Location: Bali, Indonesia
Closing date for applications: 4th June 2023
Contract status: Full-time
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract duration: 3 years fixed-term contract
Salary Band: IDR 340,000,000 – 361,000,000 gross per annum
We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities
Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries and restore ocean life. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. Across a dozen countries, we are partnering with traditional fishers and community organisations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.
Summary job description
- Blue Ventures is leading a multi-year project across two sites in Indonesia: Riau Province in Sumatra, and Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan. The aim of which is to enhance the effectiveness of mangrove forest protection and marine protected areas; working with mangrove dependent coastal communities to integrate mangrove fishery and forestry management, alongside activities to develop and upgrade livelihoods.The sources of funding for this project is split between two institutional grants, amounting to around £2.5 million over the next 3 years, from the UK-Government managed International Climate Finance and European funding group the Blue Action Fund. Blue Ventures is leading a consortium of organisations to implement this project, comprising Yayasan Hutan Biru, Yayasan Mitra Insani and Yayasan Planet Indonesia, and works in close collaboration with government structures at local and regional levels.
Blue Ventures is recruiting a Project Coordinator who will have the overall management responsibilities to lead and coordinate the project. They will establish and maintain a culture of strong collaboration with all partners in the consortium to ensure the timely delivery of the project’s activities and outputs, the funds are accurately managed, and the donor’s rules are adhered to, whilst driving the project forward. Through working with Blue Ventures’ Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) teams you will facilitate frequent project monitoring, capture and analysis of project indicators, and ensure the systems to track the impact of the project are adequate.
We are looking for someone with a proven track record of managing large and complex projects and institutional grants, ideally in remote and isolated locations. We want you to demonstrate your adaptive management skills, both programmatically and financially, and your ability to build effective working partnerships. You will therefore need excellent interpersonal skills to manage the multi-stakeholder relationships and strong communications skills including fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
The post holder will be based in Bali and will report to Regional Director – Asia Pacific, with close collaboration, technical support and oversight from the Global Programmes Support team (based in the UK).
