INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY OPEN COMPETITIVE SELECTION
The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Its core mission is helping young people, influencers and future leaders in the UK and worldwide realise their potential by connecting them with each other and the UK through arts and culture, education, and the English language.
The Civil Society Support Programme 2 (CSSP2) is a £16.7 million capacity development programme designed to support Ethiopia’s civil society and its contribution to the country’s national development, poverty reduction and advancement of good governance. The programme, which manages a fund of more than £9 million, has a strong emphasis on ‘hard-to-reach’ civil society and citizens, through regionally led programming. CSSP2 has identified three strategic themes for engagement and support, based on contextual analysis and needs: Gender transformation, Young people and Citizen-state engagement. (These focus areas have been chosen to respond to the needs of the context in which CSSP2 is operating, and they may evolve in time in line with contextual changes).
CSSP2 is led by the British Council in consortium with Social Development Direct and Pact, and is supported by multiple donors (Ireland, Sweden and Norway) led by the FCDO. CSSP2 is delivered through a central programme office and regional hub based in Hawassa, to facilitate grassroots implementation throughout the country. The programme works to build effective relationships that foster collaboration between civil society actors, citizens and the government in order to support hard to reach communities and often overlooked development issues. Ultimately, government, CSO and public trust and confidence in each other will help to create an enabling environment in which there is increasing space for constructive dialogue and requisite action on issues of concern.
At an exciting time of change in Ethiopia, the British Council seeks a Team Leader for the multi donor funded Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) 2. With the combined pressures of demographics and political change, helping Ethiopians to navigate what amounts to a new relationship with each other and with government offers the right candidate a pivotal role in shaping the changes which will affect the country for years to come. Building on the substantial successes of CSSP 1, CSSP 2 will support stronger, better and more mutually beneficial relationship between government and civil society essential to a stable, inclusive, accountable future for both.
Supported by an excellent team, the Team Leader will:
Accountabilities & Oversight
The Team Leader will ensure that the whole team, both in Addis Ababa and in the regional hub, is performing to a high standard and delivering the agreed strategy. The Team Leader will ensure that CSSP2’s KPI targets are met, and that value for money is achieved. Based in Addis Ababa for the duration of the programme, with travel to the regions as necessary, the Team Leader will be the public face of the programme, and will have overall responsibility for the following areas:
Main Responsibilities
Accountabilities
Lead and manage CSSP2
Design and delivery – thinking and working politically
Programme Management
Key Relationships
Internal
British Council Ethiopia Country Director/SRO, Programme SMT/Steering Committee, Senior Programme Manager, Programme Accountant, Grants Manager and Regional Business Unit Managers, Key Functional Leads BC Ethiopia; SSA E&S SBU and regional cluster staff
External
Timeframe and duration of the consultancy: - The duration of the consultancy will be from the commencement date to 31 March 2022 with an option of extension subject to availability of funds and consultant and the programme’s performance
Fees: The prospective consultant is to give indicative day rate details which will be discussed and agreed at a later stage for the technically compliant and competitive consultant.
Key deliverables: