National Consultant Specialist in Support of AgriFeD Program Groupings on the Axis:... Tender

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Country : Mali

Summary : National Consultant Specialist in Support of AgriFeD Program Groupings on the Axis: Access to Financing

Deadline : 29 Jun 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 24505702

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS WOMEN
l’Immeuble Mangane Badala Est – Bamako Tel : 223 20 22 21 24 BP 120
Mali
Email :mali.reception@unwomen.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for National Consultant Specialist in support of AgriFeD program groupings on the axis: access to financing.

background

Context of the mission

The UN Women's AgriFeD program "Women's Agriculture and Sustainable Development" aims to facilitate women's access to the means of production for climate resilient agriculture. It is part of the overall framework of inclusive sustainable development promoted by the various national and international development organizations. It assumes that the participation of women and youth in agricultural value chains is a necessary condition for addressing the challenges of food insecurity and improving their income.

The AgriFeD program is implemented by UN Women Mali with funding from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It takes a holistic approach, and proposes four major areas of intervention to remove the constraints that oppose the economic empowerment of rural and urban women involved in the agri-food sector. Through the support of the State technical services and three (3) NGO partners, the AgriFeD program puts the capacity building of the resilience of women farmers at the center of its interventions. The program is spread over 5 years and started in 2016. It plans to empower about 40, 000 women facing socio-economic vulnerabilities of different forms in the regions of Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou, Sikasso, Mopti and Gao.

To facilitate women farmers' access to finance, one of the major axes of the program, UN Women is looking for a national consultant to support the beneficiaries of the program on the priority sectors such as: Echalotte / onion, potatoes, corn, millet and fonio. The areas concerned by this mission are: Bamako, Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso, Segou and Mopti. Support for the development of the target business plan during this first mission 2 beneficiary groups by locality of implementation of the activities.






Duties and Responsibilities

Functions / Main expected results

The consultant will be in charge of the following main functions:

1. Support identification of support needs of program partners (clusters and others)

2. Develop the beneficiaries' business plans and provide support;

Carry out all other activities that contribute to access to funding for women's groups benefiting from the AgriFeD program.

1. Support identification of support needs of program partners (clusters and others)

This will require a discussion with the leaders of the groups and other partners and knowledge of the sectors on which women are active. A needs analysis sheet should be used to capture a project idea that will be developed in the business plan document.

Support for the development of business plans: For this, the consultant

· Analyze the following: current product-specific markets and sales development potential in other promising markets;

· Evaluate the need for equipment, fittings and other investment items;

· Make an economic and financial calculation in relation to a financing project with an estimation of production costs;

· Identify mechanisms that facilitate repayment of loans by providing a loan repayment plan;

· Rate the profitability and sustainability of the projects over an average duration of 3 years based on certain key indicators to be defined.

2.Develop the beneficiaries' business plans and do the accompaniment

The consultant selected for this mission will undertake capacity building for women's groups by updating existing training modules to support the development of their business plan. To do this, it will undertake an analysis of the medium and long-term development objectives of the groups and will make an assessment of their investment need to increase their production. The consultant must therefore propose a model of simple and adapted business plan for the realization of its mission. This document will be validated in advance by the program team.

It will be required to directly strengthen the capacities of groups to control their administrative and financial management. To facilitate the transfer of competence at the group level at the end of his term of office, he will organize a training of trainers for the NGO mentoring team on modules designed by himself. The ultimate goal of these supports is to facilitate access to funding for women's groups. As a result, he transferred his skills in developing business plans and providing advisory support to NGO project teams. To do this, he will put a particular emphasis on the control of the financial aspects related to the planning, the management and the follow-up of the expenses by the different teams of the partners. The goal is that they transfer these skills later to women's groups that must be part of a business approach and maximizing profits. The consultant will link the groupings with the financing structures that offer the best financing conditions.

3. Carry out all other activities that contribute to access to financing by AgriFeD women's groups.

The consultant, based on his / her experiences in the development sector, will support the program team and implementing partners in financial aspects that will achieve the objectives and expected results. In particular, it will put its skills to the benefit of the program by supporting related activities that may impact access to funding by beneficiaries.

NB: Any module and other supporting material produced by the consulta (e) will be owned by UN Women and UN Women has the right to use them for other similar work.

Impact of results

The support of the consultant must :

1. To identify the funding needs of women's groups and other program partners;

2. Allow support to women's groups for the development of their business plan;

3. Allow skills transfer to partner NGOs to monitor the implementation of projects;

4. To increase the efficiency of the beneficiary groups and partners in terms of administrative and financial management.




Competencies

VALUES / PRINCIPLES

Integrity : Demonstrate integrity in defending and promoting the values ??of UN Women in actions and decisions related to the UN Code of Conduct.

Cultural sensitivity / Valorisation of diversity :

Demonstrate appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the cultural diversity of the staff;

Have an international perspective, appreciate the differences in values ??and learn about cultural diversity.



SKILLS

Ethics and Values :

Demonstration / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity

Knowledge of the organization :

Demonstrate a good knowledge of the organization and have a good sense of judgment

Develop and strengthen the team / Coaching and mentoring : self development, initiative taking and coaching of team staff

Team work :

Build and promote effective teams

Communicate information and ideas :

Facilitate and encourage open communication within the team, communicated effectively

Self-management and emotional intelligence :

Create energies through self-control

Conflict management / Negotiating and resolving disagreements

Sharing knowledge in the organization and promoting a culture of knowledge sharing

Functional skills

The consultant must have varied skills, so as to be autonomous and to be able to follow the momentum initiated by UN Women.




Required Skills and Experience

Education:

The consultant must have a Master's degree or higher in management, finance, accounting, economics, management of organizations or any other equivalent degree.

Experiences:

The consultant must have at least 5 years of experience in supporting the administrative and financial management of organizations. In addition, the consultant must have:

1. Experience in supporting the development of the funding file;

2. Good financial analysis and financing plan writing skills;

3. A capacity in qualitative and quantitative research of data;

A good knowledge of the computer tool.

Language:

Mastery of spoken and written French and basic notions in English are required. Speaking and understanding the local language Bambara is obligatory.



HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL?

The technical and financial proposals must be in two different envelopes and bear the name of the consultant. Applications should be sent to the following address: UN WOMEN MALI at the Mangane Badala East Building - Bamako (MALI) Tel: 223 20 22 21 24 BP 120 or at mali.reception@unwomen.org no later than 29 June at 12:00.

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