External Coaches Pool for Staff Support ( Dutch Language Required)

Your consultancy purpose/objectives 

The objective of this consultancy is to: 

• Provide staff with individualised, short-term coaching to address specific work-related or personal challenges.
• Offer a safe, non-judgmental space for reflection, personal development, and enhanced resilience.
• Support War Child’s strategic goals by improving staff capacity, confidence, communication, and career clarity.
• Build a diverse, inclusive roster of coaches with a range of modalities, languages, and cultural competencies.

Organisational background 

War Child Alliance is committed to fostering the well-being, growth, and resilience of its global workforce. To strengthen our support systems, we aim to establish a pool of qualified external coaches who can be engaged on a per-session or per-assignment basis to support individual staff with: 

• Career development and transitions
• Managing change and uncertainty
• Interpersonal communication and workplace relationships
• Stress, burnout, and work-life integration
• Personal or professional challenges impacting performance or wellbeing

This flexible model allows War Child staff to access confidential, professional, and culturally sensitive coaching as needed, reflecting our duty of care and our commitment to staff empowerment. 

Your Reporting Structure 

Your scope of work 

The consultant will: 

• 1:1 coaching session (60–90 minutes per session)
• Short coaching assignments (e.g. 3–6 sessions over several weeks)

• Career planning or transitions (e.g. new role, exit, promotion)
• Navigating team dynamics or interpersonal challenges
• Confidence, performance anxiety, or impostor syndrome
• Resilience, emotional regulation, or burnout recovery

Coaches are not expected to act as therapists but should know how to recognize boundaries and refer onward where clinical intervention is more appropriate. 

Deliverables 

The consultant will produce: 

• Provide individual sessions in a timely, confidential, and professional manner.
• Offer pre-session intake and/or reflection prompts if applicable.
• Submit a brief anonymized summary of themes (e.g., quarterly), for trend analysis and learning, without revealing any personal data.
• Follow ethical codes of conduct in line with ICF, EMCC, or equivalent.

• Accredited professional coach (e.g. ICF, EMCC, or equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in coaching, counselling, facilitation, or related practice
• Experience supporting staff in NGOs, humanitarian, development, or cross-cultural contexts
• High emotional intelligence, active listening, and cross-cultural sensitivity
• Strong boundaries, ethics, and confidentiality practices
• Ability to offer remote sessions (Zoom, Teams, or other platforms.
• English is must and multilingual is huge asset (Arabic, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Dari, Ukrainian, or other languages used by War Child offices)

Desirable: 

• Trauma-informed or safeguarding-sensitive coaching approaches
• Regional representation from countries where War Child operates

Contracting and Fees 

• Coaches will be contracted on a framework agreement or roster basis.
• Assignments will be agreed upon per session or per engagement (e.g. 3-session coaching journey).
• Coaches will invoice per session delivered, in line with agreed fees.
• No retainer is guaranteed; engagement depends on need, demand, and availability.

Interested coaches should submit: 

• A short profile or CV or webpage/LinkedIn Profile, including coaching credentials and areas of expertise

• A brief motivation letter (half page or 1 page max) explaining their coaching approach and alignment with War Child’s mission
• A sample rate card (hourly/session-based fees)
• Applications must be submitted by 9/10/2025