Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Expert (COAST)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Communicate with the key actors and stakeholders in fisheries and marine biodiversity conservation sector and come up with ideas for activities addressing priority problems in interrelation of these two sectors, by means of:
  o        Improvement of existing fisheries policies and legislation;
  o        Preparation of guidelines / Presentations and workshops / Preparation and participation in awareness raising campaign for fishermen (and other relevant actors and stakeholders);
  o        improvement of the current compliance with and enforcement of the nature friendly fisheries practices;
• Formulate terms of reference for the identified priority activities;
• Partially implement and / or support and supervise implementation of the activities;
• Act as the project spoke person for the project objectives, agenda and activities dealing with the sectors of fisheries;
• Provide assistance or services, within respective field of responsibility and competence, on ad-hoc basis if needed and requested by the PM;
• Participate in project meetings, relevant to the objectives of this assignment.

Qualitifications

• Phd in the field of marine fisheries;
• At least 10 years work experience in both research dealing with fisheries and integration of the research findings into the related public policies;
• Experience in leading and managing of the large projects dealing with analysis of the state of the marine ecosystems and fisheries practice and formulation of the recommendations for the fisheries policies;
• good knowledge of both Croatian and international, in particular Euro-Mediterranean fisheries policy and legislation context;
• Established working relationships with all the key actors and stakeholders’ representatives in the Croatian fisheries sector;
• Good communication and stakeholders management skills;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, is required; and
• Excellent writing, presentation and reporting skills.

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