Home Office, Brasil, Exterior
Efetivo (CLT)
Biólogo
Ecólogo
Engenheiro Ambiental
Gestor Ambiental
Tecnólogo em Agroecologia
Tecnólogo em Gestão Ambiental
Responsabilities
- With guidance from the High Seas Program Lead, contribute to the management of all aspects of the project life cycle including project planning, fundraising, work plans, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on deliverables and project status.
- Manage projects to promote conservation actions in prioritized high seas sites with emphasis in Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges, including through project management and internal coordination as well as external partner engagement.
- Support research and briefings development for the UN BBNJ Treaty negotiations and high seas priority sites to promote policy positions for ocean conservation.
- Coordinate communications within the Coral Reef of the High Seas Coalition, including planning monthly meetings with key Coalition members to plan upcoming activities and track progress made, lead planning and execution of annual meetings with broader coalition members, keeping broader coalition membership engaged through regular communication, and maintaining all coalition documents, contacts, and calendar of events
- Develop regular progress reports on coalition activities, including reports to donors and annual reports to coalition membership.
- Manage subgrants and contracts for coalition partners and activities
- Manage external communications for the Coral Reef of the High Seas Coalition, including working with coalition members and editorial team to craft key messages, maintaining curated communication assets, working with communications team to craft press releases and media pitches, coordinating production of videos, factsheets, and story maps, and maintain Coalition’s social media accounts.
- As appropriate, coordinate and contribute to the development of science articles that highlight the importance of conserving priority regions on the high seas and coordinate and contribute to the development of abstracts and presentations at relevant conferences.
- Organize meetings, keep meeting notes, and follow up actions accordingly to ensure deliverables on time.
- Collaborate effectively with teammates on the Center for Oceans and across other divisions and support team planning and strategy development.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, ocean diplomacy, marine biology, or a related field.
- 4-6 years of experience in developing and managing non-profit public policy initiatives and marine conservation projects.
- Excellent technical and analytical skills.
- Experience in engaging a variety of external partners and stakeholders in governments, bilateral and multilateral institutions, development organizations, and NGOs.
- Experience in negotiations and/or country policy development
- Strong organization, project management, prioritization skills, and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to adapt in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of a second language is an asset.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a dispersed team.
- Proven ability to work in a culturally diverse environment.
- Professionalism and diplomacy to engage and communicate with governments, policymakers, CI colleagues, and partners.
- Willingness to take initiative and proactively identify solutions.
