Vacancy Announcement

Position 1: Consultancy for facilitating a training workshop on basic business, marketing skills and contract negotiation skills for farmers in the Mekong River Delta

1. Specific aspects of the consultancy
• Conduct literature review and discuss with Helvetas staff to better understand cocoa trading and markets in the Mekong River Delta
• Prepare and discuss with the program staff the training materials and schedule for the workshop and revise them where relevant 
• Develop an agenda for the training workshop specifying session topics, sequence and time breakdown and facilitation methods for each session.
• Facilitate the workshop in such a way that after the training, the trained local staff and farmer organization leaders have their capacities improved in the areas as stated in above. During the workshop, the participants are enabled to practice the development of their business plans, marketing approaches and contract preparation.
• Conduct training evaluation to better understand the usefulness and effectiveness of the training and solutions for improvements afterwards
• Submit a training report to Helvetas, describing training activities implemented, people involved and recommendations for improvements

2. Methodology
The consultant will conduct a review to better understand the current cocoa trading in the Mekong River Delta, and accordingly prepare training materials and teaching aids for effective delivery of the course.
The training program is designed in accordance to the level of the trainees’ understandings and thus simple pre and post training assessments are conducted. Also, interactions between the trainer and trainees are expected. The learner centred teaching and participatory methods are applied throughout the training. It is also important that the training is balanced between the theory and practical contents. The practical part (discussion and practice) should be 60% at the minimum of the whole training program. Moreover, the trainer makes daily reviews in order to adjust the training program if necessary.

3. Workshop facilitators
The training workshop is facilitated by the following persons:
1. Facilitator: the national consultant
2. Assistants: Helvetas staff and local partner staff

4. Participants
A total of 30 people are attending the training workshop: 3 Helvetas staff, 3 from Tien Giang Province, 3 from Ben Tre Province, 5 from Cho Gao Cooperative and 16 cocoa farmer group leaders.

5. Time
No. of Days Activity
1 Conduct a review of the current cocoa value chain and discuss with Helvetas staff
3 Prepare training content and  methodologies
1 Discuss the methodologies, content of training and schedule with Helvetas staff  and revise them if needed
5 Conduct the training including travel times
1 Prepare and submit a training report in consultation with Helvetas staff
11 days in total

6. Workshop Venue
My Tho City, Tien Giang province

7. Report
A brief report (maximum 5 pages) on the results of the training against the expected results will be sent to Helvetas one week after the training. Lessons learnt and follow up recommendations are made. All the hand outs of the training are attached to the report as annexes.

8. Qualification of national consultant
The consultant is expected to have:
• Master’s degree or higher in economics, business administration or other related subject.
• Substantial hands-on experience in agro-business in Vietnam
• Experience in preparing and conducting adult training
• Good facilitation skills and English proficiency 
• Knowledge about cocoa trading and experience in working with local people  in the Mekong Delta will be an advantage
Interested candidates should send the following documents electronically:
• Curriculum Vitae, 3 pages maximum, with at least 2 letters of reference from prior places of employment or contact names and details of your referees
• Two samples of training reports that he/she has conducted
to the following persons: Ms Nguyen Lam Giang at lam.giang@helvetas.org and/or Mr Vo Van Phong at vo.phong@helvetas.org before 31th August 2010

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Position 2:  Consultancy for facilitating a training workshop on cocoa value chain development in the Mekong River Delta

1. Specific aspects of the consultancy
• Conduct literature review and discuss with Helvetas staff to better understand the current cocoa value chain in the Mekong River Delta
• Prepare and discuss with the program staff the training materials and schedule for the workshop and revise them where relevant 
• Develop an agenda for the training workshop specifying session topics, sequence and time breakdown and facilitation methods for each session. The training materials should describe the objectives of and the methods for using value analysis tools such as mapping the value chain, calculating costs and margins, analysing incomes in the value chain, and depicting value chain governance and services.
• Facilitate the workshop in such a way that after the training, the trained local staff have capacities stated in the specific objectives. During the workshop, the participants are enabled to use the value chain analysis tools such as  mapping the value chain, costs and margins,  analysing incomes in the value chain and value chain governance and services in order to fully understand the current cocoa value chain that they are participating and accordingly devise action-plans to promote an effective and sustainable organic cocoa value chain in the context of the Mekong River Delta.
• Conduct training evaluation to better understand the usefulness and effectiveness of the training and solutions for improvements afterwards
• Submit a training report to Helvetas, describing training activities implemented, people involved and recommendations for improvements

2. Methodology
The consultant will conduct a review to better understand the current cocoa value chain, and accordingly prepare training materials and teaching aids for effective delivery of the course.
The training program is designed in accordance to the level of the trainees’ understandings and thus simple pre and post training assessments are conducted. Also, interactions between the trainer and trainees are expected. The leaner centred teaching and participatory methods are applied throughout the training. It is also important that the training is balanced between the theory and practical contents. The practical part (discussion and practice) should be 60% at the minimum of the whole training program. Moreover, the trainer makes daily reviews in order to adjust the training program if necessary.

3. Workshop facilitators
The training workshop is facilitated by the following persons:
1. Facilitator: the national consultant
2. Assistants: Helvetas staff and local partner staff

4. Participants
A total of 30 people are attending the training workshop: 3 Helvetas staff, 4 from Tien Giang Province, 4 from Ben Tre Province, 1 from Cargill, 1 from Amajoro, 1 from ACDIVOCA, 1 from Grand Place, 1 from VINA CA CAO, 1 from Department of Crop Production (MARD), 1 from NLU, 2 from Cho Gao Cooperative and 10 organic cocoa farmer group leaders.

5. Time
No. of Days Activity
1 Conduct a review of the current cocoa value chain and discuss with Helvetas staff
3 Prepare training content and  methodologies
1 Discuss the methodologies, content of training and schedule with Helvetas staff  and revise them if needed
5 Conduct the training including travel times
1 Prepare and submit a training report in consultation with Helvetas staff
11 days in total

6. Workshop Venue
My Tho City, Tien Giang province

7. Report
A brief report (maximum 5 pages) on the results of the training against the expected results will be sent to Helvetas one week after the training. Lessons learnt and follow up recommendations are made. All the hand outs of the training are attached to the report as annexes.

8. Qualification of national consultant
The consultant is expected to have:
• Master’s degree or higher in economics, social sciences, agriculture or other related subject.
• Substantial hands on experience in agricultural value chain in Vietnam
• Experience in preparing and conducting adult training
• Good facilitation skills and English proficiency 
• Knowledge about cocoa production and experience in working with local people  in the Mekong Delta will be an advantage
Interested candidates should send the following documents electronically:
• Curriculum Vitae, 3 pages maximum, with at least 2 letters of reference from prior places of employment or contact names and details of your referees
• Two samples of training reports that he/she has conducted
to the following persons: Ms Nguyen Lam Giang at lam.giang@helvetas.org and/or Mr Vo Van Phong at vo.phong@helvetas.org before 31th August 2010

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Position 3: Review of the Gender Strategy of Helvetas (2006-2011) in Vietnam

Qualification of national consultant

The consultant is expected to have:
· Master’s degree or higher in development studies, sociologies, anthropology
· Substantial hands-on experience in development projects, gender, gender mainstreaming,
social inclusion in Vietnam
· Experience in conducting participatory assessment, study and research
· Good facilitation skills and English proficiency.
Interested candidates should send the following documents electronically:
· Curriculum Vitae, 3 pages maximum, with at least 2 letters of reference from prior places of
employment or contact names and details of your referees
· Two samples of training reports that he/she has conducted
to the following persons: Ms Nguyen Lam Giang at lam.giang@helvetas.org before 31th August 2010.

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