Organizational Development/Capacity Building Expert at International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Application deadline 2017-08-12

Description

SCOPE OF WORK
Organizational Development/Capacity Building Expert Volunteer
Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA)
Location of Assignment: Mbeya, Morogoro, or Iringa (one in each location)
Proposed Level of Effort: 3 weeks
Anticipated Start Date: 9 July 2017
The Tanzania Enabling Growth through Investment and Enterprise Program (ENGINE) is a four-year USAID-funded Feed the Future Tanzania activity awarded through the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) contracting mechanism that aims to streamline and enhance many of the regulatory, informational and financial channels that encourage domestic and foreign investment in the southern mainland agricultural regions of Mbeya, Morogoro, and Iringa, and in Zanzibar.
ENGINE works at the district level, using a broad-based approach to engage with district-level Local Government Authorities (LGAs), private sector associations, business development service providers, financial institutions and small and medium enterprises. The program’s activities are divided into three main components:
Implement policies for growth. Build the capacity of the private sector to effectively dialogue with the government to set the policy agenda and improve the capacity of the public sector to implement policies.
Equip businesses for growth. Strengthen SME capacity and foster the growth and capacity of a sustainable market for business development services (BDS) in Tanzania.
Access to finance for growth. Broaden access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in all sectors, especially women and youth entrepreneurs and those working within agricultural value chains (excluding primary producers), to facilitate increased business viability, growth and investment.
Problem Statement
The private sector in Tanzania is under-developed and has not taken full advantage of the available opportunities to dialogue with the government concerning the challenges that impede business viability, growth, and investment. In general, the private sector suffers from inadequate technical expertise and skills, limited capacity for financial planning, and the need for improved management and administrative skills. The under-performance of the economy is caused by a lack of tools to manage the development process, limited business start-ups (and a shallow industrial entrepreneurship base), and high risk-aversion among existing firms. This is compounded by lengthy and bureaucratic licensing procedures, double taxation in some sectors, and a low-level of capacity to meet market demand.
The Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA) serves its members at the national level and has local-level affiliates with varying levels of membership service. Local Chambers faces significant challenges to collaborating with LGAs, with periodic public private dialogues (PPD) often described as lacking concrete and positive results. In some LGAs, the local TCCIA does not have the necessary structures or extensive business memberships to support a large and varied business community, with members of all sizes operating in an array of sectors.
Objectives of the Assignment The main objective of this assignment is to enhance the capacity of local TCCIAs to effectively participate in Public/Private Dialogues (PPDs) to advocate for a strengthened business enabling environment in support of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Business Development Services Providers (BDSPs).
This will be accomplished by:
Improving the capacity of the local TCCIA to dialogue with the local LGA to strengthen the business enabling environment through PPDs;
Assisting the local TCCIA with increasing its services at the local level;
Undertaking an organizational development/capacity development needs assessment of the local TCCIA, providing training as needed, and documenting the gaps identified and the additional time and resources required to address them.
Tasks The Volunteer will complete the following tasks: a. Attend an orientation meeting with ENGINE Program staff; b. Accompanied by relevant ENGINE staff, attend an introductory meeting with TCCIA’s executive leadership and board of directors to discuss the volunteer assignment and to review its objectives; c. Design and implement an organizational development assessment of TCCIA;
Provide capacity building to address the gaps that have been identified and document those that require additional time and/or resources to be addressed;
e. Support the ENGINE Regional Representative to facilitate a PPD at the Local Government Authority level on policies that need reform to improve the local business enabling environment; f. Provide exit debriefings to TCCIA, ENGINE, USAID and relevant anchor institutions/key stakeholders that provide an overview of the assignment and TCCIA’s organizational development and capacity building challenges and the volunteer’s proposed solutions to them. Deliverables The Expert Volunteer will submit the following:
TCCIA organizational development assessment and capacity building report;
PPD facilitation report and plan of action;

• Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations related to TCCIA’s organizational documents and organizational development challenges and the volunteer’s proposed solutions to them;
  Discussion of assignment objectives and how they were met or why they were not met.
  Final Trip Report
  The Final Trip Report to the ENGINE Program must include the following sections:

Introduction;
Methodology;
Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations related to TCCIA’s challenges and the volunteer’s proposed solutions to them;
Discussion of assignment objectives and how they were met or why they were not met.
Additionally, the Volunteer will provide exit debriefings (as described above under Task F).
Volunteer Qualifications
The TCCIA Organizational Development Volunteer needs to have the following skills and qualifications:
University degree in economics, business administration, public policy, or another relevant field;
5+ years of experience working within a Chamber of Commerce in an organizational development role (and, preferably in the business planning, policy development, advocacy and budgeting processes);
A proven track record of conducting organizational development and capacity building needs assessments, and the preparation of management/administrative documents, systems and tools;
Experience in stakeholder engagement, consultation and facilitation;
Well-developed writing skills in English and the ability to express one’s self clearly and concisely;
Training skills, including participatory training in group settings. Training and consultation experience utilizing a translator or interpreter is an added plus;
Self-motivated, proactive, detail-oriented, mature, professional team player, who is a strong people person and communicator, with good inter-personal skills;
Ability to address issues, challenges, questions and concerns in a professional, respectful, logical and timely manner;
Works well in a multi-cultural setting.
Good computer skills in MS Office.
Illustrative Assignment Schedule for 3 Weeks
Note: This assignment schedule is illustrative of a three-week field assignment with ENGINE to undertake this assignment. The timeline will be adjusted to reflect the Expert Volunteer’s availability, specific project and agency timing, and overall project needs.
Date
Activity
09/07/2017
Arrive Tanzania
10/07/2017
Orientation meeting in Dar es Salaam with ENGINE staff for an overview and discussion of the assignment objectives and process.
11/07/2017
Travel to regional office and meet with locally-based ENGINE staff
12/07/2017
Meet local TCCIA leadership to discuss the assignment objectives and schedule
13/07/2017 – 19/07/2017
Meet with stakeholders and schedule workshop to facilitate the PPD; Conduct organizational assessment of local TCCIA with input from leadership and members. Include recommendations for extending services within the LGA.
20/07/2017
Facilitate local-level PPD with TCCIA members and non-members from the private sector, LGA, and other stakeholders.
21/07/2017 -25/07/2017
Write a facilitation report and plan of action for the PPD, discuss with and transmit to relevant stakeholders
26/07/2017
Finalize TCCIA assessment, write the Trip Report and provide exit debriefing to TCCIA
27/0/2017 – 28/07/2017
Travel to Dar Es Salaam and provide an exit debriefing to ENGINE/USAID
29/07/2017
Depart Tanzania

APPLICATION
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