Outplacement Coaching Consultancy at TechnoServe Kenya

SCOPE OF WORK FOR STAFF COACHING PROGRAM

• Program: Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing.
• Reports to: Regional Training and Gender Advisor
• Position Location & Travel Potential: Open

TECHNOSERVE BACKGROUND

• TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital, and markets. With more than five decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

• TechnoServe is implementing the USAID-funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food
• Processing (AINFP) regional program in collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS). The program leverages the power of the private sector to create better nutritional outcomes for base-of-the-pyramid consumers and more profitable market opportunities for local farmers. This is achieved by supporting local food processing businesses in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia through remote technical assistance and training from world-leading food processing businesses under PFS to increase the availability of safe, affordable, and nutritious food.
• AINFP seeks a consultant to support its team in coaching all its staff across the five countries.

Objective

• This consultancy aims to deliver a coaching program for all AINFP staff. The coaching will support the program staff with outplacement skills and capacity. The key objective of the outplacement service is to help AINFP staff members to position themselves for the job market through career journey mapping, skills assessment, and personal branding to enhance their job search skills and gain greater confidence to seek job alternatives and/or other opportunities as well as psycho-social support. The program approach will be online to include all target staff who live and work in different geographic locations and engage leaders in application-oriented learning experiences.

Deliverables
The consultant is expected to collaborate closely with the Regional Training and Gender Advisor to:

• Conduct a Coaching assessment for all AINFP staff (39 in total)
• Design a three-month coaching program, including assessments such as psychometric testing.
• End of the program report

Qualifications and Expectations

• Certified coach ACC /PCC/ MCC with over five years of experience in leadership and performance management coaching.
• Experience in leadership development and virtual facilitation.
• Have at least seven years of professional, relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in adult learning.
• Excellent knowledge of English and Kiswahili; strong ability to work in cross-cultural situations and communicate effectively with speakers of other languages.
• Demonstrated excellent communication and collaboration skills

Application procedure
Qualified applicants should share their Technical Proposal (including an understanding of the scope of work, essential deliverables/milestones, a timeline, past performance, and CVs of key personnel); three references from similar assignments; and a financial proposal with the estimated number of days per deliverable and a daily rate quoted in Kenya shilling. The financial proposal excludes logistical costs for the training (including flights, venues, material printing costs, etc.) and other administrative expenses.

L.O.E Breakdown

• Out-placement virtual coaching program (20 days over three months)
  • Individualized virtual coaching sessions
  • Career Assessments & Psychometric testing

Please submit your proposal for this consultancy to buy+KE+P0022824@tns.org by August 28, 2023.