Program Engagement Consultant at Mercy Corps

AgriFin program has a stream of new program activities, both in program implementation with its innovation partners as well as other development actors to provide strategy support, business modeling, and develop learning outputs. The program is seeking an expert consultant who can rapidly stream into AgriFin team execution against these work streams, ideally with past experience with the AgriFin portfolio.

Scope of work

The Consultant Will Conduct The Below Activities

• Support AgriFin strategic engagements with its core partners develop critical evidence and innovative models on the effectiveness of digitally enabled services for smallholders, with a specific focus on gender-inclusive solutions. This activity will be conducted under proposed supplemental activities for Gates Foundation and will include partners like Safaricom and ZANACO.
• Support AgriFin strategic engagements with selected startups, providing technical assistance and mentorship to ensure the startups can establish proof-of-concept for the business models. This activity is under GIZ’s Smart Development Hack, focused on developing digital solutions that will address COVID-19 related disruptions in agriculture supply chains and food systems.
• Support the development of both internal and public-facing learning outputs, including but not limited to webinars, blogs, case studies, and synthesis decks, in collaboration with the Strategic Learning and Communications Lead.
• Other program support as agreed upon by the task manager

Deliverables

• The consultant will work to submit monthly activity reports and timesheets detailing advisory support towards mentioned activities, as well as all related work product.

Required Qualifications **

• Advanced degree in business, engineering, economics or relevant field
• Work experience in providing advisory services for multi-year international Agricultural and financial sector development projects.
• Proven expertise in fundraising and proposal writing.
• Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills.
• Familiarity with Mercy Corps, MasterCard and Gates foundation Systems is a plus.
• Strong analytical and technical skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships.
• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills in English.
• Ability to offer coaching, mentorship and development of technical capacity..