Consultants at Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for - and respond to - crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Consultant

Location: Nassarawa

Job Description

• Engagement of Youth Camp / Training Facilitators on Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
• Middle belt Youth Peacebuilding Academy (YPA)

Purpose of the Consultancy Assignment

• Plan International Nigeria, has received funding to implement Middle Belt Youth Peacekeeping Academy (YPA) Project from Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)'s through the Plan International America (USNO) office.
• This project will consolidate the gains made so far in Kaduna State and expand into Plateau State, another critical area of the Middle Belt region. The project will seek to build inter-communal tolerance and trust through a two-year $888,750 program that strengthens the technical peacebuilding and project management skills of young leaders in 5 communities of Plateau State and work with them to launch initiatives that build tolerance and promote religious freedom in the target communities.
• Through this project, Plan will continue the work of the YPA in the five locations in Kaduna State and create a YPA in Plateau State which will serve as a center of excellence for 100 young leaders aged 18 to 35. Through peer to peer mentoring and coaching using PlanТs already existing peacebuilding approaches, this project will develop the technical and project management skills of YPA participants for them to design and lead interfaith peacebuilding processes.
• The project will also serve as a venue for young leaders in Kaduna and Plateau States to meet with other young leaders from different ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds to exchange ideas and experiences to enhance their peacebuilding initiatives. Plan Nigeria and two local Nigerian interfaith partners will recruit six cohorts for the YPA, each comprising young leaders from respective target communities of Kaduna and Plateau States. This will ensure the inclusion of young leaders from diverse backgrounds including different ethnic and religious communities, social environments, genders, and those at different points within the YPA age range.
• This project will develop the abilities of selected young leaders in Kaduna and Plateau States to design and lead their own initiatives that build peace and tolerance in their communities. These initiatives are intended to strengthen the freedoms of thought, conscience, and religion by building social inclusion through awareness and tolerance of differing religions, beliefs, and non-beliefs. The project will also support increased inter-communal trust, slow recruitment and support for violent religious extremists and other armed non-state actors, and reduce the likelihood that individuals will escalate isolated conflict into broader violence. To achieve these goals, this project has two main objectives:
• Increase peacebuilding, project management, and conflict management skills among youth of Kaduna and Plateau States; and
• Increase opportunities for youth-led action to build inter-communal tolerance and ааааааа peace in targeted communities.

Roles and Responsibilities of Facilitators

• To provide the Youth Peace Academy Cohorts members requisite skills to drive change, peace building, conflict prevention and conflict transformation in their communities and also gain capacity for organising, mobilizing and project management

Specific Scope:

• The Consultant(s) will work at and deliver on the below stated deliverables and objectives
• Planning meeting with Plan Nigeria; review background documents, agree on training design and content with detailed methodology and timelines.
• Submission of draft guide and manual for Plan International Nigeria comments/review
• Pre-testing of developed training materials
• Production of Training Manual
• Training of Cohorts members

Conduct the training of the cohorts members with the view to:

• Increase the effectiveness of youth workers, change-makers, peace-builders and activists through holistic peace-building approaches in their respective communities.
• Enhance participantsТ understanding of peace education through a holistic and experiential approach in order to explore existing structures and obstacles for peace in order to respond with creative and innovative solutions.
• Establish a sustainable cooperation between participants to implement common activities aiming to build infrastructures of peace within their communities.
• Adapt from a previously developed manual for the purpose of youth peace academy, a fit-for-purpose manual (curricular) on youthТs engagement on peacebuilding, conflict and project management on the following areas:
  • Drivers of Intolerance
  • Role of Youth in Building Peace and Tolerance
  • Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  • Public Communications
  • Use of popular media (i.e. story-telling, theatre i.e. play development, social activities, music and dance) for behaviour change communication
  • Project Planning and Management
  • Any other topic of relevance to the subject and objective of training
  • Contribute to the conduct/co-facilitate a practical and extensive five-day training for cohorts members with developed manual.
  • Submission of final training report and improved version of manual based on feedback from training.

Deliverables, Time Frame and Level of Effort:

• The period of the contract will be expected to cover a maximum of one 30 days as per agreed upon timeline. The Facilitators are expected to carry out all the preparations required to facilitate the training as per agreed time frame:

Deliverables:

• Training of YPA cohort members
• Feedback and submission of final report on training/camp
• Submission of draftn training manual review
• Submission of final version of training manual

Qualifications of Consultant(s)

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in peacebuilding and conflict management work and engagement with communities and youths
• Demonstrated experience in youth engagement on peacebuilding, conflict management and de-radicalization
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating community participatory theater for community development
• Experience in community theatre / theatre for development and other popular media
• Fluency in English and Hausa languages (spoken and written)
• Knowledge of any of the other local language(s) of Plateau State is desirable
• Excellent skills in documentation and reporting

Application Closing Date
13th April, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit an Application Letter and a CV as one single word document by e-mail only to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

A completed application should contain the following:

• Detailed CV demonstrating technical expertise and previous experience in coordinating and facilitating activities of a similar nature;
• Where applicable, CV of supporting staff indicating proposed contribution to work and level of effort.
• Names and contact information of three references who can be contacted regarding relevant experience.
• A copy (if available) of a previous report of a similar nature undertaken on IEC/BCC material development.

Note
Ethics and Child Protection:

• Plan International Nigeria places a high premium on CHILD PROTECTION issues in all its working relationships with its partners and associates and mandates all its working partners and associates to adhere to its CHILD PROTECTION Policy.
• As such, the activity must ensure appropriate, safe, non-discriminatory participation; a process of free and un-coerced consent and withdrawal; confidentiality and anonymity of participants. Consultants are required to provide a statement within their proposal on how they will ensure ethics and child protection in the development process. This must also include consideration of any risks related to the activity and how these will be mitigated.

Disclosure of Information/Child Protection:

• It is understood and agreed that the Consultant(s) shall, during and after the effective period of the contract, treat as confidential and not divulge, unless authorized in writing by Plan, any information obtained in the course of the performance of the Contract.а Information will be made available for the consultants on a need‑to‑know basis. Any necessary field visits must be budgeted for in your proposal. Plan staff under the coordination of the National Program Manager will support the consultant in facilitating all necessary engagements required by the Consultant. The selected consultant will commit to respect Plan's Child Protection Policy to prevent any harm from participating children and youth.

Anti Corruption:

• The Consultant and partners declares and guarantees that no offer, gift or payment, consideration or benefit of any kind, which constitutes an illegal or corrupt practice, has been or will be made to anyone by the Consultant either directly or indirectly, as an inducement or reward for the award or execution of this agreement.
• The Consultant declares and guarantees that neither Consultant, nor partners or associates, temporary nor permanent, would be involved in the implementation of this agreement:
• Have been convicted during a period of three (3) years prior to the submission of theirаа proposals for this project, by a court of law in Nigeria or in any other jurisdiction for an offence involving bribery or corruption
• Are under sanction, for an offence involving bribery or corruption, imposed by a government, a governmental organization or a development organization providing development assistance

Anti Terrorism:

• The Consultant or partners declares and guarantees that the funds provided by Plan International Nigeria for the service shall not be knowingly be used to benefit terrorist groups as defined in the criminal code of Nigeria or individual members of those groups or for terrorist activities either directly or indirectly

Whistle Blower Policy:

• Plan International Nigeria has a Code of Conduct including a Whistle Blower Policy (attached) and enjoins its entire staff and associa tes to whistle blow (raise legitimate concerns about violation of the Code of Conduct without fear of recrimination in the course of their engagement with Plan International Nigeria).