Crop Production Modeling Specialist

Institutional Support to African Climate Institutions Project (ISACIP).

Financing Agreement reference: Don FAD n° 2100155016866

Project ID No.: P-Z1-CZ0-003

ITB Number: SADC/AfDB ACMAD DMC/CSC PROJECT/13/2015

Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has received a Grant from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Institutional Support to African Climate Institutions Project (ISACIP) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for an individual consultant to carry out consulting services as a Crop Production Modeling Specialist for SADC-CSC ISACIP.

The Institutional Support Project to the African Climate Institutions (ISACIP) funded by the African Development Bank (ADB). It aims to strengthen the capacity of African Climate Institutions to generate climate information and to allow their wide dissemination to end users. These Institutions are: the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) Regional Centre for Agro-meteorology and Operational Hydrology (AGRHYMET), IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) and SADC Climate Services Centre (SADC‐CSC) former Drought Monitoring Centre (DMC) in Nairobi and Gaborone respectively. ISACIP will strengthen the capacity of African Climate Institutions in order for them to generate relevant information on climate and to make them available to end users through appropriate channels.

The implementation of the project will be done through three components:

• Production of climate‐related information,
• Institutional strengthening, and
• Coordinating the project.

As part of the implementation of this project, ACMAD with a mandate across the continent, acts as an Executing Agency and coordinates the implementation of the project at the other three beneficiary institutions. As part of implementation of ISACIP in SADC, the Climate Services Centre will need to recruit a short‐term Crop Production Modeling Specialist under the Downscaling of Global Climate Data and Scenarios-Services component.

The main purpose and objective of the assignment is to conduct a detailed study of the current and past initiatives on plant protection and crop production techniques in the region and at global level. He/she will also consult key experts in the region to establish the priorities and needs of the region, on the basis of which he/she will develop a regional crop modeling based on the trend of climate variability and change scenario programme.

SADC Secretariat now invites eligible Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services of a Crop Production Modeling Specialist for SADC-CSC ISACIP.

Interested Individual Consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (expression of interest cover letter, curriculum vitae, certified copies of evidence of professional and academic qualifications, etc).

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s “Rules and Procedures for the use of Consultants”, dated January 2000, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.

Interested consultants may obtain Terms of Reference (ToR) or any further information at the address below during office hours:

Procurement Expert
SADC Climate Services Centre
Institutional Support to African Climate Institutions Project (ISACIP)
SADC Secretariat,
Department of Meteorological Services Office
Plot 54216, Corner Maaloso/Metsimotlhaba Road
Gaborone, Village
Floor/ Room number: 1st Floor Room 52B
City: Gaborone
Country: Botswana
Telephone: +267 3956281 or 3612200
Electronic mail address: smanguluti@sadc.int Attention: Mr Samuel Manguluti

Expressions of interest and CVs must be delivered to the address below by Friday, 05th June 2015 at 10.00 hours Botswana time and clearly marked “Crop Production Modeling Specialist” on the envelope or email tosmanguluti@sadc.int, with a copy to smmadi@sadc.int .

Submission Address:

Attention: Procurement Expert
Institutional Support to African Climate Institutions Project (ISACIP)
SADC Secretariat,
Department of Meteorological Services Office
Plot 54216, Corner Maaloso/Metsimotlhaba Road
First Floor, Room number 52B
Gaborone, Village
Private Bag 0095
Gaborone, Botswana.