Location: Dili, Timor-Leste

Closing date for applications: 18 February 2024

Contract status: National post, full-time

Start date: As soon as possible

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

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience as per national salary range

Salary Band: Manager

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

Blue Ventures is seeking a Fisheries Programme Manager to lead and shape our growing community-based fisheries management initiatives in Timor-Leste. As a senior member of the Timor-Leste team and reporting to the Timor-Leste Country Director, this position will assume a pivotal role in the design and delivery of Blue Ventures’ fisheries programme, aiming to empower and support coastal communities in the establishment of effective locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) using Tara Bandu customary law as a governance framework.

The Fisheries Programme Manager will oversee the complete LMMA process within each supported community, from initiating stakeholder consultations, facilitating fisheries profiling and participatory catch landing data to securing management rights and building community capacity for management and monitoring.

The role will necessitate providing expert technical support, guidance, and mentorship to the team's field technicians. It will require regular multi-day field visits and community meetings across specified sites. This roles will also be instrumental in cultivating internal leadership capacity to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Timor-Leste country programme.

Close collaboration with Blue Ventures' global support functions will be required to build an effective support network and ensure alignment with Blue Ventures' 2030 strategy. Together, you will coordinate opportunities for knowledge development and shared learning through training and exchanges.

The Fisheries Programme Manager will be accountable for supervising grant deliverables, budgets, and reporting mandates specific to their designated regions or communities. They will collaborate directly with the Timor-Leste Country Director and the global Donor Stewardship team to proactively identify further requirements and secure new grants.

This position offers an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated fisheries management and conservation professional eager to play an influential role in advancing and broadening our ambitious community-based fisheries management and conservation programme in Timor-Leste.

This role is open to Timor-Leste nationals only.

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Team

Technical Support

Role

Management level

Locations

Timor-Leste

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