SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is a Dutch, development organisation with operations in more than 25 countries in Asia and Africa. We make a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty, helping them raise incomes and access basic services. Driven by the Sustainable Development Goals, we are dedicated to a society in which all people are free to pursue their own sustainable development, and no one is left behind. This commitment to equity directs us to focus on gender and youth. 

We apply our know-how to realise effective solutions and deliver results at scale worldwide. We do this through our local presence and our specialised expertise in agri-food, energy, and water. Our projects directly benefit millions of people. At the same time, our projects drive systems change, which helps many more people work their way out of poverty, well beyond the scope of the projects themselves. We are proud to be a not-for-profit organisation, implementing our mission exclusively through project financing. This requires us to work efficiently and to invest in operational excellence every day.

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About SNV and Agroforestry

SNV Cambodia is currently developing a program on restoring lands and livelihoods in Cambodia. The program aims to restore degraded agricultural and forest land, and strengthen the targeted ecosystems with increased carbon storage capability, whilst improving the livelihood of households through tree establishment (planting or assisted natural regeneration). The program will promote appropriate agroforestry and tree plantations-based approaches to restore trees, strengthen ecosystems and increase carbon storage in the landscape, and generate high value commodities for commercialisation by the participating households. The programme has a target of establishing a minimum 6,7 million trees in 5 years. The trees would need to be kept for a minimum of 30 years. Shorter rotations of trees would need to be compensated by increasing the tree numbers.

Objectives of the Assignment

In the program, the to-be-planted trees could produce different tree products which would need to be marketed to provide farmers’ income (for example soft- and hard-wood like Timber, Roundwood, Woodchips, Fruits, Nuts and Rubber). The consultant is requested to analyse the technical and financial feasibility of the programme and provide advise accordingly (plantation species composition and planting options, profitability analysis for smallholders, market demand, cost analysis of the project to reach the target).

In addition, the consultant will do a review of the technical proposal and re-write the proposal to improve it where needed.

The consultant(s) will be expected to:

• Analyse the technical and financial feasibility of the programme and advise accordingly including plantation species composition and planting options, profitability analysis for smallholders, market demandfinancial  solution model such as result based payments/repayable grants etc, cost analysis of the project to reach the target;
• Propose appropriate strategies for the programme to achieve its targets including a financial intervention solution;
• Advise SNV in technical recommendations, implementation actions to be followed and operational strategy;
• Do a technical review of the draft proposal, and where necessary, provide corrections in the proposal text;
• Coordinate regularly with SNV core team on progress.

Clarifications on the above information may be sought from email: [email protected] before 09 December 2022.

• International Agro-forestry expert with minimum 10 years of experience
• Proven track record in technical and financial feasibility of agroforestry, plantations and tree-restoration projects
• Experience in Cambodia required

Interested applicants should submit their cover letter, CV and daily rate expectation via Smart Recruiters through the provided link below.  The deadline for submitting applications is Tuesday, December 13, 2022.