Company Description
About SNV
Stichting SNV Nederlandse Ontwikkelings Organisatie, (hereinafter referred to as “SNV Netherlands Development Organisation” or “SNV”) is established as a Foundation (Stichting) in The Netherlands, and is a not-for-profit international development organisation, that applies practical know-how to make a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty. We use our extensive and long-term in-country presence to apply and adapt our expertise in agriculture, energy and water to local contexts.
SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995 in partnership with government agencies, the private sector, and local authorities across the agri-food, energy, and water sectors. We’re particularly proud of the work we’ve done to support the country’s most remote and deprived areas to strengthen their capacity to reduce poverty.
About the TRVC project and GEDSI
Funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the project “Transforming the rice value chain for climate resilient and sustainable development in the Mekong delta (TRVC)” is implemented by the Netherlands Development Organization SNV in 3 provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap and Kien Giang. Using Pay-for-Results (PfRs) mechanism, TRVC Project incentivizes and attracts the participation of private enterprises in the Rice Value Chain, aiming to scale-up innovative technologies to achieve higher economic outcomes for smallholder farmers (SHFs) and all Rice Value Chain (RVC) actors, improve rice quality and inclusive social values while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating environmental footprints as co-benefits. The project aims to promote gender equality and social inclusion, particularly among women and people with disabilities, enabling them to participate in and benefit from the rice value chain. As a result, participating companies in the rice value chain (RVC) are required to develop action plans addressing gender equality, disabilities, and social inclusion (GEDSI) within their production and business activities. They must also meet the GEDSI criteria before being eligible to receive seasonal prizes at the end of the cropping season, based on the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions achieved by the company.
At the end of Season 1, all competitors successfully integrated GEDSI practices and policies, passing the GEDSI threshold level set by the project. The competitors have made substantial efforts to promote gender equality and social inclusion, fostering an equal and inclusive work environment as well as providing inclusive rice market linkages with farmers through effective company policies and practical actions. For example, premium price for women-led households or households with PwDs.
With the efforts of the TRVC project, Project Management Units (PMUs), the Women’s Union, and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs in An Giang and Dong Thap, a coordination program which include TOR and budget for GEDSI activities under TRVC in these provinces was signed in December 2024. The program aims to enhance collaboration among agencies to raise awareness about rice production activities and promote equality and social inclusion within the sector. It focuses on creating opportunities for women and persons with disabilities to actively participate in and benefit from rice production. Additionally, the program seeks to increase awareness and build capacity among companies and other stakeholders regarding the involvement of women, and the importance of gender equality, disability inclusion, and social integration in rice production activities.
By early 2025, TRVC project completed the implementation of the second of six seasonal rice crops with the participation of 10 rice value chain companies which are known as competitors in the three project provinces. Together with the targets to reduce GHG emission and ensuring economical profits for small householder farmers participating in the project, TRVC provides technical support to guide and promote enterprises to develop policies and implement gender equality, disability and social inclusion practices integrated into the rice value chain. The results of these activities are assessed using the GEDSI criteria with evidence based through means of verification. The results of GEDSI implementation through each crop will be monitored, analysed compiled into a GEDSI assessment report for each crop.
In this regard, SNV is seeking for 01 consultant expert on gender equality and 01 consultant expert on disability and social inclusion to provide technical support for participating companies in achieving GEDSI outcomes.
Under overall supervision of the Agrifood Sector Lead and the direct supervision of the TRVC Team Leader and in close coordination with the project team, these consultants will provide backstop to the consistent implementation of GEDSI related activities across all participating companies throughout the seasonal rice crops of the TRVC project.
Job Description
The assignment aims at, but not limited to:
The selected Consultants will enter a Framework for Professional Service (the “Agreement”) with SNV with expected timeframe from July 2025 – December 2027 covering the listed technical support areas. Based on the signed Agreement, the detailed tasks with allocated working days and timeline will be discussed and agreed under Tasks Orders for each mobilization period signed by the consultant and SNV authorized representative.
Qualifications
Educational background:
o Master's or above degrees in in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Sociology, Agricultural Economics, or a related field
Language:
o Excellent written and spoken English
General professional experiences in GEDSI:
o At least 7 years of experience with ODA-funded projects related to gender equality and/or disability, social inclusion in the context of agriculture, rural development, or natural resource management
o Familiarity with and experience in the agriculture sector, particularly the rice sector, is highly desirable
o Experience in DFAT funded projects and working with private sector and local communities
o Experience in supporting companies to integrate the GEDSI into the recruitment procedures and business practices
o Track record in conducting the studies and analysis, action plans on GEDSI, or facilitating participatory GEDSI assessments
o Experience in working with government agencies, development actors, and local communities, especially with the ethnic minority and women farmer groups
o Experience in design and delivery of TOT training in the related topics with the participatory approach for private sector, community-based and multi-stakeholder settings
Regional experiences:
o Experience in projects in the Southeast Asian countries
o Experience in projects in Viet Nam
Others:
o Extremely high level of independence, integrity, and versatility
o Strong objective critical and analytical skills and the ability to analyse, evaluate, summarise and effectively present data
o Ability to work remotely, in a team and to collaborate in a fast-paced multicultural and diverse environment
Remark: Nationals of Vietnam belonging to historically underrepresented or disadvantaged groups (women, people with disabilities, people from ethnic minority groups, etc.) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Submission requirements
Interested individual consultants should submit the Letter of Interest via the instructions in this site with the following documents:
Signed Letter of Interest includes the followings:
Attachment 1: CVs of individual consultants and proposed gross day rate
Attachment 2: Degrees and certificates
Attachment 3: Scanned copies of the identity cards of individual consultants.
Attachment 4: Due Diligence Form via https://c.smartrecruiters.com/sr-company-attachments-prod-aws-dc5/58919688e4b0672cc03331a9/4ff3b951-b2f8-4fb2-876e-34df2cea6b94?r=s3-eu-central-1
EOIs are accepted on a rolling basis until June 30, 2025.
All questions regarding this call should be sent to snvvietnamprocurement@snv.org
Additional Information
SNV will review all EOIs received in accordance with the guidelines and criteria in this solicitation. SNV reserves the right to exclude any EOIs that do not meet the guidelines. Please note that SNV is unable to provide detailed feedback to those EOIs that are not selected.
Step 1: SNV will shortlist selected EOIs. Successful applicants will be contacted by SNV for Framework Agreements for Consultancy Services or informed to keep on our consultant roster for two years.
Step 2: SNV will release Task Orders for the specific activities with the selected consultants based on the Framework Agreements signed accordingly.
Protection of Information
We request that Expressions of Interest responses be free of any intellectual property that the applicant wishes to protect. Should offerors wish to include proprietary intellectual property that they believe would be helpful for SNV, please note the proprietary nature of such information. Costing information will be kept confidential and will not be shared beyond SNV.
Note: SNV reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement in the EOI/or solicitation process at any time.
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