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09/08/2017

Consultant
in Business Development in Publishing

Background

For over 90 years,
Save the Children has been making a difference in children’s lives in more than
120 countries. We are the world’s largest independent child rights
organisation, underpinned by a vision in a world in which every child attains
the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission
to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve
immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Save the Children is
an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and
perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children
we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity
organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, and
Collaboration. Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these
values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol,
ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest
standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional
lives.

Save the Children is
seeking a Business Development Consultant for a USAID-funded SCOPE project,
which aims to support the Rwandan Education Board to create and roll-out a
school-community partnership model that supports improved learning and literacy
for children in grades 1-3.

The Business
Development Consultant will work closely with SCOPE Book Development and Use
team to strengthen Rwandan publishers’ capacity in business management, risk
management, communications, and marketing.

Consultancy
Objectives

The objective of
this consultancy is to design and facilitate a Business Management training for
a three‐days
(3) focusing on Business Management, Marketing, Business Extension, Business
Tracking and Optimization and Business Risk Management for Rwandan publishers.
The consultant will deliver the training and draw a practical plan with each
Rwandan publisher.  This training is intended to build the capacity
of local publishers on business management, risk management, communications,
and marketing.

Scope of
Services

The consultant shall
ensure the completion of the following activities in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the consultancy contract:

The consultant will
be expected to:

1. Design
   and facilitate a three‐day (3)
   business skills, risk management and marketing training exercise for
   approximately 20  local Rwandan in September 2017,

2. Through
   the business skills, risk management and marketing training exercise,
   provide participants with:

• An
  understanding of the business management and development (planning,
  financial management, record keeping, product management), marketing
  (sales management, product/ service pricing, advertising techniques, and
  customer care and communication) and risk management.

• An
  understanding of microenterprise development and essentials appropriate
  for small businesses run by local publishers.

• An
  understanding of business related legal issues including but not limited
  to business contracting, taxation, and business associations;

• An
  understanding of business risk identification and management.

Deliverable outputs:

The activities and
expected outputs are as follows:

• Prepare
  objectives, contents, and tools required for the training.

• Facilitate
  a three‐day
  business management, marketing and business risk management (BRM) training
  workshop in Kigali;

• Provide
  relevant training materials in the area of business management, marketing
  and BRM to participants;

• A
  comprehensive report of the training;

• A
  user-friendly training curriculum

• Provide
  the project management with a feedback analysis report from participants
  on the three‐day
  workshop

Methodology

• The
  consultancy will involve a training to take place in Kigali. The training
  will be documented in a brief report describing the work undertaken and
  the progress or challenges encountered, as well as recommendations for
  publishers and the project.

• The reference
  point within SCI will be the Book Development Coordinator with expected
  collaboration with the Book Development and Use Officer in charge of Book
  Promotion as well as the SCOPE Technical Advisor.

• Participants
  have different levels of experience in publishing. Both genders will be
  represented.

• The
  project will provide all necessary equipment: projector, flipchart, office
  supplies and other materials at the request of the Consultants in order to
  ensure efficient completion of the training program.

• The
  preferred working language is English or Kinyarwanda. Materials should
  prepared in English. The reporting language is English.

• The
  project will ensure printing of all training materials.

Duration of
role

• This
  agreement is for a period of ten (9) days effective from September 10,
  2016 to September 20, 2017. The consultant is expected to prepare the
  training during three (3) days, facilitate it for another three (3) days,
  and prepare the report with additional three (3) days.

Payment

• 1st
  installment: the training consultant will be paid 30% of the quoted amount
  after the submission of the final training curriculum and plan.

• 2nd
  installment, the remaining amount shall be paid upon completion of the
  training and the acceptance of the final report.

General

Commitments: All the outputs
– Reports, training curriculum, etc. produced by this assignment will not be
disseminated in part or whole without express authority from Save the Children
.Thus the consultant shall not produce these materials in any form (electronic,
hard copies, etc.) to a third party without a written permission from Save the
Children.

Key
selection criteria

• Degree
  in publishing, business management, business development or similar
  disciplines

• Experience
  in training publishers, booksellers or any other book actors

• Experience
  working in business development in Eastern Africa, preferably Rwanda

• Extended
  knowledge about the Rwandan book industry and its efforts in promoting the
  culture of reading in children

• Knowledge
  of Save the Children and its internal processes will be beneficial but is
  not essential

CHILD
SAFEGUARING POLICY:

Any employee,
consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of SCI
must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration
of Acceptance  Form] and comply with the SCIs Child
Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing
abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact. 

This extends not
only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly, but also
includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI believes that the
situation of children must be improved through the promotion of their rights
supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children
International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members
must adhere to.

How To Apply

Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org.
The deadline for receiving applications is 9th August 2017.

Please mention Consultant in Business
Development in
Publishing as subject of your mail.

        
                          *Note
that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.       
                     
                     
             

Location: Kigali,
Rwanda

Contract –
Full-Time

Closing date: Wednesday 9 August 2017

All jobs close at
midnight UK time on the date specified