Consultant for Value Chain and Market
Assessment for Selected
Marketable Crops

in
Haharu Sub-District, East Sumba, NTT

Lutheran World Relief (LWR), a U.S. based non-profit
development organization engaged in seeking lasting solutions to poverty and
reducing risk, is urgently seeking an experienced Indonesian Consultant for Value Chain
and Market Assessment for the project in Haharu Sub District, East Sumba, NTT.

I.          
Objectives

This service is to capture
market and value chain opportunities of
selected agricultural products or food crops in Haharu Sub-District, East
Sumba. This local value chain and market assessment in Haharu Sub-districtt is to assess operations of
actors in value chains, through which identify gaps that need improvement for
enhancing economic value of the value chain, linking the products to market
demand, increasing income for participating households and other actors in the value chains. Specific objectives that the consultant shall achieve
are as follow:

1.1.
Identify
marketable crops in Haharu Sub-district

1.2.
Assess
the current status of each links in the value chain of the selected products.
In particulars:

1.3.  Provide recommendation on suitable interventions for
local authority, IRED project,
and private sector to improve the value chains that the poor can participate
and benefit from.

1.4. Conduct
Return on Investment analysis for each commodity

1.5. Sharing
the result of the agriculture identification and value chain analysis Haharu
Sub District to the stakeholder in East Sumba

II.        
Expected
Deliverables

2.1. Capacity
Building for LWR
staffs and the enumerators in Commodity
Priorities/Value Chain and Return on
Investment

2.2. A
value chain and market assessment report containing a detailed analysis for
each of the selected
products. The report should be
written in English, and the structure of the report could be following
suggested format:

1.      Executive Summary

2.      Introduction

3.      Data collection and gathering methodology.  This is including to recruit enumerators.

4.      Findings and analysis (at minimum covering):

5.      Conclusion

6.      Recommendation
for local authority, IRED
project and private sector containing a strategy at least for 5 years of the
following:

–         
Strategic supporting activities, which will increase and/or add value to the
key products

–         
Strategic intervention, which stimulate and catalyze the development
of the key products to meet the demand of the market

–         
Strategies that will strengthen the current
policy and regulatory environment surrounding the value chain

III.      
Timeframe

The consultant will be commencing the service not later than the 1^st
week of May 2016 and should be ended on the 3^rd week of June 2016.

IV.     
Qualifications
and Requirements of the Consultant

6.1. Qualification:

·  Master graduate  in disciplines related to agriculture,
agro-economics, business administration, development
study, or social science

·  Having
knowledge about economic development will be an advantage

·  Fluent in English both oral and written

6.2. Work experience:

·      
Having at least 5 years’ experience in
research/survey/assessment of market, small and medium sized enterprise
development in the rural areas

·      
Having rich knowledge about agriculture produces and
market development for agriculture produces

·      
Having
experience working in rural area and understand East Sumba context would be an
advantage

6.3. Professional experience (related to the consultancy):

·       
Having experience in research/survey/assessment of
value chain, and market assessment in agriculture, including pro-poor value chain.
Having such experience as team leader will be an advantage.

·       
Having experience working with businesses, services
providers (techniques and credit in rural areas, to farmers)

·       
Having leadership skills and facilitation skills for
mobilizing and/or facilitating participation of community and related parties
during the assessment will be an advantage

·       
Having good professional expertise in household
survey, assessment and report writing

Please submit your proposal with detailed curriculum vitae and contact details for three references in English to lwrindonesia1@ gmail.com placing the title
“IRED Consultant for Value Chain and Market Assessment” in the subject line and label your Proposal
and CV with your name (Proposal max. 300KB size). Only short listed candidates will
be notified. The proposal submitted 25 April 2016 after 5PM will not be
considered and the applications received on or before April 23,
2016 will receive priority consideration.