Senior Nutrition Specialist
Job Description
Title: Senior Nutrition Specialist
Company Name: WorldFish
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Science in Nutrition Science, Nutrition and Food Science, Biochemistry, Food Engineering/Fish Technology or relevant discipline from a reputed university and institution. A candidate having a PhD and /or high quality publications will be given preference.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ ABOUT THE POSITION
∎ WorldFish, Bangladesh Office is hiring a Senior Nutrition Specialist in its USAID-funded `ECOFISH II` project in order to meet its vision: "Be the research partner of choice, delivering high impact, transformative and equitable fisheries and aquaculture solutions to reduce poverty and malnutrition in Bangladesh and South Asia". The key objective of the ECOFISH II project is to improve the resilience of the Coastal-Marine and Meghna River ecosystems and livelihoods of communities reliant on the coastal fisheries. ECOFISH II will focus on the impacts of livelihood interventions and increased hilsa catch, catfish & biodiversity conservation, blue food production in Bangladesh marine waters on the household nutrition in the Zone of Resilience (ZoR) and lower Meghna region. Besides, the project has taken up a plan for assessing the potential of producing safe and nutritious dried fish, fish powder and value added products from small-scale fisheries (SSF) catch of pelagic small fish in Cox`s Bazar region. The Senior Nutrition Specialist will work in ECOFISH II project and WorldFish, Bangladesh, in general, to promote the production of dried fish and other value-added fish products from marine pelagic small fish catch under the direct supervision of Team Leader of EcoFish II and guidance of HQ Global Leader on Aquatic Food System. S/he will be also responsible to assess the acceptability of dried small marine fish and value added fishery products at households level, especially to provide nutrient-rich aquatic diets for children and women.
∎ Eligibility, Location and Duration:
∎ This position will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Interviews are expected to be held in September 2021 and only shortlisted candidates will be notified and expected to attend the interview. The successful candidate should be available to commence in October 2021 for an initial three (3) months fixed term contract, with the possibility of contract renewal depending on performance and funding availability.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assess the availability of pelagic small fish from artisanal marine catches, their volume, species composition and quality at landing.
∎ Assess the current practices of post-harvest processing and utilization of the marine small fish and its value chain, especially in USAID's Zone of Resilience, Cox's Bazar area.
∎ Promote application of better and proven low-cost practices for improving preservation of landed small fish to reduce post-harvest losses.
∎ Promote production of safe and nutritious dried fish, fish powder, and other products, through engagement of fishers' women, following community approaches.
∎ Improve the safe storage of the fisheries products to increase shelf-life and assist in packaging and branding.
∎ Develop social marketing campaign, using multiple approaches to generate local awareness for increasing demand for nutritious fish-based food products.
∎ Supervise and conduct training of nutrition field facilitators in collection of data including anthropometric measures, biochemical nutrition markers and social behavioral practices and changes.
∎ Develop links with other sectors - nutrition and health, food and education for the inclusion of dried fish products in programs and policies.
∎ Appraise the progress of work, targets and outputs to the Team Leader/Country Director/Nutrition Research Leader, HQ.
∎ Publish the research findings in collaboration with the senior scientists and research peers in international journals.
∎ Any other task assigned by supervisors as per need.
Additional Requirements:
∎ This job is open to Bangladesh Nationals with the following skills and qualifications:
∎ At least 7 years practical working experience in human nutrition-related activities in private/public/development sector.
∎ Having experience in women and child feeding programs and/or fish-based products development
∎ Experience with training and capacity building in the health and nutrition sector and community education/social marketing activities.
∎ Experience in coordinating field activities, monitor and ensure that responsibilities within the team are clear for reach the project goal.
∎ Possess ability of handling of large data sets and analyses using the statistical packages like SPSS, SAS, etc.
∎ Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.
∎ Proven records of accomplishment of working with the poor households, especially in rural communities.
Salary:
∎ This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position with an annual salary ranging between BDT 1,788,362 to BDT 2,235,452 per annum. WorldFish NRS shall receive comprehensive benefits including (but not limited to) insurance coverage for staff and eligible dependents, and pension / provident fund contribution.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 23 Sep 2021
Company Information:
∎ 19 Sep 2021
∎ WorldFish
∎ Business : WorldFish is an international, nonprofit research organization that harnesses the potential of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce hunger and poverty. Globally, more than one billion people obtain most of their animal protein from fish and approximately 800 million depend on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods.
Utilizing its scientific expertise, its networks and partnerships, and an innovative `research in development` approach, WorldFish increases the productivity and sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture and improves the lives of poor people who rely on them.
WorldFish is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 23rd Sep 2021
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