ILRI Consultancy: Development of a Women-Entrepreneurship Program for Small Scale Food Retailers at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Scope of Work:

The consultant will undertake the following activities:

• Develop plan of activities for consultancy, including timeline, field work and deliverables, as well as documentation for ethical approval application. (1 day)
• Learning needs. Identify key constraints and learning needs in relation to broadly defined business and enterprise issues, including cash flow and financing, among small scale vendors in the informal dairy value chain in Kenya, with particular emphasis on women. This activity will involve review of literature, secondary data, semi-structured interviewing and/or FGDs with relevant stakeholders. (7 days)
• Develop an inventory of existing trainings or capacity development programs directed to business operators in formal or informal food markets in East Africa or elsewhere, and that address some of the identified learning needs. This activity will be a desk review. (3 days)
• Analysis, report write-up and presentation of outputs of (2) and (3). (3 days)
• Adaptation of existing training program for dairy vendors and re-design as Vendor Business School (VBS) tool. Based on the diagnosis and learning needs assessment, revise modules that will be retained from existing programs, and draft new modules. Structure the VBS considering group vs individual participants, gender, sessions (frequency of meetings -weekly/ bi-weekly, time availability of the vendors, etc.). Develop a proposed outline of the training content and program. (7 days)
• VBS review workshop. The VBS review workshop will involve women and men vendors of different kinds working in the dairy sector, training and marketing specialists, market management representatives and others. This workshop will be organized (4 days, including preparation, implementation and report write up)
• Finalization of Vendor Business School (VBS) tool. Full development of the content and outline of the training program (15 days)

Final products:

The consultant will deliver.

• Consultancy time plan, including timeline of activities and deliverables.
• Report of learning needs and inventory of capacity development programs
• Presentation of findings from report (see deliverable 2 above)
• Draft report of program outline and content
• Report of VBS review workshop
• Final program content and outline. 

Consultancy Fee:  Lumpsum or by mutual agreement based on agreed milestones and deliverables

Post location: Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: September 2022– December 2022 (working days:  40 days)

Essential skills and qualifications

• MSc in agriculture related field, including economics. PhD or MBA would be an asset
• Experience in capacity development programs with agriculture and agrifood businesses.
• Experience in development and delivery of training programs
• Proficiency in English and Kiswahili in speaking and writing
• Excellent team communication skills

Closing: 7 September 2022