[Ngo-admin] Opportunity for National Trainer on Agribusiness/Supply Chain Analysis

[David Moles]

Dear Em Ha

 

Could you please assist us in posting this vacancy onto the NGO Resource
Centre website.

 

Thanks and Regards

 

 

David Moles

Chief Technical Adviser

Binh Dinh Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project

Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Quy Nhon

Binh Dinh province 

VIETNAM

(Tel.: +841238996640)

 

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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: binhdinh.slr.project at gmail.com )

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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