Senior Manager, International Engagements

Summary

Join Global Fishing Watch as their Senior Manager, International Engagements and help advance ocean governance through increased transparency. This 100% remote, fixed-term position (until October 2027, with possible renewal) reports to the International Policy Director. You will develop and implement strategies to achieve transparency goals in multilateral fora and through collaborative partnerships, overseeing two key areas: building momentum for transparency and securing policy changes within regional fisheries management bodies (RFBs). The role involves extensive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in international policy, strong project management skills, and experience in advocating for policy change. Manage a team of two staff members plus contractors. The position offers competitive salary and benefits commensurate with similar level GFW employees in the country of employment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent professional experience
• Deep expertise in policy strategy development and delivery
• Demonstrated experience in successfully securing and delivering policy change
• Exceptional English language skills, written and oral, and the ability to communicate complex technical and scientific information to all audiences
• Working proficiency in French or Spanish
• The ability to move projects forward and secure our Organisational objectives on time, within budget and considering the appropriate risks
• A dedication to positive and productive team management
• Highly organized, analytical, detail oriented and self-motivated
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently to a very high standard of detail
• Ability to take ownership of projects and communicate project updates to stakeholders in a transparent and proactive manner
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines while performing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• An understanding of the complexities and internal communications surrounding collaboration in a global matrix and remote organization

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategy for and manage delivery of our transparency and policy goals in international conferences and meetings such as the Our Ocean Conference and UN Ocean Conference
• Ensure the multiple complex threads of work being pursued at international fora across the Organisation are tracked and the International Policy team engages as appropriate
• Manage delivery of policy changes on tracking, beneficial ownership and data interoperability within the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
• Serve as Head of Delegation and/ or Delegation Manager across RFBs as required by the Organisation
• Represent the organisation and the International Policy work externally to stakeholders, forging and/ or maintaining key relationships with Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Commission, Japan, Madagascar, Norway, Panama, Senegal, the United Kingdom and the United States
• Provide guidance and support to the regional transparency program staff on policy work
• Support the International Policy Director in ad-hoc policy and advocacy projects as needed
• Other duties as assigned
• Manage and lead the International Engagements team of two people
• Advise regional transparency program staff, providing leadership, guidance and feedback and supporting teams to resolve complex problems
• Establish and objectives and key results with team members, manage performance and track delivery
• Maintain the team’s budget
• Develop, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures
• Ensure a safe, secure, welcoming, and legal work environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in languages additional to English, French and Spanish preferred
• Understanding or experience of how capacity development, data analysis, and research work to support engagements of countries
• Qualification in project management
• Technical proficiency of project management systems such as Notion, spreadsheets and databases
• Extensive network and experience working with multilateral organisations, RFBs and/ or multiple national governments
• Basic technical ability, and familiarity with Slack, Google Suite, Google hangouts and other tools for remote work

Benefits

• Pension/retirement
• Health
• Other benefits commensurate with similar level GFW employees in the country of employment