Friday, September 29, 2023

Global Head - Community Based Fisheries Management

Location: Either in one of our global offices (Bristol or London - UK, Madagascar, Belize, Indonesia, Timor-Leste) or home-based within countries where Blue Ventures has administrative capacity (Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania)

Closing date for applications: 3 November 2023

Contract status:
Global Post, Full-time

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: 2 years fixed term (with the possibility of extension)

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience as per national salary range at Head of/Regional Manager level

Salary Band: Head of

The core technical scope of the role’s portfolio will include:
  • Community-based fisheries management for low-resource, data-limited fisheries including fish biology, coastal ecology, fisheries science, governance and participatory management and decision making;
  • Participatory assessment, management and conservation of tropical marine habitats (integrating scientific and community based habitat mapping and monitoring, fisheries data collection and use, marine spatial ecology and coastal resource governance)
  • Following and informing best practice and policy for community based small-scale fisheries management and habitat protection
  • Alignment between community based approaches and national and international standards, as well as between customary, national and international law