- Location: Haiti
- Sector: Non Profit
- Organization URL: http://www.acdivoca.org
- Experience: Advanced
- Last Date To Apply Feb-20-2012
- Date Posted Jan-24-2012
Description
Since 1963 and in 145 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development and food security in order to promote broad-based economic growth and vibrant civil society. ACDI/VOCA currently has approximately 93 projects in 40 countries and revenues of $124 million.
Value Chain Consultant, Haiti
ACDI/VOCA is currently seeking a short-term Value Chain Consultant for an anticipated Title II Development Food Aid Program in the Southeast of Haiti. This multi-year, non-emergency program will be a follow-on to ACDI/VOCA’s current Multi-Year Assistance Program (MYAP). The new program will be integrated with USAID strategies to address the underlying causes of chronic food insecurity. The program’s ultimate goal is “to reduce food insecurity, prevent malnutrition, and increase resiliency in vulnerable rural households in Haiti.” The program will focus on strengthening livelihoods, improving health and nutrition among pregnant and lactating women and children under two, and improving institutions and communities’ abilities to respond to shocks as part of the program’s early warning system.
ACDI/VOCA is looking for a consultant with experience in value chains and input supply to help with the proposal development process. Value chain programs seek to achieve systemic change in firms and across the chain in ways that promote upgrading and competitiveness. Changes within agricultural value chains involve shifting production systems that draw on indigenous knowledge in favor of ones that depend on technical knowledge from input suppliers or buyers and meet consumer preferences. Marketing systems move from spot interactions to more dependent and predictable relationships governed by contractual arrangements.
The consultant will be expected to travel to Haiti and do a preliminary value chain analysis in order to identify value chains that ACDI/VOCA would work with during its anticipated Title II project. The consultant will also be expected to survey the landscape of farm production in the Southeast of Haiti and determine potential interventions to create a viable input supply network in the region.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Value Chain Analysis:
Input Supply Analysis:
Deliverables:
Value Chain Consultant, Haiti
ACDI/VOCA is currently seeking a short-term Value Chain Consultant for an anticipated Title II Development Food Aid Program in the Southeast of Haiti. This multi-year, non-emergency program will be a follow-on to ACDI/VOCA’s current Multi-Year Assistance Program (MYAP). The new program will be integrated with USAID strategies to address the underlying causes of chronic food insecurity. The program’s ultimate goal is “to reduce food insecurity, prevent malnutrition, and increase resiliency in vulnerable rural households in Haiti.” The program will focus on strengthening livelihoods, improving health and nutrition among pregnant and lactating women and children under two, and improving institutions and communities’ abilities to respond to shocks as part of the program’s early warning system.
ACDI/VOCA is looking for a consultant with experience in value chains and input supply to help with the proposal development process. Value chain programs seek to achieve systemic change in firms and across the chain in ways that promote upgrading and competitiveness. Changes within agricultural value chains involve shifting production systems that draw on indigenous knowledge in favor of ones that depend on technical knowledge from input suppliers or buyers and meet consumer preferences. Marketing systems move from spot interactions to more dependent and predictable relationships governed by contractual arrangements.
The consultant will be expected to travel to Haiti and do a preliminary value chain analysis in order to identify value chains that ACDI/VOCA would work with during its anticipated Title II project. The consultant will also be expected to survey the landscape of farm production in the Southeast of Haiti and determine potential interventions to create a viable input supply network in the region.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Value Chain Analysis:
- Conduct preliminary market analyses drawing on existing research and discussions with key stakeholders to determine commodities with the most potential for development in the Southeast of Haiti and identify market requirements as well as bottlenecks within value chains that limit market access of production.
- Identify promising value chains, identifying key opportunities for upgrading, and selecting appropriate interventions for the Title II proposal
- Provide half day training on the value chain approach and on how the current MYAP can utilize value chain analysis findings into their current activities and with actors
- Develop Value Chain Fact Sheets per the attached template.
Input Supply Analysis:
- Meet with appropriate actors to determine potential interventions to create a viable input supply network in the region, this includes: agro-input suppliers, Ministry of Agriculture, organizations involved in agricultural production (Chemonics/FAO), input stores and farmers.
- Identify constraints for major private input suppliers to determine why they have not invested in satellite shops in rural areas, especially in Southeast Department of Haiti.
- Assess demand analysis per type of seed/grain as guided by the value chain analysis. He/she should also consider what other items could be sold by those entrepreneurs to bolster their profits and the business more sustainable.
- Analyze opportunities that would inform a strategy to identify viable supply chain projects for strengthening these value chains both in terms of short-and long-term time frames.
Deliverables:
- Prepare a comprehensive written report (10-15 pages) with three parts:
- First part: a report documenting the results of the preliminary value chain analysis, and key issues, finding and recommendations for future interventions for the value chains selected that will be included in the proposal.
- Second part: a report documenting the input supply analysis and a strategy for a viable supply chain project to also be incorporate in the proposal.
- Third part: Develop Value Chain Fact Sheets per the attached template.
- Provide issues for further consideration.
- Provide a list of contacts made while in Haiti and documents reviewed for the report.
- Contribute to project design process in collaboration with ACDI/VOCA staff, including answering questions and clarifying findings and recommendations.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Experience in working in Haiti and or other developing countries highly desirable.
- Minimum 10 years experience in a mix of economic growth/value chain development/competitiveness/agricultural development programs
- Coordination with stakeholders to obtain and verify information
- Fluency in English and French required, familiarity with Haiti Creole preferred
- Strong communications skills (oral, written, presentational)
- MS, MBA, or other post-graduate degree preferred
- Experience with USAID-identified value chains preferred
Contact Details
- Contact: Lars Volz
- Telephone: 202-000-0000
- Email: lvolz@acdivoca.org
Application Instructions
Please apply online at http://acdivoca.maxhire.net/cp/?E5556C361D43515B7E59192F77561C680162774B. No phone calls please. Only finalists contacted. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. EOE.
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