• Company: IFC-World Bank
• Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Consulting Jobs in Zambia

IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, promotes sustainable private sector growth and is the largest multilateral provider of financing for private enterprise in emerging markets. IFC invests in private sector institutions, mobilizes private capital in local and international financial markets and provides technical advisory and risk mitigation services to businesses. IFC invests in private sector projects that are financially and economically viable and have a substantial development impact.

The Financial Institutions Group (FIG), one of IFC’s largest industry departments, invests in numerous financial sub-sectors and strengthens local financial institutions through Advisory Services (AS).  FIG’s Advisory Services programme in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is concentrated on the following areas of work: Agri-finance; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (including Gender Finance and Non-Financial Services); Risk Management; Microfinance; and Digital Financial Services.

Agriculture is the main source of income and employment for 70 percent of the world’s poor, who live in rural areas. However, only 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in low and middle-income countries is generated by this sector[1]. In Zambia, the sector accounts for more than 70 percent of the country’s total employment, has poor access to finance, and its contribution to the GDP is lower than 10 percent[2]. Agricultural loan portfolios at most of the financial institutions in Zambia constitute less than 10 percent of the total loans portfolios. Some of the internal constraints limiting financial institutions’ capacity to finance the sector are: (a) a lack of long-term funds; (b) limited agricultural value chain financing skills; (c) weak risk management systems; (d) limited product development skills; (e) a lack of appropriately priced agricultural loans products; and (f) a high cost-to-income ratio, industry-wide, coupled with a limited adoption of low-cost alternative delivery channels.

The IFC’s Financial Institutions Group FIG, under its technical assistance programme with a financial institution in Zambia would like to hire a short-term consultant (STC) to provide agribusiness capacity building services, focusing mainly on a soon-to-be-opened branch located in Zambia’s Eastern Province.

SCOPE OF WORK

The STC will assess the financial institution’s agribusiness skills, focusing on value chain financing and product development skills. The STC will conduct a comprehensive needs analysis among existing and newly hired personnel with agribusiness responsibilities. This will result in the identification of gaps and the development of appropriate interventions.

The scope of this assignment will include: training and coaching need analysis; development of suitable curricula and training material; conducting of training or coaching sessions; preparation of training material/ manuals; and the compilation of post-training/ coaching reports. In addition, the STC is expected to identify and train potential trainers. The activities to be rolled out by the STC are expected to align with the financial institution’s Agribusiness Strategy. The expert will, in addition, analyse the training needs of the target market and, where possible, leverage third parties, such as donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), currently involved in the provision of capacity building interventions focusing on financial literacy and business management training aimed at smallholder farmers.

The final products of this assignment shall be: a comprehensive needs assessment and gap analysis; suitable training/ coaching interventions; transfer of knowledge and skills through training and, or coaching; and an evaluation of training and coaching interventions rendered.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Interested consultants are expected to fulfill the following requirements:

• Demonstrated experience and track record in Agribusiness-related training and coaching activities;
• Experience in developing Agribusiness training materials/ interventions and in enhancing agribusiness product development skills;
• Ability to impart knowledge and skills through training workshops and coaching sessions;
• Sound understanding of Zambia’s economy, agricultural sector and Agribusiness context, with respect to capacity building constraints and opportunities;
• Minimum of a Masters’ degree in Business, or Economics, or Finance, or a related field;
• Ability to meet timelines and fulfill the tasks stipulated in this TOR;
• Fluency in English;

TIMELINE

The assignment is for 35 working days and is expected to begin on 1 June,2018.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The consultant will report on a monthly basis (or as required) to the Project Leader and the Agrifinance Advisory Practice Group Lead for Africa.

DELIVERABLES

The final deliverables will be:

• A comprehensive Needs Assessment Report;
• Training curricula
• Training materials/ manuals;
• Workshop reports, including a Train-the-Trainer’s report.

COPYRIGHT

IFC is the proprietor of Deliverable Work from the time of its creation and will own all rights, title and interest therein, including, without limitation, the copyright and, all related rights.

CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT  

All data and information received from the World Bank Group for the purpose of this assignment are to be treated confidentially and are only to be used in connection with the execution of these Terms of Reference. All intellectual property rights arising from the execution of these Terms of Reference are assigned to the World Bank Group. The contents of written materials obtained and used in this assignment may not be disclosed to any third parties without the express advance written authorization of the World Bank Group.

How to Apply

Please send a detailed CV as well as application letter correctly titled STC to undertake IT and MIS support activities to [email protected]  no later than May 25th