Call for Individual Consultant “Experienced Cooperative Coach/Capacity Builder”

Call
for individual consultant”Experienced cooperative coach/capacity builder”

Assignment
Title:
Provide capacity building through proximity coaching of up to 6 primary
cooperatives supported by Land O’Lakes- CDP project

Assignment
Locations:
Rwanda (Gicumbi,Bugesera& Nyabihu districts)

Assignment
Manager:
Willy Nyirigira

Duration
(LOE):
Up to 45 days

Intended
Dates:
September-December 2017

I.
Project overview

Funded
by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), CDP project
is implemented by Land O’Lakes International Development and is designed to
increase access to self-reliant cooperative enterprises that meet the needs of
their members and contribute to improved quality of life for members.Land
O’Lakes is testing the development hypothesis that professionalizing apex
bodies and cooperative support institutions can have a positive impact on both
primary societies and the economic and social well-being of primary society
farmer owners. Land O’Lakes is testing this hypothesis in Rwanda by working in
three districts (Nyabihu, Bugesera and Gicumbi). In Bugesera district,
the project is working directly with institutions that support maize farmers
including cooperative federation, unions and primary societies. In the other
two districts, the project is working directly with institutions that support
dairy farmers including federations, unions and primary cooperatives.

Among
the activities in support to the cooperatives, is the implementation of
innovative technical solutions that will spur higher levels of profitability
that will stabilize or increase farmer prices and/or reduce cost of production
at the farmer level thus increasing farmer income and improving farmer
engagement. Current participating producer organizations include:

GILICU
dairy cooperative union from Gicumbi district with two beneficiary
cooperatives (Koramworozi & IAKIB)
IAIBU
maize growers cooperative union from Bugesera with two beneficiary CDP
cooperatives (URUMULI & IZMGM)
UPROCENYA
dairy cooperative union from Nyabihu district with two CDPbeneficiary
cooperatives (CEMO& CEZONYI)

II.
Assignment Objectives& proposed enrollment

The
overall objective of this assignment is to assist CDP participating
cooperatives in improving their performance through building capacity of their
leaders in management, business and governance aspects, with regard to each
cooperative’s specific needs/gaps.

III.
Specific technical assistance tasks

With
close reference to performance assessment results, the consultant’s key
activities will focus onCDP cooperatives as indicated in the table below:

#	COOP	Commodity	DISTRICT
1	IZMGM	Maize	BUGESERA
2	URUMURI	Maize	BUGESERA
3	CEMO	Dairy	NYABIHU
4	CEZONYI	Dairy	NYABIHU
5	KORA MWOROZI	Dairy	Gicumbi
6	IAKIB	Dairy	Gicumbi

Key
Tasks to be Accomplished, Expected Deliverables and Timeframe

The
consultant will:

Review
cooperatives’ performance assessment reports in order to
understandidentified capacityneeds.
Develop
educational material and use them to deliver tailored trainings to
members/leaders of the cooperatives to address gaps.
Provide
on an on-going basis business development/management advisorycoaching in
key areas identified during initial capacity needs assessment and deliver
hands-on demonstration of the specific recommendations to the Cooperatives
Encourage
and make recommendations to cooperatives around good governance, good
management practices, accountability, transparency and gender inclusion in
cooperatives.
Facilitate
and or recommend study tours of cooperative representatives.

IV.
Deliverables

Deliverable	Deliverable description	Estimated LOE (Days)
1. Familiarizing with the CDP project work	General overview of the project documents; Read and understand the cooperatives’ assessment reports	2
2. Develop and submission of educational material to be used in capacity building	Develop and submit to Land O’Lakes trainings modules specific to each cooperative’s capacity needs Training materials must be in English and Kinyarwanda.	5
3. Implement the recommendations at cooperative level/proximity continuous coaching	5 days interventions at each cooperative, covering training on identified capacity needs; and or presentation of the brief documents developed specifically for the cooperative.	30
4. Cooperative exchange visits	Organize and lead or participate in 6 half-day study tours of the cooperative representatives to areas/coops where they can see and learn from coops that have strengths that match the areas they are to improve their day to day business activities.	6
5. Final assignment report	Compile all the activities into one report in English, and submit to Land O’Lakes. Final report should include: Details on training provided to each cooperative – 1 page for each coop, minimum, with highlights from training, suggestions for continued development of each cooperative. Annexed: Training attendance sheets All training materials used; Minimum of 20 Photos per coop trained.	2
Total Days		45

Consultant
profile

The
desired consultant is expected to have the following skills and qualifications:

Educational
Background: Advanced degree in business, agriculture, agribusiness,
agricultural economics or another related field with practical experience
working with cooperatives.
At
least 5 years of technical field experience working with cooperatives and
or small growing businesses in emerging markets.
Practical
experience in providing capacity building through formal trainings and or
coaching to large groups of cooperatives representatives
Skills
in developing training modules/manuals is an added advantage
Good
report writing and presentation skills.
Knowledge
of the Rwandan agricultural sector, cooperatives experience is required
Knowledge
of the dairy and Maize sector in Rwanda would be a considerable advantage.
Country
experience/Fluent in Kinyarwanda.

Reporting
requirements

Submit Electronic Copies to:	Submit one hard copy to:
Willy Nyirigira, Program Manager, WNyirigira@LandoLakes.org and copy to dkaramuzi@landolakes.org	Willy Nyirigira