Consultant (Documentation of Lessons Learned & Best Practices) At WorldFish Center

Location: Remote Base & Travel to Field Work

Application Deadline: 10 October 2021

Type of contract: Consultancy Contract

Language(s) required: English (proficient /fluent writing and oral skills)

ABOUT WORLDFISH

WorldFish is an international, non-for-profit research organization that works to reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty by improving fisheries and aquaculture. With a 45-years track record of leading-edge science, WorldFish generates research evidence and innovations to inform sustainable practices and inclusive policies that enable better livelihoods and healthier diets for millions of poor people, particularly women, who depend on fish for food, nutrition and income. WorldFish is a member of CGIAR, the world’s largest global partnership on agriculture research and innovation for a food secure future. Headquartered in Penang, Malaysia and with regional offices across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, WorldFish leads the cross-disciplinary CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH).

Project Background

WorldFish is implementing the Aquaculture Technical, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills (AQ TEVET) project, a 3.5-year project (2018 to 2021) with funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). The project is implemented in Lusaka, Northern and Luapula Provinces of Zambia in partnership with Musika, Blue Planet and Natural Resources Development College (NRDC). The overall goal of the project is “To increase the number of human resources working for the private sector, and the number of smallholder commercial fish farmers with enhanced aquaculture knowledge and up-to-date practical skills to help sustainably grow the sector and make it more inclusive.”

The project comprises two components. The first component focuses on upgrading the fisheries/aquaculture curriculum (long- and short-term courses), training tools, online training platforms, and internship programs of TEVET institutions in Zambia, namely NRDC but with links to other TEVET institutions to scale the upgraded training “package” over the course of the project. The second component focuses on enhancing the technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship skills of rural women, men, and youth smallholder commercial fish farmers and increasing their linkages to input/output markets and entrepreneurship opportunities via private sector extension support and services delivery. Details of the project can be accessed here.

Methods of Assignments

WorldFish is soliciting an expression of interest from reputable, qualified, and competent service providers/ individual regional and/or national consultants to capture document lessons learnt and advice on the scaling up models for the AQTEVET project. The project will involve the following:

• Review project documents and reports available from WorldFish and project implementation partners;
• Purposive qualitative interviews with key project stakeholders;
• Writing key lesson learnt documents;
• Facilitating an online event to disseminate lessons learnt.

Scope of Work

1. To document the project successes, lessons, and best practices for learning and sharing with the entire program stakeholder, beneficiaries, including donors.
2. To review the existing success stories, and outcome stories for improvement and consolidation with the new documentation.
3. To review completed assessments, project reports, and blogs and develop them into learning briefs aligned to key result areas of the project.
4. Participate in the final project meetings and harvest some lessons learnt and, take notes and write the final stakeholder workshop report.
5. Collaborate with the WorldFish communications team in Zambia in capturing key footage on thematic topics related to the project and showcasing the key project success stories. The result of this activity will be two short documentary films of 3 to 5 minutes.**For information on Deliverables, Estimated Due Date & Payment Schedule, please refer to this link: here**

Requirements

The consultant is required to have the following skills and qualifications:

• PhD in Social Sciences, Socioeconomics, Agriculture, Capacity development, Operations or Project Management.
• Proven experience in identifying lessons and documenting lessons learned.
• Expertise in lessons learning methodology.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Knowledge of agriculture and rural development, Experience working in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Term of Appointment

This position is an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge and experience with an international research and development organization. The consultancy will be carried out remotely and consultants are required to travel for fieldwork as and when required. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and expected to attend the virtual interview. The successful candidate should be available to commence as soon as possible, under a 5 to 6 months consultancy contract, with a maximum of 20 working days. This position is open to international applicants only.