Avis de recrutement : WorldFish recrute un.e Chercheur.e principal.e / Scientifique en nutrition et santé publique au Malaisie.

The Senior Scientist /Scientist – Nutrition and Public Health works across disciplines and sectors to advance and increase scientific knowledge and public awareness of the nutrition, safety and health benefits of aquatic foods through three priority actions:

• Inform consumer demand for healthy and nutritious aquatic foods;
• Ensure aquatic foods are safe and healthy for human consumption; and
• Prioritize nutrition and health for vulnerable and marginalized people.

With a commitment to seeing research creating impact for resilient aquatic food systems, the global research lead communicates the WorldFish vision with clarity, inspiring colleagues, donors, stakeholders to work with us towards our 2030 goals.

The successful candidate will:

• Lead/co-lead the Nutrition and Public Health impact area ensuring that the portfolio aligns with WorldFish’s strategic goals, is innovative and generates new knowledge on aquatic food systems and nutrition science, ensuring high visibility and credibility in relevant scientific, development and policy networks and platforms.
• Build, facilitate and inspire multi-disciplinary collaborative teams of researchers, and overseeing research quality and portfolio development; achieving deliverables and outcomes.
• Lead/co-lead high quality and high-profile scientific outputs, through own research and collaboration within WorldFish and with external scientific consortia. Ensure regular, high quality scientific, development and policy-relevant communications, based on effective knowledge management.
• Lead/co-lead development of a business plan for growth of the nutrition and public health impact area and manage collaboration on resource mobilization, developing and managing donor relationships, including with private investors and foundations, to ensure the impact area has the financial resources necessary to deliver on its goals.
• Work closely with project leaders and researchers to ensure that the impact area responds to the context and contemporary challenges in the regions and countries where WorldFish works.
• Build scientific consortia to strengthen WorldFish’s leadership in relevant scientific domains and partnerships needed for development impact. Lead and facilitate development of large-scale, multi-partner programmatic initiatives aligned to WorldFish’s Strategy and integrating research, actionable policy outcomes, knowledge services and support for implementation of aquatic foods nutrition and public health initiatives leading to impact at scale.
• Advocate and advance the Impact Area’s agenda in international fora to achieve impact on policy and practice. Act as WorldFish’s main focal point for the nutrition and public health impact area, both internally and externally, representing WorldFish globally and regionally, and serving as a spokesperson on related issues.
• Foster a respectful work environment that promotes knowledge sharing, interdisciplinary teamwork, and mutual learning, evaluation, and innovation. Lead professional development for researchers, ensuring equality and supporting strengthening of quality, deepening of knowledge and experience and career advancement.