Data Officer

Location: Global,  with a preference for nationals to apply from or the countries and cities in which Blue Ventures’ maintains central offices (Antananarivo, Bristol, Denpasar, and London) 

Closing date for applications: 24 August 2020                    

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: 1 year contract with opportunity for renewal

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience and location

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures develops locally led approaches to marine management that benefit people and nature alike. By listening and responding to basic needs, we design our models to catalyse and sustain marine conservation, unlocking the potential of coastal communities to manage their resources. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to advancing the rights of small-scale fishers throughout the coastal tropics.

Summary job description

Blue Ventures is seeking an early-career conservationist or international development professional with a passion for all things data to join our fast-growing conservation support team. The new position of Data Officer will play a key role in maintaining data systems that track key conservation impact metrics across our global work.

Our field teams and the partners and coastal communities that we support gather a wide range of quantitative, qualitative and spatial data. These data empower communities with information to guide decision making in locally led marine conservation and fisheries management, while also enabling us to monitor our impact at local and global scales.

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Application Process

Applicants should apply online via Blue Ventures website (https://blueventures.org/about/careers/) by 24th August 2020. 

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first-round interviews may be conducted with short-listed candidates before the application deadline.

All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date