Location: Casamance, with frequent travel

Closing date for applications: March, 19 2026

Contract status: National post, full-time

Start date: ASAP

Contract duration: One-year fixed term, with the possibility of renewal

Remuneration: XOF 8,455,876-12,514,696 (Senegal), GMD 1,110,434-1,643,442 (The Gambia)

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, 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 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 recruiting a Technical Officer to implement Blue Ventures fisheries data systems and support fisheries monitoring data processes across partners and communities. The role will entail providing technical assistance to partner organisations involved in community-based fisheries management, and sharing technical and marine resource management experiences, including training our partners to use mobile monitoring tools to collect and analyse fisheries data, and support data collection, analysis and sharing so that communities can manage these resources adaptively. Importantly, the candidate will have experience in fisheries science and ecology, an understanding of community-led approaches to conservation, and will be able to support our partners to interpret the data to inform management decisions.

The successful candidate will provide bespoke training and technical support to local partners in all aspects of fisheries assessment and management, including monitoring and evaluation of landings, particularly in the design and use of mobile-based data collection systems and supporting local partners in efforts to assist communities in the management of target small-scale fisheries.

The Technical Officer will be based in Casamance, with frequent travel to meet the team in Dakar and our various partners in the field. This position may involve some international travel for training purposes.

We are looking for a candidate with technical knowledge and experience working in fisheries, including a good understanding of community-based fisheries management principles. This person will have experience in a research setting, managing data collection, ideally with experience from the fishery and/or socio-economic sectors. They will have strong data collection, data management and data analysis skills with demonstrable, practical experience in working with environmental data to produce reports and analyses. This position will involve communicating complex scientific knowledge to non-technical audiences, and so excellent communication and the ability to distil technical language for a lay audience are essential.

Additionally, we are looking for a pragmatic, methodical and creative person with excellent coordination and coaching skills. Assessment of applications will include the ability to work with data, and alignment of candidates with BV's core values and mission to support rights-based approaches to marine conservation and fisheries management. You'll thrive in collegial and inspiring environments as part of a dynamic team and be able to demonstrate your experience of working independently and solving complex problems in challenging situations.

Blue Ventures recognises women's key roles in fisheries management and conservation as fishers, gleaners, processors, sellers, and negotiators. It seeks to highlight the important value of their roles in fisheries governance, which are often invisible, so that they also benefit. An understanding of the challenges faced, particularly by women in fisheries, and experience working in communities to find practical solutions, is desirable for this role. 

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