Founded in 2006, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) is a marine conservation organization working toward a world where the oceans are healthy, all seafood is produced sustainably, and everyone has access to sustainable seafood.

We leverage the power of seafood buyers and retailers in every part of the seafood supply chain to rebuild depleted fish stocks, reduce the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming, address social issues in fishing, and advance economic opportunities for fishers and their communities. Our Supply Chain Roundtables (SRs) allow seafood suppliers to work together in a pre-competitive environment to promote and support improvements in fishery and aquaculture practices, management, and policy.

ABOUT THE CONSULTANCY

If you have a broad command of the seafood industry and business, this position will empower you to contribute in a meaningful way and make a difference in important ocean conservation efforts. SFP is looking for someone whose experience and personal values and interests align with our mission. We embrace our inclusive culture and encourage candidates of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply.

SFP’s Markets team develops partnerships with major seafood buyers, mobilizing business to adopt more sustainable practices. Consultant will utilize consultant’s background knowledge of the seafood industry, global seafood markets, and business to provide services to SFP’s Markets team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITES

Consultant will provide services to SFP’s Markets team related to its partnership program activities, with services to include the following:

1. Support partner engagement activities including outreach to partners and other external audiences.
2. Assist with corporate sponsorships and agreements.
3. Liaise with the Advisory Services team, the Markets Matrix team, and SFP strategy leads to ensure activities align with program goals and grant deliverables are being achieved and reported.
4. Collaborate with other NGOs and key stakeholders regionally, in the sustainable seafood movement.
5. Support relationships with key SFP industry partners through providing briefings and updates on SFP priority initiatives, fisheries and aquaculture improvement projects, and emerging opportunities and challenges in sustainable seafood.
6. Engage with partners regarding implementation of sustainability strategy and goal setting to drive continuous improvement to advance sustainable seafood. Develop and provide reports and presentations to thought leaders at partner companies to monitor progress towards commitments over time.
7. Liaise with Advisory Services team to ensure partners and their suppliers collect information on fisheries/farms for sustainability assessments and the Ocean Disclosure Project, and to identify improvement project needs.
8. Support partners and their suppliers with analysis of improvement priorities, new Improvement Projects, and engage suppliers in relevant SRs or other pre-competitive efforts.
9. Liaise with SFP’s Supply Chain Roundtable (SR) leads to keep partners up to date on SR progress and engage partners on relevant SR improvements as needed.
10. Other tasks related to the partnership program as SFP might request from time to time.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• College degree and minimum 10 years’ experience working in the seafood industry or marine conversation field
• Thorough understanding of seafood sustainability issues and global seafood markets
• Experience in presenting to industry audiences via webinars and at in-person forums
• Excellent oral and written English with preference given for bilingual skills
• Ability to handle sensitive information with absolute confidentiality
• Ability to work comfortably and effectively in a mostly or fully online environment
• Cultural awareness to work and communicate effectively with diverse colleagues
• Scheduling flexibility to facilitate interactions with globally dispersed colleagues

LEVEL OF EFFORT

This is a full-time consultancy. Level of Effort is expected to be 40 hours per week. The anticipated start date is 1 September 2023. 6-month contract.

COMPENSATION

Competitive and negotiable consulting rate

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