Position: Researcher (Innovation Systems)

Location: Lusaka, Zambia

Application Deadline: 05 September 2022

Type of contract: Fixed-term contract (Tenure: 2 years up to 3 years contract, open for renewable 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.

Communications for impact are a critical element of our new strategy and seek to advance WorldFish’s global thought leadership in addressing critical sustainable development challenges (such as nutrition, climate change, gender and social inclusion, environmental sustainability, etc.) through research and innovation on aquatic food systems. Together with our strategic funding and implementing partners, we want to influence, develop, deliver and scale high-impact research and evidence-based innovations and policy recommendations that support vulnerable communities in low-and middle-income countries to meet their 2030 SDGs.

Objective

Build the resilience of aquatic food systems and realize their full potential for nature, people and climate by tackling systemic challenges such as data gaps, power asymmetries, water resource mismanagement, limited research investment and missed opportunities for scaling through agricultural innovation systems.

Area of Expertise

Facilitation of innovation processes, living lab management and innovation system change.

Level of Seniority Required

Post-Doctoral Fellow.

Key Accountabilities

• Developing a common framework and research questions for context-specific and comparative analysis of innovation and scaling strategies and support systems.
• Conduct gender sensitive action research on scaling strategies for several projects.
• Formulate best-practice methodologies and institutional design model to build effective, fair and sustainable AquaLab structures, with specific emphasis on actor-led small scale projects.
• Execute an informed, participatory assessment to produce a plan for sustainable integration of Aqualabs in the national innovation system of the country concerned.
• Support team building and internal communication within the AquaLab work package and with the local CGIAR team.
• Contribute to the writing of scientific and practice oriented articles/chapters.
• Provide management support to the Work package leadership.