Post level: Leadership role offering a competitive salary
Type of contract: Fixed term 3 years (option to renew based on performance and budget)
Language(s) required: English (native/fluent writing and oral skills)
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
WorldFish is a nonprofit research and innovation institution that creates, advances and translates scientific research on aquatic food systems into scalable solutions with transformational impact on human well-being and the environment. We are part of One CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, whose mission is to end hunger by 2030 through science to transform food, land and water systems under threat of climate change.
Over the past 45 years, WorldFish has firmly established itself as a global leader in research and innovations in sustainable aquaculture and fisheries. Our work has enhanced the lives of millions, solving real-world problems through an extensive network of partnerships and multidisciplinary research collaborations across Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Over the next 10 years, we aspire to become a world-class research and innovation organization that creates, advances and translates scientific research on aquatic foods systems. The purpose of our research is to accelerate the sustainable transformation of global food systems toward nutritious diets that sustain the health of people and the planet. We recognize the importance of responding effectively to external change and delivering relevant research solutions at scale for sustainable transformation at all levels. To do this, we must be prepared to reinvent ourselves. In responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have devised a new organizational strategy and business model that reimagines the ways in which we will operate in the next decade to successfully weather the uncertainties of the future and thrive.
Our focus will be on mobilizing our world-class capabilities and resources. This will sharpen the agility and responsiveness of our business operations, help us adapt to new ways of working and collaboration and ensure long-term financial sustainability and more funding for scientific research on aquatic food systems. As a networked organization embedded in a larger innovation ecosystem of partners, including One CGIAR, our model of operation and beyond is guided by our values that stand for Learning, Excellence, Accountability and Diversity (LEAD).
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The Department of Strategy, Innovation and Communication (DSIC), led by the Executive Director of Strategy, Innovation and Communications has an essential mandate to drive implementation of the new 10-year institutional 2030 WorldFish Research and Innovation Strategy: Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet. The DSIC is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic planning and results-based management process to support and advance the organizational transformation envisioned in the strategy. It guides and supports development and alignment of strategies, annual work plans and quarterly review processes of core functions and country offices with the overall institutional strategy, nurturing a high-performance culture oriented towards results, cross-functional collaboration, learning, innovation, digital transformation, as well as effective internal and external communications. The DSIC incubates and supports design and implementation of cross-functional initiatives under the sponsorship of its Executive Director, the Director General, investing in and growing strong strategic planning and results-based management capacities across the organization for greater impact and outreach.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategy, Innovation and Communications, the role of the Strategic Planning Lead, is a new position created to support implementation of the new 10-year institutional strategy. S/he will play an important role in enabling positive organizational change and growth envisioned in the strategy by leading development and implementation of a strategic and integrated annual planning and quarterly review process; cascading strategy at all levels of the organization through results-based management approaches and the application of the Balance Scorecard methodology; assessing various aspects of WorldFish’s strategic and operational performance; encouraging synergies between core functions and country offices to leverage synergies, optimize resources and achieve long-term sustainability; and building capacities for strategic planning and result-based management across the organization.
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Benefits
Salary amp; Benefits
This position is open to both International and Malays