The objective of the Consultancy
The consultant will lead and facilitate MESPT Board of Trustees, staff and partners in a participatory strategic planning process, ensuring a sense of ownership, engaging meaningfully with the Stakeholders to deliver a five-year strategic plan for the period 2026-2030. The plan will focus on:
- Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: Identifying practical, scalable strategies for addressing climate change impacts, particularly in the context of agriculture and financial inclusion.
- Sustainable and inclusive Market Systems Development: Incorporating MESPT’s principles of sustainable and inclusive market systems to drive long-term change in agricultural and financial sectors.
- Value Chain Enhancement: Ensuring strategies align with value chain development to increase income, resilience, and market access for targeted communities.
- Sustainable Food System: Ensuring a food system that delivers food security and nutrition for all in such a way that the economic, social and environmental bases to generate food security and nutrition for future generations are not compromised. This means that: It is profitable throughout (economic sustainability); It has broad-based benefits for society (social sustainability); and it has a positive or neutral impact on the natural environment (environmental sustainability)
Scope of Work
The plan must address, amongst other things, the development of strong partnerships and resource mobilization initiatives and how to more effectively engage private sector, smallholder farmers and government agencies more meaningfully in the realization of MESPT’s mission and vision. The consultant will draw from any best practices within similar strategic plans for other n organizations with similar modus operandi as MESPT. Elements of the plan will include but not limited to the following:
Needs Assessment & Situation Analysis
- Stakeholder Consultation & Engagement
- Strategic Framework Development
- Monitoring & Evaluation Framework
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Budgeting for the Strategic Plan
Resourcing and Funding the Strategic Plan
- Develop a resource mobilization plan
Final Strategic Plan Document
- Prepare the final MESPT 2026 - 2030 Strategic Plan, with clear guidelines on implementation, resource requirements, and partnerships.
Deliverables
- Inception Report: Outlining the consultant’s approach, methodology, and work plan.
- Needs Assessment & Situation Analysis Report: Including findings from stakeholder consultations and research.
- External environment assessment and internal environment assessment of the stakeholder’s analysis.
- Draft Strategic Plan (2026 - 2030): With clear climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, market systems development approaches, and value chain enhancements with a MEAL Framework with specific indicators for assessing the effectiveness of climate strategies, market systems, and value chain interventions.
- Final Strategic Plan: Incorporating feedback from MESPT and stakeholders, with clear implementation strategies.
Timeline
The consultancy is expected to be completed over a period of 3-4 months. The anticipated timeline for the major milestones is as follows:
- Needs assessment
- Stakeholders’ consultation and engagement
- To have a strong inclination towards adaptation.
- Monitoring & Evaluation Framework
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Costing the strategic Plan
- Resourcing and funding the strategic plan
Qualifications and Experience
The Lead Consultant should meet the following requirements:
- Education: Advanced Degree in Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, International Development, or a related field. A master’s in strategic management will be an added advantage.
Experience:
- At least 7 years of experience in strategic planning, climate change adaptation and mitigation, agricultural development, financial inclusion and Women and Youth Economic Development.
- Demonstrated experience in market systems development and value chain enhancement in agriculture and financial sectors.
- Strong knowledge of climate-smart agriculture practices and sustainable finance models.
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