{ACDI/VOCA,Accra,Full-Time, GH,Degree, N/A,22 Apr-2016};

ACDI/VOCA is recruiting two expert consultants to take part in a study to identify key food safety issues and opportunities for investment within the maize and livestock value chains in four West Africa countries. We are looking for two technical experts,a veterinarian and a plant pathologist to assist in this study

Job Title: Veterinarian & Plant Pathologists, Start Date: April 18, 2016, Term 12-15 days

The objectives of this assessment include:

•   Identifying sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)-related constraints affecting regional trade of maize and livestock in the West Africa region
•   Mapping current initiatives to address these constraints
•   Identifying gaps in the policy cycle regarding technical areas and deficient institutional capacity that are not currently being addressed
•   Generating a set of actionable recommendations for regional and country level interventions with five or more priority needs identified

Qualification Required & Experience

•   PhD degree in either veterinary sciences or plant pathology or a strong background in food safety issues related to livestock, meat, poultry and maize is required. Strong research and writing and writing skills required conducting assessments around SPS measures.
•   Experience working food safety sanitary/phytosanitary policy issues at the national and or ECOWAS level is strongly preferred.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please send us a CV and cover letter to:

leorecruit@joinav.org

Closing Date: 15 April, 2016

{Unicef,Accra,Full-Time, GH,Masters Degree, 10 years,29 Nov-2015};

•   Position Title: Engaging traditional authorities (Chiefs and Queen mothers) for the protection of children from violence, abuse and explosion
•   Job level: Senior Consultant
•   Type of Contract: Consultancy

Purpose:

•   To enhance the engagement of traditional authorities for the protection of children, thereby facilitating the implementation of the Child and Family Welfare Policy and the Justice for Children Policy.

Main Duties And Responsibilities:

•   Design and plan the engagement process with traditional authorities, including preparing necessary briefing materials and content for the dialogue to stimulate discussions. The planning should be undertaken in close consultation with the Ministry and should also involve desk review and possibly, consultations with selected traditional authorities or Houses     and community engagement processes for child protection, of Chiefs to better understand their perspectives.
•   In collaboration with the Ministry, undertake logistical planning, such as determining areas of engagement, i.e. which traditional councils should be targeted.
•   Together with appointed person/s from the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs and representatives appointed by the National House of Chiefs, support the actual dialogue and engagement with traditional authorities as per the plan developed (under I). Such dialogue should explore the role of the Chiefs (and Queen mothers), help reflect on challenges currently faced by Chiefs (and Queen mothers) and explore opportunities for the traditional authorities aligning their work with the expectations of the Child and Family Welfare Policy and Justice Policy. It is expected that the process will engage at least 50 traditional councils in all 10 regions.
•   Document learnings and concrete outcomes (results) from the process of engaging the traditional authorities in the dialogue on child protection and the roles expected by traditional authorities. This can be in the form of observations. soliciting feed-back through interviews or focus group discussions from selected areas/traditional authorities.
•   Facilitate consultations with the traditional authorities, the National House of Chiefs and selected Regional House of Chiefs to share learning and outcomes (results) a of the initial steps of the process (1-3 above) and develop consensus on the most appropriate ways and format to capture this learning for replication and scale up. On the basis of the consensus reached (point 4 above), develop ‘guidelines’ and/or other tools or information materials that aim at further guiding ‘chiefs and queen mothers in their role as envisaged in the Child Protection Policy framework. These resources will be used to sustain change overtime and replicate in other areas with other Traditional Councils and traditional authorities.
•   Support the dissemination of developed resources and support the development of a systematic, regular monitoring of expected changes and results.
•   Participate in meetings and discussions on the overall Policy implementation and ensure linkages with other related processes, including engagement with formal state authorities and their capacity-building efforts, including the Department of Social Development; Department of Community Development and Local Government Service Secretariat and relevant MMDAs. Also, participate and understand the process of communication for social change and community engagement processes for child protection, led by the Department of Community Development

Qualification Required & Experience

•   At least a Master’s Degree in social science, law, governance, public administration or other relevant field.
•   Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience with focus on social development; communication, community development or other related fields.
•   Excellent understanding and experience in child protection and justice for children, including juvenile justice and traditional justice/community justice.
•   Excellent process planning, organising and facilitation skills including in relation to change management, training and social and behavioral change.
•   Understanding of traditional affairs, Chieftaincy Institutions and role of traditional authorities in Ghanaian communities,
•   Extensive experience in analysis, report writing.
•   Excellent writing and presentation skills and excellent command of the English language.
•   Strong communication and team work competencies

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

If interested, please complete the United Nations Personal History form ((P11)) (available at:- http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc) and include a copy of your CV, academic certificates and motivation letter.

Please indicate the title of the consultancy in the subject line and send your application directly to:-

HRghana@unicef.org

Closing Date: 29 November, 2015

Applications submitted without the (P11) form will not be considered

•   Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a written test.
•   Qualified candidates, particularly females are strongly encouraged to apply
•   NOTE: UNICEF IS A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT!

{Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC),Northern / Upper East and Upper West Regions,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Sep-2015};

Established in 1986, Canadian Feed The Children (CFTC) is an independent, non-faith-based, registered charitable organization with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada.  CFTC envisions a world where children thrive free from poverty. Working with local partners internationally and in Canada, the organisation’s mission is to enhance the well-being of children and the self-sufficiency of their families and communities. CFTC builds community capacity and helps create opportunities for long-term, sustainable food security and access to quality early childhood care and primary education in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti and Uganda, as well as in Canada.  Programs in Canada are focused on food security and nutrition in Aboriginal communities, where the organisation funds school and community-based feeding and healthy eating education programs.  www.canadianfeedthechildren.ca.

CFTC has been operational in Ghana since 1999. CFTC Ghana has been implementing the Climate Change Adaptation in Northern Ghana Enhanced (CHANGE) Project since January, 2013, with initial funding from the Canadian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development (DFATD), working with local partners in the three regions on Northern Ghana. The CHANGE project is implemented in 17 communities in three districts to build capacities for adaptation and resilience against the impacts of climate change on food security, agriculture and livelihoods. Though funding from DFATD ended in March, 2014, CFTC continued implementing the Project with its own funds, with the Project due to end in December, 2015.

The CHANGE project comes to end in December 2015 and CFTC is seeking to carry out an end of project evaluation to assess the achievements, successes, challenges and impact of the project.

Job Description

Terms of Reference – End of Project External Evaluation, The Climate Change Adaptation in Northern Ghana Enhanced (CHANGE) Project 2013-2015

Objective of the Consultancy

Canadian Feed the Children’s (CFTC’s) Ghana Country Office is seeking to hire a consultant to carry out an end of project evaluation for its Climate Change Adaptation in Northern Ghana Enhanced (CHANGE) Project, which has been implemented over the past three years (2013-2015) in one district/municipality in each of the three Northern Ghana regions – Northern, Upper East and Upper West.

The CHANGE Project’s ultimate goal is to improve the adaptive capacity and increase resilience of smallholder women and men farmers to the impacts of climate change on agriculture, food security and livelihoods through the three main integrated approaches:

•   Building adaptive capacity so that implementing partners, extension agents and farmer and community-based organizations are trained and able to provide to smallholder women and men farmers in 17 communities, in three regions of northern Ghana, increased access to information about climate change and its effects, and strengthened capacity to implement adaptive measures;
•   Implementing adaptation actions so that smallholder women and men farmers in these same communities can practice climate-smart agriculture to increase productivity and farm income in an environmentally sustainable way; and
•   Sustaining women’s livelihoods in a changing climate so that smallholder women farmers in these same communities have a reduced risk of climate change impacts on livelihoods.

The Project is implemented with Farm Radio International (FRI) as coalition partner. Implementing partners are the Rural Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS), TradeAID Integrated (TAI) and Tumu Deanery Rural Integrated Development Program (TUDRIDEP), respectively in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions. Project technical partners are the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), University for Development Studies (UDS – ICEIR), Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), CARE International (Ghana) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA).

The end of project evaluation will measure the achievements against the CHANGE project outcomes and outputs as well as assess the overall impact of the Project. The evaluation will also capture lessons learned from all stakeholders as well as challenges and experiences to inform future project designs, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. This will require the consultant to use appropriate methodologies to gather relevant data on key project indicators, conduct analysis and assessment thereof and document the projects impact.

Specific Objectives

•   Review and analyse the broader Ghanaian and local (regional, district and community) contexts, including socio-economic status and household conditions, with reference to the CHANGE Project’s ultimate outcomes in the areas of adaptive capacity, implementation of adaptation actions and rural women’s livelihood and relate these to baseline results on CHANGE Project indicators.
•   Collect quantitative and qualitative data on output and outcome level indicators of the Project and analyse the level of achievement of these indicators in relation to baseline, midline and initial end-line surveys conducted.
•   Assess the overall impact of the Project, whether planned or not, on both targeted and non-targeted project beneficiaries.
•   Collect general successes (including success stories), lessons learned, and challenges across all stakeholders of the Project.
•   Provide recommendations based on findings to inform future project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
•   Compare and analyse the projects progress against baseline and climate vulnerability and capacity assessment (CVCA) conducted at the inception of the project.

Scope

The end of project evaluation is intended to provide CFTC with detailed analysis on project performance indicators and information on the Project’s achievements, successes, impact and challenges. It will include gathering and analysing relevant information from secondary data sources (e.g. documents, census data/socio-economic statistics from government, and reports from multi-lateral and international/national organizations) and collecting quantitative and qualitative data from primary sources such as project direct and indirect beneficiaries, partners, relevant local government departments, as well as other collaborators through surveys, interviews and focus group discussions in the areas where the Project was implemented.

The end of project evaluation will be conducted in the three (3) regions (Northern, Upper East and Upper West) where the Project was implemented. This comprises of three (3) District/Municipalities, one in each of the 3 regions and a total of 17 project communities.

Methodology

Both primary and secondary data will be used during the end of project evaluation.

•   Qualitative and quantitative data collection tools such as individual interview questionnaires, focus group discussions, direct observation and key informant interviews among others will be used to obtain primary data from direct and indirect project beneficiaries, implementing, technical and coalition partners and relevant govt. departments.
•   Secondary data sources will include key project and other documents and required literature from CFTC country office and other relevant agencies.

All data, qualitative and quantitative, collected through the assessment must be disaggregated by location, age, sex and vulnerability; that is, separately for women, men, girls and boys, and other vulnerable populations. The consultant should propose/develop a tool or template that will be used to collect such information. The consultant will propose a detailed strategy outlining his/her method of data collection, analysis and reporting including beneficiary sampling procedures, data collection plan and methods of data analysis, etc. CFTC Country Office would make available to the evaluator relevant data and information on the project from baseline, midterm and end of first phase evaluation conducted on the Project. The CFTC Senior Advisor for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in Toronto, Tamale based country office staff and project partners will support in the entire evaluation process.

The consultant is expected to work in close consultation with the CFTC Head Office Programs Team and Ghana Country Office and in collaboration with CFTC Partners throughout the study.  CFTC and its partners will prepare the field visits for the consultant and data collectors ahead of time. CFTC and partners’ staff will ensure that girls, boys, women and men and other relevant participants are prepared and ready to participate in interviews and Focus Group Discussions or data collectors.

Period and duration of Evaluation

The evaluation is expected to be conducted over a three month period from October to December, 2015. It is expected that the end of project evaluation process will comprise approximately 40 days of fulltime work. This excludes days used for recruitment, negotiation and contracting.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Good knowledge and experience in the areas of food security, climate change adaptation and livelihood improvement projects in Africa, preferably in Ghana.
•   Demonstrable experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative evaluation in Africa, particularly in West Africa.
•   Knowledge and experience with DFATD food security, environmental suitability and gender priorities and of standard evaluation processes.
•   Track record in developing and conducting baseline and end of project research studies or evaluation using varied approaches.
•   Experience in data collection and analysis and reporting using participatory tools and processes.
•   Excellent and demonstrated understanding of ethical issues in research
•   Experience in working with a multi-cultural team of professionals
•   Ability to write high-quality, clear, concise and analytical reports in English

Location: Northern/ Upper East and Upper West Regions

How To Apply For The Job

We invite interested individual consultants, consulting teams and companies to submit the following application documents:

•   Expression of interest outlining how the consultant(s) meets the objectives, and their understanding of the TOR and methodology;
•   A proposal explaining proposed methodology and strategies to conduct the evaluation including , proposed activities schedule or work plan with timeframe;
•   Financial proposal detailing itemized fees, data collection and administrative costs, including all taxes and other fees;
•   Copy of CV of the consultant(s) who will undertake the evaluation;
•   At least two previous clients and their contacts for reference;
•   One recent example of similar baseline, research or evaluation report written by the consultant;

Please send expressions of interest to Edward Akapire, CFTC Ghana Country Representative,

eakapire@canadianfeedthechildren.ca

Please also copy:-

jobs@canadianfeedthechildren.ca

Closing Date: 30 September, 2015

{Ghana Statistical Service,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

Country: Ghana
Project: Ghana Statistics Development Project (GSDP)
Credit No. 5010-GH
Grant No.: TF010425-GH
Assignment Title: Develop and install an MIS facility at MOGCSP
Reference No.; GSDP /MoGCSP /CS/IMIS/ 013/15

The Ghana Statistical Service has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ghana Statistical Development Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

•   The Consultant will carry out an initial research and discovery exercise to provide a comprehensive report on the activities of the Ministry as well as furnish the ministry with a technical document detailing the various technical options of appropriately designed platforms and portals for the establishment of MIS. The System so designed is to capture all relevant management informational needs of MoGCSP at every level in making operational and strategic decisions that will enhance the implementation of the Ministry’s mandate.
•   The Consultant will be required to develop a comprehensive and functional Management Information System and train staff in the application of the system. The development of the System will require the installation of ICT facilities and equipment to be provided by the Project.
•   Details of the assignment can be found in the terms of reference on www.statsghana.gov.gh
•   The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by Word Bank Borrowers January 2011, revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
•   Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a subconsultancy to enhance their qualifications.
•   A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the consultant qualification selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Qualification Required & Experience

Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are:

•   The Consultant/Consulting Firm should have worked in the relevant area of consultancy for at least 5- 10 years. The consultant/s should have considerable experience in design. training and operationalisation of MIS system in similar projects.

Potential candidates/firms should possess the following qualifications and skills:

•   At a least a degree in MIS. Computer Science and related fields with 8 years working experience in related field
•   Experience in business process management
•   Advance knowledge in mobile computing and corporate portal development
•   Knowledge in Information security management
•   Expertise in enterprise database management systems
•   Advance knowledge in computer networks/telecommunication
•   Expertise in Ms-Sharepoint development and implementation in-corporate environment
•   Experience in data processing techniques
•   Knowledge in software project management is an added advantage
•   Ability to train, coach and mentor staff and facilitate learning by doing
•   Computer proficiency in standard office applications ( Spread sheet, word processing, internet explorer)
•   Experience in dealing with Public Service or Donor
•   Funded Projects an advantage
•   Advance knowledge of statistical applications and databases; and
•   S/he should display strong leadership and inter-personal skills including excellent communication and facilitation skills

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

•   Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (0900 to 1700 hours)
•   Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below in person by 8th September, 2015

Ghana Statistical Service
Attn: Emmanuel A. Cobbinah, Head of Procurement
P. O. Box GP 1098. Accra
Ghana
Street: Finance Drive

Tel: 0302-682656

E-mail: procurement@statsghana.gov.gh

Closing Date: 08 September, 2015

{Ghana Statistical Service,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,20 Sep-2015};

Country: Ghana
Project: Ghana Statistics Development Project (GSDP)
Credit No. 5010-GH
Grant No.: TF010425-GH
Assignment Title: Consultant for the Assessment of Gender Statistics
Reference No.; GSDP /MoGCSP /CS/IMIS/ 013/15

The Ghana Statistical Service has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Ghana Statistical Development Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

Specifically, the Gender Consultant will support the MoGSCP to undertake a Gender Statistics Assessment in the Country i.e. at both the National and District levels. He/she will do this by:

•   Designing the questionnaire or the assessment
•   Developing the methodology for the assessment at national and district level, by involving MDAs participating on the Ghana Statistics Development Project.
•   Advising on the formation of an Assessment team to review the questionnaire
•   Providing training for the field staff and supervisors on the questionnaire
•   Oversee the administration of questionnaires and data collection
•   Analyse the data collected and produce assessment report.
•   Providing technical support for the validation workshop on the assessment findings
•   Synthesise and finalise the assessment report for dissemination and
•   Submitting final Assessment report to MoGCSP management.
•   Details of the assignment can be found in the terms of reference on www.statsghana.gov.gh
•   The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by Word Bank Borrowers January 2011, revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
•   Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a subconsultancy to enhance their qualifications.
•   A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the consultant qualification selection method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.

Qualification Required & Experience

Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are:

The consultant will have worked in a gender statistics environment for at least 5-10 years. Potential candidates should possess the following qualifications and skills:

•   A Masters/ PHD Degree in the Social Sciences
•   Understanding of gender issues and their relevance for statistical production and dissemination
•   Ability to mentor staff and facilitate learning by doing
•   Experience in conducting assessments of national systems (in gender and related fields)
•   Proven track record in working effectively within multidisciplinary teams,
•   Computer proficiency in standard office applications (Spreadsheets, word processing, internet Explorer)
•   S/he should display strong leadership and inter-personal skills, including excellent communication and facilitation skills.
•   s/he should have strong data analytic skills

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

•   Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (0900 to 1700 hours)
•   Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below in person by 8th September, 2015

Ghana Statistical Service
Attn: Emmanuel A. Cobbinah, Head of Procurement
P. O. Box GP 1098. Accra
Ghana
Street: Finance Drive

Tel: 0302-682656

E-mail: procurement@statsghana.gov.gh

Closing Date: 08 September, 2015

{Jhpiego,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,30 Aug-2015};

Jhpiego is an internationally recognized non-governmental organization focused on preventing the needless deaths of women and their families.

Consultancy, Packaging of eLearning Modules  

Jhpiego/Ghana is seeking a qualified, skilled and highly motivated consultant / group to package 4 highly interactive modules on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, gender-based violence (GBV), cord care and exclusive breast-feeding for the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).

Overview

MCSP is working with the Ministry of Health to scale-up eLearning to Midwifery and Community Health Nursing Schools. Learning material has been developed and needs to be packaged into eLearning modules. That is the purpose of this proposed consultancy. An example of what the finished product needs to look like see the following link:  http://reprolineplus.org/learning-opportunities/course/danger-signs-pregnancy/take-the-course

Specific Activities

Reporting to the MCSP ICT4D team and working with the activity team leader, the consultant support will undertake the following specific activities:

•   Use existing storyboards to package modules.  Jhpiego will provide technical content and supply or provide guidance for obtaining graphics and illustrations as needed.  Modules must have the ability to track scores.
•   Select voice talent to be used. Must be approved by prior to recording.
•   Audio recording and editing: edit, compress and equalize sound quality on audio files. Produce as individual files per each slide.
•   Link audio to slide animations for narrated presentations and package as requested by Jhpiego team
•   Publish narrated presentations into required format (SCORM)
•   Meet with the project team as requested by team lead to review project needs and follow-up

Deliverables:

The following is a detailed list of deliverables with anticipated timeframe for completing each module. The MCSP team will formally sign off on the on the completion of each deliverable before the next can be commenced.

•   Select and provide sample of voice talent (1 day)
•   Wireframe (2 days per module)
•   Alpha by  (2 days per module)
•   Beta by  (2 days per module)
•   Final- file published in format for LMS (formatted for upload to Intel SkooolHE) 2 days per module
•   All source files and assets (graphics, audio, animation, custom backgrounds, etc.) delivered to project team lead (2 days per module)

Project Stages

The following is a description of the project stages that will be followed with this consultancy:

•   Wireframe – straightforward framework with fully functioning navigation, interactions and quizzes; use of greyscale text and graphic placeholders rather than full graphics, color schemes, special fonts, etc.
•   Alpha – polished and complete save for the narration, which is computer generated at this stage
•   Beta – final version with human narration
•   Beta testing – technical test to see if the mechanics work correctly
•   Rollout

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Past experience of similar work
•   Portfolio and examples from similar past projects
•   Proposed consultant / team with requisite skills and past experience

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Email applications to:-

work2savelives@gmail.com  and ensure that the following is included in the application:

•   cover letter
•   detailed CV of team leader
•   three referees
•   portfolio of similar past work
•   cost proposal
•   detailed timeframe for completing the assignment

Closing Date: 22 July, 2015

{ Jhpiego,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,30 Aug-2015};

Jhpiego is an internationally recognized non-governmental organization focused on preventing the needless deaths of women and their families.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Fluency in written and spoken Nzema, Fante and Twi
•   Previous translation experience
•   Ability to meet tight deadlines

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Please apply with a cover letter, daily consulting rate and detailed CV including three referees. Either email applications to:-

work2savelives@gmail.com

Closing Date: 15 July, 2015

{Noble International Business School,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,30 Apr-2015};

NIBS  is a new, private boutique business school with a new kind of educational model designed around you,  easy experience and forward-looking. Our mission is to develop innovative business and professional leaders who have habits of the mind at once flexible and insightful, informed by experience and yet oriented towards innovation- and thus capable of advancing areas of organisational practice to achieve measurable results. We achieve this mission by preparing executives to focus on compelling organisational challenges, seek answers to insightful questions,create new knowledge and practices, and new business ventures by looking at the bigger picture, testing ideas in the field to discover new insight, and analysing the impact of implementation

As part of a team to pursue our ambitious growth plans, you will be motivated, use your creativity and experience to make a significant impact on our clients, their businesses, and their careers. If you are creative as well as innovative, apply now

Role Description:

•   The incumbent shall be the personal assistant, consultant and manager of the President
and Executive Dean to ensure both personal and organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

In no more than a page, tell us:

•   What you think are your responsibilities for the position you are applying for
•   How you will successfully perform the role described.
•   The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for your role, and
•   How you will measure your performance.

If you are enthusiastic about the opportunity to join the Noble  International  Business School (NIBS), I encourage you to submit your application to:-

kwaku25j@gmail.com and kwaku@nibs.edu.gh

Closing Date: 25 April, 2015

{Confidential,Ghana,Full-Time,GH,N/A,N/A,28 Feb-2015};

CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR A CONSULTANT TO UNDERTAKE DETAILED COSTINGS FROM ALL ACTORS IN THE GREEN MARKET CHAIN IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A THOROUGH BUSINESS MODEL AND FINANCIAL MODELLING TO ENSURE THE VIABILITY OF THE GREEN MARKET AND TO INFORM WHETHER STRATEGIC SUBSIDIES WILL BE REQUIRED

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

The Coalition for the Advancement of Organic Farming (CAOF) was formed in 2008/09 and is working with the Northern Ghana Green Market project in order to create a “strengthened and vibrant movement of organic producers and consumers promoting Ghanaian organic products nationally and internationally.” The organisations under CAOF have worked with their farmers to train and educate them on the benefits of organic farming both in terms of income sustainability and environmental sustainability. However, the project wasn’t successful in promoting organic amongst consumers and in linking these farmers to new markets which would provide them with a premium for their produce.

CAOF’s new strategy looks at moving away from a purely advocacy focus to a more practical work in supporting farmers to grow organic/Green Label food and find markets for the produce. An initial survey on the potential market reveals a proven understanding of the value of healthy and safely produced vegetables and a willingness to pay a premium for locally produced goods cultivated according to a known and accepted standard with clear records of how the food has been produced. CAOF therefore seeks to establish a Green Market in Bolgatanga to serve its farmers and the consumers in the Region.

A consultant is therefore wanted, to undertake detailed costings from all actors in the chain in order to produce a thorough business model and financial modelling ensuring the viability of the Green Market model going forward to inform the decision on whether strategic subsides will be required

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE

The purpose of the research will be to look at the data gathered by consultants undertaking research on the crops already produced by CAOF farmers in order to have developed a final list of crops that might be sold at the Green Market. Research has also been undertaken on the actors involved in the organic/Green Label fruits and vegetable chains in the Bolgatanga area. Consumer and business surveys have also been carried out and this data can be reviewed. Using this research the consultant will undertake agronomic analysis in order to ensure that the Green Market model will be viable going forward and to show in and where strategic subsidies will be required to get the market underway at the outset. It will also set out how the Green Label produce should be priced.

SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work of the required consultant includes but is not limited to the following;

•   Reviewing the previous research undertake to see the recommended crops to be grown at the Green Market and the actors involved in those chains.
•   He/she will be required to conduct a field study and come out with data regarding the costs involved for undertaking their various activities for all the actors in those chains
•   Using this data the consultant will be required to draw up a detailed business model and financial modelling to show whether the Green Market is viable going forward.
•   The consultant will be required to recommend whether strategic subsidies are required for certain actors/activities in the chain in order to get the Green Market underway.
•   The consultant will be required to advise whether all actors in the chain will be viable and profitable if they undertake their activities according to the Green Label standard.
•   He/she will be required to recommend how the goods sold at the Green Market should be priced.

METHODOLOGY

The consultant is to outline the methodology for carrying out this assignment. The CA Staff, CAOF staff, Exco and VSO volunteer will only play a coordination role to assist the researcher in his/her work.

DELIVERABLES

A report including the clear proposed business model under which the Green Market would work, a financial analysis including a profit and loss and cash flow forecast and the financing requirements.

It will also include:

•   A cost-benefit analysis for each actor in the chain and a comparison to their current income.
•   It will recommend whether subsidies are required for any actors and at what level and for how long.
•   It will recommend appropriate methods for pricing for each of the crops in the research to be at the Green Market.
•   It will outline the additional costs to each actor in the chain for running their enterprises in accordance with The Green Label standard.

TIME FRAME

The consultancy is to start in March and the detailed timeframe will be discussed with the successful candidate. It is expected that the work would be completed within 8 weeks of signing the contract.

The consultant will have regular update meetings with the project team to discuss the progress of the work and to ensure that all outcomes will be achieved.

A draft initial report should be submitted no later than 4 weeks from the beginning of the work and will form the basis of the discussions of the last four weeks.

A final report should be submitted no later than a week before the end of the project so that there is time for reviews and ammendments.

BUDGET

Interested consultants are asked to submit a detailed budget for the delivery of the work.

Location: Bolgatanga

How To Apply For The Job

To apply for this consultancy, please send your expression of interest and your CV to the following email addresses not later than two weeks after the publication of this advert:

caofinfo@yahoo.com  and agana.gerard@gmail.com

Closing Date: 20 February, 2015