Consultant: Collection Centers at International Potato Center

The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a Consultant to design and construct four collection centers to aggregate potatoes and inputs. The collection centers are targeted to be built in Elgeyo-Marakwet, Meru, Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties.

The Assignment: CIP is supporting potato marketing cooperatives and seed multipliers to develop into functioning businesses through the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) project, potato value chain. A component of this support involves constructing collection centers to aggregate and sort potato for markets and receive collective input orders to distribute to cooperative members.

Under the AVCD project, the Consultant will work in close collaboration with CIP and the farmer cooperatives to build the four collection centers, with an expected capacity of 50 to 100 tonnes, with shelving for short-term storage and tables to assist sorting. The assignment is to visit the proposed site to design the collection center for each cooperative ensuring all materials and labour requirements are listed to ease procurement by CIP, followed by supervising and managing construction of the collection centers.

The responsibilities of the assignment are to:

• Visit the proposed sites making a brief report on all the necessary/relevant technical assessments on the proposed sites for the purpose of design and construction.
• Design the collection centers, including preparing a list of all required materials and equipment to construct the collection centers;
• Submit the designs, list of materials required for the construction of the collection centers and construction schedule for each collection center;
• Supervise/manage construction of the collection centers

The successful Consultant will have:

• Experience of not less than 10 years working in a busy construction company(ies) involved in designing and management of construction projects
• Technical knowledge in building construction or any other related field (at least a diploma)
• Must be a team player, able to coordinate well with cooperatives and CIP.
• Must have been accredited by the national construction authority at least as a building supervisor.
• Knowledge in potato post handling/ storage practices or a in a similar project in the past shall be an added advantage.

Conditions: The employment contract will be for the duration agreed upon to design and construct the collection centers.