Consultant for Business Modelling, Mentorship, Coaching, and Incubation Curriculum Development at Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT)

Objectives:

The objective of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive Business Modeling, Mentorship, and Coaching Manual for MESPT. The purpose of this manual is to provide a structured framework and guidance to support entrepreneurs in business development that will:

• Develop innovative and sustainable business models.
• Acquire essential entrepreneurial skills and knowledge.
• Benefit from mentorship and coaching relationships.
• Successfully navigates the challenges of business incubation.
• Contribute to job creation and economic development.

Scope of Work:

The consultancy services will include, but are not limited to, the following tasks:

• Conduct a Needs Assessment: Review existing materials, conduct stakeholder interviews, and assess the specific needs and expectations of the target audience.
• Curriculum Development: Design a detailed curriculum that covers business modeling, mentorship, coaching, and incubation. The curriculum should be tailored to the needs of youth and women entrepreneurs in fruit value chains and other complementing sectors in the coast region, emphasizing practical application.
• Content Creation: Develop engaging and interactive training materials, including presentations, case studies, exercises, and templates.
• Alignment with Objectives: Ensure that the curriculum aligns with the program's objectives, with a strong focus on job creation and economic impact.
• Evaluation Framework: Develop an evaluation framework to assess participants' progress and the effectiveness of the curriculum.
• Tools development: Develop practical recruitment and entrepreneurs’ evaluation tools.
• Review and Revision: Incorporate feedback from stakeholders to refine the curriculum.

Expected Deliverables:

The consultancy is expected to deliver the following:

• A comprehensive business modeling, mentorship, coaching, and incubation curriculum.
• Training materials, including presentations, handouts, and exercises.
• An entrepreneur recruitment and evaluation framework and tools for assessing the curriculum's impact.

Duration of the Assignment

• The consultancy is expected to be completed within 10 days and will begin with an inception meeting and conclude with a debriefing meeting with representatives from the MESPT team. Overall, the exercise is expected to run in the months of November 2023 starting from the date of signing the contract.

Qualifications:

The individual consultant should possess the following qualifications:

• Proven experience in curriculum development for entrepreneurship and enterprise development programs with at least 7 years’ experience.
• Expertise in designing and delivering training materials that are engaging, interactive, and practical.
• Familiarity with the unique needs and challenges of youth and women entrepreneurs.

Administration and Logistical Arrangements

• The individual consultant will report to the partnership and fundraising Coordinator and collaborate closely with the project team throughout the assignment.

Budget

• The consultant should share a proposed work plan and an all-inclusive budget including taxes i.e, VAT, WHT etc.

Schedule Of Payments

• Upon submission of the Draft training manual - 30%
• Upon submission of draft - 30%
• Upon submission Final Concept & presentation of the PowerPoint pitch to target members - 40%

How to apply

Potential bidders (Individual consultants only and not firms) are therefore required to respond to the TOR with both technical and financial proposal not more than twenty (20) pages detailing how they will carry out this assignment. They should attach:

• previous relevant experience in the specified field .
• 3 referees and their contacts for the last 3 similar assignment undertaken in the recent past,
• the schedule of the activities with clear timeline and deliverables.

The financial proposal should be explicitly detailed the implementation fees, and reimbursables while taking into consideration the applicable tax implications.

The technical and financial proposal should be e-mailed to tender@mespt.org on or before 13th November 2023 by 5pm.

Clarifications to be emailed to procurement@mespt.org

Closing date

13 Nov 2023