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The Role:

As a Programme Associate for the Maritime Association for Clean Seas, you will be instrumental in the delivery and growth of MACS by coordinating member servicing, working group activity, technical outputs, commercial follow-up, and external communications. The role is designed to absorb execution-heavy workstreams, improve delivery consistency, and free up senior team capacity for sales, partnerships, and strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

1.0 Member & Partner Management

Coordinate and support member & partner communications and engagements.
Follow-up on bespoke member & partner requests.
Project manage additional member services, including CSR activations, plastic credit issuance, Seven Clean Seas merchandise, and marketing & comms support.
Help track member and partner deliverables and commitments.

2.0 Working Groups & Industry Engagement

Coordinate working group meetings, including scheduling, logistics, and follow-up
Support in preparation of agendas, slides, background materials, and briefing notes
Support survey design, distribution, and response tracking
Coordinate industry roundtable planning, invitations, and supporting materials
Track actions, technical inputs, and next steps arising from working groups and stakeholder engagements

3.0 Technical Content & Guidance

Conduct literature reviews and desk-based research to support MACS outputs
Support data collection, analysis, and synthesis of member feedback
Draft reports, summaries, annexes, and other written deliverables
Help translate discussion outputs into practical recommendations and structured content
Support case study development and member data collection

4.0 Commercial & Pipeline Support

Support follow-up with prospects and partners after meetings and events
Help track pipeline actions and opportunity progression
Assist with proposal drafting, pitch materials, and tailored follow-up communications
Support sales-related event preparation and post-event actions

5.0 Marketing, Communications & Brand Visibility

Support the development of blog articles and written content
Coordinate event collateral and supporting communications
Assist with event agenda development and planning
Support Annual Summit planning and coordination
Help maintain high-quality external-facing materials for MACS

6.0 Internal Coordination & Delivery Support

Support internal planning, action tracking, and coordination across workstreams
Help maintain workflow visibility across ongoing priorities and deadlines
Prepare updates and materials for internal meetings where needed
Ensure deliverables are organised, tracked, and progressed on time

Profile

Requirements:

Education: Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Sustainability, Maritime, Environmental Management, or a related field.
Experience: 2 - 3 years of experience in sustainability or relevant industries, ideally including skills in project coordination, stakeholder management, or programme support (preferably within a start-up or scale-up environment).
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Team Work: Proven experience in working in multi-cultural and collaborative teams.
Technical Skills: Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong technical reasoning skills.
Commercial Acumen: A strong commercial mindset with a passion for scalable impact and operational efficiency.
Bonus Qualifications: Familiarity with sustainability frameworks and methodologies such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the GHG Protocol, or CDP reporting.

Seven Clean Seas

Our solutions to measure, reduce and offset your plastic footprint are holistic, scalable and immensely impactful.

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Seven Clean Seas

Our solutions to measure, reduce and offset your plastic footprint are holistic, scalable and immensely impactful.

Website
Unknown
Between 50 and 250 employees
Others

Seven Clean Seas did not yet communicate its impact measurement.

This structure did not communicate to us the labels or certifications that it was able to obtain.

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