SNV recruits Consultants
Consultnacy Assignment: Mid Term Reveiw
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contract
Contract type: Short term consultancy contract
Company Description
SNV, Netherlands Development Organization, is Dutch-based, non for profit foreign charity operating in Ethiopia since the 1970s. Currently, SNV is working in the eight+ regional states of Ethiopia which include– Addis Ababa, Afar, Somali, Gambella, Benishangul, SNNPR, Oromia, Amhara and Tigray regional states, providing technical assistance and program implementation in the major 3 sectors including Agriculture, WASH, and Energy. SNV is an open and learning organization focusses on improving the lives of Ethiopian Need people through best practices in the value chain, market and youth and gender. Through its work in the three sectors, SNV in Ethiopia supports the development of a number of value chains and commodities to improve the Livelihoods. This takes a value chain and market development approach, with special focus on improving access to sustainable markets for smallholder farmers, youths, urban development and by developing business-to-business relations and improving business development services.
For more information on SNV’s operations, visit our website: www.snvworld.org.
Project Background
National Biogas Programme of Ethiopia (NBPE) has been under implementation since 2009 in 4 large regional states of Ethiopia, namely Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray, funded by DGIS through the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme (ABPP). Hivos is the fund manager and SNV provides technical assistance.
The Government of Ethiopia also provides funding for the investment incentive (subsidy) for end-users. With a residual fund for technical assistance in NBPE Phase II, SNV is supporting in a limited way, biogas injera stove market development in Ethiopia.
In the meantime, SNV together with Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE), is managing the scale up phase of the programme (NBPE+) with co-funded by European Union and govern of Ethiopia. NBPE+ runs in 8 regions of Ethiopia, including 4 new programme regions (Afar, B/Gumuz, Gambella and Somali.
1Objective and Scope of the Mid Term Review Assignment
The objective of the Mid Term Review (MTR) as it has been envisaged in the programme document is to stock-take the performance and appropriateness of the approach and strategy. Moreover, it is also to provide the opportunity to review the programme, including review of the investment incentive (subsidy) rates and the decreasing investment incentive (subsidy) rates, and provide recommendations for the necessary course of correction in this programme or a potential follow up phase. The MTR also looks into and recommends an exit strategy, for the donor in particular, in view of carbon revenue generation and other sector development and financing situations.
Job Description
Among others, the consultants may conduct the following broad and major activities for the assignment:
1) Desk review with relevant documents supplied by SNV, after consultation with MoWIE/NBPCU;
2) Preparation of inception report and submission to SNV, for approval;
3) Meeting with key stakeholders in Addis Ababa, including MoWIE, NBPECU Ministry of Finance, EU Delegation to Ethiopia and SNV;
4) Select and field visit 2 larger programme regions and 2 new programme regions, to interview key stakeholders at the regional capital cities. This includes visit to few biodigester households in at least one district of a region;
5) Drafting the MTR report and presenting in a validation workshop; and
6) Finalisation and submission of the MTR report.
Qualifications
1Consulting Team Composition & Tenure
The MTR will be undertaken by an international consulting firm with sound experience in reviewing complex development programmes in developing countries, preferably in Africa.
The team must consist of international and national consultants, with the following qualification and field of expertise:
1. International Consultant
-Team Leader (28 days) – with a master’s degree in engineering, economics, the management or another relevant field and minimum of 15 years’ experience in the development field, including in development programme evaluation and review, preferably in a national biodigester programme, in the context of international development in developing countries. English language proficiency is a must.
2. National Consultants (Ethiopians)
-Development Programme Expert (18 days) – with a master’s degree in economics, management or another relevant field and minimum of 12 years’ experience in development field, including in development programme evaluation and review, in the context of international development in Ethiopia. English language proficiency is a must.
-Rural Energy Expert (18 days) – with a master’s degree in engineering, economics, management or another relevant field and minimum of 12 years’ experience in development field in Ethiopia, including in development programme evaluation and review, with significant hands-on experience in the rural energy sector in Ethiopia. English language proficiency is a must.
Additional Information
The detailed terms of reference and information on how to apply can be obtained by clicking the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1idAtgpwFJVj9omSmr8EuReZvllcgsKj0/view?usp=sharing
-Optionally, interested applicants can get the TOR by sending a request to Mesfin Kebede at mwondimu@snv.org by coping Azeb Terefe-aterefe@snv.org
-All interested firms/ should submit hard copy of the technical and financial proposal.
-The hard copies submitted should be in a separate envelope marked TECHNICAL PROPOSAL, and FINANCIAL PROPOSAL each.
-The detailed application procedure should be followed in the TOR
-All submissions of interest should be sent to on or before October 2, 2019 Close of Business (5:00pm).
The Technical and Financial Proposal should be submitted to the address below
SNV Ethiopia, Human Resource Office, Africa Avenue; In front of the Millennium Hall; Next to the new Ethiopian Airlines five-star hotel; 200 meter from the main road at the right side; telephone: +251 (0)11 616 6232
SNV Ethiopia reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
NB. All submissions shall be in hard copy. Soft copy submission will not be accepted.