National Trainer on Agribusiness/Supply Chain Analysis

Title of Position: National Trainer on Agribusiness/Supply Chain Analysis
Duty Station: Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province
Duration of assignment: 1 month

Background:
The Binh Dinh Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project - Linking Poor Rural Households to Markets, whose Executing Agency is Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee (PPC) is implemented by the Binh Dinh Department of Agricultural and Rural Development (DARD) and funded by the New Zealand Aid Program (NZAP).

Project Goal: the overall goal of the project is to contribute to improved livelihoods by enhancing the competitiveness of the agricultural and rural development sector in Binh Dinh province; strengthen the capacity of provincial institutions and agri-business sector to implement market-led rural development activities to provide sustainable economic social and environmental benefits to poor rural households.
The project implementation takes a program approach in order to enable the phasing and timing of investments to match the development of skills and changes in the environment for adoption of interventions based on the likelihood of success of each intervention.  A Facility Funding mechanism has also been established to allow flexibility in financial management since all project activities were not identified in the Project design. Based on sound analysis and experience in the first implementation phase, detailed expenditure plans are outlined in each year’s AWPB.

Description of Duties
The National Trainer will be expected to undertake the following specific duties:
1. Develop training modules for delivery to all Project Implementation Team (PIT) members and other DARD staff, related to the Project activities for increasing the productivity of safe vegetables, coconut, beef and rabbit enterprises. The training will be delivered in two phases.
2. Deliver 1st training (in November) which will focus on further enhancement of the knowledge and understanding of supply/value chain analysis and will include the following topics: (i) choosing priority sectors for value chain interventions; (ii) conducting benchmarking and gap assessment in value chains; (iii) techniques for upgrading value chains and identifying business models for replication; (iv) aligning supply to match market opportunities; (v) market positioning and market opportunities; (vi) improving the business and policy environment; (vii) monitoring results in value chain development.
3. Deliver a 2nd training (in December) which will include the following topics: (i) further development of agribusiness skills; (ii) small and medium scale enterprises analysis; and (iii) conduct of feasibility studies and the development of business plans for farm level and household scale processing operations.
4. Conduct a post-training impact evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the training through assessment of the application of the enhanced skills of the PIT members and DARD staff. A Final Report describing the training activities, the outcome of the impact evaluation and recommendations on the need for further training.

Education:
At least a Master Degree in Agricultural Economics with specific training in agribusiness or related disciplines.

Experience:
Knowledge of national and provincial government systems and procedures and administrative networks; and proven experience in capacity building and supporting the implementation of rural development projects, including the mentoring of project implementation staff. Demonstrated experience in the design and delivery of training programs on agribusiness skills and the development of supply/value chains; at least 10 years working experience in agricultural sector in Vietnam; a sound understanding of smallholder production systems and experience of the application of an agribusiness approach to productivity enhancement; and demonstrated high quality planning and reporting skills.

Languages:
Good verbal and written Vietnamese and English skills.

Please submit your Expression of Interest, together with your CV, a recent photograph and two references at the latest by 22 October (17.00 hrs.) to the Project Manager of the Project Office:

Binh Dinh Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project
77 Le Hong Phong
Quy Nhon
Binh Dinh
E-mail: [email protected]

A detailed ToR can be supplied on request by e-mail.
Short listed candidates will be notified and invited to submit a detailed technical and  financial proposal.
The selected consultant will be paid a daily fee (based on experience and education level based on UN-EU Guidelines for local costs in development cooperation within Vietnam) plus per diem and a small lump sum for local travels and incidentals.