excluded, and why? How were marginalised/ vulnerable groups included? What was the impact on specific groups of children with disabilities (see Washington Group for the types of disabilities)?

• Gender – To what extent did the project contribute to increased equality between boys and girls, women and men? To what extent was the project gender transformative?

These questions help define the scope and focus of the project evaluation process. The successful bidder will be expected to work with the Project Management Team to review and revise these questions as appropriate at the outset of the project. Project specific context is important in this respect.

Methodology

Overall evaluation approach

The overall evaluation approach requires the Evaluation Team to design, plan and conduct a mixed-methods evaluation that is longitudinal in nature. The evaluation will adopt a quasi-experimental approach, with Treatment and Control groups to allow for difference-in-difference analysis of our results as well as looking at pre and post-test changes in key outcome indicators to assess the impact of the project. Due to the specific context of our current beneficiary group, in particular the number of interventions in support to primary and secondary education, the consortium will work with country partners, our external evaluators, PwC and MEST to establish appropriate control groups. The evaluation will also look to capture those beneficiaries that have transitioned post JSS, into SSS, employment, training or other pathways to capture sustainability of the project interventions and life choices taken post JSS education.

A proportionate amount of time and resources should be allocated to the evaluation given the type of project interventions, operational context and the reporting requirements of the GEC.

Research design

The Evaluation Team will be required to design and implement a participatory, inclusive and gender-sensitive mixed method baseline study as an integrated part of the overall MEL strategy and plan for the project. This may include pre-baseline data collection to identify the target group and barriers to education. The baseline study should identify the number of beneficiaries with disabilities as well as the type and severity of their disability, following the UN Washington Group methodology. The Evaluation Team should set out their approach to the baseline study. See section 5 of the MEL Framework (available on request).

Comparison groups: The Evaluation Team are required to outline their approach to evaluating the impact of the project. This should include consideration of the most rigorous approach to establishing a counterfactual, which should enable comparison of the outcomes achieved by the target group with the outcomes achieved by a group who are similar in every way to the target group, except that they have not in any way been exposed to or affected by the project intervention i.e. a comparison group. This will be particularly important in the case where organizations working in areas beyond the GATE-GEC project are implementing similar activities and we want to ensure that these children are not a part of the control group either. Careful consideration should be given to the use of experimental or quasi-experimental methods for this purpose.

Cohort tracking: The project is required to track a learning cohort and a transition cohort – defined as a group of individuals who progress through life (community or school) together. The Evaluation Team should outline their approach to tracking these cohorts in both the control and intervention areas. Refer to Part 4 of the Fund Manager’s Evaluation Guidance for more information on cohort tracking.

Measuring outcomes: The Evaluation Team are expected to understand the project’s key and intermediate outcomes and suggest the most appropriate data collection approach to evaluate each outcome. This should include a mixture of quantitative and qualitative approaches. Refer to the Fund Manager’s Evaluation Guidance and section 5.2 of the MEL Framework (draft available upon request). The Evaluator will be expected to pilot tools that will be used for data collection and refine as necessary.

Project sampling framework: The Evaluation Team will be required to help finalise the sampling frameworks for both qualitative and quantitative samples. These should be of a sufficient size and representativeness to allow:

• reasonable levels of certainty that the findings are representative for the target population;
• reasonable ability to generalise the intervention’s effectiveness to similar contexts; and
• reasonable ability to generalise the insights into what works and why for similar contexts.

Ethical Protocols

The evaluation approach must consider the safety of participants and especially children at all stages of the evaluation. The evaluation team will need to demonstrate how they have considered the protection of children through the different evaluation stages, including recruitment and training of research staff, data collection and data analysis and report writing.

Research ethics plan: The Evaluation Team are required to set out their approach to ensuring complete compliance with international good practice with regards to research ethics and protocols, particularly with regards to safeguarding children, vulnerable groups (including people with disabilities) and those in fragile and conflict affected states. Consideration should be given to:

• administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect the confidentiality of those participating in research;
• physical safeguards for those conducting research;
• Child-safe physical safeguards for children participating in research;
• Appropriate time allocated to engage with children participating in the research;
• data protection protocols and secure maintenance procedures for personal information;
• parental consent concerning data collection from children or collation of data about children;
• age- and ability-appropriate assent processes based on reasonable assumptions about comprehension for the ages of children and the disabilities they intend to involve in the research;
• Appropriate spaces and methodologies tailored in consideration of unique needs of children with disabilities;
• Appropriate language and communication for different ages and the disabilities of children involved in the research;
• age-appropriate participation of children, including in the development of data collection tools.

Existing Information Sources

In the first instance, The Evaluation Team should refer to the DFID GEC website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/girls-education-challenge for general information concerning the Girls’ Education Challenge.

The Evaluation Team, once appointed, should refer to the following GEC programme documentation:

• Grant Recipient Handbook
• Evaluation Guidance
• Logframe and workplan guidance

The Evaluation Team should refer to the following GEC project documentation that includes:

• Project logframe;
• Project Full Application as included in the Accountable Grant Arrangement; and
• Project’s MEL framework (draft framework is available on request).

The Evaluation Team should also refer to relevant country data and information that is currently available, including previous evaluation reports from the GEC 1 project, as required, to prepare the proposal. All documents are available on request.

Deliverables and Schedule

This assignment is expected to commence in late July to commence the desk research/inception report writing phase. Field work should commence following the completion of the verification exercise (or possibly in parallel) in and around the last week of September/first week of October, and the final report will be due in December 2017. All applicants should ensure they are available for the full duration of this period. The final submission date is non-negotiable. Specific dates will be agreed with the evaluators once recruited.

Project deliverables: the main deliverables for this project are as follows:

• Inception report: setting out the design of the MEL strategy and plan and associated planning, logistics, quality assurance, child protection measures and risk management information including gender analysis.
• Baseline study report (including drafts): design, conduct and submit a baseline study that describes the initial conditions (before the start of the project) against which progress can be measured or comparisons made to show the effects and impacts of the project in the final project evaluation report. A final report structure will be provided by the FM.
• Face-to-face presentations in-country of all deliverables as an integral part of the submission process.

Report requirements: all reports should be submitted in electronic form and should be submitted in English. The Evaluation Team will be expected to provide a fully ‘cleaned-up’ dataset in SPSS, Stata or SAS file format accompanied by the code used to carry out analysis and a variable codebook.

Detailed work plan: The Evaluation Team are required to provide a detailed work plan incorporating all relevant tasks and milestones from start to finish of the evaluation study.

Project milestones: The Evaluation Team are required to include in their detailed work plans the milestones set out below. Please note final dates will be confirmed once evaluators are recruited and initial discussions are scoped out with the evaluators.

Tendering Process

• Invitation to tender sent out to bidders: 26^th June 2017
• Deadline for receipt of tenders: 12.00 BST, 7^th July 2017
• Evaluation of tenders and shortlisting completed: 11^th July 2017
• Interviews of shortlisted suppliers held: 12^th July 2017 Supplier appointed: 14^th July 2017

Inception Phase

• Inception Meeting held: 17^th July 2017 (TBC)
• Literature/document review & data gathering completed: Bidder to complete
• Review of project’s theory of change, impact logic and evaluability completed: Bidder to complete
• Stakeholder consultation completed: Bidder to complete
• Child protection framework developed: Bidder to complete
• Sampling framework for primary research for baseline completed: Bidder to complete
• Design of data collection strategy including cohort tracking design completed: Bidder to complete
• Design of primary research instruments for baseline completed: Bidder to complete
• Draft Inception Report (including design of baseline study) submitted for review and comments by Project Manager and Project Partners: Bidder to complete
• Presentation to Evaluation Steering Group: Bidder to complete
• Review complete and comments returned to supplier: Bidder to complete
• Final Inception Report submitted: 25^th August 2017

Baseline Study Phase

• Tool development and piloting: Bidder to complete
• Baseline research starts: Late September 2017 (aligned with the beneficiary verification process)
• Baseline research completed: Late October (tbc)
• Draft Baseline Study Report submitted for review: Bidder to complete
• Presentation to Evaluation Steering Group: Bidder to complete
• Review by Project Management and stakeholders completed /comments provided to Supplier: Bidder to complete
• Supplier addresses comments and revises Baseline Study Report: Bidder to complete
• Final Baseline Study Report submitted: End of Dec 2017

A more detailed milestone document in line with the fund manager’s requirements will be agreed with the evaluators once they are recruited.

Responsibilities &Logistical Support

The GATE-GEC Consortium will provide:

· The project proposal, MEL Framework and other relevant documents

· Overview of the programme, list of schools per district; list of beneficiaries per school disaggregated per sex and disabilities; contact list of key people in the field.

· Use of office space for checking emails etc. for the duration of the assignment.

· Support in setting up introductive meetings with relevant stakeholders and communities

· Feedback on the draft tools and reports (inception and final tools/reports).

The Consultant(s) will be responsible for timely delivery of the outputs and deliverables as outlined above and prompt reporting and presentation of raw data, draft and final report. More specifically the Consultant(s) will:

· Recruit and train research assistants to enumerate the assessment

· Make own arrangements to reach the selected schools and/or communities and organize interviews

· Supervise and take full responsibility of the behaviour and performance of data collectors

· Perform child protection background checks

· Ensure the full logistical support for the entire exercise across all districts

· Design tools where necessary

· Run analysis of the findings and produce reports

Required Competences and Experience

The Evaluation Team are required to clearly identify and provide CVs for all those proposed in the Evaluation Consultancy, clearly stating their roles and responsibilities for this evaluation. Please note that if the enumeration is to be sub-contracted, the evaluator will be ultimately responsible for the enumerators they are subcontracting to.

The proposed Consultant(s) should include the technical expertise and practical experience required to deliver the scope of work and evaluation outputs, in particular with regards to:

· Evaluation design: the team should include skills and expertise required to design, plan and conduct mixed-method impact evaluation, potentially using experimental or quasi-experimental techniques; ensuring they understand the policy context around education and disability;

· Skills in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, drawing findings from multiple sources and handling potential contradictions between data sets;

· Relevant subject matter knowledge and experience on conducting research using child–centered participatory methodologies with children, particularly children with disabilities (with knowledge of the UN Washington Group model and recognition of the severity and type of disability), gender and child protection to ensure that the evaluation design and research methods are as relevant and meaningful as possible given the aims and objectives of the project and the context in which it is being delivered;

· Evaluation management: manage a large-scale and complex evaluation and research process from end-to-end, including conducting and reporting a baseline study and final project evaluation report;

· Primary research: inclusive and gender-sensitive design, management and implementation of primary quantitative and qualitative research in potentially challenging project environments, such as fragile and conflict affected states – this could include the design of longitudinal household panel surveys, EGRA /EGMA tests, in-depth interviews, focus groups, etc., understanding the policy context around education and disability in particular and the barriers that affect the beneficiaries and communities.

· Country experience: it is particularly important that the team has the appropriate country knowledge /experience and language proficiency required to conduct the research required;

· Information management: design and manage sex- and disability-disaggregated data and information systems capable of handling large datasets for MEL purposes;

· Statistical analysis: a range of statistical modelling and analysis of impact data; highly proficient user of: SPSS or STATA; and qualitative data analysis techniques, including the use of software e.g. ATLAS.ti, NVivo or equivalent where needed;

· VfM assessment of education projects: education economics expertise to conduct cost benefit analysis and cost effectiveness analysis as part of the assessment of the project’s VfM;

· Understanding of Payment by Results and how to effectively draw this into the evaluation design, questions and approach as this will inform payments made to the consortium;

· Safety considerations: Ensuring the whole evaluation process adheres to best practice for research with children, including the implementation of child protection policy and procedures to ensure the safety of participants. Note that The Evaluation Team are expected to be able to show that they have a child protection policy in place to safeguard children that the research team would come into contact with through the research activities.

The Consultant(s) should be a specialist in monitoring and evaluation, especially in the education sector with the following qualifications:

· Degree in social sciences, development studies;

· Excellent analytical and writing skills;

· Excellent teaching and coaching skills;

· Fluency in spoken and written English.

· Excellent facilitation and co-ordination skills

Organisational Experience: The Evaluation Team should provide evidence of previous project experience for the provision of similar evaluation services and the design and implementation of similar evaluation activities required by this ToR.

Conflict of Interest: The Consultant(s) must demonstrate the necessary independence and declare any conflict of interest and potential biases, including bias towards any of the stakeholders, target groups, type of approach etc.

Based on rights and ethics: The Consultant(s) must respect the rights and dignity of participants as well as comply with relevant ethical standards. During field work the Consultant(s) will follow Plan International Sierra Leone’s child protection guidelines. The Consultant(s) will be briefed on these before the assignment.

Logistics and Quality Assurance Procedures

Risk management

Risk management plan: This is an extremely important piece of work for the project and the GEC programme as a whole with potentially challenging requirements. It is important that the successful bidder has taken all reasonable measures to mitigate any potential risk to the delivery of the required outputs for this evaluation. Therefore, The Evaluation Team should submit a comprehensive risk management plan covering:

· The assumptions underpinning the successful completion of the proposals submitted and the anticipated challenges that might be faced;

· Estimates of the level of risk for each risk identified;

· Proposed contingency plans that the bidder will put in place to mitigate against any occurrence of each of the identified risk;

· specific child protection risks and mitigating strategies, including reference to the child protection policy and procedures that will be in place; and

· Health and safety issues that may require significant duty of care precautions.

Data quality assurance

Quality assurance plan: The Evaluation Team are required to submit a quality assurance plan that sets out the systems and processes for quality assuring the evaluation and research process and deliverables from start to finish of the project. This plan should include the proposed approaches to:

· Piloting of all research activities;

· Training of enumerators and researchers conducting the primary research;

· Logistical and management planning;

· Field work protocols and data verification including back-checking and quality control by supervisors; and

· Data cleaning and editing before any analysis.

Budget

The estimated budget for this work is £100,000 inclusive of VAT (at a rate of 20%). Evaluators registered outside of the UK should note that the VAT element will be paid directly by Plan International UK to the UK tax authorities and therefore will not form part of their payment tranches.

This budget should cover the data collection, analysis and reporting for the baseline evaluation. Evaluators should also describe what they can expect to achieve within this envelope and to provide a breakdown of costs and expenses, including number of days and daily fee rate. The budget is inclusive of all costs covering team member costs, travel, research costs and any other costs associated the completion of the work including where required costs for reasonable adjustment. The Evaluation Team are required to organise and fund their own duty of care arrangements as required.

The Evaluation Team are required to provide a fully costed proposal in the form of a price schedule that

as a minimum should include:

· Sub-total of fees for the delivery of any task or deliverable, broken down by the number of days for each individual study team members against the tasks set out in the workplan,

· Total fees per team member.

· Day rates for each study team member, against the total number of days per team member.

· Expenses and overheads broken down by the project cost categories;

· Total costs before and after any taxes that are applicable.

· The Evaluation Team are required to provide a payment schedule on the basis of milestone payments for the successful delivery of each deliverable.

Full Application Requirements

Thank you for submitting an expression of interest for the GATE-GEC baseline consultancy. Plan International UK invites bids from individual consultants or firms with the experience and skills described above submit the following application documents to gecevaluation@plan-uk.org no later than midday on 07/07/2017. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Bids should include:

· A technical proposal that includes the sampling strategy, basic methodology which will be used as well as the proposed timeframe with a detailed workplan;

· A financial proposal that covers all consultancy related costs (enumerator team, data collection, data entry, data analysis, administrative costs etc.) in PDF format;

· A CV of each of the evaluation team members detailing relevant skills and experience of no more than 3 pages;

· Two samples of a relevant M&E report from different contractors;

· Two contactable referees

Payment Method

Payment will be made in three (3) tranches:

· First installment of 40% upon submission of final inception report and tools

· Second installment of 30% upon submission of first draft of final report

· Third installment of 30% upon submission and satisfaction of a final report to the satisfaction of Plan International UK, Plan International Sierra Leone and the GEC Fund Manager.

Supervision and management

The Consultant(s) will be directly supervised by the M&E team in Plan International UK (with support from the Senior M&E manager in the Plan Sierra Leone team) who is responsible for the day-to-day project management of the evaluation. The Consultant is required to daily contact and weekly report to the GATE-GEC M&E Manager during the fieldwork stage of the evaluation and weekly contact during design and writing stages.

Ownership and Disclosure of Data/Information

All documents, data and information shall be treated as confidential and shall not, without the written approval of Plan International Sierra Leone be made available to any third party. In addition, the Consultant formally undertakes not to disclose any parts of the confidential information and shall not, without the written approval of Plan International Sierra Leone be made available to any third party. The utilization of the report is solely at the decision and discretion of Plan International Sierra Leone. All documents containing both raw data/materials and final report, both soft and hard copies are to be returned to the GATE-GEC M&E Manager upon completion of the assignment. All documentation and reports written as, and as a result of the research or otherwise related to it, shall remain the property of Plan International Sierra Leone. No part of the report shall be reproduced except with the prior, expressed and specific written permission of Plan International Sierra Leone.

Implications of Non Compliance

The Consultant is expected to comply with the terms of reference for undertaking the learning assessments and she/he will be responsible for her/his team. Once she/he signs this Terms of Reference she/he is liable to comply with the conditions of the terms. In case of any inappropriate behaviour including fraudulent act that puts the reputation of the consortium in disrepute, Plan International reserves the right to take disciplinary action that suits the organization within the ambits of the law.

If the external Consultant fails to complete the work within the agreed period she/he will be requested extra time to complete the exercise as deem necessary by management before her/his final payment. No extra payment will be made for negligence or failure to complete the task on time.

[1] Please see DAC ‘Criteria for Evaluating Development Assistance’ (http://www.oecd.org/dac/evaluation/daccriteriaforevaluatingdevelopmentassistance.htm ) for further guidance.

Plan International UK invites bids from individual consultants or firms with the experience and skills described in the ToR to submit the following application documents to gecevaluation@plan-uk.org no later than 12.00 (BST) London on Friday 7^thJuly 2017. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Bids should include:

· A technical proposal that includes the sampling strategy, basic methodology which will be used as well as the proposed timeframe with a detailed workplan;

· A financial proposal that covers all consultancy related costs (enumerator team, data collection, data entry, data analysis, administrative costs etc.) in PDF format;

· A CV of each of the evaluation team members detailing relevant skills and experience of no more than 3 pages and

· Two samples of a relevant M&E report from different contractors.

· Two Contactable referees

If you wish to see a copy of the draft MEL framework, or have questions, please contact us at gecevaluation@plan-uk.org.

Plan International UK 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 strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our Policy and Programmes Department contributes to the delivery of these aims through its large portfolio of projects, and by promoting awareness of Plan’s wider work. We work with Country Offices to design high quality project proposals (either for development, or in response to humanitarian emergencies), and by raising the funds needed to implement them. We then manage the grants, ensuring that project monitoring and evaluation is carried out effectively, and that reports are submitted in accordance with the increasingly exacting standards set by donors.

As a Programme Development Specialist in the department, you will identify and proactively generate opportunities from new and existing institutional donors, and lead on the development of high-quality grant and commercial tender submissions. You will also support project initiation and handover to implementation teams once funding is secured. Your area of focus will be East and Southern Africa, but there will be the need for flexibility to work with other areas as requested, particularly when there are surges of work with certain countries.

You will have experience of developing high quality proposals and/or tenders for institutional donors (particularly DFID, multilaterals or the EC) and of working remotely with multiple countries and partners to develop proposals and tenders within tight time frames. Experience of living and working in developing countries would be advantageous, as would the ability to communicate clearly and concisely in French.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Wednesday 12 July 2017

Interviews will take place during week commencing 24 July 2017

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

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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.

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 ARE 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: 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:

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.

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.

Deployable Emergency Programme Manager

£45,291 plus allowances whilst deployed

12 month fixed term contract

Plan International UK 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 strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Plan International UK is a leader in the development of the global disasters work of Plan. Our Disaster Risk Management Unit supports our country offices to design and deliver quality programmes, assisting with the development of strong donor relationships, and providing technical support for humanitarian work. A new role of Deployable Emergency Programme Manager has been created to support the wider humanitarian surge capacity of the organisation, particularly as 2017 is proving to be an extremely difficult year for humanitarian action with four looming and simultaneous famines.

In the role you will usually be deployed on medium-term assignments (for up to 60% of the time) to provide immediate emergency expertise, particularly when the scaling up of a programme is required in country. You will provide surge capacity to a country programme by either filling a vacant position and/or adding further skills and experience to country programmes. There is also an element of fundraising in the role, and you will support the development of funding submissions to institutional donors and identify potential in-country funding opportunities. When not deployed, you will be based at our London office and provide support on the development of toolkits, proposals, and maintaining external relationships.

With significant experience of responding to humanitarian crises and emergencies in several contexts (at field level as well as experience at HQ level), you will have designed and implemented emergency projects and programmes, and have strong understanding of humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles. You will also have experience of building strategic partnerships with donors and humanitarian actors and of winning emergency funding. Good analytical and problem solving skills to assess information on humanitarian issues quickly and effectively and the ability to working to tight deadlines are also essential. Proficiency in French and/or Spanish is highly desirable.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Thursday 20th July 2017

Due to the nature of our work with children, we follow rigorous child protection policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, some of our roles are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee or volunteer; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

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Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Contract: 1 year, renewable

Start Date: As soon as possible

Compensation: Competitive salary with benefits

Reports to: Bangkok Field Office Director (FOD)

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects the vulnerable from violence by partnering with government authorities to rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen criminal justice systems so they protect the vulnerable from violence and abuse long-term. IJM is a global team of lawyers, social workers and other professionals. IJM has 17 field offices across the globe, including multiple offices in Southeast Asia. IJM is headquartered in Washington, DC.

IJM has worked in northern Thailand through IJM’s Chiang Mai Field Office (FO) since 2000, partnering with government authorities on hill tribe Thai citizenship cases and cases of sexual violence against children. In 2017, IJM will establish a new field office in Bangkok that will provide support to Thai authorities to eliminate labor trafficking and forced labor from the Thai fishing and seafood industries. IJM lawyers, social workers, fieldworkers and other professionals will support Thai law enforcement, social services and the judiciary to identify and prosecute cases of forced labor and labor trafficking crimes and restore labor trafficking survivors to safety and strength.

Position Details:

IJM is seeking a Human Resources (HR) and Administrative Manager to lead, establish and manage all HR and daily administrative activities for IJM’s Bangkok office. We are looking for a talented administrator and gifted human resources professional with strong leadership abilities who is passionate about the IJM mission and willing to bring his or her skills in the areas of organizational planning, recruitment/staffing and talent management, performance management, staff care and professional development, and general office administration. This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand and may require occasional travel within Thailand.

Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Provide leadership to the HR and administrative team staff; ensure that the department achieves its key result areas.
• Manage, supervise and coordinate the activities of HR and administrative staff, including information technology (IT) staff.
• Participate on the leadership team for the office.

Staffing and Employee Support

• Manage all HR functions, including recruiting, on-boarding of new staff, payroll administration, staffs professional development program, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, occupational health and safety, and staff care program.
• Manage IJM Bangkok’s end to end recruitment procedure, partnering with hiring managers throughout the process, and making improvements where needed to ensure a thorough yet prompt candidate review process.
• Work with managers across the office to ensure all staff and unfilled positions have current job requirements and job descriptions.
• Proactively and creatively seek out candidates for open positions.
• Advise leaders as to critical qualities needed for open positions, and give reasoned opinions on hiring choices.
• Support all department heads and supervisors in creating and implementing an annual and mid-year staff performance review process.
• Maintain employee agreements, personnel records, monthly time sheets, and leave request forms. Work with relevant government agencies related to visa applications, visa extensions, and work permits for foreign staff, interns and fellows.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for government regulatory agencies including the Department of Labor (DOL) and Social Security Office (SS), prepare and submit social security and tax payments, and ensure compliance with government policies and regulatory requirements relevant to the employment of national staff.
• Manage contracts for temporary hires and external service providers.
• Acting as POC and local coordinator for international and local interns, fellows and other volunteers, liaising with the global intern and fellow program and FO leaders as necessary and checking in periodically with interns and fellows on assignment.

Staff Care and Development

• Develop and implement an effective office-wide training and development program, and an effective staff care program for the staff.
• Identify training and development needs and opportunities.
• Oversee and organize logistics for all components of IJM Bangkok’s Staff Care Plan, including staff retreats, health programs, post-incident debriefs and individual staff counseling.

HR Policies and Procedures

• Ensure all HR policies, procedures, and HR best practice comply with Thai labor law and other relevant laws and regulations, as well as IJM’s organizational culture, objectives, and standards.
• Ensure staff adherence to all HR and primary office policies, including the IJM Employee Manual, Finance Manual, Safety and Security Manual, IT Policy, and Child Protection Policy, among others.

Administration

• Manage all general office administrative operations, procedures and policies to ensure smooth and professional functioning of the office environment.
• Prepare and manage the annual budget for the work of the HR and administrative staff team, including monitoring spending and reporting on variances from the budget.
• Manage office procurement and inventory of equipment, computers, vehicles, office supplies and other assets, including proper maintenance.
• Manage office registration, including preparation and submission of reports as required by registration with the Thai government.
• Facilitate review and/or renewal of office unit lease, vehicle registration and insurance;
• Oversee office maintenance, improvements and repairs.
• Ensure electronic filing and record systems on office shared drive are maintained, kept up-to-date and secured.
• Work with IJM headquarters IT team to ensure office network system is secure and well-functioning, oversee coordination with IJM’s Regional IT Specialist and/or external contractors in providing effective IT support services to the FO.

Other

• Perform other necessary assignments as required

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Progressive professional experience in human resources and office administration of at least 4 to 5 years; 2-3 years’ experience providing HR and administrative leadership to an office of at least 20-30 staff.
• Experience working with international organizations, preferably those based in the US, Canada or Europe.
• Excellent communication skills, including fluency in spoken and written English and Thai.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Critical Qualities:

• Highly developed organizational and leadership skills, superior attention to detail, exceptional follow-through and accountability for results.
• Disciplined with priorities, excellent time management and ability to work effectively under deadline pressures; proven ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks with competing demands under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to exercise sound judgment, take initiative and produce results.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, as well as under supervision and as part of a team.
• Ability to perform and thrive in an international organization with an international-standard, professional working style and business culture, in addition to ability to work effectively in Thai and other Southeast Asian working styles and business cultures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication, and ability to establish and maintain and foster good working relations in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary working environment.
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and willing to receive feedback and learn from others.
• Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity.
• Professional presentation in demeanor and written and oral communication.
• Passionate commitment to and understanding of IJM’s mission, vision and values.

In order to apply, submit a complete application form, CV, Cover Letter and a list of 2-3 professional references to bangkokrecruiting@ijm.org. Please specify in the subject which position you are applying for.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Start Date: As soon as possible

Compensation: Competitive salary with benefits

Reports to: Bangkok Field Office Director (FOD)

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects the vulnerable from violence by partnering with government authorities to rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen criminal justice systems so they protect the vulnerable from violence and abuse long-term. IJM is a global team of lawyers, social workers and other professionals. IJM has 17 field offices across the globe, including multiple offices in Southeast Asia. IJM is headquartered in Washington, DC.

IJM has worked in northern Thailand through IJM’s Chiang Mai Field Office (FO) since 2000, partnering with government authorities on hill tribe Thai citizenship cases and cases of sexual violence against children. In 2017, IJM will establish a new field office in Bangkok that will provide support to Thai authorities to eliminate labor trafficking and forced labor from the Thai fishing and seafood industries. IJM lawyers, social workers, fieldworkers and other professionals will support Thai law enforcement, social services and the judiciary to identify and prosecute cases of forced labor and labor trafficking crimes and restore labor trafficking survivors to safety and strength.

Position Details:

IJM is seeking an Executive Assistant to the Field Office Director to support and enhance operations at the Bangkok office. The Executive Assistant will work closely with the Field Office Director (FOD) to provide administrative support and assist the Field Office Director in day-to-day operations. This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand and may require occasional travel within Thailand.

Responsibilities:

Meetings and Time Management

• Work closely with the FOD to coordinate and manage communications and scheduling between the FOD’s office, departments, Thailand field office teams, and other IJM offices, including IJM Headquarters;
• Meet with the FOD to discuss the week, manage weekly schedule, and discuss approaching projects and tasks;
• Assist and prepare the FOD for meetings with individuals and stakeholders outside IJM: create a meeting agenda, brief on IJM’s history with the person or organization, research background information on the person or organization;
• Attend meetings with the FOD and take minutes. Record tasks and assignments defined during the meeting and the person responsible for completing them;
• Circulate minutes, tasks and assignments to meeting participants and its corresponding due dates; and
• Track deadlines on key projects and action items for the FOD and follow up with collaborators, as necessary.

Adept Communicator

• Monitor and prioritize the FOD’s email, draft replies and maintain communication when the FOD’s personal reply is not necessary;
• Complete the FOD’s administrative documentation, including credit card reports, expense reports, and time sheets;
• Organize and manage the FOD’s travel arrangements, including flight and hotel accommodations, following IJM’s Procurement Process;
• Assist the FOD in preparing presentations for internal and external audiences;
• Assist the FOD in writing, editing, and submitting internal and external reports;
• Serve as the Point of Contact for requests from IJM Headquarters about hosting visitors, external trainings, and staff retreats, and work with the Administration team on all logistics involving the visits; and
• Provide information and logistical assistance in person and on call on a variety of matters.

Interpersonal and Analytic Skills

• Review documents, records and forms for accuracy, completeness and conformance to applicable policies;
• Oversee the office’s data integrity and ensure departments are accurately reporting office information within the reporting systems;
• Prepare and maintain a variety of records, files, and casework materials;
• Organize and file hard-copy documents;
• Be able to prioritize given tasks as well as the FOD’s tasks;
• Handle confidentiality; and
• Be an excellent team player.

Other

• Assist in the overall organizational development;
• Assist the Field Office Director in administrative tasks, as required; and
• Participate and support the advocacy and intervention teams as required.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Thai national.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum one year experience providing administrative support in a fast-paced, professional environment; two to three years experience strongly preferred.
• A minimum of three years working in team environments, with demonstrated problem solving experience.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Thai required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
• Superior ability to manage large number of tasks simultaneously and proven ability to consistently meet deadlines with excellence.

Critical Qualities:

• Professional presentation in demeanor and written and oral communication.
• Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity.
• Meticulous attention to detail, sound judgment, ability to take initiative and provide constructive feedback, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Disciplined with priorities and works well under deadline pressures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication, and experience or desire to work comfortably within a multi-ethnic team.
• Highly developed organizational and leadership skills; willingness to initiate actions and ideas, with exceptional follow-through.
• Sustained positive attitude.
• Passionate commitment to and understanding of IJM mission.

In order to apply, submit a complete application form, CV, and Cover Letter to bangkokrecruiting@ijm.org. Please specify in the subject which position you are applying for.