The Marine Stewardship Council is looking for a Fisheries Assessment Manager to carefully review fishery assessments conducted around the world by independent, third party evaluation teams. Location: London, UK. Deadline for Applications: 22 July.
Seize this great opportunity to join a forward thinking and rapidly growing organisation and make a positive impact on global fisheries conservation. Lend your fisheries expertise to MSC’s mission of helping transform global fisheries through its leading international certification and eco-labelling programme for well-managed and sustainable fisheries – a programme distinguished by high scientific standards, independence, transparency, stakeholder engagement and comprehensive consistency with FAO guidelines.
MSC’s Fishery Assessment Managers play essential roles in achieving the MSC mission by carefully reviewing fishery assessments conducted around the world by independent, third party evaluation teams. By this review process, the fisheries team contributes to the quality, consistency and credibility of fishery certification decisions. Team members are also involved in managing special projects to help evaluate and improve the performance and benefits of MSC fishery certification. The position has significant opportunities for independence and teamwork plus collaboration with leading fishery scientists around the globe as part of special project involvement.
The variety of fisheries and management challenges, along with the diversity of people involved, make these posts extremely interesting and intellectually stimulating in very unique ways.
Candidates will be required to have at least 3-5 years of relevant professional experience with stock or fishery sustainability assessments, research, management or policy development. For detailed information on the roles and requirements of the job, please refer to the job specification for this position, available by clicking here.
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Please email the following material to louisa [dot] sherry [at] msc [dot] org ( louisa [dot] sherry [at] msc [dot] org)
Please include in your cover letter your current salary and the media (website, advertisement, newsletter etc) in which you first became aware of this vacancy. The subject of your email should read: Fishery Assessment Manager Application.
While email is the preferred application route, alternatively you may send or FAX a hard copy of your application to MSC’s London office, to:
Louisa Sherry (FAM recruitment)
Marine Stewardship Counil
6-20 Elizabeth Street, SW1W 9RB
FAX: +44 (0)20 7811 3301
Please also note:
Interviews for these positions are provisionally scheduled for 28 July 2010 during UK business hours via telephone, video conference or face-to-face. Second interviews will be conducted if necessary. Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Salary: £TBC
Working Languages: English
Deadline for applications: 22 July 2010.
Applications must be received by the closing date/time of 09.00 Greenwich Mean Time, 22 July 2010.