Empleos en el PNUD - 66028- International Consultant to Provide Mentorship and

International Consultant to Provide Mentorship and Consultative Support to the Selected Collaborative Projects in Fresh Fruits Promotion Project

Localidad :

Chisinau, Moldavia

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

23-May-2016

Fecha límite de postulación :

12-May-16 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

International Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

Idiomas requeridos :

Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

May – December 2016 (up to 20 w/d)

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Antecedentes

The Business Innovations Lab (BIL) is a knowledge and collaborative facility managed by a multidisciplinary team of business experts, mentors and practitioners/businessmen from Moldova and abroad capable to provide consultative support and guide SMEs on their path to innovate and improve competitiveness. BIL will be coordinating and hosting exclusively collaborative projects initiated and run by Moldovan SMEs with at least 2 years of experience on the market and start-ups.

In essence, BIL is a business innovation accelerator with an open application process, nurturing groups of SMEs with new business ideas and supporting them in order to get ready for further investments or market. BIL is also a facility which implements the monitoring of the Innovation Grant Scheme.

BIL represents an environment where selected SME’s will have the possibility to obtain trainings and knowledge, to experiment and test their innovative solutions, up until the innovation is ready to be implemented in real businesses cases. BIL therefore creates a community where the diverse skills and backgrounds of the entrepreneurs, mentors, and the management staff are leveraged. It is supposed to encourage collaboration and establish community, and the sharing of experiences amongst stakeholder’s teams.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The main objective of the assignment is to provide support to the Project and the BIL in the establishment of the BIL Board of Mentors. The Board will, on a collaborate basis, provide mentorship services to the winning collaborative projects run by SMEs and supported by BIL. Mentors will be providing highly competitive and qualitative consultancy services to the projects depending on the specific needs.

Under the current Call, BIL is searching an experienced technological consultant to provide mentorship and consultative support to the collaborative projects of SMEs in fresh fruits sector. Such collaborative projects will be selected based on MICS in fresh fruits (http://inobiz.md/financial-support/collaborative-projects-in-the-fresh-fruits-sector/). The consultant shall support the selected collaborative SME(s) to develop the prototype of the future collaborative solution that will permit regular provision of fresh snacks to selected and closed list of public schools and kindergartens in the pilot phase of the intervention.

Key deliverables:

1. Map the existing technological solutions for producing fresh snacks of apples and other fresh commodity, ready to be delivered to public schools, kindergartens and retail chains - (up to 1 w/d)

2. Support the collaborative project(s) of Moldovan SMEs in choosing the most appropriate technological solution - (up to 7 w/d)

3. Provide mentorship for the prototyping and testing the technological solution - (up to 7 w/d)

4. Provide specific inputs to the BIL collection of success stories and blog posts in fresh fruits – (up to 2 w/d)

5. Develop narrative report on conducted mentorship and consultancy – (up to 3 w/d)

Competencias

Strong analytical, drafting and training skills.
Ability to analyze, plan, communicate effectively with stakeholders and present ideas clearly and effectively.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
Ability to enter new environments, adapt quickly and produce immediate results.
Computer literacy - competent user of the main Microsoft Office programs.
Proven commitment to the core values of the United Nations, in particular, respecting differences of culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, language, age, HIV status, disability, and sexual orientation, or other status.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Academic Qualification:

University degree in Economics, Engineering, Food Science or other relevant fields;

Experience:

At least 3 years of relevant technological experience in the fresh fruit sector and proven knowledge and experience of the fresh snacks technologies;
At least 2 years of experience in technological mentorship similar projects by SMEs;

Language requirements

Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of Romanian or Russian would be an asset.

Application Procedure:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for this position;
Financial proposal: in (USD, specifying a total lump sum amount and the number of anticipated working days);
Personal CV including past experience in similar projects;
Contact details of at least three professional references.

Financial Proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals the financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including fee, taxes, travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

For complete information about this vacancy, including detailed tasks and responsibilities, full and detailed description of the evaluation procedure which will be applied, as well as the UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract, please refer to the Terms of Reference and the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice published at the UNDP Moldova website, Jobs Section: http://www.undp.md/jobs/current_jobs