Consultant(Market Assessment for Women’s Income Generation Activities) at Save the Children Nigeria

Employment Nigeria 16-Dec-2017 ABUJA , NGO

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POSITION : Consultant - Market Assessment for Women’s Income Generation Activities

Description

Save the Children is supporting vulnerable pregnant and lactating women through the WINNN project to steadily increase their income, build long-term food security and improve their nutritional status.

The project supports nutrition sensitive agriculture by putting access to nutritionally rich foods and improving dietary diversity as a strategy for overcoming malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.

Nutrition-sensitive agricultural production is implemented with two main focus: Making food more available and accessible through improved households income; and making food more diverse through support for home gardening, animal rearing and appropriate extension services.

The most vulnerable female pregnant, lactating female caregivers/mothers of malnourished children and children U2 in the 6 WINNN implementing LGAs of Jigawa and Yobe states, will be targeted for Income Generation Activities (IGAs), trained and provided with relevant start-up supplies and/or equipment for a micro-enterprise.

WINNN is looking for a consultant to conduct labor and market assessment to guide the implementation process. The objectives of the study will be to:

Identify constraints/challenges to starting up small businesses and provide recommendations on how to overcome them
Identify the key skills needed in the market to guide the training guidelines for the micro enterprise management for the IGA beneficiaries
Identify and map local vendors with capacity to provide the required IGA equipment to the beneficiaries.
Assess capacity of a representative sample of these vendors in the target beneficiaries’ locations.
Determine if the existing vendors/retailers/business have the capacity to source, transport and store materials of sufficient quality and quantity to meet the need of the beneficiaries of multi-purpose e-vouchers
Provide analysis of the different types of businesses available currently and those that are could be created in the near future, identifying the maturity duration of each type of business.
Map the market system and identify market opportunities for the women’s IGA products and gaps to be supported
Collect data on these opportunities, taking into account their growth potential
Identify the existing micro finance institutions/informal credit systems, employment, apprenticeship opportunities, skills development centers and hire purchase opportunities available in the beneficiaries’ area.

Methodology
Applicants should provide a detailed methodology showing how the assessment aims and objectives will be met as part of their technical expression of interest. It is anticipated that the proposal will include a mixture of primary and secondary data collection methods. The consultant should:

Define the assessment methodology and develop data collection tools
Review of relevant material held by SC including baseline and monitoring reports
Meet with key stakeholders and beneficiaries in Yobe and Jigawa targeted LGAs and state capital
Prepare and submit the final survey reports to SC in soft and hard copy with presentation of key findings prior to final report submission.

Deliverables should include the following:

An inception report, including: planned timeline and work plan, literature review of all relevant secondary sources, detailed methodology / approach, planned stakeholders to be consulted and sampling framework, data collection and analysis tools, qualitative and quantitative protocols for data collection and analysis
Brief presentation of preliminary findings
Draft report written in English
One (1) electronic file of the clean (final) qualitative and quantitative data collected
Final report

Qualifications

A Master's Degree in a relevant discipline
5+ years research experience related to markets, entrepreneurship and livelihoods in both development and humanitarian context.
Experience with socio-economic surveys.
Good understanding of Northern Nigeria
Ability to produce well written, analytical reports in English
Strong quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills

Proposals should not be longer than 4 pages, excluding CVs, budget and example piece of work. Proposals should include:

Short overview of how the candidate meets the qualifications, experience and skills requirements (no more than one page)
Description of proposed approach and methodology
Projected budget – including projected travel and in-country accommodation and subsistence costs. Holding tax must also be included where relevant. Payment milestones should also be included.
Up-to-date CV
An example piece of work from a similar assignment

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