Location: Negros Oriental, Philippines

Closing date for applications: August 31, 2025

Contract status: Country-level, full-time

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: Six months with a possibility of extension

Remuneration: PHP 595,613 - 791,225 gross per annum

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 worldwide.

Summary job description

Our Partner Network team is responsible for the scoping, selection, relationship building, and ongoing stewardship of civil society and non-governmental organisations that partner with Blue Ventures globally. Partnership is at the core of Blue Ventures’ strategy to seek out and support community-focused organisations by providing funding and technical assistance that can catalyse, expand, and sustain partners' work in establishing community-based fisheries management and locally managed marine areas.

The Partner Network team is responsible for building and maintaining the relationship between Blue Ventures and these partners. This includes scoping and identifying potential civil society and non-governmental organisations, conducting needs assessments on capacity and funding requirements, and developing multi-year agreements to provide sustained support. We strongly believe in the power of networks and movement building. The Partner Network team is central in identifying and supporting opportunities for lateral learning and knowledge exchanges among partners, identifying capacity-building needs and organisational strengthening and connecting the voices and experiences of partners to build a global community of practice that shares an aligned vision of coastal fisheries reform that place communities at the centre of lasting solutions.

We are currently recruiting a Partnership Senior officer to support the strategic development and expansion of our Partner Network from our hub in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Partnerships Senior Officer are pivotal in advancing the organisation's mission, expanding its influence and contributing to impact through effective relationship building with civil society and non-governmental organisations that work directly with coastal communities. This role involves contributing to the formulation and execution of partnership growth strategies, nurturing relationships, fostering collaboration and ensuring the success of partnership initiatives.

Reporting to the Partner Network Manager in the Philippines, this is a full-time role based in Negros Oriental, Philippines, with regular travel to work closely with partners, colleagues and communities.

This job requires extensive travel, including to remote locations that may be weather—and tide-dependent and working across multiple time zones. Therefore, flexibility and adaptability will be critical for success in this role.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive, and highly organised individual with excellent knowledge of the context of rural communities and small-scale fisheries and experience with community-based conservation and development initiatives in the Philippines.

We are looking for an individual who is open to new ideas, embraces innovation, and can demonstrate experience in building and stewarding relationships to create effective working partnerships for conservation and development. Applications will be assessed based on 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 collegiate and ambitious environments and be able to demonstrate experience working independently and as part of a high-functioning team to solve complex problems in challenging situations.

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