TERMS OF REFERENCE

Consultant -Program Officer

HPIN works with communities and partners to advance sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food and farming systems. In Nepal, HPIN collaborates with farmer institutions, cooperatives, government agencies, private-sector actors, financial institutions, service providers, research organizations, and development partners to strengthen locally led development and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farming families. HPIN seeks two experienced Consultant-Program Officers to provide time-bound program coordination, technical support, monitoring, partnership facilitation, and capacity strengthening for projects that advance farmer-led food system transformation in assigned project sites. The consultancy will focus on stronger farmer collectives, regenerative agriculture, inclusive market systems, private-sector partnerships, and an enabling policy and institutional environment.

This consultancy supports the timely, high-quality, compliant, and adaptive implementation of assigned projects and sub-awards. Working with HPIN thematic leads and program teams, the Consultants shall provide strategic and operational guidance to project partners, farmers' collectives, and local governments on social capital development, cooperative strengthening, value-chain and market-systems development, regenerative agriculture, and local food-system transformation in a sustainable manner.

4.1. Project planning, facilitation, and systems change

4.2. Project coordination, monitoring, learning, and reporting

4.3. Partnership development, technical support, and capacity strengthening

5. Deliverables and Acceptance Criteria

The detailed timing and frequency of deliverables will be confirmed in the inception workplan. All deliverables must be evidence-based, professionally presented, submitted in editable electronic format, and accepted by the designated HPIN supervisor.

Note: Some of the deliverables listed here can be reported collectively and to be specified in the inception work plan.

6. Assignment handling and working arrangements

7. Required Qualifications and Experience

8. Professional Fee and Payment Schedule

The professional fee and payment schedule will be specified in the consultancy contract. Payments will be linked to satisfactory completion and acceptance of agreed deliverables and submission of required supporting documents. Applicable taxes will be deducted in accordance with the laws of Nepal. Pre-approved travel and reimbursable costs, if any, will be governed by the contract and applicable HPIN procedures.

9. Confidentiality, Ownership, and Standards of Conduct

Interested candidates should submit the following documents by 15 October 2026, 5:00 PM through                       [email protected] with the email subject line “Application for Consultant-PO (for …..district)”.

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