English Fisheries Outreach Officer

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000
Location: MSC Head Office, London or MSC Scotland Office
Working languages: English
Deadline for applications: 09:00 GMT 4 January 2012

Introduction

The English Fisheries Outreach Officer (EFOO) will be responsible for implementing and delivering the Inshore Fisheries Project and contribute to delivering the MSC’s overarching aims and objectives of various projects. Working in collaboration with the other members of the outreach team to deliver a consistent approach to European fisheries and commercial outreach, the post holder will contribute to developing the MSC concept in the UK market and engaging fisheries in the UK market.

The post will be responsible for outreach to English fisheries with a focus on the inshore sector, and will liaise closely with work going on elsewhere in the UK and Europe. The post will also work with national MSC focused external projects, promoting the MSC brand and increasing the support for the program across a broad range of interest groups including; fisheries and supply chain stakeholders; government representatives; and partners in the NGO community. The Inshore Fisheries Project in England will take up the majority of the workload and outreach involves presentations, relationship building, essentially explaining the MSC concept and certification program to potential clients (fisheries or other organisations) and working with fisheries as they develop management plans based on Pre-Assessment outputs.

Required Skills

The ideal candidate will have a post-graduate degree or equivalent experience in fisheries or marine conservation biology or environmental management; experience of working with the fisheries capture sector and be able to demonstrate understanding of resource sustainability issues is a necessity; and demonstrated experience working with stakeholders and other external parties. Previous work with the MSC assessment process and/or an understanding of the role of ecolabelling an advantage.

For detailed information on the roles and requirements of the job, please refer to the job specification for this position.

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Application process:  Please email the following material to recruitment@msc.org:

• A cover letter outlining how your skills, experience and knowledge directly address the roles, responsibilities, and requirements detailed in the respective job specification (see web link above), which constitute the position selection criteria.

• A copy of your current CV.

Please include in your cover letter your current salary and the media (website, advertisement, newsletter etc.) in which you first became aware of this vacancy.  The subject of your email should read: English Fisheries Outreach Officer Application.

While email is the preferred application route, alternatively you may send or FAX a hard copy of your application to MSC’s London office, to:

Mona Chergui (EFOO recruitment)
Marine Stewardship Council
Marine House
1 Snow Hill
London EC1A 2DH
United Kingdom
Office: + 44 (0) 20 7246 8900 
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7246 8901

NOTE:  Applications must be received by the closing date/time of 09.00 GMT, 4 January 2012.

Please also note: 

• Interviews for these positions will be scheduled soon after the closing date via telephone, video conference or face-to-face.  Second interviews will be conducted if necessary.

• Only successful candidates will be contacted.