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SNV

Company Description

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization with long-term,
local presence in more than 30 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and
Latin America. Our team of local and international advisors work with local
partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools,
knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access
to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide
their own development across three sectors Agriculture, Renewable Energy and
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).

Project Background

The OYE+ Scaling Up Youth Employment Initiative

*> The OYE Scaling up Youth Employment Initiative is a four years project
which is being implemented by SNV with funding from the Swiss Development
Cooperation (SDC), Department of International Development (DFID) and Swedish
International Development Agency (SIDA) governments. The project aims to
improve the livelihoods and prospects of 10,000 youths of which 50% are young
women.

The project uses the OYE approach, which aims at A) reaching out and improving
employability and self-employment for young people, and B) contributing to
longer term innovative ecosystem development (i.e. service and support hubs
for youth (self-) employment) and conducive policies on the basis of evidence-
based results to enhanced employment and income for youth in agriculture.
Gender equality is at the core of all project interventions.

In view of the above SNV is seeking for Local Service Providers
(LSPs)/Training Institutions (TLs) to provide services that offer
opportunities for youth employment and self-employment in energy and
agriculture. The services include, but not limited to; offering training in
gender-sensitive life, business & leadership skills training and offering
mentorship and coaching in areas of energy and agriculture. linkages to the
private sector for market, internship and finance. The services will be
required to be provided to the youths in the Northern, Eastern, Central and
Southern provinces to motivate them to take up employment and self-employment
in agriculture and or energy.

Job Description

The assignment will focus among others the following areas

Training in basic life, business and leadership skills;

> Communication
> Professional behaviour at workplace
> Entrepreneurship
> Leadership & Diversity
> Opportunity identification
> Financial Literacy

Coaching and Mentorship;

> Practical training to Individual and group-based entrepreneurs.
> Establish connections with markets/private sector
> Establish linkages between agribusiness enterprises and financial institutions

Aim To contract Local Service Providers/Training Institutions to provide
services that offer opportunities for youth employment and Self-employment in
the following categories;

> The objectives of contracting Local Service Providers/Training Institutions;
> To conduct gender-sensitive life, business & leadership skills training for all selected youth
> To provide mentorship and coaching to youth groups & individual entrepreneurs
> Provide practical training for the (individual and group-based) entrepreneurs in Agriculture and Energy.
> To facilitate connections with markets/private sector for youth enterprises

Tasks for Individual Consultants LSPs/TL

To establish linkages between agribusiness enterprises and financial
institutions

The LSPs/TL shall among other tasks do the following; in Zambia mainly
focusing on Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern provinces and paying
attention to

> Conducting training for the youths in Business, Life and Leadership skills, Advanced Business Skills, Technical skills trainings (Agriculture and Energy), and includes; (Profiling of youth economic and social status, ambitions, aspirations, limitations etc) and developing an inventory of youth potentials and interest with categorisation into sectors of agriculture and Energy
> Coaching and mentoring of youth entrepreneurs
> Creating linkages for the youth entrepreneurs to the private sector companies for market and internships and financial institutions for loans.
> Support companies for business development services for youth employment
> Must be a registered local service provider
> Proven track record in carrying out of the similar work
> Expertise in youth employment/self-employment
> Track record in working on youth empowerment programmes and or training of youths
> Good understanding of energy and agriculture sector and how they can play a role in youth employment

Qualifications

> Must be a registered local service provider
> Proven track record in carrying out of the similar work
> Expertise in youth employment/self-employment
> Track record in working on youth empowerment programmes and or training of youths
> Good understanding of energy and agriculture sector and how they can play a role in youth employment

Additional Information

Location

The local Service Providers /Training Institutions will provide services in
the following Provinces Southern, Eastern, Northern, Central

Scope

The Consultant/LSP/TL shall undertake to provide services in youth employment
while focusing on the following as potential youth employment areas as they
represent the value chains the OYE+ project is targeting.

> Horticulture
> Legumes (Groundnuts, Soyabeans, Mixed beans)
> Cereals -Maize
> Green Jobs (Biogas, Solar)
> Nutrition
> Dairy
> Sugar cane

The consultant/LSP/TL with the support of SNV staff is expected to develop a
programme for the activities for the youths in the selected
provinces/districts. The support of SNV staff consists of sharing and
providing participatory induction in the existing OYE Basic Life Skills
Training manual(s), and guidance on the basis of already performed “market
scans” i.e. identification of opportunities for (self-) employment in the
selected value chains. These are essentially outlining the directions of basic
life and business skills training during and follow-up coaching post-training.

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If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile, we invite you
to apply by clicking on the I’m Interested *> button and submit your
Proposal*> and Capacity statement*> in English before 24th July 2020*> .

We do not appreciate third-party mediation based on this advertisement.

NB Only shortlisted will be contacted

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