Consultant(s) to Write Project Proposals

Position: The Consultant(s) to write project proposals applying to the VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects.

Duty station:   Hanoi

Reporting:        SNV - IBA

1.    Background:

Inclusive Business Accelerator Program (IBA) is the first one-stop shop in Vietnam for various services needed by businesses which include low-income groups in their operations. We use innovative acceleration models to make the businesses investor-ready. Our scope of services including: Market Intelligence & Opportunity Identification, Business Design & Readiness, Investor – Investee Match making, Impact Measurements & Scalability.

There will be primarily two kinds of clients who would be attracted to its service offerings, one of which is Acceleratee (Young and growing SMEs). They will enroll in the IBA's fixed 9-12 month acceleration program. The other type of clients is SMEs and IB ventures by Large Businesses, who need customized services. Prioritized sectors include agriculture, sustainable energy, water and ICT. We currently have a client who needs support with project proposals to VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects.

The VIIP funded projects are either to foster Innovation through Research, Science and Technology or to adopt, upgrade and develop inclusive innovations for the benefit of the "Base of Pyramid" (BoP population). This will be achieved by strengthening Vietnam's capacity to undertake inclusive innovation, including financing development, adaptation, adoption, scaling up and commercialization of inclusive technologies, and improving Research and Development Institutions’ (RDIs’) and Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs’) technological and innovation capabilities thereby enhancing their competitiveness.

2.    Objectives of the consultant’s work:  

The Consultant(s) is to analyze the background and potential growth of the Applicants and then write the project proposals for them to apply to the VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects.

Detailed description of work:

The Consultant will work closely with IBA members who coordinate with technology/innovation experts and peer review the proposals.

The Consultants’ work includes the following:

  • Conduct analysis of applicants so that the Funder can see the following key selling points:
    • The innovation and renovation of applicants’ R&D or business ideas
    • The proof for energy efficiency and theory environment impact of applicants’ products
    • The effectiveness and application in reality for the Base of Pyramid
    • The feasibility of applicants
    • The sustainability of applicants
    • The commercial viability of applicants
    • The product marketability
    • The applicants’ commitment to impact on livelihoods, health, environment, gender…
  • Develop Project Proposals to submit to VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects to optimise the financing structures for the applicants
  • Develop Project Proposals to submit to VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects based on currently-available templates including, but not limited to:
    • Technical aspects of the innovations, Intellectual property status, its potential competition and the effectiveness of science and technology aspects
    • The adaptation of innovations/renovation to BoP market (if requested by Funder)
    • Environmental and social impact issues in the proposal
    • A set of expected Monitoring and Evaluation activities covering impact, outputs, activities to achieve indicators to measure applicants’ performance and sustainability
    • The analysis of commercial viability of the innovation/renovations including potentiality analysis, market competition, distribution and marketing channel and commercialization
    • The analysis of applicants’ capacity on human resources, finance, cooperation amongst parties
    • The analysis of product marketability
    • Risk analysis and mitigation solutions
    • Budget including grant in compliance with guidance from the Ministry of Finance (Circular 219/2009-TT-BTC) and the Funder

3.    Tasks of consultant and time allocation

The consultant(s) will be expected to write comprehensive Project Proposals for Truong Giang Designing and Manufacturing Workshop of Energy-Efficient Cook Stoves in consultation with the IBA team, during the tentative period from June 01 to June 30, 2015.

4.    Qualifications of Consultant(s)

Essential Qualification:

  • Bachelor’s in Business Administration / Finance / Technology/ Innovation/ Economics or related fields;
  • Having experience in writing Project proposals;
  • Familiar with WB-Funded Project’s approach and its requirements for funding applications;
  • Experience  in project management using log-frame  approach, social impact assessment;
  • At least 5 years of experience working in energy, agriculture, aquaculture, medicinal plants and ICT;
  • Having experience in finance and budgeting;
  • Excellent analytical and writing skills.

Desirable Experience:

  • Ten years’ experience in Programmes for SMEs;
  • Managerial Strategy Development experience with Private Sector;
  • Consulting experience in developing Innovative Business / Market Development initiatives for SMEs;
  • Experience in science and technology innovation.

5.    Outputs and deliverables:

The consultant(s) needs to deliver the following outputs:

  • Full sets of grant applications to VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects in accordance with their provided formats and templates including
  • The analysis of the applicants’ capacity in project implementation (background, capacity in R&D or innovation and technology, Intellectual property status, human resource, business capacity in commercializing the technology/innovations) based on currently available information to be provided by SNV and the consultant’s meetings with the applicants and working with the applicants to create all documents required by VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects
  • The technical analysis of its innovation and technology
  • The analysis of adaptation to Bop market (if requested by Funder)
  • The analysis of product marketability
  • The brief analysis and commitment to environmental protection according to Environment Management Template from the Funder
  • The comprehensive project proposals to submit to VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects
  • Submitting the proposals by email with scanned full set of application as required by VIIP Group C3 - Grassroots projects, in addition to hard copies

The consultant(s) needs to take photos to show evidence of whatever important mentioned in the application.

Duration: Duration is expected to be initially for a period of 20 person days in June and early July 2015.

Application: For those who are interested can apply by submitting their CV and a motivation letter to the SNV Vietnam as following email: [email protected] before 17:00 3th June 2015.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
SNV - Inclusive Business Accelerator Program (IBA)
Application Deadline: 
Wed, 2015-06-03