Consultancy: Optimising Value Chain Programming for MSMEs and Women-Led Enterprises
About the role
Consultancy: Optimising Value Chain Programming for MSMEs and Women-Led Enterprises
We are seeking a consultant/consultancy to help Hand in Hand conduct a qualitative/ mixed methods deep dive study with participants of one of our projects in Herat province, Afghanistan. This study will seek to answer a set of research questions (see below), with Hand in Hand participants, related to the process of certification of their saffron produce to EU Organic or ISO standards, the set-up of a sustainable value chain linking the companies to high value markets and the improvement of working conditions and incomes for the workers.
The person/firm we’re looking for will be experienced working with companies and workers in Herat, Afghanistan, as part of research or evaluation studies, skilled in qualitative and mixed method assessment, sampling, data collection and analysis, and with experience of women’s economic empowerment and value chain development for international trade in Afghanistan.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Consultancy: Optimising Value Chain Programming for MSMEs and Women-Led Enterprises
Remote + Herat (Afghanistan)
Consultancy: Optimising Value Chain Programming for MSMEs and Women-Led Enterprises
To be agreed with selected candidate
Fixed term, Delivery 8h March 2027
English, Dari and Pashto