Background
In the past 20 years, the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) supported Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative (MCDI) to put about 500,000ha of forest under Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) through Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) in over 45 villages in four districts of Kilwa, Rufiji, Tunduru, and Namtumbo. Out of these, 200,000ha of Village Land Forest Reserves (VFLRS) in 15 villages are certified under MCDI’s Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) group certificate, the only of its kind in Africa. Moreover, villages supported by WWF through MCDI have been empowered to generate TZS 1.6 billion (S 760,000) through sales of hardwoods timber. Part of the collected revenue has been reinvested in forest management activities and the remaining fund put on community development projects and enterprises. WWF Tanzania in partnership with MCDI has facilitated the forest products value addition by purchasing and donating two highly efficient mobile sawmills and a solar kiln to the communities in the Ruvuma Landscape.
Despite the support of this technical equipment, the overall perspective, and expectations for improved livelihoods through value add, there is still more potential to build on in investments of value chains through the processing of furniture-based products which can be of high value compared to trading of timber and logs. It is based on this background; WWF-TCO intends to recruit a consultant to support the establishment of a carpentry model workshop in a selected village in the Ruvuma Landscape.
Objective of the consultancy
The overall objective of this consultant is to support the establishment of a carpentry model workshop in at least one selected village in the RLS. Specifically, the consultant will be required to; Develop a sustainable furniture business model for the community, develop a business plan for the community carpentry workshop to be operational, develop a procurement plan for relevant equipment for the carpentry, support development of a bill of quantities for the construction of a carpentry building and installation of all equipment (procurement to be done by WWF), Support training of the selected youth at a relevant Wood processing training center preferably in the landscape, Support and facilitate the processing of all required registration and legal pre-requisite for the carpentry to become fully functional and Facilitate one-day workshop in collaboration with WWF to share results of the assignment.
Application procedure & Submission of Applications
All interested applicants may get the detailed ToR on WWF websites at https://www.wwf.or.tz/jobs_and_ opportunities/jobs/ and also, send your full proposal (technical & financial) through procurement email at [email protected] only softcopy proposals are accepted addressed to;
Secretary, Procurement Committee
WWF Tanzania
Kiko Street, Off Mwai Kibaki Road Plot 252, Mikocheni
P. 0. Box 63117, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 22 277 5346/277 2455/270 0077 Fax: +255 22 277 5535; website. wwf.or.tz
All applications should reach us by or before 1600hrs Tanzania local time on Monday, 4th April, 2022.
