Consultant (Foresight Analysis of Aquatic Foods)
WorldFish, Malaysia

Position: Consultant (Foresight Analysis of Aquatic Foods)

Location: Penang, Malaysia

Application Deadline: 16 October 2022

Type of contract: Consultancy Contract

Language(s) required: English (proficient/fluent writing and oral skills)

About WorldFish

WorldFish is an international, non-profit research and innovation organization reducing hunger, malnutrition and poverty across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. For over 45 years, our work on sustainable aquaculture and fisheries has improved the lives of millions of women, men and youth.

Fish and other aquatic foods grown in and harvested from oceans, lakes, rivers and ponds provide income for more than 800 million people and provide 3.3 billion with 20% of their animal protein intake. Our focus on sustainability makes sure that the way we produce and use these foods today means a plentiful future of generations to come.

Our evidence-based solutions range in scale from households to global policies and spans across six interlinked themes: nutrition, gender, climate, sustainability, economy and COVID-19. We champion aquatic foods for healthy people and planet and believe that a sustainable blue planet of well-nourished children, women and men is within our reach.

Background

The consultant will work with WorldFish Scientists and International Partners in designing and conducting research to understand drivers of change and constraints (social, economic, environment and institutional) that support and guide policy development and investments for sustainable transformation of Aquatic Food Systems across WorldFish’s five impact areas:

1. Nutrition, health amp; food security;

2. Poverty reduction, livelihoods amp; jobs;

3. Gender equality, youth amp; social inclusion;

4. Climate adaptation amp; mitigation;

5. Environmental health amp; biodiversity

The consultant will also work on foresight modelling of Aquatic Food Systems through

a) The testing of tools and models to integrate aquatic food systems data with socio-economic, climate and environmental information; and

b) By delivering high quality research to be communicated in peer-reviewed journals, social media platform and international policy dialogue.

The consultant will work with the WorldFish foresight modelling team to support WorldFish Research Strategy and CGIAR Research Initiatives on Foresight and Resilient Agri-food system (RAqFS) and various bilateral projects.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Undertake and deliver research and analysis to support the implementation of foresight studies related to aquatic food systems in WorldFish country of interest.
• In collaboration with other scientists within and outside the CGIAR, develop and implement socio-economic and environmental research and analysis to evaluate performance of WorldFish innovations and impacts of interventions.
• In collaboration with scientists at WorldFish and strategic partners, design innovative foresight models and approaches to enhance analytical capacities of the organization to address key research questions in future fish food system.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis on selected case studies related to WorldFish interventions.
• Plan and conduct workshops and other capacity building activities to reinforce the capacity of country offices to adopt a systematic approach to policy analysis and impact assessment.
• Plan and conduct data collection activities in countries where WorldFish operates, including stakeholder consultation workshops in Asia and Africa to explore alternative scenarios and communicate foresight key messages at global, regional and national level.
• Collaborate and support WorldFish Scientists and research partners in national and regional institutions on the design, implementation and analysis of fish foresight modelling, development of practical applications of knowledge gained, and policy recommendations.
• Initiate research proposal development and contribute to the design of new projects.
• Work with WorldFish scientists to collaboratively develop a portfolio of high-profile peer-reviewed publications.

Requirements

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

• PhD in an appropriate field of Social Science (Rural/Development Sociology, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture/Fisheries and Aquaculture extension, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in statistical analysis, in qualitative/quantitative research and evaluation, and in the management of large datasets.
• Demonstrated knowledge in the use of statistical software, such as STATA, SPSS, R.

Job Rewards and Benefits