Location: One position based in one of our African country offices (Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania) and one position based in one of our Asia offices (Timor-Leste).

Closing date for applications: 26th March 2023

Contract status: full-time

Start date: ASAP

Contract duration: 1 year fixed-term contract (with opportunity for renewal)

Remuneration: Madagascar: MGA 16,560,000 - MGA 19,800,000; Mozambique: MZN 1,770,450 - MZN 2,000,000; Kenya: KES 2,600,000 - KES 3,000,000; Tanzania: TZS 60,240,000 - TZS 66,000,000; Timor-Leste: US $11,000 - $16,000.

A hard-to-fill allowance might be applied where needed to recruit an exceptional candidate.

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries and restore ocean life. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organisations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.

Summary job description

We are currently recruiting two experienced Fisheries and/or Marine Conservation Officers (one in the Africa region, one in the Asia region) with a passion for supporting data-driven learning and decision-making. These positions will play an integral role in our evolving operations supporting field teams and partners with community-based fisheries management and conservation.

Reporting to the Global Technical Advisor for Fisheries Management and Conservation, the new positions of fisheries senior officers are full-time roles dedicated to supporting our regional programme teams to coordinate fisheries data collection, data quality assurance as well as data analysis and a strong focus on the interpretation of data to surface the story it is telling in a way that supports local decision-making.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive and highly organised individual, with an excellent knowledge of small-scale fisheries management processes and an ability to perform statistical analyses and produce high-quality reporting.

You will demonstrate a proven track record of fisheries and/or conservation research and reporting, as well as exceptional written communications. Ideally, you will have experience in community-based conservation and development initiatives across either Africa and/or Asia.

We are looking for an individual who is open to new ideas and embraces innovation, and who can demonstrate experience in building data skills and literacy within teams through training and mentoring. Assessment of applications will include candidates’ alignment with BV’s core values and mission to support human rights-based approaches to marine conservation and fisheries management.

You will thrive in environments that are collegiate and ambitious, and be able to demonstrate experience in working independently and solving complex problems in challenging situations.

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