Lowongan Programme and Project Proposal Development Consultant

TERMS OF REFERENCE
Programme and Project Proposal Development Consultant

Location:
Jakarta, Indonesia Country Office
Application Deadline:
22 November 2019
Contract Type:
Professional Service Contract
Working Language:                                                                                                                                    Bilingual (Bahasa Indonesia and English deliverables are all in English)
Expected Starting Date:
1 December 2019
Contract Period:

From: 1 December 2019 – 1 June 2019 (Part Time)

I. Background

About Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (YPII)

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination and its girls who are most affected. 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 support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. Plan International have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 75 years and are now active in more than 70 countries. Aiming to reach 100 million girls globally and 1 million in Indonesia by 2022, in June 2017, Plan In
ternational has set up a locally registered national foundation called Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia), focusing on promoting gender equality and girls’ rights.

Thematic and Geographical Area

In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030. These goals who are better known as the goals of Sustainable Development Agendas (SDGs) 2030, were envisioned to have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change. Guided by the goals, Plan Indonesia aimed to work together with governments, businesses, civil society and the general public to work together to build a better future for children and youth, particularly girls. Based on the commitment of these goals to leave no one behind, Plan Indonesia have devised four global outcome areas to empower children to realise their potential and bring about equality for girls.

Plan Indonesia focuses on girls and young women, working together with communities, organizations, men and boys, in the following thematic issues:

1.      Humanitarian and Resilience: Children and youth, particularly girls and young women, receive the quality services during emergency and humanitarian crises, to include development of their capacity to mitigate risks of disaster.
2.      Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship: Youth, especially young women, have the education and skills they need to succeed in life and make a decent living
3.      Adolescent Health and Agency: Adolescent, girls and boys, are able to be well informed to control over their lives and bodies, and have healthy lifestyle to make informed choices about their future.
4.      Child Development and Protection: Children, particularly girls, grow up healthily and equally valued and cared for – free from discrimination, violence and fear.

In addition to these thematic programs, Plan Indonesia has a flagship project called, “Girls Leadership”, focusing on young girls’ activation events to increase their capacity as future leaders, based on the thematic areas that Plan Indonesia is working on, to be the platform of strengthening social solidarity among girls in Indonesia.
As a child sponsorship organization, Plan Indonesia is working in areas where our Sponsored Children are located in 3 Districts in NTT Province, Timor Tengah Selatan, Lembata and Nagekeo. Our work in these area, ensure that the Sponsored Children benefit from the thematic program and project activities. Plan Indonesia is also implementing grant funded projects located in Bekasi, Sukabumi, Semarang, Rembang, Jepara, Lombok Barat, Lombok Tengah, Lombok Utara, Malaka, Belu and Manggarai Timur. Currently, Plan Indonesia is also providing recovery project on Safe Schools in tsunami and liquefaction affected area in Central Sulawesi.
Plan Indonesia thematic programs are based on the six areas of global distinctiveness. These areas will make up a growing proportion of our programming and influencing work, and we will significantly develop our capacities in these areas in both development and humanitarian settings, they are:

·        Inclusive, safe quality education
·        Skills and opportunities for youth employment and entrepreneurship
·        Girls, boys and youth as active drivers of change
·        Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for girls and young women
·        Early childhood development
·        Gender-transformative child protection

Locally, Plan Indonesia has been recognized for the strong work on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), with components on advocacy with local government and capacity building of communities.

II. Objectives of the Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for Plan Indonesia to have a number of thematic project proposals, taking into consideration Plan Indonesia and Plan International Area of Global Distinctiveness (AoGDs), national priorities and commitments, such as SDGs. The proposals developed will also be based on Plan International Gender Transformative Approach in promotion of equality for girls, Plan International’s Theory of Change, informed by national context and trends from funding agencies.

Plan Indonesia is looking for a consultant, or a Team of Consultants to achieve this objective.


III. Scope of Work/Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant(s) will develop, in consultation with Plan Indonesia Program Development, Program Thematic and Area Implementation Team, and Country Management Team, a detailed work plan and output-oriented result that will include undertaking at least the following tasks:

1. A desk review of existing document, studies and literature on the issues that Plan Indonesia has been working on in Indonesia informed by Plan International AoGDs, Plan Indonesia’s programmatic strengths, national context, trends for donors/funding opportunities;

2. Analyze the potential thematic areas based on the desk review, using gender equality and social inclusion and take into account Plan Indonesia’s positioning as organization advancing child rights and youth participation;

3. Conduct consultation, interview and/or validation workshops with relevant programme team and other relevant stakeholders if possible, to develop Theory of Change in each portfolio;

4. Design and write the portfolio-based project proposals, including logical framework (LFA), budget, and the narrative;

IV. Key Deliverables and Level of Effort

No./ Phase
Objectives
Activities
Deliverables
Estimated level of effort
1
Identify program thematic focus
•  Desk review
•  Consultation

Report of potential program and project thematic focus, supplemented with brief situational analysis, possible project locations and potential donors.

15 days
2
Formulate Theory of Change for project proposals
•  Workshop with program team
•  Consultation with CMT

Draft of theory of change of projects based on the identified thematic focus
15 days
3
Project proposal writing
·  Develop LFA in each project in consultation with M&E team
·  Consultation with finance and Program Development for budgeting
•  Develop the complete project proposal

Complete project proposals (the numbers of project proposal will vary, it is expected that each thematic focus has at least 1 project proposals)
50 days

Some other activities for finalizing key deliverables may include:

•  Regular interaction with program team and/ or other relevant country office team for knowledge support.

• Desk research on key documents provided by Plan Indonesia.

• Program thematic area development workshop with programme team.

•  Consultation cross-cutting specialists (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Child and Youth Participation), Plan Indonesia’s identified resource persons to provide insights on emerging issues such as, digital innovation and social enterprise/entrepreneurship.

•  Discussion with Program Development Manager and Program Director for the activity design for workshop and for the format for program themes and project proposals. 

V. Duration of the Assignment

The assignment may take 80-100 days of Level of Efforts, with the contract duration of 6 (six) month.

VI. Inputs

The consultant(s) is expected to provide their own equipment such as laptops, recording devices, camera, etc. Plan Indonesia will provide work station if office work is needed. Other inputs for this consultancy is included in the financial proposal (see the details in section X.2)

VII.  Reporting Line and Supervision


The consultant will report to Plan Indonesia’s Program Development Manager, with direction from Program Director. He/She will work closely with the Program Development Specialist.


VIII. Key Principles, Approach and Ethical Consideration

Plan Indonesia Staff and consultant must adhere to Plan International Child and Youth Safeguarding and Protection. In this context, Plan Indonesia shall request for the Consultant, during the contract period, to conduct risk analysis for any activities involving children and young people. Mitigation plan to ensure children and young people participating in the activities during the contract period safe and protected. Liaising with Plan Indonesia’s Safeguarding Focal Point for consultation is expected for developing the risk analysis and mitigation. Plan Indonesia is committed to also provide training for the consultant in this issue.

The consultant must follow Ethical Principles for involving human subjects in a research and obtain written/ verbal consent from the human subjects. Permission from elder must be sought if the children under 18 years are involved as subjects. Signed informed consent of each child and his/her parents need to take after explaining purpose of the study and its usage.

All the projects managed by Plan Indonesia and is partners, should also aligned with Plan International global ambition to reach 100 million girls, using gender transformative approach in delivering its tasks.  In this assignment, the Consultant is expected to apply gender transformative approach through addressing gender norms, strengthening girls' and young women's agency, advancing girls' and women's condition and position, working with boys and men to embrace gender equality, responding to the needs and interest of girls and boys in all their diversity, and fostering an environment that enables gender equality and girls' rights.

IX. Required experience and qualifications

YPII is seeking for an experience project proposal writer with significant experience on international development sectoral insights, as well as knowledge on gender equality, child rights and human development sector. Familiarity with digital innovation, social entrepreneurship and social and economic trends is an advantage. Effective writing skills and well versed comprehension on the donor landscape for Indonesia are mandatory.

The Lead Consultant should also have the following qualifications/expertise:

•  An advanced university degree (masters or equivalent) in development studies, political science, social studies, communication, economics, business, law, and others as may be relevant or a related field.
•  Not less than 8 years of experience in the project/programme design, monitoring and evaluations and communications in development sector. 
•  Proven knowledge of country contexts, social economic trends and sectoral insights in any of the thematic program that Plan International is working on is a must.
•  Strong programme design skills, including capacity to prepare logical, coherent, and consistent technical documents including logframes and budgets.
•  Prior demonstrated experience from developing and writing proposals for institutional donors.
•  Ability to integrate different experiences, methodologies, and approaches from a diverse range of stakeholders, organisations, and technical experts from multiple sectors, through adapting facilitation techniques.
•  Flexibility to adapt to any subsequent changes in the terms of reference.
• Willingness and ability to travel to the field to conduct assessments and gather primary data.
•  Excellent English speaking/writing skills required;


X.  Application Procedure

Looking at the timeline, subject rigour and high quality delivery expectation, Plan Indonesia might hire different consultants for different topics as described above. Interested and qualified individuals/firms/teams of consultant with relevant expertise and portfolio are encouraged to apply.
The application should contain:
X.1. The technical proposal consists of:
1.      Background (maximum 5 pages)
Brief situational analysis of the national context of the thematic issues that Plan Indonesia are currently working to show the understanding and interpretation of Plan International Area of Global Distinctiveness (AoGDs) in Indonesian country context.
2.      Methodology for undertaking the assignment (2 pages)
3.      Workplan with activities and schedule of deliverable submission (the level of effort may be more or less than the indicative LoEs in section IV)

X.2. The financial proposal consists of:
1.      Consultant or team of consultant daily rate in IDR and EUR
2.      Budget for activities (travel, workshops and FGDs)
3.      Other support costs necessary to conduct the assignment
4.      For organization/firm, the management fee

X.3. Annexes
For Individual Consultant:
1.      CV with Credentials
2.      List of current and previous assignment and client/users
3.      Key reference contacts for previous work done/ organizations worked for
4.      Samples of successful proposal developed is highly desirable (you can hide the names of organization)

For a team of consultant or firm:
1. Organizational profile with current and previous relevant works and clients/users
2. CVs and credentials of the personnel involved in the assignment and their key responsibilities/roles in the assignment.
3. Key reference contacts for previous work done/ organizations worked for.
4. Samples of successful proposals developed is highly desirable (you can hide the names of organization)


The above documents can be sent electronically through the email yayasan.procurement@plan-international.org <mailto:yayasan.procurement@plan-international.org>; mentioning the code [PROPOSALDEV_CONSULTANT] in the email subject or send in hardcopy in a sealed envelope with the code [PROPOSALDEV_CONSULTANT] in the left corner of the envelope to

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