Senior Market Systems Specialist (01 position)

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 interlinked themes: nutrition, gender, climate, sustainability, and economy. 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.

WorldFish is part of the CGIAR, a global research partnership delivering evidence and solutions for a food-secure future. Through our collaborative, action-oriented approach, CGIAR helps transform food systems and nutritional security to reduce poverty in developing countries. CGIAR’s research is carried out by CGIAR Centers distributed across the globe in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations, and the private sector. In short, CGIAR improves people’s lives through the transformation of food, land and water systems, helping build a world where everyone has an opportunity to fulfil their potential.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Senior Market Systems Specialist will work with market actors in the aquaculture sector. The 'aquaculture sector' is broadly defined to include not only feed, seed, fish farmers, processors, and the like, but also finance & banking, advertising, wholesalers & retailers, associations, and all other market actors.

The Senior Market Systems Specialist will identify and engage private sector partners who can support the aims of the activity and are willing to invest in providing high quality aquaculture goods and services which illuminate a solutions to market obstacles and prove viable solutions. The post holder will help the partners refine their plans for demonstrations, pilots, and tests of new approaches during the sub-grant process, actively oversee sub-grantee implementation, studiously collect information about process and results, and then develop and implement activities to spread the learning widely to other market actors and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifies market actors, assesses end markets, develops value chain maps, identifies challenges and opportunities, and market-based solutions to integrate small-scale producers into their supply chains and commercial distribution networks by conducting market research, mapping, consultation workshop at regional level etc. and design appropriate market driven interventions.
• Assist and negotiate with regional private sector businesses and organizations to finalize detail business model for support in response to calls for proposals from the activity.
• Improves and adapts program design through internal and external collaboration and learning.
• Guide the MEL/CLA team with development and uses of data and information on sub-grant activity results.
• Collects stakeholder reports, generate reports, case studies and other communications as BANA's point of contact for assigned sub-grants.

Requirements

This job is open to all applicants with the following skills and qualifications:

• Master’s in Economics, Business Management, Marketing, Aquaculture or other related field.
• 10 years' overall experience is required with at least 5 years’ experience, knowledge and skills in market systems and enterprise development, preferably in the aquaculture sector.
• Experience working in the private sector with excellent time management skills.
• Strong planning and project management skills.
• Understanding of gender, youth, environment and nutrition sensitive approaches to enterprise development.
• Strong team building and interpersonal communication skills to build network among stakeholders.
• Proficient in MS office, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook to support effective communication.
• Willingness to travel extensively in the zone of influence (ZOI).

Competency Desired

• Record of positive outcomes in applying market systems approach will be an added advantage.
• Initiative.
• Committed and motivated.  

Benefits

This position is open to National applicants and WorldFish offers a competitive remuneration package including (but not limited to) insurance coverage for staff and eligible dependents, pension / provident fund contribution and others.

Eligibility and Location

The position will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Interviews are expected to be held in December 2022 and only shortlisted candidates will be notified and expected to attend the interview. The successful candidate should be available as soon as possible to serve the fixed term contract with the possibility of contract renewal depending on performance and funding availability.

Our Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

WorldFish has seven offices across Asia, Africa and the Pacific, with more than 400 staff and 27 nationalities who contribute to a dynamic multicultural work environment.

WorldFish is committed to promoting a work environment where diversity and inclusion is valued and we seek to have gender balance in the organization. Our Leadership Team is 50/50 in terms of its gender split and 60% of our management cadre are women.

We continue to seek diversity and gender balance across other dimensions and we support individual performance and potential in achieving our organizational goals and mission.

We are an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourage women and men from developing nations to apply.

How to Apply

Interested applicants are invited to submit the following information online latest by 16 December 2022:

Apply Here

Screening will start immediately, and will continue until the position is filled. Due to the high volume of applicants for WorldFish positions, we appreciate all interest, but only short-listed candidates will be contacted.