Overview
Develop a comprehensive National Coffee Quality Strategy for Rwanda, focusing on improving quality management, skills, and regulatory frameworks within the coffee sector.
Tasks Summary
- Leading in producing a joint inception report detailing proposed methodology, work plan, and stakeholder engagement approach.
- Incorporate input from ITC and NAEB for a final report.
- Review oversight structures, standards certification and regulatory frameworks.
- Benchmark quality control and assurance systems against leading coffee authorities.
- Assess private sector interest and capacity for advisory and training services.
- Map best practices for quality control systems for processors and exporters.
- Map national roasters and cafes to guide recommendations on protocols and training.
- Assess training centres, their course offerings, trainer knowledge, and business models.
- Recommend thresholds of content and trainer skills for courses.
- Recommend a licensing or guidance framework for academies/training centres.
Experience Requirements
- An international consultant with 8-10 years’ experience in global coffee quality management, certifications systems and connections with regulatory institutions and coffee buyers.
- experience in institutional assessments and strategy development and working with government institutions and value chain stakeholders.
- Experience within roles of working in or managing coffee processing, exporting, roasting or training business
- Demonstrated experience in coffee quality control and in quality related training.
Qualification Requirements
- Preferably a master’s degree in agriculture, agribusiness, food science and quality management
- Preferably have coffee quality assessment related certifications (SCA, CQI)
