Corridor Coordinator

Nepal SBI Bank Limited

Details / requirements:

Rolling Plans Pvt. Ltd (RPPL) announces the vacancy for Rural Enterprises and Remittance Project (RERP) . SAMRIDDHI is a seven-year project funded by International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and executed by the Ministry of Industry (MOI). Government of Nepal (GON) that aims at providing sustainable sources of income to poor households, migrant families and returnees in the Eastern and Central Regions of Nepal, by supporting the creation and expansion of family, micro, small and medium rural enterprises, both in the farming and off farming sectors. The goal of the project is reducing poverty and achieving sustainable peace through employment-focused, equitable and inclusive economic development.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Application should include a cover letter, updated Bio-data and self-verified copies of necessary documents that qualify the CV. The application through email and/or by post should mention the job position and vacancy code in the subject line or in the envelope respectively. 

Fill the Application Form online from the linkwww.rollingplans.com.np/samriddhi

The TOR may be revised at the time of employment agreement.

The organization reserves the right to reject any/all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever. Canvassing at any stage of the process shall lead to automatic disqualification.

DEADLINE:

The application needs to be received latest by 17:00Hrs, October 30, 2016 (Kartik 14, 2073) 

Corridor Coordinator

Job Title: Corridor Coordinator (CO)

Duty Station: Corridor Office- Itahari, Sunsari and Bardibas, Mahottari with frequent travel to the project districts (about 50% of the time)

Mode of Contract: Annual, with six-month’ probation period, and extendable up to the Project period based on satisfactory performance

Report to: Project Manager

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Rural Enterprises and Remittances (RER) - SAMRIDDHI is a seven years’ project signed between the Government of Nepal (GON) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 10 December 2015 covering 16 hills and Terai districts. It aims at providing sustainable sources of income to poor households, migrant families and returnees in the Eastern and Central Regions of Nepal, by supporting the creation and expansion of family, micro, small and medium rural enterprises, both in the farming and off-farming sectors. Ministry of Industry (MOI) is the Executing Agency. Agro Enterprise Center (AEC) under Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Helvetas Nepal, selected financial institutions and the business development service providers extending services to the rural areas are the key implanting partners. The Project comprises three inter-linked components encompassing the full set of interventions required to support RMSEs’ profitable and sustainable growth:

  • Component 1: Promotion of RMSEs aims at (i) strengthening micro and small entrepreneurs, migrants and their families with sustainable access to adapted Business Development Services (BDS), i.e. non-financial services in support to enterprise creation and/or expansion; and (ii) vocational training and apprenticeship to poor households to build their skills and to secure gainful wage employment in RMSEs. Activities will be driven by an assessment of markets, business opportunities and available services and by an inventory and classification of existing RMSEs through a validation process.
  • Component 2: Productive Investment builds on results of component 1 and aims at (i) facilitating RMSEs/migrants/remittance recipient households’ access to financial services at an affordable cost by sustainable financial institutions; and (ii) mobilizing migrants’ resources and skills for creating assets and promoting profitable rural enterprises. It will develop innovative financial instruments designed to offset major constraints faced by RMSEs in accessing investment loans at an affordable cost and to stimulate migrants’ savings and investment in profitable business development.
  • Component 3: Institutional Support and Project Management aims at promoting a favorable policy and institutional environment supporting the development of RMSEs at a national scale and the contribution of migration to sustainable development.

Implementation Arrangements

The MOI is overall responsible for coordination and oversight. A Project Management Office(PMO), located at Itahari is responsible for day-to-day implementation of project activities with support from two Corridor Teams providing technical and management support to Enterprise Service Centers (ESCs) and migration-related activities at the district level. Technical partners - Helvetas Nepal and South Asia will support to implement of vocational training and knowledge management aspects. Besides, selected financial institutions and business development service providers’ are expected to support the implementation. A Project Steering Committee headed by MOI Secretary at the national level will provide oversight and guidance.

Expected Results

The development objective of the Project is that viable RMSEs, in both farming and off-farming sectors, provide sustainable sources of income to poor households, migrant families and returnees. Main indicators are: (i) 60,000 RER supported rural entrepreneurs expand their existing business or create a new one; (ii) 30,000 rural youth access job placement services; (iii) 30,000 RER-supported enterprises are still in business after 3 years, of which 33% owned by women/30% owned by migrant returnees; and (iv) 21,000 RER supported vocational trainees and apprentices, of which 33% of women, are in gainful employment over at least 6 months

Scope of Assignment:

The Project envisages two corridor offices: one located at Itahari looking after the Koshi and Sagarmatha corridors and second at Bardibas, Mahottari looking after the Jankpur corridor. The corridor coordinator works as a link between the PMO and the ESC located in the project districts. The CO is responsiblefor running the corridor offices, supervise the professionals working at the corridor office, coordinate with the ESC offices in Districts and ensure the meeting of the targets and objectives of the project in addition to the corridor coordination works, the person is also expected to perform the role of Business development person in the corridor

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

The Corridor Manager will be responsible for coordinating and  managing the project related activities in the corridor districts for delivering project's expected outcomes . The responsibility of the CO include (but not imited to) the following:

Planning and Monitoring;

  • Plan the activities within the corridor, calculate the budget (resource requirement)  and submit the same  to the PMT for inclusion in the AWPB
  • Monitor the implementation of the planned Activities and regularly report the same to the PMT
  • Help the ESC to plan  and implement their individual set of programs and Activities
  • Submit the list of proposals from the ESC to be included in the Project  AWPB
  • Enforce Quality control of activities of the ESC

Corridor administration and coordination:

  • Review of proposals of various managers located in the corridor office and submitthem with own comments/approval to PM, P M&E Specialist.
  • Coordinate the activities of the corridor level professionals
  • Supervise and manage the corridor staff and TAs specific to the corridor
  • Maintain internal transparency for the most important technical and project management decisions through regular meetings with corridor and PMT staff;
  • Ensure proper use and conservation of Project assets, in line with the policies and rules of the GON and IFAD
  • Ensure that corridor targets are met within budget – especially important at the districtlevelwithpartnerMICs/MAs where existing resources need to be utilized.
  • Report to the PM the progress in implementation of the corridor activities
  • Provide intellectual and technical guidance to the corridor and ESC teams

Business Development and B2B linkages

  • Facilitate the project partners  in the development of their capacity to help rural enterprises and entrepreneurs  and maintain their relationship with the rural enterprises
  • Identify the particular skill needs of the corridor  and ESC team members and suggest the training and skill development programs to meet their skill needs to the PMT
  • Identify the BDS service providers 
  • Assess the capacity of the BDS service providers, and negotiate with them for use of their services
  • Facilitate the skill development of the BDS service providers
  • Identify the sectors and enterprises to be supported under the project
  • Maintain links with the FIs and link the entrepreneurs with the FIs
  • Help the migration Officer to induce the returnee migrants to become entrepreneurs
  • Organize trainings for the enterprise service providers to the corridor and District stakeholders. 
  • Assist the stakeholders in upgrading their business support services
  • Help the  ESC in the districts to execute the project Activities, identify potential areas of business to be supported under the project
  • Collect the data on enterprises supported by the project and feed that information to KM coordinator and M&E coordinator 

Others:

  • Do the performance Evaluation of the corridor staff and report the same to the PM
  • Train the ESC and corridor teams in BDS related services and activities
  • Do other works as assigned by the PM, Project Facilitator 

Qualification, Experience and Competencies:

  • Post Graduate or higher degree in economics , business management, Enterprise development or other  relevant  social science. 
  • 5  years of working  experience in managing development oriented projects or institution with  at  least 3 years experience in business devement/ enterprise promotion  activities
  • Past experience of working on or knowledge of migration issues 
  • Experience of working for rural development/enterprise promotion
  • Ability to guide and develop capacities of team members, counterpart staff and other key stkaholders
  • Willing to undertake field visits and provide on spot guidance to field level staff
  • Full working knowledge of microsoft office suite including MS project, powerpoint
  • Fluency in spoken and written  Nepali and English

Desirable

  • Understanding of donor funded Project procedures

Salary and Benefits

  • The salary will be paid for only twelve (12) months and is negotiable within the range between NPR. 100,000 to NPR 120,000 as decided by the Project Manager. 
  • Tax on the salary will be applicable as per the prevailing GON rules and regulation. 
  • Travel and the Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) will be as per the prevailing GON rule as applied for the gazetted class II officer while traveling out of the work station for official purpose. 

Other Entitlements

Leave: The Specialist will be provided with 21 days of home leave and 6 days of casual leave annually, which will not be carried over to the next year. S/he will also be provided 12 days of sick leave per year, which if not consumed, will be carried over to the next year. The unspent sick leave will be compensated as per the existing salary scale at the time of termination of the contract or closing of the Project. In addition, s/he will also be provided with Mourning Leave – 15 days, Maternity Leave -2 months for women (15 days for men, for maternity care leave) and all public holidays.

Insurance: The Specialist has to insure his/her life including accidental insurance. The Project will reimburse 50 % of the monthly premium for the period working with the Project, not exceeding Rs. 300 per month, upon submission of copy of insurance policy and receipts.

Performance Assessment

The performance assessment of the Admin/Finance Officer will be based on the quality and timely completion of the tasks assigned and contributions to the Project outputs and outcomes. Details on the indicators for performance assessment will be negotiated and agreed upon on a later stage once s/he signs contract with the Project. The Project reserves the right to terminate the contract if the performance of the MS is assessed as unsatisfactory.

These Terms of Reference are subject to revision/update annually per requirement of the Project based on planning trajectory, modification in project design, or as recommended by Joint Reviews/Supervision Missions and lessons learned during the course of implementation.

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Posted Date 20 Oct, 2016
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