CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI):

INCLUSIVE AGRIBUSINESS/ VALUE CHAIN ADVISOR

RESTORING LANDS AND LIVELIHOODS IN VIETNAM PROJECT (RESTORE)

BACKGROUND

About SNV

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands in 1965, we have built a long-term country presence in over 24 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our global team of local and international advisors works with local partners to equip communities, businesses, and organizations with the tools, knowledge, and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services - empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995, and currently has over 60 national and international staff. SNV Vietnam’s team works hand-in-hand with communities, government agencies, and businesses in more than 40 provinces, including the remotest and poorest areas of the country. We operate from a country office in Hanoi as well as project offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Tra Vinh, Da Lat and Buon Ma Thuot. Our work focuses on three sectors – Agri-Food, Water and Renewable Energy.

About the RESTORE project

The RESTORE project, aims to restore degraded agricultural and forest land, while improving smallholder farmers (SHFs)’ livelihoods through the market-driven promotion of agroforestry and forestry-based sustainable land management practices. The project is also expected to sequester carbon dioxide and generate carbon credits, which will be distributed among the project funder, the participating communities and the project leader. Moreover, the project will improve biodiversity and green corridors in the landscape by connecting mixed agricultural crops/trees, buffer zone and enriching core zones of protected areas (special-use forests). The project is designed to be implemented in Lam Dong and Son La provinces.

SNV Vietnam is now seeking two dynamic and highly motivated Inclusive Agribusiness/Value-chain (VC) Advisors to support the inception phase of the Project in Lam Dong and Son La province.

For more information on SNV, please refer to our website: www.snv.org

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Under the management of the SNV Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager, the Advisors will be based in Da Lat/Son La office and responsible for supporting the inclusive value chains that benefit smallholder farmers and private sectors in the project area that cover coffee, orchards, plantations and inter-crops.

The individual advisor is expected to perform the following tasks working closely with project staffs (including Agrifood Sector Leader, National Project Manager, project consultants and team members as well as project partners and local level facilitators).

The assignment is expected to comprise the following tasks and responsibilities:

1. Project Design & Development:

• Organize and oversee the inclusive value-chain and market assessments and analyses to inform the design and development of the RESTORE project.
• Design of appropriate project interventions and approaches, aligned with key government policies and programs to develop and strengthen value chains for key products of agroforestry systems and Climate-Smart Agriculture that benefit smallholders and private sectors (SMEs/cooperatives).

2. Project implementation and monitoring

• Develop the work-plan and manage technical assistance with applying and adapting SNV approaches and tools.
• Lead and manage consultant group in delivering the selecting of priority commodities and inclusive value chain and market assessments.
• Developing detailed work plans and leading/managing key inclusive value-chain development project intervention activities.
• Provide assistance to identify appropriate targets and related indicators as well as monitoring methods for project M&E

3. Development relationship and networking

• Identify and engage key private sectors to build up the market-based value chains in project area.
• Develop and strengthen relationships local governments/organisations (e.g. microfinance institutions, agri/rural finance institutions), smallholder farmers and relevant government agencies.
• Perform other tasks related to VC as required.

For more details on the Expression of Interest process, submission requirements, and evaluation details, please see corresponding sections below:

Submission Requirements

Interested consultants should submit the EOIs with following information/ documents via the link https://smrtr.io/m_NGh Letter of Interest The applicant’s professional qualifications and CVs which requires: Master’s degree in economics, international development, agriculture, business, or other relevant disciplines. At least 5 years of relevant working experience with international organizations or development organizations. Experience with and expertise in relevant development approaches in agriculture: value chains, market-based value chains, pro-poor agriculture, others.  Experience working in the field of agriculture-forestry projects. Experience in working with stakeholders at all levels (province, district, commune), and with mass organizations. Experience in working with private sector (agribusiness, traders, food processors, other related) Demonstrated ability to work independently. Committed, responsible, creative, and enthusiastic.  Excellent communication (speaking and writing) skills in English and Vietnamese Good computer skills in MS-applications (Word, Excel, Internet, Email). Due Diligence Declaration Form via https://smrtr.io/m_NGh Consultancy rate proposal

Deadline for EOI Submissions

EOIs are due 17:00 on September 24th, 2024

Selection Process

SNV will review all EOIs received in accordance with the guidelines and criteria in this solicitation. SNV reserves the right to exclude any EOIs that do not meet the guidelines. Please note that SNV is unable to provide detailed feedback to those proposals that are not selected.

• Step 1: SNV will shortlist selected EOIs and unsuccessful respondents will be notified. Successful applicants will be contacted by SNV.
• Step 2: SNV will contact the selected consultants for the specific activities and contract with the selected consultants.

Protection of Information

We request that EOI responses be free of any intellectual property that the applicant wishes to protect. Should offerors wish to include proprietary intellectual property that they believe would be helpful for SNV, please note the proprietary nature of such information. Costing information will be kept confidential and will not be shared beyond SNV.

Issuance of this Call for Proposals does not constitute a commitment, award, or engagement on the part of SNV nor does it commit SNV to any future commitment or engagement.

Note: SNV reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement in the solicitation process at any time.

Organization: SNV
Location: Da Lat; Son La
Application deadline: 2024-09-24
Send application to: https://smrtr.io/m_NGh