Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 29, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Request for Proposals (Lead Gender and Social Inclusion Study)
Title of Service: Lead Gender and Social Inclusion Study for FASA project
Location: Zambia, Kenya and Nigeria
Application Deadline: 23 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.
Position 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. WorldFish intends to hire a Service Provider for the NORAD FASA Project for which this Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued to implement the implementation of the project gender research activities in Zambia, Kenya and Nigeria. The primary purpose of this service contract is to lead the Gender and social inclusion work in the FASA project, under the direction of WorldFish Project Leader based in Malaysia. The selected organization will work with a interdisciplinary team of experts from different backgrounds, including fish nutrition, climate change, scaling of innovations, science communication, rural development and bioprocesses.
The selected organization will develop and conduct mixed methods gender and social assessments in the 3 project countries (Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya) using a context-sensitive approach and compiling sex-disaggregated data. These initial assessments will be completed in 6 months and will identify opportunities for the project to advance gender and social inclusion 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. Because the needs, risks, and opportunities associated with the use of novel ingredients are gendered and socially differentiated, a shift to using local ingredients in fish feeds and the development of related businesses may have uneven reach or benefits, placing some social groups, especially women and youth, at risk. These assessments will enable WorldFish to identify such risks and to ensure that women, youth, and other marginalized groups are prioritized throughout implementation and ensured the same access to project opportunities as non-marginalized groups. The sub activities to be completed to conduct these studies include literature reviews, study design, meetings with partners (local cooperatives and groups of women, youth, fish farmers, and feed millers, etc.), 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) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Analysis Report
Produce a GESI Analysis, using the five domains detailed in ADS 205, the key gender and social inclusion-related issues and constraints and to specify how proposed interventions will affect women, men, youth, disabled, and marginalized social groups differently.
ii) Gender and Inclusive Development Action Plan (GIDAP)
The GIDAP must include, at a minimum: a section that lists and prioritizes the gaps and constraints identified through the gender analysis; a discussion of other social inclusion barriers such as ethnicity, age, or sexual orientation; a table that lists the mitigation measures and actions necessary to address and close gaps in access to services, and indicators to measure progress; a statement on how gender and social inclusion mainstreaming costs are calculated at the input level; a messaging section that describes gender and social inclusion-related outreach to target populations, including success stories and social media; a plan for how the selected IP will build gender-related competency with and for its own staff, e.g., training, mentoring, and internships; an ongoing stakeholder list that tracks the sex of primary stakeholders engaged and highlights the level and types of involvement of gender experts, women’s associations and businesses, and other relevant organizations.
iii) Outcome report
Three country reports
• Enabling the FASA project to identify risks associated with the use of novel ingredients to ensure that women, youth, and other marginalized groups are prioritized throughout implementation and ensured the same access to project opportunities as non-marginalized groups, and
• An annual gender and social inclusion 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
o Lead the Gender and Social Inclusion work in the FASA project.
o Develop research proposal and protocols for Gender and social inclusion work in the FASA project.
o Recruit and manage three local Gender specialists working part-time in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya.
o Design and conduct mixed methods gender and social assessments in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya informed by gender sensitive approaches.
o Publish technical, scientific and outreach articles.
o Work collaboratively with the Project Leader based at the Headquarters in Malaysia.
o Develop productive partnerships to further gender-feeds research in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya, through key international and national research institutes and universities.
o Build productive relations with investors and development partners from public and private sectors for scaling out gender research results.
o Plan, organize, execute and report on project.

Requirements:
Organizations that have sufficient capacities and human resources, with:
• Staff member with PhD in Gender and Social Inclusion as it relates to agriculture/aquaculture and in-depth technical training in the area of gender equality and social inclusion.
• A strong track record of high-quality gender analysis and outputs in agriculture/aquaculture and/or fisheries. Preferably also experience in studying fish feeds in low-income countries.
• Demonstrated expertise in gender integration 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, climate change, 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 gender empowerment methodologies and gender and social assessments in Africa.
• Experience with mixed methods and designing, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
• Preferably, experience with agricultural/animal/aquacultural/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 gender expertise and supervising staff.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
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 anticipated 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 23 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. [not more than 2 pages]
• 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 position is filled. 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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