BDS Trainer

BDS Trainer

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES

1. Introduction & Objectives (General info about the project)

Through a market-driven approach that builds sustainable linkages among value chain actors (including producers, processors, supplier and traders), CARE is leading a project funded by WFP through BMZ and implemented by CARE Lebanon, Fairtrade, ADR (Association for the Development of Rural Capacities), and IDRAK. The Project Objective to improve sustainable livelihood opportunities for 1085 vulnerable women and youth (18+) in targeted refugee and Lebanese communities in North Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, and South Lebanon, will therefore increase incomes of rural farmers, benefiting the broader Lebanese economy through rural job creation that also benefits marginalized youth and women, by increasing producer value in both domestic and export markets by upgrading entrepreneurial skill-sets and production/processing capacities in order to improve quality, quantity and consistency of agro-products.

At the individual level, this project will improve the skills, capacities and livelihood opportunities of 330 vulnerable women, youth, and men (Specific Objective/SO 1), including the capacity building of vulnerable agriculture workers at the communal level, the project will work with 485 farmer, food producer cooperative members and agro-processors engaged in targeted value chains in order to increase their income and market opportunities (SO 2); at the institutional level, the project will strengthen key agricultural and market support (AMS) infrastructure that benefits targeted value chains (including coop and processor entities SO 3).

2. The expected Topics for the training program:

• Marketing channels
• Financial literacy
• Value proposition
• Life skills
• Key resources
• Customer identification

3. Proven Experience:

Deliver business development training for vulnerable beneficiaries.

Identify development needs and help in developing the training curricula and materials

Provide ideas and inputs to make the training active and interesting to beneficiaries

Implementation of livelihoods Projects from a community-based approach

Conduct market survey and assessment

At least 2-4 years of experience as in business support functions, management, or as a trainer in an NGO, preferably in Agriculture value chain or other livelihood projects.

4. Education & Certification:

Bachelor or master’s degree in business management or any relevant major.

5. Technical Skills:

Familiarity with MS Office software.

6. Language Skills:

Arabic                    Fluent in speaking, reading and writing                       

English                    Fluent in speaking, reading and writing                       

French                    Optional              

7. Responsibilities and Tasks:

Under the supervision of the Business Development Specialist and in close collaboration with project manager and team, the trainer will:

• Deliver the business development training for vulnerable beneficiaries in the North and other possible areas (Mount Lebanon, South) as needed
• Support in preparing interactive training curricula including exercises and case studies
• Provides supervision of participants during training by tracking attendance, addressing inappropriate behavior, and documenting performance and development needs
• Communicate sessions’ progress to line manager and maintain participants’ attendance records
• Lead in the identification of beneficiary SMEs in the targeted areas and ensure the high quality of the data collected during the assessments and baseline.
• Consult with businesses and value chain actors, analyze business models and financial information, determine appropriate products and services, and provide training and coaching to beneficiaries to improve productivity and profitability of selected businesses.
• Manages training environment to ensure a quality learning experience
• Implement recommendations for farmers and MSMEs to partner with financial institutions resulting in increasing access to and use of financial services within the region and determine viable opportunities for organizations to prepare all required applications, loan documents, and business plans.
• Give inputs in any market supply curricula development procedure.

8. Deliverables

• Submit a weekly report mentioning all trainings / visits / activities
• A power point presentation should be submitted by the trainer to the Technical manager before the training session (for branding and reviewing content)
• The training material will be also provided by the trainer to be revised before the training (for branding and reviewing content).
• Submit monthly time sheets

9. Period of performance

A minimum of 20 training hours and a maximum of 60 training hours by month will be conducted during the period of January 15th 2019 till August 31st, 2019 as follows:

• The trainer will be informed 3 days ahead of the training hours needed per month, and if their services were not requested during a certain month.

10. Supervision

The consultant is expected to work closely with the Business Development Specialist in the preparation of the training content, visits, and reporting.