Junior Consultant, Cocoa Co-operative Organizational Strengthening Programme (CCOSP) Phase II – Data ownership pilot project
Fairtrade Foundation is recruiting a junior consultant to lead on a) developing guidelines and scoring criteria for union expressions of interest; b) develop and support implementation of a market engagement strategy for the data ownership pilot project of the CCOSP programme.
CCOSP phase II aims to see unions operate as professional and effective organisations leading to improved service delivery to members, market access, strategic investments and partnerships that enable cocoa farmers to progress towards sustainable livelihoods in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. In 2025, the project “Piloting Data Ownership with Cocoa Co-operatives in Ghana” co-funded by the ISEAL Innovation Funds and Mondelez will be launched under the CCOSP programme.
In 2024, a data ownership feasibility study was conducted for CCOSP which aims to determine if a viable and sustainable business model exists for cocoa unions to manage, market and sell access to their membership data, to outline this business model, and detail the necessary resources and capacities for adoption. The next stage is to test and further develop the model outlined in the feasibility study.
If you are interested in conducting this assignment, please submit your application to lea.berdah@fairtrade.org.uk including:
- A CV of the proposed consultant
- A financial proposal based on the activities listed in this ToR detailing the costs of the time of the consultant.
Please note this assignment will require the consultant to have knowledge of relevant data protection regulations in the UK and Ghana and extensive experience in data management/MIS in system design, assessment, gap analysis, implementation in low-resource contexts. Furthermore, the consultant will ideally have experience in co-operative/union strengthening initiatives especially first-hand experience of working with smallholder farmers and producer groups on data management.
The deadline for proposals is 28 February 2025.
Assignment timeline: April 2025-June 2025.
Please contact Léa Berdah (lea.berdah@fairtrade.org.uk) with any questions.
Senior Consultant, Cocoa Co-operative Organizational Strengthening Programme (CCOSP) Phase II – Data ownership pilot project
Fairtrade Foundation is recruiting a senior consultant to a) write a paper summarising the key findings of the Data Ownership Feasibility Study; c) support a consultant responsible for developing a market engagement strategy; b) develop a MEL framework for the project that can be used to collect data for the Key Principles paper at the end of the project; c) produce Key Principles of Data Ownership paper for the data ownership pilot project of the CCOSP programme.
CCOSP phase II aims to see unions operate as professional and effective organisations leading to improved service delivery to members, market access, strategic investments and partnerships that enable cocoa farmers to progress towards sustainable livelihoods in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. In 2025, the project “Piloting Data Ownership with Cocoa Co-operatives in Ghana” co-funded by the ISEAL Innovation Funds and Mondelez will be launched under the CCOSP programme.
In 2024, a data ownership feasibility study was conducted for CCOSP which aims to determine if a viable and sustainable business model exists for cocoa unions to manage, market and sell access to their membership data, to outline this business model, and detail the necessary resources and capacities for adoption. The next stage is to test and further develop the model outlined in the feasibility study.
If you are interested in conducting this assignment, please submit your application to lea.berdah@fairtrade.org.uk including:
- A CV of the proposed consultant
- A financial proposal based on the activities listed in this ToR detailing the costs of the time of the consultant.
Please note this assignment will require the consultant to have knowledge of relevant data protection regulations in the UK and Ghana and extensive experience in data management/MIS in system design, assessment, gap analysis, implementation in low-resource contexts. Furthermore, the consultant will ideally have experience in co-operative/union strengthening initiatives especially first-hand experience of working with smallholder farmers and producer groups on data management.
The deadline for proposals is 28 February 2025.
Assignment timeline: April 2025-June 2026.
Please contact Léa Berdah (lea.berdah@fairtrade.org.uk) with any questions.
Midline Evaluation Consultant, Livelihoods Ecosystem Advancement Programme (LEAP), Côte D’Ivoire
Fairtrade Foundation is looking for a consultant to conduct a midline study on LEAP. Your role will be the delivery of a mixed-methods midline study including co-design, data collection, analysis, write-up, and presentation of results with a focus on the measurement of key metrics to generate robust evidence on farmers’ progress towards reaching a living income in Côte D’Ivoire.
LEAP was launched in 2022 with an unambiguous “North Star” to help cocoa farmers to grow their earnings sufficiently to achieve Living Incomes.
LEAP activities according to the original programme design have been implemented since 2023. Going into 2025, the programme design will be adapted, and therefore this assignment will have three objectives:
- To use the OECD / DAC evaluation criteria to assess the relevance, efficiency, coherence, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the project on targeted beneficiaries, measuring progress against the Theory of Change using the programme indicators and analyse the extent to which LEAP activities have contributed to this progress since the baseline evaluation report, and the extent to which there is evidence of contribution to the long term objectives as planned (particularly in relation to living income).
- Act as a baseline for the adapted programme, so that progress against the new Theory of Change and logframe indicators can be measured going forward.
- Provide recommendations for the design and delivery of the remainder of the programme, based on the study’s findings and lessons learned so far.
The consultants delivering the LEAP midline study will work alongside dedicated MEL staff at Fairtrade Foundation and Fairtrade Africa.
Applications should be sent to nick.chadwick-williams@fairtrade.org.uk with the subject: ‘Proposal for LEAP Midline’. Your proposal should include the following sections:
- How the company or team of consultants meets the criteria set out under ‘Skills and experience’ section including related relevant consultancy experience.
- The outline of the proposed team and the different roles identified based on the skills/deliverables required, including their location and daily rates.
- Proposed approach to the mixed-methods midline.
- A commitment to availability up to August 2025.
- A financial proposal based on the activities listed in this ToR detailing the costs for activities and time of consultants.
- Statement and policies for safeguarding and data protection.
- Please include CVs (max. 3 pages per person) of all proposed team members.
The deadline for proposals is 23rd March 2025
Assignment timeline: March 2025 to August 2025
For any queries, please contact Nick Chadwick-Williams, Senior MEL Manager at Fairtrade Foundation at nick.chadwick-williams@fairtrade.org.uk.