The Senior Programme Officer (SPO), Marine Management is in charge of providing strategic vision, leadership and capacity building for seascape level projects including: i) development and management of locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), ii) sustainable fisheries management, iii) marine biodiversity monitoring, iv) marine spatial planning, v) building knowledge and awareness on locally-appropriate governance and vi) marine policy advocacy plans and vii) Coral Reefs and Seagrass assessment and management. In addition, the SPO will be responsible for developing and maintaining key relationships among partners, sponsors and commission members with the ultimate goal of developing a network of donors and key influencers on marine management issues. Reporting to the country representative, the SPO will serve both as a senior member of IUCN/ESARO’s Mozambique’s portfolio and as a liaison to the regional marine programme team (led by the marine technical coordinator) that sets the broader transboundary strategic priorities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. He/she will work in close partnership with IUCN relevant Programmes, especially the Global Marine and Polar, including Commissions and members in Mozambique, government/non-government bodies and ESARO region.
1. Project management (LMMA-WIO)
• Lead the implementation of the LMMA-WIO project, ensuring that the activities are delivered in accordance with approved project plans
• Provide financial planning and management oversight for the LMMA-WIO project, ensuring that project budgets are efficiently maintained and reporting requirements are adhered to
• Identify the needs and prepare TORs for specific technical inputs (consultants) and oversee the recruitment and management of consultants and delivery of quality outputs
• Monitor the progress of the project in relation to milestones set out in annual work plans and identify issues that need urgent attention.
• Lead the development of quarterly and annual reports as per donor(s) requirements
2. Strategy and policy direction
• Develop a medium-term integrated marine action/business plan for Mozambique
• Coordinate and support conservation and research activities that are relevant to management that improves the resilience of coral reefs in the face of climate change
• Field Monitoring and supervision of project activities and partners, ensuring that field-based activities are efficiently and effectively implemented in accordance with agreed project plans, with the full participation of all project stakeholders
• Develop strategies for a network of locally managed marine areas or marine protected areas
• Advice the country representative and marine technical coordinator on all matters relevant to the marine sector in the country
• Facilitate targeted policy analysis to inform decision-makers at various level of leadership and governance
3. Technical support
• Undertake technical leadership of all activities related to seascape conservation including; carrying out biodiversity and ecosystem assessments (coral reefs and seagrass), social vulnerability and livelihood resilience and participatory development of management plans;
• Increase capacity of local stakeholders and communities to enhance marine resilience and biodiversity conservation, through localised awareness, training, site specific action plans and implementation of actions for sustainable resource uses
• Coordinate the design, planning and coordination of capacity building workshop and events (capacity building trainings, workshops, MPA exchanges) to government and communities;
• Support promotion and capacity building on alternative livelihoods
4. Resource mobilization and communication
• Identify opportunities for resource mobilization and participate in preparation of grant proposals as required,
• Ensure strong coordination/collaboration with partners, district authorities and local community leaders through regular coordination meetings/program reviews, joint field visits and planning
• Liaise closely with site communities, district and provincial offices and relevant government departments to ensure synergy and support for site activities;
• Dissemination of programme results to inform policy makers
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