Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Request for Proposals (Lead Climate Change & Environmental Assessments)
Location: Zambia, Kenya and Nigeria
Application Deadline: 30 September 2022
Type of contract: Consultancy Service 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 new Norad-funded project “Development and Scaling of Sustainable Feeds for Resilient Aquatic Food Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (FASA)” will be implemented in Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, with research support from Malaysia and Sweden. It is recognized that environmentally friendly and cost-effective technologies and production practices such as sustainable fish feeds are critical to mitigating the effects of climate change within the aquaculture sector. Thus, WorldFish intends to hire a Service Provider for the NORAD FASA Project for which this Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued to implement the climate change and environment activities of the project in Zambia, Kenya and Nigeria. The primary purpose of this service contract is to lead the climate change and environmental assessment work in the FASA project, under the direction of WorldFish Project Leader based in Malaysia. The selected organization will work with an interdisciplinary team of experts from different backgrounds, including fish nutrition, gender and social inclusion, scaling of innovations, science communication, rural development and bioprocesses.
The selected organization will identify opportunities for the project to benefit the environment within the novel feeds landscape in the 3 project countries (Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya). The selected organization is expected to employ life cycle assessment (LCA) methods. The initial assessments will be completed in the first 6 months of the project and will find a way for the project to contribute to advance climate change and environment goals of Norad, WorldFish, and other key stakeholders within the novel feeds landscape. Annual assessments will be conducted in the subsequent 4 years of the project. Such assessments of novel ingredients and their production processes will be a key design feature in identifying both cost-effective and environmentally sustainable products. The sub-activities to be completed to conduct these studies include literature reviews, study design, meetings with partners, data collection and analysis, and report preparation and publication.
Deliverables and Timing
The selected firm will be responsible for hiring a team of experts to produce, among others, the following three high-quality deliverables for each country:
i) Climate Change and Environmental Analysis Report
Produce a climate change and environmental analysis of the selection and use of local ingredients and feeds in Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya.
ii) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Conduct life cycle assessments to assess and quantify the benefits (or disbenefits) of new fish feeds in enhancing sustainable management of natural resources and their contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
iii) Outcome Report
Three country reports
• Enabling the FASA project to identify risks associated with the use of novel ingredients to climate change and environmental considerations are prioritized throughout implementation of the FASA project.
• An annual climate change and environment assessment plan for work in the years 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the FASA project.
iv) Publications
Based upon the data collected to inform all outputs, three journal articles should be drafted with WorldFish staff.
Budget
Applicants should indicate overall budget. This should include indication of fees/ per day rates of individuals involved, and any other expenses.

Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead the climate change and environment work in the FASA project.
• Develop research proposal and protocols for climate change and environment work in the FASA project.
• Recruit and manage three local climate change and environment specialists working part-time in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya.
• Design and conduct life cycle assessments on ingredients and fish feeds in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya.
• Publish technical, scientific and outreach articles.
• Work collaboratively with the Project Leader based at the HQ in Malaysia.
• Develop productive partnerships to further climate change and environment work in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya, through key international and national research institutes and universities.
• Build productive relations with investors and development partners from public and private sectors for scaling out climate change and environment results.
• Plan, organize, execute and report on project.

Requirements
Organizations that have sufficient capacities and human resources, with:
• Staff member with PhD in climate change and environment as it relates to agriculture/ aquaculture and in-depth technical training in the area of life cycle assessment.
• A strong track record of high-quality climate change and environment analysis and outputs in agriculture/ aquaculture and/ or fisheries. Preferably, also experience in studying fish feeds in low-income countries.
• Climate change and environment in MEL design and delivery, assessments, data analysis, visualization, knowledge management, capacity building, and/or training.
• All official project communication will be in English. Excellent proficiency of spoken and written English from assigned project team.
• Ability to work with interdisciplinary research teams, linking own expertise to other fields, including human nutrition, value chains, gender and social inclusion, scaling and fish nutrition fields.
• Ability to manage research projects.
• Proven experience implementing research and development projects/activities in Africa.
• Experience with agriculture/aquaculture science and development.
• Proven competency with designing intersectional climate change and environmental methodologies in Africa.
• Experience with life cycle assessment methods and designing, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
• Preferably, experience with agriculture/ animal/ aquaculture/ fish feed production studies.
• Experience with working with rural communities in developing countries.
• Proven competency with the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge products, including a record of publication in Scopus-listed journals.
• Demonstrable experience in subcontracting enumerators with climate change and environment expertise and supervising staff.
Benefits
This opportunity is open to National and International Consulting Organizations. The selection of organizations will be based on the proposed SOW, relevant organizational expertise, experience and cost. The shortlisted organizations may be asked to make presentations detailing their proposed approach, methodology and organizational expertise. WorldFish anticipates the finalization of selection process and contracting in October 2022 and selected organization should be able to commence implementation of project activities in October or November 2022. The services of the selected organization can be either on an annual basis or for the five years that the project will last, with annual assessment and renewal in June every project year.
Interested organizations are invited to submit the following information online latest by 30 September 2022:
• Scope of work describing organizational expertise and experience in implementing projects or assignments similar in scope and nature [Not more than 3 pages];
• Demonstration of resent relevant experience. Please provide description of three recently implemented projects/ activities/ assessments that are similar in nature and scope, with the following information [not more than 250 words in total for each example];
1. Name of the funding agency;
2. Funding agency project Point of contact [name, position, email];
3. Name of the project/assessment;
4. Budget;
5. Brief activity description.
• Proposed methodology and approach to implement requested activities;
• Detailed budget for the implementation of the proposed activities;
• Proposed personnel’s current curriculum vitae.
The screening will start as soon as possible, and will continue until the partner organization is identified. Only shortlisted organizations will be contacted.
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. We aim to also seek balance across other diversity dimensions.
People in WorldFish are treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnicity/race, national or social origin, disability, religion, political affiliation, age, family size, marital status or any other form of personal identity.
We are an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourage qualified organizations from developing nations to apply.

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