Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis at IESC Tanzania

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Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis

Local Facilitator for Seed Sector Analysis at IESC Tanzania September 2024

Location Tanzania

Department Programs
Employment Type Consultant
Local Facilitator, Seed Sector Analysis for the Feed the Future Tanzania Agri Finance Project

IESC is a leading US nonprofit organization that helps people improve
their lives by strengthening economic opportunities in developing
countries. We help to create sustainable jobs, improve productivity,
grow incomes, and strengthen micro, small and medium sized enterprises.
We work with farmers, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, financial service
providers, market actors, and governments to share proven skills and
tools – human, technological, and financial – that help communities
thrive.

IESC through the USAID Funded, Feed the Future Tanzania
Agri-Finance Project is seeking a Tanzanian consultant to support an
upcoming assignment focused on assessing the seed production business in
Tanzania to unveil its potentials, opportunities and profitability. The
seed study will identify opportunities for collaboration between seed
producers/out growers and financial institutions, and areas for capacity
strengthening on both sides to unlock financing opportunities to
increase the production and availability of quality seeds to Tanzanian
farmers, with an emphasis on youth and women.

The assignment is
anticipated to begin in August 2024, with a particular focus on
conducting a thorough seed sector analysis to examine the trend towards
financing seed production and distribution activities in Tanzania and
provide the status of financing seed production for food crops (maize,
rice, sorghum, beans and horticultural crops) in the project zone of
influence. On the supplier side, the assignment will also examine
Tanzanian policies on seed production, multiplication, distribution, and
consumption, and analyze the effects on investments in the sub sector,
explore seed system players current initiatives to secure financing for
seed production, multiplications, and distribution.

The
assignment will examine the status of seeds used by smallholder farmers
and factors behind their seed selection. The assignment will further
examine seed production business potential, returns and opportunities
for financing from formal financial institutions, and identify ways to
increase financing to the seed sector. This will include how to support
the seed system players to establish short and long-term business
relationships and partnerships with financial institutions, and
financial institutions to deploy more credit and financing in the seed
sector, identify the availability of specialized financial products and
services that meet the needs of seed sector players, and identify
required product terms/structure to expand opportunities to the sector.

The
anticipated level of effort for this assignment is up to 18 days with
75% of the days spent setting up interviews and facilitating the
collection of primary data from local stakeholders in Tanzania.
Stakeholders will include financial institutions, farmers and farmer
groups, seed companies, TASTA (association of seed traders), government
ministries and agencies, and Local Government Authorities,. Interviews
will identify the bottlenecks faced by seed system players to access
agricultural financial services in Tanzania, including access to
collateral, productive resources, knowledge, and other factors to be
determined.

The candidate selected for this position will serve
as facilitator, working alongside another consultant to conduct
interviews with key stakeholders in the country. IESC will consider
candidates who have experience working in Tanzania and across East
Africa region and particularly in agriculture and the seed subsector.

Responsibilities will include:

• Identifying,
  and organizing interviews with financial institutions, farmers and
  farmer groups, seed companies, TASTA (association of seed traders),
  government ministries and agencies, and Local Government Authorities,
  and other interested stakeholders to understand the current challenges,
  and opportunities related to Seed production, processing, distribution,
  and consumption,
• Serving as interpreter during stakeholder interviews with the lead consultant when appropriate
• Taking notes during stakeholder interviews
• Coordinating
  with the lead consultant to identify needs and provide recommendations
  on effective strategies for engaging target populations, including
  specific financial product and service design and operational
  improvements required by financial institutions, and knowledge/capacity
  strengthening requirements among potential borrowers.

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Competencies Requested:

• Higher
  university degree in business development, business administration,
  economic development, agriculture, agriculture economics, or another
  related field of study
• At least 8 years of relevant experience
  in business development, enterprise development, business management,
  agri-business and agri-financing
• Independence and strong interpersonal skills
• Experience
  in research work, statistics, and conducting and synthesizing both
  primary and secondary data into written deliverables
• Extensive practical experience in agricultural financing
• Experience assessing the constraints and identifying opportunities in the agricultural sector
• Demonstrated ability to identify, and coordinate with various stakeholders across public and private sectors
• Creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Goal-oriented mindset and hands-on approach.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated,
  proactive, detail-oriented, mature, professional team player with
  excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to address issues, challenges, questions, and concerns in a professional, respectful, logical, and timely manner.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-cultural contexts.
• Prior experience of working in developing country contexts – especially in Tanzania and/or East Africa – will be helpful; and
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in Kiswahili and English
• Qualified
  candidates are invited to send their CV and a one-page cover letter
  indicating technical expertise in, geographic experience in the Country
  and region, and examples of relevant experience in the sector.