Overview
The consultant will conduct a comprehensive market assessment to identify and prioritize viable green livelihood opportunities in Kigoma Region and provide operational recommendations to inform livelihoods programming.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess and prioritize viable green livelihood and employment opportunities.
- Identify market demand, business viability, employment potential, entry barriers, and climate resilience benefits.
- Assess opportunities for engagement with private-sector actors, financial service providers, cooperatives, and business development actors.
- Map relevant financial and business support mechanisms.
- Assess the skills, training, and mentorship needs of target groups.
- Assess the technical, commercial, and organizational feasibility of waste management and waste-to-wealth opportunities.
- Map vocational training institutions, business incubation actors, technical service providers, and other relevant support organizations.
- Map and analyse key stakeholders relevant to the implementation and sustainability of livelihood interventions.
- Apply a market systems approach incorporating livelihood profiling, labour market analysis, value chain assessment, market demand analysis, stakeholder consultations, and gender, protection, and social inclusion considerations.
- Develop evidence-based recommendations and operational guidance to support the implementation of project livelihood activities.
Required Experience
At least ten years of relevant professional experience in market assessments, labour market analysis, value chain development, livelihoods programming, private-sector development, enterprise development, or related areas. Demonstrated experience in conducting comprehensive market assessments using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Demonstrated experience conducting market systems development (MSD), Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA), Participatory Market Chain Approach (, PMCA), Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P), value-chain, labour-market, or green economy assessments within humanitarian, resilience, or displacement contexts. Proven experience in identifying and analysing climate-resilient and market-driven livelihood opportunities, including green businesses, climate-smart agriculture, renewable energy, waste management, recycling, or circular economy initiatives. Experience in market demand analysis, business viability assessment, employment potential analysis, value chain assessment, and identification of barriers to market entry. Experience in assessing skills gaps, vocational training needs, mentorship requirements, and enterprise development opportunities for vulnerable populations. Demonstrated experience in working with private-sector actors, financial service providers, cooperatives, vocational training institutions, business incubation actors, government authorities, and development partners. Experience in mapping financial and business support mechanisms, including microfinance institutions, savings groups, government financing programmes, and private investment opportunities. Experience in assessing waste management or waste-to-wealth initiatives, including the technical, commercial, and organizational feasibility of recycling or resource-recovery enterprises, is highly desirable. Experience in applying gender, protection, disability inclusion, and social inclusion considerations in market assessments or livelihoods programming. Previous experience working with displacement-affected populations, host communities, youth, and women is highly desirable. Experience working in Tanzania, particularly in Kigoma Region, or in a comparable humanitarian and development context, is an advantage. Previous experience working with IOM, United Nations agencies, international organizations, or donor-funded programmes is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Economics, Development Studies, Business Administration, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Management, Natural Resource Management, Labour Economics, Project Management, or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or A first-level university degree in one of the above fields, combined with additional relevant professional experience.
