Indonesia Snapper Fisheries Improvement Parthership (FIP) Coordinator
Background: The mission of the
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) is to maintain healthy ocean
ecosystems, enhance fishing livelihoods and secure food supplies. The
Partnership improves access to information to guide responsible seafood
sourcing, and enhances the ability of seafood companies and partners to
influence government fisheries policies and management practices to improve
fisheries.
SFP works to improve fisheries
through Fisheries Improvement Partnership (FIP), a collaboration between
buyers, their suppliers, and NGO advisors that aims to influence government
policies and management practices and improve marine conservation and the
sustainability of an individual fishery. SFP and partners are launching FIP for
the Indonesia Snapper fisheries.
The SFP is looking for a high
calibre individual to assist in running this FIP and represent SFP on Indonesia
Snapper fisheries. The position is expected to be based in
Strengthen working relations with
key local snapper fishery companies and NGOs Forge agreements on what
improvements are needed in the fishery Work with the FIP members to develop
policy briefs and advocacy strategies Implement agreed priority actions
effectively and on time Provide briefings to SFP leadership for use in meeting
buyers.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years experience
working in Snapper fishery, preferably in
- Preferably has Bachelor degree in
fisheries science and/or fisheries management
- Excellent oral and written
English
- Excellent communication and
organization skills
- Ability to work in a flexible,
informal environment, and to take the initiative and work as part of a team as
well as independently.
- Willing to spend up to 30% of
his/her time outside his/her home base
- Ability and willingness to travel
by car and plane nationally and sometimes internationally to remote locations.
- The ideal candidate will also
have demonstrated leadership in improving fisheries management and marine
conservation, and have good relations with the leading companies.
sari.surjadi@sustainablefish.org,
one month after this announcement.
Should you not be contacted by 30 September 2009, your application is not under consideration.
