Human Resources

Staff Performance Assessments

Competency Framework Appraisal Sheet (TetraTech)
Description: Tool lays out our core values and what it looks like to be more competent over time and what a staff person should be working on.
How it was used: Performance management, reviews and orientations.
Source: TetraTech’s Feed the Future Agricultural Inputs Activity, Uganda

Performance Appraisal Form (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Detailed performance appraisal guideline, rating scale and template
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme

Staff Core Competency - Results Management (SAMARTH)
Description: Staff core competencies for results management.
How it was used:  Teams were requested to discuss their own capacity gaps on a monthly basis, which formed the basis for identifying any learning needs.
Source: Adam Smith International’s SAMARTH Nepal Market Development Programme’s ‘Making Sense of ‘Messiness’: Monitoring and measuring change in market systems: a practitioner's perspective’

Job & Consultant Postings

Scope of Work template: Value Chain Analysis Team Leader (ACDI/VOCA) 
Description: Scope of Work template for a consultant to lead a value chain analysis team for a project.
Source: ACDI/VOCA

Job Description: Portfolio Manager - Livestock (Kenya Markets Trust) 
Description: Job posting from market facilitation project for a mid-to upper-level staff position involved in managing their livestock portfolio
How it was used: Posted in local newspapers when searching to fill position.
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme

Scope of Work template: End Market Analysis (ACDI/VOCA) 
Description: Scope of Work template for a consultant to conduct an end-market analysis on a project.
Source: ACDI/VOCA

Staff Job Descriptions

Job Description template: Value Chain Specialist (ACDI/VOCA) 
Description: Job description template for a value chain specialist position.
Source: ACDI/VOCA

Job Description: Knowledge, Learning & Practice Manager (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Detailed job description for market facilitation project for a mid-level staff position involved in managing the ‘knowledge, learning and practice’ activities
How it was used: Provided to staff at start of job, updated annually and used to guide performance assessment process
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme

Job Description: Portfolio Officer - Inputs and Aquaculture (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Detailed job description for market facilitation project for a junior-level staff position involved in developing inputs and aquaculture market systems.
How it was used: Provided to staff at start of job, updated annually and used to guide performance assessment process
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme

Job Description: Portfolio Officer - Inputs (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Detailed job description for market facilitation project for a junior-level staff position involved in developing inputs and market systems.
How it was used: Provided to staff at start of job, updated annually and used to guide performance assessment process
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme