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اسم الشخص المسؤول: 
Hiba Shatila
Contact Person Position: 
Operation Manager
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Position Description:

The Lebanon Enterprise Development (LED) is a three year $14 million activity with a two year, $10.2 million option period through September 2022.   LED is implemented under a contract with Chemonics International.  The purpose of LED is to increase employment opportunities for Lebanese citizens.  LED is supposed to apply a market-led approach to engage directly with private enterprises, private sector organizations, associations and other stakeholders, to identify and solve business related problems that are constraining enterprise and sector level sales (domestic and export), investment, and employment growth.  Through this approach, LED is expected to assist individual or groups of enterprises to identify market/s or buyer/s and understand customer requirements; to diagnose the key constraints that stand in the way of boosting sales; and to find solutions to these problems using tailored solutions. 

 

The project assists companies by cost sharing for business consulting services that will enable them to overcome specific growth constraints or to capture new market opportunities.  By facilitating access to and cost sharing for technical assistance that is delivered by qualified local consultants, this should strengthen the market for business consulting services by demonstrating the value of external assistance and showing clients how to access it more effectively.  Strengthening the local market for quality business consultancy should reduce the need for further subsidies to this market, thus eliminating the need for further US assistance.

Together with investments by the businesses, LED’s assistance is intended to help boost assisted-firms’ sales, both domestic and exports, leading them to hire more people.  For example, LED support for quality management systems, including food safety certifications, is intended to facilitate access to new markets at home and abroad as businesses and consumers worldwide demand ever-more-stringent product and service quality standards. In other cases, LED helps businesses to improve efficiency and strengthen business processes to enable or support growth; notably, many firms have benefited from LED’s support to restructure and build their sales departments and functions, particularly when demand for a firm’s product or service is strong. LED has also assisted firms with innovative and attractive business models to franchise, which creates new opportunities for both franchisors and franchisees, especially as investors look to lower their risks during this period low economic growth in Lebanon.  LED also aims to improve the business enabling environment in Lebanon to sustain and scale its impact. 

The purpose of this mid-term evaluation is to assess LED’s performance to date with meeting the requirements set forth in the contract; reexamine the underlying design hypothesis and critical assumptions and assess their validity; analyze the additionality and sustainability of the activity, and provide key recommendations for USAID/Lebanon.

 

The evaluation will be conducted within the context of SI’s Evaluation Quality Use and Impact (EQUI™) approach, processes and protocols.  EQUI processes are designed to achieve a quality evaluation that incorporates learning and utilization. 

 

SI is seeking local experts with at least 10 years of work experience in any of the following fields of SME consulting, Business development support, SME diagnosis, quality management systems, strengthening business processes, experience in more than one of the previously mentioned fields is an advantage. Advanced knowledge of the SME sector structure and challenges facing the private sector is key, advanced degree in the related field is a requirement.  The Local expert will join an evaluation team including a Team Leader, a performance evaluation specialist and PMSPL II Staff members. The period of performance is from August to October 2019. The expected Level of Effort is 30 days.  

**Please note: Only candidates with (Lebanese) citizenship will be considered.**

Responsibilities:

During the pre-field work period, the expert will work with the evaluation team to develop a data collection strategy, design an interview and key interview guides, and prepare an outline for data analysis.

During the Kick-off period, the expert will work with the evaluation team to finalize the interview guides and finalize the logistics for the field work

During field work, the expert will work with the evaluation team to interview key stakeholders and project beneficiaries, to carry out focus group discussions, and to prepare summaries of interviews and meetings for the evaluation report.

At the post-field work level, the expert is expected to work with the evaluation team to analyze the data, write up sections of the report and assist in presenting main findings for USAID.

The expert is expected to support the evaluation team in responding to USAID comments on the draft report and support the team in submitting a final report to USAID mission.

Qualifications:

The local expert should have at least 10 years of experience in any of the following fields of SME consulting, Business development support, SME diagnosis, quality management systems, strengthening business processes or other related fields experience in more than one of the previously mentioned fields is an advantage.

He /She should have good understanding of the structure, strengths and challenges facing the private and SME sector in Lebanon.

He/ She must hold an advanced degree in any of the above mentioned fields; Ph.D. is an advantage, but not a requirement.

He/ She should have demonstrated ability to undertake needed analysis.

He/ She should preferably have knowledge of USAID and other international donors that provide support to the governance sector.

He/ She should be fluent in Arabic and English

He/ She is expected to work closely with the Team Leader on the evaluation.

Come join our energetic and innovative team!  We offer you the opportunity to play a leading role in the growth of our company, work as part of a creative and committed team, and make a difference in the well-being of our world.

 

منتهية الصلاحية

ملاحظة:

دليل مدني، شبكة المجتمع المدني، يوفر للمنظمات منصة لنشر الوظائف, وليس مسؤول عن عملية التوظيف. كل منظمة مسجلة على دليل مدني هي مسؤولة بشكل فردي عن منشوراتها وعن عملية التوظيف.

آخر تاريخ التحديث: 
19 مايو, 2020
قطاع(ات) التدخل:
سياسات الأعمال والاقتصاد, تنمية, تمويل وتجارة
آخر مهلة للتقديم:
الثلاثاء, 25 يونيو 2019
نوع العقد:
‫استثاري‬
مدة الوظيفة:
August till October 2019 - The approximate Level of Effort is 30 days
الراتب
Salary will be determined based on USAID Biodata sheet submission
نطاق الراتب:
غير مدفوع
درجة التعليم:
ماجستير
تفاصيل درجة التعليم:
He/ She must hold an advanced degree in any of the above mentioned fields; Ph.D. is an advantage, but not a requirement.
متطلبات الخبرة:
أكثر من 10 سنوات
اللغة العربية:
بطلاقة
اللغة الانكليزية:
بطلاقة
اللغة الفرنسية:
غير مطلوب
البلد/المدينة: 
  • Lebanon
  • بيروت