• Job Description

  Req#: MSDTE003099

  TechnoServe is seeking proposals from qualified consultants for the following scope of work. For information on timeline, application requirements, and evaluation criteria, please review the full Request for Proposals P0016153 here. Please submit your proposal for this consultancy to buy+BJ+P0016153@tns.org by December 20, 2022.

  Statement of Work
  Role: MSD technical advisor
  Location: Remote with ability to accommodate meetings
  Timing: 9 January 2023 - 9 May 2023
  Language: English required. French strongly preferred.
  Project Grant/Funding: Project funding secured
  Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart
  of Techno Serve’s work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in harnessing
  the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
  The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small farms
  and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy,
  lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects
  of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting.
  By working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty.
  The results are amazing...when incomes rise and families' living conditions improve, they can
  access health care and education that were previously out of reach. Communities and even entire
  countries are better off.
  I. Background and Project Purpose
  With the financial support of the Dutch and Swiss governments in Benin, TechnoServe's BeniBiz
  project closed its first phase in August 2022, and recently started its second phase in September
  2022, with the financial support of a third donor (the European Union). The BeniBiz project will
  continue to support young women and men in Benin towards economic empowerment, the growth
  of their businesses, and capacity building for key players in the Beninese entrepreneurial
  ecosystem.
  The project during its first phase has already supported more than 5,600 young entrepreneurs who
  have increased their turnover on average by +135% in all sectors.
  The second phase will support more than 100,000 young entrepreneurs in the 12 departments of
  Benin, between 2023 and 2027. The implementation methodology will move from direct support
  to hybrid support: direct + ecosystemic or MSD/M4P.
  BeniBiz 2.0 is based on the objective of creating a functional and sustainable ecosystem for the
  development of micro and small-scale entrepreneurship in Benin, boosting local economies,
  preventing violent extremism, and increasing opportunities (employment, enterprise) and income
  for youth and women. The specific objective of BeniBiz 2.0 is to empower women and young
  entrepreneurs economically, financially, and socially, improve their access to better food systems,
  and increase employment and income. The program builds on the success of the BeniBiz 1.0
  program, which has used direct implementation to support micro and small enterprises in Benin.
  The project is now starting its inception phase, building on the learning of its first phase for the
  direct support, and from WIN Mozambique for the MSD approach.
  II. Independent Contractor Role
  The main role of the independent contractor will be to provide technical advisory on market
  systems development (MSD) intervention design (including budget, M&E, etc.), and monitoring.
  The consultant will coach the project team to design one intervention with a public sector partner,
  1 intervention with a private sector partner, and one intervention with a financial institution
  partner.
  The consultant will report directly to the Chief of party, Gregory Valadie and work closely with
  the Ecosystemic support component Manager, Wilfrid Atchamou, and the project MEL Manager,
  Florice Sagbohan.
  The support will focus on building an expert team and strong systems to ensure the best long-term
  outcomes for the program.
  The training will focus on the whole range of design, implementation, management and
  communication and M&E issues as relates to MSD. The exact scope and content of the training
  will be defined through interviews with the team.
  III. Proposed Timelines and Deliverables
  The consultant is flexible on timing during the months of January to May 2023.
  The consultant would like to blend both the training and support consultancies and deliver several
  short trainings rather than one single 1-2 week training.
  For instance, the consultant could start with a 3 days training on the MSD framework, and then
  provide subsequent coaching sessions as and when needed in the program lifecycle (program and
  intervention design, selecting partners, negotiating partnerships, adaptive management,
  developing measurement systems etc.) and depending on specific team needs.
  For each intervention, it is expected that the consultant support the team to produce the following
  elements:
  Intervention strategy
  Intervention work plan
  Intervention budget
  Intervention MEL plan (intervention guide)
  Partnership agreement
  IV. Skills & Requirements
  ● Implementation expertise in market systems development (MSD)
  ● Strong experience in managing partnerships
  ● Knowledge and understanding of vocational training
  ● Knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurship support program delivery
  ● Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  ● Professional experience in developing countries
  ● Strong computer skills including Google Suite (e.g., ability to manage and incorporate
  comments using Google Docs)
  ● Professional level of spoken and written English
  ● Able to adapt to changing working conditions
  ● Able to work independently, flexibly, and responsively
  ● Professional level of spoken and written French Strongly preferred
  TechnoServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and
  Individuals with Disabilities.
  V. Submissions
  TechnoServe Benin invites interested persons to submit a letter of submission, which is
  OBLIGATORILY, expected by email via the address buy+BJ+P0016153@tns.org no later than
  20th December 2022 at 5 pm.
  The submission letter must be accompanied by the following documents:
  • Technical offer specifying the understanding of the mission and the working methodology to be
  adopted
  • Detailed financial offer
  • Copy of diplomas obtained
  • Copy of bank account details
  • At least two certificates of successful completion, acceptance report or contracts of last five years
  • The detailed CV of consultant.

  Qualifications

  Education

  Preferred

  Bachelors

• About the company

  TechnoServe is an international nonprofit that promotes business solutions to poverty in the developing world by linking people to information, capital and markets.

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