Location: London or Bristol, UK (flexible working patterns and working from home available with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office and some travel to London)

Closing date for applications: 31 March 2023

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: Permanent, full-time 

Remuneration: £20,000-£25,200 per annum 

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organization that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and build lasting pathways to prosperity. 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 organizations 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 an Executive Assistant (EA) to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to provide proactive administrative support. The primary responsibility is to support the COO and the Governance roles in setting up and running the key central processes.

The role will also support pulling together central reports for the key meetings and support for tracking key performance reporting and targets. There will also be administrative tasks including diary management for the COO.

The role requires independent judgement to help plan, prioritise, and organise a diverse workload; manage available resources; and carry out a mix of routine and complex tasks. The successful candidate will handle confidential information and must be extremely professional, trustworthy, organised, and diplomatic, as well as an excellent communicator.

This position requires a self-motivated individual with a positive outlook and solution-oriented focus who is happy to interact with a diverse range of individuals both inside and outside of Blue Ventures and excel at working collaboratively across all departments within our organisation including BV’s Senior Leadership Team.

While the EA will support the COO, the position may report to the Governance and Compliance Manager for work supervision, line management and pastoral care. The role will also provide a small amount of support to the CEO for processing expenses and making travel arrangements.

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