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• Coaching Panel RFP Overview & Needs

  Background

  Humanity United (HU) is a philanthropic organization focused on advancing the dignity and voice of those most affected by violent conflict, exploitation, and injustice. Established in 2008 to cultivate conditions for enduring peace and freedom, HU today focuses on systemic change across three bodies of work: Peacebuilding, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, and Racial Justice and Equity, with a strong focus on leveraging Public Engagement across these issues. Humanity United is part of The Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations, and initiatives united by a desire to improve the lives of people and societies. We have approximately 60 staff spread across the United States (with 1-2 based in Europe), with offices in the SF Bay Area & Washington DC.

  HU is committed to embedding equity internally in our culture and practices as well as externally in our grantmaking lens and partnerships. Supporting team effectiveness and the wellbeing, growth and development of our staff via coaching is a key aspect to enable us to achieve this aim.

  Our organization is inviting expressions of interest from experienced practitioners to join our organizational coaching panel. This multidisciplinary panel will support our staff and leadership team in advancing our human rights and philanthropic mission through trauma-informed, equity-centered, and purpose-driven support.

  We are seeking partners who bring both compassion and rigor to their work, who can help us navigate change, deepen our leadership practices, and sustain ourselves in the pursuit of our mission.

  About the Opportunity

  The coaching panel will operate on an as-needed basis and will be available to support staff across the organization. Members of the panel may be called upon to provide:

  • Leadership and executive coaching
  • Individual, team and group coaching
  • Organizational facilitation and retreats
  • Consulting on leadership development, equity, culture and trauma-informed practices

  Delivery format is expected to be primarily virtual, with the potential for periodic in-person and hybrid engagements e.g. facilitation of team retreats or convenings.

  Our vision is to create a diverse, multidisciplinary pool of trusted practitioners we can engage with over time for a variety of organizational needs and engagements.

  Who We’re Looking For

  We welcome expressions of interest from both individual coaches and consulting teams or firms. If you’re applying as a team or firm, please include profiles for all potential coaches or facilitators who might work with us.

  Ideal candidates will bring:

  • A trauma-informed and healing-centered approach to coaching and facilitation
  • Deep practice and commitment to equity, justice, and inclusion
  • Demonstrated experience supporting mission-driven, human rights, or philanthropic organizations
  • Comfort working across cultures and contexts, with experience in both U.S. and global south settings is especially valued
  • Clear evidence of an equity-centered lens incorporating anti-oppression frameworks
  • The humility and flexibility to meet individuals and teams where they are and tailor approaches accordingly across coaching, consulting, and facilitation
  • The ability to tailor approach to meet various needs of individuals and teams
  • International Coaching Federation (ICF) certification or equivalent experience is highly desirable
  • Exceptional standards of ethics and confidentiality

  Additional skills and expertise we are keen to see represented within this multidisciplinary pool include:

  • Mediation and conflict tending experience
  • Experience supporting neurodiverse people in the workplace
  • Specialist experience and/or skills with trauma-informed practices and tools
  • Fluency in racial literacy and/or restorative justice practices
  • Experience coaching executive leaders
  • Experience with career development coaching
  • Experience with different career sectors including but not limited to Communications, Policy, Strategy, and Operations
  • Lived experience of one or more areas of HU’s work
  • Experience working with survivor leaders and/or with people affected by conflict
  • Experience working in the Global South / working with people of the global majority
  • Deep experience providing trauma-specific, trauma-responsive, or other trauma-informed coaching practices working with trauma-impacted populations
  • Fluency in other languages including Spanish and Arabic
  • Diversity of locations and time zones, especially across the U.S. and western Europe

  Engagement Terms

  Panel members will be engaged on a flexible, project-by-project basis over a two-year period. Specific scope, duration, and compensation will be coordinated directly for each assignment.

  Panel members will enter into a two-year contract with HU, from April 2026 – April 2028.

  Work will be invoiced on an hourly basis based on project requests and organizational need. Contracted providers will be utilized on an as-needed basis. There is no minimum value to these contracts. Panel members will have a designated relationship manager within HU and work with a variety of individuals on each task.

  All panel members are expected to:

  • Participate in an initial onboarding call, quarterly panel roundtable briefing calls, and quarterly 1-1 check-ins with HU’s People team.
  • Maintain a two-way communication channel to understand HU’s org priorities and strategy and support a feedback loop in both directions to support learning and sense-making.
  • Share back any organizational recommendations and insights emerging from their work, to support HU

  Timeline

  • 18 Dec 2025: Expressions of interest open
  • 31 Jan 2026: Expressions of interest due
  • Feb 2026: Expressions of interest reviewed and interviews scheduled
  • Mid Feb – mid March 2026: Interviews take place & selections finalized
  • March 2026: Notifications & contracting
  • April 2026: Onboarding & panel commencement

  How to Express Interest

  Please share a concise expression of interest introducing yourself and outlining your approach to coaching. In particular, we ask that you address:

  • How you integrate equity, inclusion & justice into a typical coaching engagement
  • How your approach to this work is trauma-informed
  • How your approach and experience relates to our desired skills and expertise (as outlined above)

  Please include profiles and rates for all practitioners who would be part of the panel work. References or work samples are welcome but not required.

  Submissions, and any questions, can be emailed to coaching@humanityunited.org by January 31, 2026.

  Submissions will be reviewed by a small cross-functional review group, using a qualitative scoring framework. We are looking for practitioners whose values, approaches, and lived experience align with our mission.

  DEIJ Commitment:

  HU was founded on the belief that we are all united in the challenges and opportunities we face. We believe in the power of all people to bring about extraordinary change. When humanity is united, we can act together to create a powerful force for human dignity. We recognize that diversity is a core strength of humanity. We seek out and value a diversity of perspectives and partners, and we try to elevate the contributions of individuals and communities that aspire to a world free of human exploitation and violent conflict.

  Humanity United believes that diversity, equity and inclusion make us more successful in our work, and we are able to grow and learn better together when our team is diverse and representative of the communities we serve. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, class, religion, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status and any other characteristics protected by law. We strongly encourage applications from people with diverse identities or who are members of marginalized communities.