Project Design Coordination Consultant

Opportunity Title: 

Project Design Coordination Consultant

Short Description: 

Role: Project Design Coordination Consultant
Location: Remote (Working hours within North America ET and Europe CET)
Timing: Beginning January 2024 for ~6 months
Language: Fluent English required; Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus

Please submit your resume and daily rate with the application.

Detailed Description

TechnoServe is seeking proposals from qualified consultants for the following scope of work. For information on timeline, application requirements, and evaluation criteria, please review the full Request for Proposals here. Please submit your proposal for this consultancy to buy+US+P0026477@tns.org by December 18, 2023.

 

Role:  Project Design Coordination Consultant

Location:  Remote (Working hours within North America ET and Europe CET)

Timing: Beginning January 2024 for ~4-6 months

Language:  Fluent English required; Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus

Background

TechnoServe has been selected as a preferred strategic sustainability partner by a major global consumer-packaged goods company to deliver its ambitious corporate commitment on regenerative agriculture (“Regen Ag”), also contributing to its net zero carbon agenda. Partnering with an industry-leading company to drive the transformation towards regenerative farming systems across its global supply chains is directly aligned with TechnoServe’s Regenerate 30 vision. We will help strengthen the resilience of the farmers and businesses that operate within the market system, while also contributing to the overall sustainability of that system by delivering positive outcomes on soil health, water resources and biodiversity.

A key component of our support is the design and implementation of Regenerative Agriculture projects with suppliers and farmers around the world. Bringing the strategy to life requires working with implementation partners to design and deliver projects on the ground with the company’s suppliers, and with the farmers that their suppliers source from. The process for each project involves an initial feasibility assessment and project design phase, followed by 3-5 years of technical assistance and co-investment. The scale of the company’s sourcing footprint implies launching at least 30+ projects per year by 2027.

The company has engaged TechnoServe to design multiple programs, including with their strategic suppliers in LATAM, Europe and India, addressing regenerative practices while also contributing to reduce the overall carbon footprint.

Consultant Role

TechnoServe’s Strategic Initiatives (SI) Team is looking for a Consultant to join the team over a 4-6-month period to support this exciting initiative. The Consultant will report to the SI Senior Manager who oversees our strategy and project design work with this company (Cole Blum) and will work closely with the SI Senior Director responsible for this corporate partnership (Myriam Sainz).

The Consultant will provide a broad range of support to TechnoServe’s SI team to facilitate successful strategy development, project design and transition to implementation of programs. This position requires a unique combination of skills in operations, administration and knowledge management. 

The Consultant will drive several workstreams to support to the SI team across the whole portfolio of projects:

• Short-term team member recruitment
  • Conduct outreach and manage interview process to identify appropriate candidates for short-term roles, with a particular focus on subject matter experts in regenerative agriculture for specific geographies and crops
  • Coordinate with Procurement on contracting processes
• Short-term team member management
  • Develop scope of work, milestones and deliverables of Consultants, Fellows and Expert Consultants for planned projects
  • Support Consultants, Fellows and Expert Consultants with onboarding, travel logistics, invoicing and reimbursements
  • Monitor Consultants, Fellows and Expert Consultants progress against contract timelines and deliverables
  • Monitor adequate and timely invoicing and payments
• Project contracting and budget management
  • Coordinate with HQ Contracts/Legal and Finance teams on contract signature, reports submission, POs, invoices and payments
  • Support financial management processes including trackin