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- Lead ocean governance program and strategy across APAC, Europe & Africa
- Sit on the leadership team, international NGO safeguarding global oceans
- Suits fisheries/marine/oceans leaders in the Asia, Pacific, or Oceania regions
The Organization
Global Fishing Watch (GFW) is an international, non-profit organization committed to advancing ocean governance through increased transparency. GFW creates and publicly shares knowledge about human activity at sea to enable fair and sustainable use of our oceans.
Founded in 2015 through a collaboration between Oceana, SkyTruth, and Google, GFW became an independent non-profit organization in June 2017. Using cutting-edge technology, it creates and publicly shares map visualizations, data, and analysis tools to enable scientific research and drive a transformation in how we manage our oceans.
GFW’s major focus is on commercial fishing, which is the most impactful human action on ocean health, and the most crucial for global livelihoods and food security. By 2030, GFW aims to monitor and visualize the impact of ocean-going vessels, which are responsible for most of the global seafood catch. The organization believes human activity at sea should be common knowledge to safeguard the global ocean commons for the common good of all.
Culture & Benefits
- Highly visible leadership role working with the global team and delivering global programs and strategy.
- Remote role based in your Asia, Oceania, or Pacific country of residence. Ideally you have a work and residency permit.
- Flexible working hours to accommodate calls across time zones is essential, 30% travel required.
The Position
GFW is looking for an experienced oceans expert, to work closely with the Chief Program Officer (CPO) and lead the regional program teams in the Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe. The role provides oversight of the regional leads’ programmatic workplans and deliverables to realize the organization’s strategy. The director will help ensure and support the implementation of priorities and deliverables of the regions, focused on the advancement of program work and impact metrics around transparency, government actions and policy outcomes.
Principal duties and responsibilities also include:
- Overseeing coherence and consistency of execution and meeting deliverables
- Working closely with directors for M&E and policy, cascading initiatives, and learnings
- Reviewing and evaluating regional strategies and work plans and advising the CPO
- Collaborating on budget development and risk management, supporting fundraising
