SNV, Netherlands Development Organization, is Dutch based, non-for profit foreign charity operating in Ethiopia since the 1970s. SNV has gone through many phases and evolutions in its 53-year history. This has enabled us to remain relevant in a changing world. We have a great complement of nearly 1,300 staff in our 28 offices around the world in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We aspire to scale our impact. To step up to solidify our position as a premium organization. We will remain a global organization with a local presence (rather than a loose association of country outfits). Currently SNV Ethiopia is working in the eight+ regional states of Ethiopia which includes– Addis Ababa, Afar, Somali, Gambella, Benishangul, SNNPR, Oromia, Amhara and Tigray regional states, providing technical assistance and program implementation in the major 3 sectors including Agriculture, WASH and Energy. SNV is an open and learning organization focuses on improving the lives of Ethiopian Need people through best practices in the value chain, market, and youth and gender. Through its work in agriculture, SNV in Ethiopia supports the development of number of value chains such as milk and milk products, honey and beeswax, oilseeds and edible oil, fruit and pulses, livestock and horticulture. This takes a value chain development approach, with special focus on improving access to sustainable markets for smallholder farmers and by developing business-to-business relations and improving business development services. 

For more information on SNV’s operations, visit our website: www.snvworld.org.

Livelihoods Improvement for Women and Youth (LI-WAY) is a five-year program implemented by a consortium of partners composed of SNV Netherlands Development Organization (lead), Mercy Corps, Techno Serve and Save the Children with the financial support from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.

Objectives of the assignment

The selected Business development service provider will perform from its own office in Addis Ababa through demand-based and ongoing business advisory services for establishment of new MEs and enhancing the performance and growth of existing ones. The services will be provided for selected target groups of two approved interventions (Digital marketing service, outsourcing for MEs and Public-private partnership bazaar Service) of the microenterprise sector led by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.

The purpose of the assignment is to ensure that the project target groups have enhanced their capacities to realize and materialize their small start-up businesses by receiving comprehensive specialized business management training, development of business models in coherence with markets, as well as coaching and business promotion and development services. These includes training, business start-up and development, coaching on the business grow-up, promoting and marketing the business. The overall purpose of the BDS is for developing and delivering demand based and on-going customized support service with well-developed and clear plans presented weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual deliverables. 

The consultants will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Master degree in business administration, marketing and related fields.
• A minimum of one year relevant experience in providing business development services including Business governance and management, business financing and investment, sales and marketing (market diagnostic surveys, registration, licencing and taxation, customer handling and management), in facilitating and providing technical and business training, coaching and mentoring on the business grow-up, promoting and marketing.

Both the technical and financial proposals should be in a separate sealed and stamped envelope by 22 November 2019 the latest and sent to SNV using the following address:

SNV Ethiopia l Africa Avenue-Ring Road intersection l 
behind the Ethiopian Airlines hotel  l Kebele 02, Bole Sub city l 
P.O. Box 40675 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia l T: +251 (0)11 616 6232 l 
F: +251 (0)11 616 6252 l E: ethiopia@snv.org l 
W: www.snv.org

• SNV Ethiopia reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

NB. All submissions shall be in hard copy. Soft copy submission will not be accepted.