Short Term Consultant
Coalition of African Rice Development (CARD)
Location: Ethiopia and Rwanda
Last Date: July 11, 2011
VACANCY
ANNOUNCEMENT – SHORT TERM CONSULTANCY
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR NRDS IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CARD SECOND GROUP COUNTRIES
(ETHIOPIA AND RWANDA)
Conditions
Entry of Duty (expected) 15 July 2011
End of Duty
(expected) 31 December 2011
Number of working
days 25days (8 days for Ethiopia and 12 days for Ethiopia and 5 day for
briefing, reporting and other duties)
Payment Consultant fee and
travel cost (air tickets and per diem)
Coalition of African Rice Development (CARD)
CARD is a multi-stakeholder initiative launched at the Fourth
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) in May 2008.
The Coalition aims to double rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa within ten
years through increased and better-coordinated investment and assistance in the
rice sector. Major bilateral and multilateral donors, African and international
institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations which attended
TICAD IV formed a consensus on the goals and objectives of CARD and showed a
deep commitment to working together to respond to the needs of the African
rice-producing countries that will be identified and prioritized in their
National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS). (For detailed information on the CARD
initiative, please refer the web site:
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/resources/field/2008/may30_01.html )
National Rice Development Strategies (NRDS)
Twelve Sub-Saharan African countries, namely;
Cameroon, Ghana,
Guinea,
Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
Senegal,
Tanzania, and Uganda, formulated the NRDS Version one in 2009 and
it is being implemented in most of the countries.
Eleven
what-is-called Second Group (G2) countries, namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central
African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Liberia,
Rwanda, Togo and Zambia follows the above-mentioned twelve First Group (G1)
countries. Benin, Ethiopia and Togo
formulated the NRDS
Version one and some countries such as Burkina Faso, Rwanda and others will
finalise and officially launch the NRDS shortly while the rest of the countries
are still in the formulation stage. Once accomplishing the formulation the NRDS
Version one, those G2 countries will follow the implementation process of G1
countries explained below.
The CARD Third General Meeting, held in Arusha, Tanzania, 18 – 19
May, made the following recommendations to the NRDS Task Force:
v
Continue needs–resource matching;
v
Identify priorities to be handled at national, sub-regional and regional levels;
v
Coordinate with the CAADP processes to ensure that the investment priorities of
NRDS are coherent with those of CAADP Investment Plans or equivalent sector
investment plans / funding framework;
v
Continue pursuing political buy-in of the NRDS among key in-country stakeholders
in rice development.
Accordingly the
NRDS Task Forces of the Ethiopia and Rwanda have achieved the following tasks to
date:
v
Update the list of on-going projects and needs resources gap analysis;
v
Update national level rice-related statistics (only in selected countries);
v
Identify priority sub-sectors / intervention elements (maximum eight) and
subsequently priority interventions for the immediate funding opportunities
v
Identify key stakeholders, or ‘champions’, as well as the way in which they are
approached, with a view to materialization of the above-mentioned interventions
Based on these
achievements, the NRDS Task Forces will elaborate the identified interventions
and make efforts to operationalize them. The CARD Secretariat is seeking the
services of an experienced consultant to provide technical support to NRDS Task
Forces in accordance to the above.
Duties
Under the general
supervision of the Coordinator, CARD Secretariat, and in collaboration with the
CARD Steering Committee and other resource persons, the consultant will conduct
the following tasks during the period of 20 July 2011 and 31 December 2011
(dates are tentative):
v
Assist NRDS TF to prepare the concept notes of the identified priority
interventions;
v
Assist NRDS TF to prepare the rice sector promotion materials;
v
Assist NRDS TF to facilitate operationalization of the priority investment
through CAADP Investment Plan and government investment framework;
v
Assist NRDS TF to finalize the NRDS Version One (for Rwanda specifically)
v
Attend the meeting with the full NRDS TF members, key national institutions and
local development partners and facilitate / contribute to the discussion;
v
Submit the consultancy report according to the format provided by the CARD
Secretariat, and;
v
Other
duties as requested by the CARD Secretariat.
Qualifications
v
Thorough knowledge of African rice sector
v
Experience in writing / analyzing agriculture sector strategy documents,
particularly CAADP Investment Plan.
v
Good
skills in training and motivating e the NRDS Task Force staff.
v
Excellent skills in reporting, information management and controlling
expenditures.
v
Proficiency in Microsoft Word. Competence in Excel and web browser software
would be valuable additional assets
v
Highly focused and results-oriented in supporting complex, deadline-driven
tasks; able to identify goals and priorities and resolve issues in initial
stages.
v
Good
health and fit for extensive travelling.
v
Working-level command of English.
Applications
Applications accompanied by the applicant’s curriculum vitae and
the names and contact details of three confidential referees should be
submitted, by Monday 11 July, to:
Ms. Caroline BWIRE
CARD Secretariat, c/o AGRA
Eden Square, Block 1, 2nd Floor
PO Box 66773, Westlands, 00800 Nairobi, Kenya
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Telephone (operator): +254-(0)20-3750-627 or 3675-000
Telephone (direct): +254-(0)20-3675-236
Facsimile: +254-(0)20-3750-653 or 3675-269
E-mail:
cbwire@agra-alliance.org
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