Business Scenario Planning Consultant

IT for Change is looking for an experienced business consultant to support its work with three social enterprises, building alternative digital platforms across India as part of the project, Re-wiring India's Digitalising Economy for Women's Rights and Well-being. The project is supported by the European Commission and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

This consultancy offers an exciting opportunity to contribute towards building and facilitating sustainable livelihoods of informal women workers and farmers. We are currently working with farmer producer companies and cooperatives as well as social enterprises across three partner sites.

Duration: 3 months

Location: The consultant can work remotely, but may be required to travel to project sites in Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu for very short periods during the duration of the consultancy.

Scope of consultancy

• Work with the team to scope, design, and execute a business scenario mapping exercise that will take an ecosystem approach to determining future business scenarios and their enabling conditions for each of the partner sites
• Serve as a technical point person for business-planning-related exercises

Expected Outputs

• Work closely with the team to prepare final versions of the business scenario plans for each of our three partner sites

Qualifications and Requirements

• This consultancy requires an understanding of the intersections between digital technology and adoption and development project implementation, ideally in the agriculture value chain and/or the informal sector. The consultant must be familiar with digital platforms and app-based supply chains
• A Master's degree in a related field
• A minimum of 10 years work experience in the social sector, preferably with impact assessment
• Strategic expertise in business development and/or tech-design experience for small farmers and informal workers
• Ability to liaise and communicate with diverse stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience of having authored similar outputs