Program Director - Latin America

Reporting to the Regional Director Americas, this exciting and demanding role will lead our Latin America team and build on the achievements of the past decade that have seen significant engagement from fisheries in Latin America. 

The post holder will be charged with developing MSC’s Latin America strategy, building and strengthening key relationships among the seafood harvest sector, processors, governments and the conservation community and ensuring the delivery of our core objectives for the Latin America sub-region. Enhancing partner satisfaction from their engagement in the program will be a core performance objective. 

As part of the MSC’s Corporate Strategy Group, the post holder will also be responsible for contributing to the delivery of the vision and mission of the MSC more broadly and to the collective management and strategic development of the organisation.

An experienced leader and manager, you will lead and be responsible for outreach staff and consultants managing engagement with fisheries and other stakeholders throughout the Latin America, and have the confidence and stature to represent the MSC externally in a wide variety of contexts. 

Able to make decisions in a rapidly changing environment, and with extensive knowledge of the Latin American seafood and fishing industries, sustainable seafood movement and/or NGO sector, you will also have a strong focus on the delivery of excellent customer services, and be able to demonstrate to others your empathy and interest in the MSC’s mission and objectives.

For a confidential discussion about this role, please call our Regional Director Americas, Brian Perkins, on + 1 202-805-5259.

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To apply

Please send a letter and resume to: 

Robin Mead 
MSC Americas Region 
5030 1^st Avenue S. Suite 300 
Seattle, WA  98134
Email: ProgramDirectorLA@msc.org

Closing date

Applications must be received by 5:00 (PST) pm Tuesday, January 31, 2017. 

Interviews are planned for mid-February. Anticipated work start date is March 1, 2017.

More about the MSC

MSC operates a global fisheries certification and ecolabelling program. We celebrate, promote and add value to sustainable fisheries and through the leadership of our partners, create market incentives to encourage other fisheries to improve the way they fish the oceans. Over 300 fisheries around the world, landing 12% of the annual global harvest, are now engaged at some stage of the MSC’s independent assessment process. MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 100 countries.