Fisheries Officer -Coordinator Blue Economy

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the implementation of all projects on Agricultural Transformation.
• Support wide-scale deployment of innovative farmer extension models including effective private sector led approaches to the provision of farmer extension services.
• Provide specialist advice and support to internal and external clients on a range of fisheries, aquaculture, blue economy development issues including, knowledge generation and sharing, policy development advice, fish commodity value addition, complex operations formulation, training and marine and inland water bodies ecosystems resilience building;
• Support increasing investment into livestock research and technology dissemination on the continent and support the scaling up of proven technologies and wide-scale deployment of innovative livestock producers extension models;
• Coordinate climate resilience actions to support climate adaptation and climate-smart agriculture practices including large-scale sustainable and climate-smart agriculture, agroforestry, ecotourism, and agri-tourism projects;
• Support organizations engagements in global and continental climate change events of interest to the organization such as the Annual Conference on Climate Change.
• Work in partnership with the client group to proactively seek to understand business priorities to identify and implement a range of creative solutions in fisheries and aquaculture that support the organization project implementation.
• Develop and work with the regional hubs to execute the organization strategy in the area of fisheries, aquaculture, blue economy, fisheries governance and marine/inland water-bodies ecosystem resilience; and coordinate peer-review sessions for process improvement and strategy
• Provide adequate expertise and advise to promote the blue economy strategy, and fisheries governance (combatting Unreported and Unregulated fishing and marine pollution);
• Provide adequate expertise in agribusiness environment related to fish commodity value chain development;
• Act as advocate and spokesperson for fish commodity promotion and ecosystem concerns to increase public awareness of the importance of fisheries sector and the value in Ocean services.
• Network with other fisheries personnel, researchers, professionals, and advocacy groups to preserve and monitor fish habitats and stocks;
• Prepare reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders, policy-makers, commercial interests, and the public.
• Prepare effective communication strategies to build strong working relationships with regional hubs, key government departments and other partner agencies.

QUALIFICATIONS

• HoldS at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in the areas of Fisheries, Aquaculture Management, Zoology, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Geology, Fisheries Management, Marine Engineering, Physical Sciences,Biological Sciences, Spatial Sciences, Chemistry, Sociology, Economics/Statistics, Food Science and Technology, Environmental Law or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.
• Have a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience,
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage.
• Ability to meet multiple, important deadlines.
• Ability to provide technical advice to develop aquaculture and blue economy projects.
• Proven leadership and management skills.
• Ability to work with others to maximize the effectiveness of the team as a whole, sharing the knowledge and workload.
• Ability to develops strong working relationships with colleagues and contributes to creation of a positive team environment.