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Market Research Consultant Women's World Banking

Market Research Consultant
Women's World Banking


WWB is an international network of 39 microfinance institutions in 27 countries. The network serves over 26 million customers, over 80% of whom are women. The mission of the WWB global network is to expand the economic assets, participation and power of low-income women and their households by helping them access financial services, knowledge and markets.

About the Job:
Women's World Banking (WWB) is seeking proposals from qualified independent consultants or firms to provide WWB with research services during the period of May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012 with possible extensions. WWB in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is undertaking the project Development of Rural Credit Products with a gender sensitive approach to expand services to rural areas while strengthening gender dimensions as an integral part of financial services provision. The components of the project are to: (I) design and deliver rural credit products; (II) consolidate a gender-sensitive approach in the provision of financial services; and (III) design and develop a Learning, Communication and Catalyzing (LCC) Strategy. WWB will work with its affiliates and leading MFIs in Paraguay, Colombia and Peru to expand and diversify the supply of sound microfinance services in rural and marginal urban areas by improving the capacity of the MFIs to reach underserved clients.

Tasks and Responsibilities:
The specific deliverables of this consultancy are as follows:
•To deliver one qualitative field research. For each assignment: ?Coordinate logistics for the research;
?Execute the research and analyze the findings with other members of the project team;
?Write sections of the research report.


Project Team

The consultant will work with a small team from WWB including staff members and field-based consultants. The consultant will report directly to the WWB Project Manager.

Duration of Consultancy

The consultant will be procured for an initial period of six months and the contract may be extended for the duration of the project pending performance during the initial period. The project is three years in total ending 2014.

Qualifications:

•Fluency in Spanish and English;
•Minimum of 5 year experience in market research, microfinance, marketing or retail financial services;
•Strong interpersonal, analytical, writing, problem-solving, leadership, project management and multi-tasking skills required;

Project Funding Detail

WWB has received a grant (herin after called “Funds”) from the Inter-American Development Bank (herin after called “Bank”) toward the cost of the project. WWB intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request is issued. Payments by the Bank will be made only at the request of WWB and upon approval by the Bank in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Grant agreement between WWB and the Bank and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Grant Contract. No party other than WWB shall derive any rights from the Grant Contract or have any claim to the funds.

WWB takes on full responsibility for compliance with grant requirements for the bank and other funders of the project.

Eligibility

The IDB, which is a project funder, requires an eligible respondent to meet a residency requirement from the following country list, posted on the IDB website.


Please submit a cover letter, resume and rate history no later than April 27, 2012 at 5:00pm EST to submit@swwb.org. Please include “RFQ: Market Research Consultant” as the subject of the email and the WWB JOB#. Due to the overwhelming responses not all candidates will be contacted.

Available Additional Information

This position will have an open questions and answers period from April 18, 2012 to April 27, 2012 during which any respondent can submit a question in writing and WWB’s response with the question will be shared with the pool of applicants.

Upon request the following information can also be provided to assist in a response:
•The full timing of the project plan;
•A brief background of objectives already achieved by WWB with the MFI;
•A summary of all objectives to be achieved under the project with the MFI;
•An example contract & Terms of Reference;
•An example billing template;
•Clarifications on selection criteria.