Project: Strategic Planning for Nutrition Opportunities Worldwide (Nutritionops) http://www.nutritionops-ww.com

Nutritionops is a network of consultants who want to grow into a larger more formal consultancy business. Established and incorporated in Toronto in 2020, the company seeks to work on international development nutrition projects which need a food industry business lens. Previous projects completed in 2020-2021 include reviewing literature on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of wet market food vendors in Low Middle income countries towards food safety (GAIN), Keeping Food Markets working during Coronavirus (GAIN) a review of nutrient dense foods available in markets in Niger (Helen Keller International) and a market and innovation review of available vitamin A products for UNICEF. The value proposition of this consultancy is the ability to help NGOs get food industry insights as they often cannot interact with food companies directly due to various internal policies around conflict of interest. The chief consultant and business owner is based in Toronto. Other consultants are based in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya and Malawi.

We would like a student or group of students to do the following:

1) Market review for NGO consultancy services. Which companies do the Large NGOs (ie Save the Children, Care etc) typically hire for consultancy services? What types of services do they usually contract out (ie Monitoring and Evaluation, Technical expertise, administration etc)

2) Competitive analysis: Research larger consultancy groups operating in the international development fields, (health focused) and describe the organizational structure of these companies, annual revenue and history.

3) Propose a strategy for growth for Nutritionops to make it more of an international organization and propose funding requirements and organizational structure. Ideally 2 or 3 strategic approaches would be desired with proposed timelines if time permits. .

I have many years of experience supervising and mentoring students at the PhD, MSc and BSc level. I would be available for weekly check in's and this can be formal or informal as best suits the course. I will provide corporate information as requested, and am happy to communicate by zoom or email. I will respond to emails in a timely fashion.