UNDP Jobs - 71845- Consultant on an export guidebook/cassava based pr

Consultant on an export guidebook/cassava based products

Location :

Homebased and Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

09-May-2017

Application Deadline :

03-May-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

44 days,with 17 working days in Cambodia

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

44 days,with 17 working days in Cambodia

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Poverty reduction and growth are the highest priorities of the Government. The Rectangular Strategy Phase III reaffirms government’s commitment to prioritize policies and investment in support of agriculture, infrastructure, private sector development and employment, and human resources development. The global economic crisis and the rise in food and fuel prices have led the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to adopt a dual approach. This aims to increase national competitiveness and diversify the economy, and to expand the social protection and safety nets.

The government has identified agriculture as the top priority for Cambodia’s socio-economic development, focusing on increasing productivity and diversifying within this sector. The Cambodia Diagnostic Trade Integration Strategy 2014-2018 (CTIS 2014-2018) stresses the need for Cambodia to strengthen and accelerate the diversification of its export base above and beyond its original, two core export sectors – garments and tourism. To support this major strategic orientation, CTIS identifies: (1) 10 product and service with export potentials for export (including cassava) (2) “cross-cutting” reforms and institutional developments required to unleash its growth; and, (3) capacity developments in areas of trade policy and Aid for Trade management.

UNDP, in its Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP), has vowed to support the above goals of economic diversification and poverty reduction and in particular the human capital development and competitiveness issues. Similarly, at the request of the Government, UNDP has decided to re-engage deeply in the trade sector through the creation of a dedicated project within UNDP named Cambodia Export Diversification and Expansion Programme (CEDEPII-Cassava Component) project.

The CEDEPII-Cassava Component project will contribute directly to:

UNDAF outcome on “promotion of equitable, green, diversified economic growth”
CPAP Outcome #1 on Poverty Reduction: strengthening national and sub-national capacities to develop a more diversified, sustainable and equitable economy.
CPAP Output #1.1: supporting human capital development and institutional capacity for selected sectors of importance for the diversification of the economy
CPAP Outcome #2: enabling national and local authorities, communities and the private sector to sustainably manage eco-system goods and services and respond to climate change.

The CEDEP II-Cassava Component project aims at helping cassava exporters/processors accessing to more diversified markets through capacity building. The project supports to build direct linkage to markets, build capacity to meet market demands/requirements, support to engage in dialogue mechanism to address sector challenges, and support to establish cassava associations.

As part of capacity building for exporters/processors of Cambodia cassava, CEDEPII-Cassava Component project is looking for an independent consultant to formulate Export Guide Book for Casava in Cambodia.

Duties and Responsibilities

The assignment aims to develop a practical export guidebook which can be used and refered easily by cassava exporters/processors. The guidebook should less than 40 pages, excluding appendix and references.

The consultant is expected to deliver the below output:

(1) Export Guide Book for cassava products, with focus on starch and dried chip in Cambodia

While the outline of the export guide book will be further discussed with the consultant once he/she is on board, the guidebook shall provide the following areas of information in a simple and user-friendly manner:

Section I: describing relevant trade agreements either bilateral, regional, or global levels that can be at benefit of exporting cassava product to identified prospective markets, potentially India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and EU.
Section II: Clearly highlight the requirement, steps, contact point, document needed, stakeholder to be engaged during 1) pre-export stage; 2) preparation for export; and 3) delivering product from Cambodia to the buyers.
Section III: Provide case study on export of cassava to the three prospective markets (India, Indonesia, and Malaysia).

(2) Annexes:

Attach required documents (application forms, certificates, etc ) at each stage as analyses in section II and Section III of both Cambodia and target export countries as reference;
Provide list of stakeholder, including their contact and address at each stage as analyze in section I, II, and III;
List of relavant website/network for cassava export.

To deliver the expected output as per the above specification, the consultant carry out the following tasks:

Produce work plan with timeline to deliver the assignment;
Conduct desk review on the existing documents. While the consultant can include other relevant documents during the desk review exercise, below is the list of documents to be provided by the project team namely:
- Business Process Analysis: Export of Cassava and Maize in Cambodia, SATNET Asia/UNESCAP, Jan 2014;
- Guide book on export procedure for small and medium entreprise in Camobdia, MOC/IFC, April 2008;
- Training manual for cassava exporter/processor, CCP II project, 2014;
- Export manual for marine firsheries products, UNIDO, 2015.
Consultant with relevant stakeholder to generate any relevant update info as deems necessary;
Keep close communication with the project focal person, National Project Manager, and provide any necessary update on his/her work progress and information in relation to this assignment as required;
Present the draft and final product to the stakeholder for consutation and disseminiation purpose.

Interested Offerors must visit this link http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=37074 to download Individual Consultant Procurement Notice, Terms of Reference, and Document Templates to be included when submitting this online application.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Time management (in managing deliverables);
Team management;
Professionalism, courtesy, patience;
Outstanding inter-cultural communication, networking and coordination skills.

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

At least Master Degree in International Business, Business Administration, and Trade related disciplines

Experience:

At least 5 years experience working to support development project related to trade policies and export procedure of agricultural commodities. Particular experience in Cambodia is a strong asset, preferable with cassava-based products such as dry chip and starch
Experience on international trade context and trading system between countries particularly in Asia. Specific knowledge on the prospective markets (India, Indonesia, Malaysia) is a strong asset.
Experience working with international agencies and programs, preferably with UN agencies in the areas of trade and capacity building for export.
Record of developing manual(s) on export procedure and having at least one or more assignments before as lead consultant/researcher.

Language: Excellent written and oral English; knowledge of Khmer is an asset.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email sereyvattana.chan@undp.org and cc procurement.kh@undp.org . While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice.