Project Officer (Six Months Contract)

Seize this great opportunity to join a forward thinking and rapidly growing organisation and make a positive impact on global fisheries conservation. Lend your expertise to MSC’s mission of helping transform global fisheries through its leading international certification and ecolabelling programme for well-managed and sustainable fisheries - a programme distinguished by high scientific standards, independence, transparency, stakeholder engagement and comprehensive consistency with FAO guidelines.

Reporting to the Fisheries Assessment Manager (FAM), the Project Officer will be assisting with implementing the MSC’s policies and procedures for the assessment of fisheries against the MSC’s Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Fishing (the MSC Standard). In particular, the Project Officer is responsible for supporting the Fisheries team with delivery of some specific projects related to the MSC scheme.

Further Information

The MSC’s Standards Team are charged with the development and maintenance of the MSC’s standards and certification programmes covering the two main areas of fisheries assessment and chain of custody through the supply chain. The team has responsibility for:

• Maintenance and review of the MSC standard
• Ensuring consistency with international guidelines
• Anchoring and leading the development of guidelines and directives related to standard implementation through the MSC’s governance bodies
• Maintaining quality assurance of standard implementation through engagement with MSC's accreditation body
• Active management of related key stakeholder relationships

Their work is critical to ensuring the credibility, rigour, quality and consistency of the MSC programme.

Skills Required

The post holder will be required to:

• Be highly organised and accurate, paying special attention to detail

• Analyse data using Microsoft Access and Excel
• Communicate clearly with key colleagues and MSC stakeholders where needed
• Produce clearly written reports and other outputs

Download the Job Description Project Officer

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: Project 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 (PO recruitment)
Marine Stewardship Council
1-3 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 British Summer Time on 7 November 2012.

Please also note:  

• Interviews for these positions are provisionally scheduled for week beginning 19 November  2012 during UK business hours via telephone, video conference or face-to-face.  Second interviews will be conducted if necessary.
• Only successful candidates will be contacted.