Position: Consultant (Research amp; Data Analyst)
Location: Dili, Timor Leste
Application Deadline: 21 August 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
Fish is a rich source of micronutrients and essential fatty acids, which are crucial to cognitive and physical development. Yet, in Timor-Leste, fish are an underutilized resource in many areas.
WorldFish is an international non-profit organization that partners with national and municipal governments around the world to undertake targeted research in aquatic food systems to help achieve national objectives around food security, nutrition and poverty alleviation. We have been working in Timor-Leste, based at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, for 10 years, and our focus is on improving the lives of small-scale fishers and fish farmers through innovation and knowledge to achieve ecological sustainability, good governance, equitable distribution of benefits and social ecological resilience in the face of external shocks.
Under the guidance of the Project Leader, the research analyst will further WorldFish’s fieldwork and research capacity in Timor-Leste with a specific focus on data from aquatic food systems (fisheries and aquaculture). This position is very suitable for a dynamic and ambitious individual looking to develop technical research and facilitation skills in the field of fisheries and agriculture sciences. It should be recognized that this role requires digital and numerical abilities, and involves capacity building and mentoring of partners and community stakeholders.
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