Due Diligence Consultant
Work for Agriculture and Forestry Businesses in Cambodia.
Supervisor: Senior Advisor – Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use
Effort: Maximum of billable days 30 Period of Performance: May 15, 2020 – May 14, 2021
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and evaluation support for potential business partners in Cambodia. This includes conducting evaluations and due diligence assessments - looking at potential risks of a company, including environmental and social issues - as a key activity prior to defining a scope of work with the partner company. It is envisioned that the consultant will provide their services on an as-needed basis up to 30 days over a period of one year. For this assignment, the consultant will work directly with the Senior AFOLU Advisor and other USAID Green Invest Asia staff as appropriate.
- Understand the project and its general due diligence needs and process, through conversation with the Senior AFOLU Advisor
- Conduct evaluations and due diligence assessments of multiple businesses (similar tasks per business)
- Review and summarize key documents provided by potential partner companies (in local language and English), with a focus on social, environmental, and other potential risks
- Discuss with Senior AFOLU Advisor to review findings of the document review
- Help identify gaps in information and potential follow up questions for potential partner companies
- Conduct site visits to assess sustainability of business operations and identify potential social and environmental issues, including recommending appropriate mitigation measures and areas for improvement
- Participate in meetings and follow up discussions with potential partner companies and review additional information as available
- Advise project staff and potential partner companies on sustainable forest management, certification, forestry operations, legal timber trade, and other relevant technical matters
- Provide a written due diligence assessment summary report of key findings (in English)
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in agriculture/agribusiness, forestry, natural resource management, or related field
- At least 7 years of experience in the agriculture/forestry/land use sector in Cambodia
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience working directly with agriculture or forestry businesses on social and environmental safeguards and/or conducting due diligence assessments in Cambodia preferred
- Knowledge of Khmer language preferred
- Cambodian national or international consultant based in Cambodia
- Excellent written and spoken English language
