Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is looking for the
individual candidate for the post of " National Consultant to
conduct the value chain study on the processed marine product (boiled
fish and/or smoked fish) in Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, Indonesia ". The post is open for Indonesian National only. Please refer to the below Term of Reference for the post.
If you are interested, please send your application together with CV by email to : FAO-ID@fao.org at the latest by 9 January 2017. Women are strongly encouraged to apply for this
position. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Name:
|
| ||||||||||
Job
Title:
|
National consultant to conduct the value chain study
on the processed marine product (boiled fish and/or smoked fish) in Nusa
Tenggara Barat Province, Indonesia
| ||||||||||
Division/Department:
|
AFS/RAP
| ||||||||||
Programme/Project
Number:
|
GCP/RAS/296/JPN
| ||||||||||
Location:
|
Home-based (with visit to prospective project sites in
Lombok island and also to Mataram for organizing a national workshop as
required)
| ||||||||||
Expected
Start Date of Assignment:
|
20 January 2017
|
Duration:
|
40 days (WAE) in 4 months from January 20 to May 20
| ||||||||
Reports
to:
|
|
|
Project Coordinator
Assistant FAOR (Programme)
| ||||||||
| |||||||||||
General Description of task(s) and objectives to be achieved
| |||||||||||
The FAO regional project “Development
of effective and inclusive food value chains in ASEAN Member States
(GCP/RAS/296/JPN)” was launched in September 2016 as a three-year regional
project funded by the Government of Japan (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries). The project aims to make a significant contribution to the
food and livelihood security of smallholders by integrating them into food
value chains that link them to new market opportunities with its two phases
of activities. The activities of Phase 1 include the value chain study to assess
the specific value chain and smallholders groups. During Phase 2, the project
is expected to make some actual interventions at piloting project site to
overcome the obstacle which is identified by the value chain study.
As a result of coordination between
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia and FAO, the value
chain of processed marine products (boiled and/or smoked fish) in Nusa Tenggara Barat Province in
Indonesia have been selected as target vale chain for this project. Thus, the
relevant value chain study shall be conducted with targeting those products in
the province. The study is expected to identify 1) The visible and potential obstacles;
2) the possible interventions to overcome the said obstacles; and 3)
potential markets for the processed marine products.
Under the operational supervision of
the FAO Representative in Indonesia, the
technical supervision of Project Coordinator at FAO-RAP who is the direct
responsible for this project and supervision of Assistant FAO Representative
(programme) , the consultant will
i)
assess the marine product value
chains/smallholders groups in the specified location* by conducting a value
chain study including baseline and assessment survey;
ii)
compile the results of assessment in
interim Study Report (in English);
iii)
produce the recommendations for
selection of interventions at the specified project site;
iv)
coordinate and facilitate one day
national workshop in Mataram with 20-30 local participants from the relevant
stakeholders of project such as government officials and smallholders group
etc, to share the study results and recommendations; and
v)
obtain the responses/feedbacks from
the national workshop to be incorporated in the final Study Report.
vi)
prepare the draft project proposal for
the piloting project during Phase 2 of the project.
*Boiled fish in Nusa Tenggara Barat
Province (East Lombok and Central Lombok District) and/or smoked fish in Nusa
Tenggara Barat province (East Lombok and North Lombok District) will be the target
product (s) of the study.
In doing so, the consultant will
undertake the following activities specifically:
•
Develop and finalize the framework
including methodology and criteria for the value chain study which includes baseline
and assessment survey in consultation with Project Coordinator.
•
Conduct the survey including on-site visits
for examining the specified prospective value chains and meeting smallholders
groups in order to assess the current status, identify the obstacles and the
potential markets, and also recommend the necessary and feasible interventions
which shall be made in Phase 2 of the Project.
•
Compile obtained information and
results of survey in the form of interim Study Report in English.
•
Coordinate before, during and after
national workshop to address logistical and technical needs for organizing
the national workshop.
•
Facilitate the workshop program and
gather the feedbacks from participants to be incorporated in the final Study
Report.
•
Prepare the draft project proposal
including work plan for the piloting project during Phase 2 of the project
based on findings of the study.
Qualifications:
Education: Advanced university degree
in agricultural or fisheries economics, marine product processing technology
and/or related area.
•
5 years of experience and
demonstrated understanding in value chain development.
•
Solid understanding of the
socio-economic conditions of food producers and processors in Indonesia and
region.
•
Strong analytical skills, including
small scale business planning and financial modeling.
•
Proven donor-funded project
experience, demonstrating detail orientation, proactive attention to outcomes
and expectations, and the ability to understand and effectively use
information and data.
•
Experience in completing food value
chain analysis or feasibility studies for food value chain development.
•
Experience writing study reports in
English.
Languages: Fluency in written and
spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia
| |||||||||||
key performance indicators
| |||||||||||
Expected Outputs:
|
Required Completion Date:
| ||||||||||
Expected Outputs :
a)
Submission of recommending
study framework including methodology and criteria for the study
which includes baseline and assessment survey to
Project Coordinator;
b)
Finalization of study framework
for the study incorporating the feedbacks from Project Coordinator;
c)
Implementation and
completion of survey and relevant data collection;
d)
Compilation and submission
of draft interim Study Report and recommendation to Project Coordinator;
e)
Submission of the first
draft project proposal for the piloting project
f)
Updating interim Study Report
and recommendation for sharing at the Workshop;
g)
Coordinating and
finalization the logistical and technical
arrangement of national workshop including agenda development;
h)
Implementation of national
workshop;
i)
Submission of final Study Report
which includes the feedbacks/results of national workshop; and
j)
Submission of the final
draft project proposal for the piloting project
|
a) by January 31, 2017
b) by February 6, 2017
c) February 7 – March 6, 2017
d) by March 24, 2017
e) by March 31, 2017
f) by April 7, 2017
g) May 2017
h) May 2017
i) by May 20, 2017
j) by May 20, 2017
|
No comments:
Post a Comment