Plan International Liberia (PIL)

1. Background

In the approved Country Strategy 2025-2030, Plan International Liberia recognizes that achieving its gender- transformative ambition requires the establishment of robust partnerships, collaborations, alliances, and consortia with like-minded organizations and institutions. To effectively fulfill our objectives, we will use Plan International’s six elements of the gender transformative approach to engage and influence stakeholders. We are committed to enhancing our human resource capacity and fostering stronger relationships with partners across various sectors and at all levels. Our approach involves implementing broad, cross-cutting, gender-transformative strategies to drive our program delivery and influence objectives. PIL is committed to maintaining gender responsiveness and inclusivity by consistently reflecting on the transformative changes taking place as we work towards achieving gender equality in an enabling environment.

The CS is designed to employ gender-transformative approaches to address the underlying causes of inequalities and unequal power dynamics. This work makes a significant contribution to gender equality by driving, instigating enduring impactful changes in the humanitarian and development sectors. To ensure maximum impact and commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights, and inclusion, PlL will focus on consolidating efforts around gender-social norms and roles, partnering with men and boys, and utilizing gender assessments to address biases and barriers to the empowerment and social inclusion of women and girls. Furthermore, our efforts will steer clear of one-size-fits-all solutions and instead focus on enhancing engagement with girls, women, boys, and men, as well as minority groups in all their diversity, acknowledging their unique individual needs.

Plan International Liberia is undertaking a Gender Equality and Inclusion Self-Assessment (GEISA) as part of its commitment to strengthening gender-transformative and inclusive programming, influencing, and organizational practices. The GEISA is a participatory exercise designed to help staff critically reflect on how well current programmes, operations, and internal systems address gender biases, inequalities, and social exclusion. The Assessment (GEISA) is a part of PIL’s commitment to strengthening gender-transformative and inclusive programming, influencing, and organizational practices. The GEISA is a participatory exercise designed to help staff critically reflect on how well current programmes, operations, and internal systems address gender biases, inequalities, and social exclusion.

To ensure effective facilitation, documentation, and analysis of the GEISA process, Plan International Liberia seeks the services of a qualified consultant (or consultancy firm) to support the assessment and guide staff through critical reflection, scoring, validation, and action planning.

2. Purpose of the Consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate the GEISA process, gather and analyze data, and produce a high-quality GEISA report with clear, actionable gender transformative recommendations that will inform Plan International Liberia’s future gender equality and inclusion priorities and improvements.

3. Objectives

The consultant will support Plan International Liberia to:

1. Facilitate a structured, participatory GEISA workshop with staff across departments.
2. Gather inputs and evidence on gender equality and inclusion of practices in programmes, operations, and the internal environment.
3. Assess staff capacities, systems, and current organizational strengths, weaknesses and gaps .
4. Compile, analyze, and synthesize information into a comprehensive GEISA report.
5. Support the development of a practical improvement/action plan aligned with Plan International’s global GEISA framework.

4. Scope of Work

The consultant will carry out the following tasks:

4.1 Preparatory Phase

• Review GEISA tools and guidance provided by Plan International.
• Develop an inception report outlining the methodology, tools, and work plan.
• Hold introductory meetings with the Programme Implementation team and GEISA focal points.

4.2 Facilitation Phase

• Conduct consultations with selected staff and teams (programme, operations, influencing, safeguarding, HR, finance, etc.).
• Facilitate a 1–2- day participatory GEISA workshop, including reflection discussions, scoring, and group analysis.
• Ensure that inclusive, gender-responsive facilitation methods are used.

4.3 Analysis and Reporting

• Analyze data and feedback collected during the workshop and consultations.
• Identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Draft a detailed GEISA assessment report, including:
  • Executive summary
  • Key findings (internal and external)
  • GEISA scores and rationale
  • Analysis of gender and inclusion gaps
  • Recommendations

4.4 Action Planning

• Facilitate a half-day validation and action-planning session.
• Finalize an actionable GEISA improvement plan with timelines, responsible departments, and performance indicators.

5. Deliverables

The consultant is expected to deliver:

1. Inception report (methodology, plan, tools)
2. Facilitation of the GEISA workshop
3. Workshop proceedings and documentation
4. Draft GEISA Report
5. Validation workshop
6. Final GEISA Report incorporating feedback
7. GEISA Action Plan (concise, practical, and time-bound)

6. Duration of Assignment

The consultancy will last 15–20 working days, tentatively between March 20 and April 17, 2026, including preparation, facilitation, analysis, and submission of final deliverables.

7. Required Qualifications

The consultant or consultancy firm must demonstrate the following:

Technical Expertise

• Advanced degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or related fields.
• Proven experience conducting gender analyses, organizational assessments, or GEISA-related work.
• Experience facilitating participatory processes with INGOs or development organizations.
• Strong understanding of gender equality, inclusion, and human rights programming.

Skills

• Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
• Strong facilitation and communication abilities are important.
• Ability to engage diverse teams while applying gender-transformative and inclusive approaches. transformative and inclusive approaches. transformative and inclusive approaches.

Added Advantage

• Previous experience working with Plan International.
• Experience in Liberia or West Africa.

8. Ethical and Safeguarding Requirements

The consultant must adhere to Plan International’s policies, including:

• Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy
• Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, and Abuse (PSHEA) Policy
• Gender Equality and Inclusion Policy
• Data Protection and Privacy Standards
• AI policy

A signed safeguarding orientation and declaration will be required prior to contract award.

9. Management and Reporting

The consultant will report to the Heads of Programme Influencing and Implementation, with technical oversight from Plan International’s Gender Equality and Inclusion Advisor and the GEISA Core Team.

Plan International Liberia will provide:

• Access to relevant documents and GEISA tools
• Coordination support with staff and departments
• Logistics and workshop arrangement

10. Application Requirements

Interested consultants should submit:

1. Technical proposal (methodology, work plan, understanding of assignment)
2. Financial proposal (detailed and itemized)
3. CV(s) of consultant(s)/key staff of a consulting firm applying
4. Two sample reports of similar assessments conducted
5. Three professional references

Last date for submission of Application (CV and cover letter) is: 26^th September by 5:00 pm

All qualified and interested applicants can submit a cover letter with their CVs. Applications should be submitted by email to: Liberia.Recruitment@plan-international.org with the position title on the subject line.