Friday, April 12, 2019

Micro-Entrepreneurs Mentoring Consultant

Project Location(s): Banda Aceh, Bali, Sukabumi, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Makassar.


Background:
Launched in 2005, the Microentrepreneurship Awards is a program implemented by Mercy Corps Indonesia (MCI) that aims at raise awareness on the importance of micro-entrepreneurship and microfinance in supporting the financial inclusion and economic empowerment of low-income individuals. It also aims to highlight the important role micro-entrepreneurs play and contribute in their local economies; catalyze innovations among microfinance institutions (MFIs) that will lead to an increase in their outreach and their micro-entrepreneur portfolios; and to leverage awareness of policy makers within the government of Indonesia towards enabling a supportive environment for micro-entrepreneurs through a conducive set of regulations.

The Microentrepreneurship Awards competition is open for the public and micro-entrepreneurs were able to apply through the official website in October – December 2018. From all the applicants, 50 Semifinalists was then selected and visited by the committee to conduct a survey on their businesses and MFIs. After further verification and evaluation, 20 applicants were selected as the finalists. The selected finalists were then invited to attend a 3-day boot camp and final judging that will determined 8 micro-entrepreneurs and 1 MFI winners. Each micro-entrepreneur winner will receive prizes and coaching and mentoring for two months to further develop their businesses.
Participants:
Category
Location
Capacity Building Needs
Agriculture & Fisheries
Aceh
  • Digital Marketing
  • Business Pitching
  • Human Resource Management
Green
Bali
·         Branding and Design for products
·         Product Development
Culinary
Sukabumi – West Java
·         Product Developmant
·         Digital marketing
·         Product photography and Branding
Service & Innovation
Bandung, West Java
·         Business management
·         Financeial management
·         Human resource capacity building
Arts & Creative
Surabaya, East Java
  • Financial management
  • Human reasource management
  • Branding & packaging innovation
Best Woman Entrepreneur
Semarang, Central Java
·         Export training
·         Financial management
·         Standarization for Entrepreneur
Young Entrepreneur
Makassar, South Sulawesi
  • Marketing strategy
  • Product Development
  • Financial management
Microentrepreneur of the Year
Bandung, West Java
·         Digital marketing
·         Financial Management and business accounting

 Purpose / Project Description:
The Micro-Entrepreneurs Mentoring Consultant will be responsible of designing and delivering training/ coaching/ and or mentoring and provide trainers/ facilitators/ and or experts to support the business development of 8 micro-entrepreneur winners.
    
Consultant Objectives:
Support the overall business development of the 8 micro-entrepreneur winners by increasing their capacity (skills and knowledge), connecting them to a larger supply chain, and providing access to sustainable pool of local and national resources, communities, and experts.

Consultant Activities:
The Consultant will:
  • Design a training/ coaching/ and mentoring program based on the needs of 8 micro-entrepreneur winners.
  • Travel to each micro-entrepreneur winners’ locations to deliver the training/ coaching/ and mentoring program.
  • Provide trainers and mentors or experts for the training/ coaching/ and mentoring program.
  • Provide the necessary tools, supplies, and logistics related to the training/ coaching/ and or mentoring program.
  • Conduct additional indirect coaching and mentoring through telephone, messages, email, social media, or other communications platforms.
  • Measure the agreed key performance indicators for each participant as the output of the training/ coaching/ and mentoring program.

 Consultant Deliverables:
The Consultant will produce:
  • 8 customized training/ coaching/ and mentoring program designs.
  • 8 training/ coaching/ and mentoring schedule.
  • 8 baseline assessment.
  • 8 end-line assessment.
  • 8 training/ coaching/ and mentoring program final reports.

Timeframe / Schedule: 
The training/ coaching/ and mentoring program will be conducted in a 2 – 3 months’ period starting at April – June 2019. The final report should be received no later than 19 June 2019.

Requirements:
Interested applicants should include the following information in their proposal:
  • CV of team members that will join each mentoring sessions.
  • Numbers of consultant that will join each session.

Applicants should send their proposal with the subject [Proposal] Micro-Entrepreneurs Mentoring Consultant to procurement@id.mercycorps.org
 Closed date: 15 April 2019


Terms and Conditions:
 Transportation and accommodation for the consultant team for the duration the activity will be borne directly by MCI.

The Consultant will report to:
Program Coordinator

The Consultant will work closely with:
The Program Assistant and Communication Officer
           

Please note:  Acronyms must be spelled out at first mention.  E.g. Training of Trainers (ToT) or Multi-Year Assistance Program (MYAP).

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