Overview

Job Title: PROGRAMMES OFFICER (DATA ANALYST)
Location: Dumaguete City, Philippines (option for role to be partially remote)
Starting salary: £12,000 GBP per annum
Contract Length: Permanent (Full Time) following a 3-month probation period
Job Start Date: 5th June 2023
Reporting to: Programmes Manager
Closing date for applications: 16th April 2023 (23:00 UK BST time).

For more information and full job description download this PDF.

ABOUT REEF-WORLD

Hi! We’re The Reef-World Foundation, a registered UK charity which delivers practical solutions for marine conservation around the world. We are a small but highly effective team of passionate and dedicated individuals who are driven by achieving lasting conservation impacts in areas of the world where it is needed the most. We started working with local fishing communities in Thailand in 1999. Today we operate across 14 countries, supporting governments, businesses and communities to sustainably develop their coastal resources.

In partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), we are the international coordinator of the Green Fins initiative, which aims to protect and conserve coral reefs through environmentally friendly guidelines that promote a sustainable diving and snorkelling tourism industry. The reality is that coral reefs could be gone in your lifetime – if they go, the health and wellbeing of people and the planet go with them. Reef-World is working to buy more time for coral reefs to thrive by mobilising collective, urgent and wilful action through the marine tourism industry.

Our work involves supporting, inspiring and empowering governments, businesses, communities and individuals around the world to act in conserving and sustainably developing coral reefs and other coastal resources.

The Reef-World Foundation is subject to UK employment law.

REEF-WORLD’S CORE VALUES

• We empower our colleagues, our stakeholders, our partners and our supporters to have conservation impact.
  We collaborate. Our approach is not competitive – the more we collaborate, the stronger the conservation impact we will have.
• We are innovative. We explore new ways to grow and harness new technology that helps us do so. We are not afraid to break from the norm and use innovative approaches, to achieve conservation impact.
• We stay optimistic in our decision-making and in our approach to tackling global conservation issues.
  We seek to inform. The messages we bring to the public’s attention are based on sound science.
• We strive to keep ourselves informed and in tune with the latest science and approaches.

Main Purpose of the Role

Reef-World’s Programmes Officers provide technical support for the development and delivery of assigned Reef-World Programmes. This Programmes Officer role is tied specifically to leading the analysis of data to inform Green Fins programme delivery and development for impact.

The Reef-World Foundation is recognised as the leading voice on sustainability solutions for the marine tourism industry. Through its flagship initiative, Green Fins, Reef-World drives sustainable behaviours for environmental protection by providing low-cost and practical solutions to local and industry-wide environmental challenges associated with the marine tourism industry. Reef-World has implemented Green Fins in Antigua & Barbuda, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

As a key member of the Programmes team, you will be helping to protect one of the world’s most valuable ecosystems – coral reefs – by building the knowledge, capacity, and motivation for the global marine tourism industry to become more sustainable.

The Programmes Officers supporting the Green Fins programme are passionate about protecting coral reefs and the incredible marine life they support because of their ecological value as well as for the benefit of our stakeholders – local communities, visitors, and future generations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Role Specific Responsibilities
• Lead on the development of systems and processes to manage Reef-World’s Green Fins data
• Conduct monitoring, evaluation and learning activities in line with Reef-World’s strategy, reporting to the Programmes Manager
• Serve as the go-to source of performance and impact data on the Green Fins initiative internally and externally to all stakeholders, partners and the general public
• Support the Green Fins network to understand and make use of the data for conservation impact
• Support grant reporting and proposal activities as requested with insights, forecasts and key recommendations based on data analysis

Programmes Officer Responsibilities

• Support Reef-World’s Green Fins active country operations and assigned national teams by being the key point of contact, supporting strategy development and implementation, and overseeing quality control
• Support the training and capacity building for Green Fins (certified and digital membership) across active and new countries (from a national to a local level), including planning and logistics
• Act as one of the implementation contacts for the Green Fins network (dive, snorkel, freedive and liveaboard operations, NGOs, national and local authorities) to share lessons across active and non-active countries, support implementation and provide technical advice for enhanced conservation impact
• Support the Programmes Manager to develop and implement the Programmes strategy and workplan
• Support the Programmes Manager in the development and oversight of new programmes to further the Charity’s mission and strategic plan

Internal Communication

• Utilise internal communication platforms and channels to ensure effective communication within the Programmes team and to other staff members

Personnel Coordination

• Manage project staff, interns and volunteers as directed
• Support the induction and orientation of new staff
• Support the Reef-World team in creating and maintaining the conditions to ensure effective teamwork and morale following Reef-World’s core values and in line with our Culture of Care

Culture of Care

• Make use of wellbeing days as necessary
• Ensure communication and methods of working with other staff is informed by insights gained from TypeCoach personality analysis
• Make use of the support provided by the Reef-World team coach where applicable, and advocate for this among co-workers

Office Maintenance

• Support the upkeep of the SE Asia Office (e.g., cleaning, monthly bills payment, maintaining communications systems and equipment)
• Support opportunities to improve the office and create positive working environments for staff as directed
  Support the maintenance of Reef-World’s vehicles and equipment in SE Asia HQ

Communications

• Using insights from data analysis, support Reef-World’s Communications team to showcase project successes
• Ensuring Reef-World‘s communications and digital assets are accurately representing Reef-World’s Programmes and any branding guidelines
• Support Reef-World’s Communications team in ensuring assigned Reef-World’s Programmes’ communications align to and deliver on Reef-World’s strategic plan and charitable objectives
• To represent Reef-World at conferences, dive and travel shows and international conservation events.

Administration

• Ensure organised accounting and reimbursement of all Reef-World expenses to the Directors
• Support reporting of Reef-World activities to the Trustees, UNEP and other grant/partner sources

General

• To follow all international, regional, national and local laws at all times
• To ensure Reef-World staff follow all international, regional and local laws at all times.

The employee’s duties may from time to time be reasonably modified as necessary to meet the needs of the Charity and/or associated project.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We’re on the lookout for someone who is an analytical thinker who’s passionate about understanding data and applying learnings to further our programmes to conserve coral reefs and the marine life and local communities they support. The successful candidate will have more than 3 years in conservation / environmental management data analysis and a proven track record interpreting this for, and executing, impact.

You should be a proactive and resourceful leader and team player, able to work independently and remotely across multiple time zones while maintaining strong communication with international team members. You will naturally approach tasks with a sense of curiosity, patience and the ability to consider the bigger picture impact of your work. You’ll be open to new experiences and adventures, adaptable and have a good sense of humour!

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Prior experience in conservation / environmental management;
• Prior experience working with governments and/or NGOs;
• Three or more years of experience mining, analysing and interpreting conservation / environmental management data;
• Proven analytics skills, including data mining, evaluation, and visualisation;
• Technical writing experience in relevant areas, including queries, reports, and presentations
  Familiarity with self-service business intelligence tools, aptitude for learning new tools and techniques;
  A certified scuba diver;
• Experience working in multiple locations around the world and / or within international teams;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Excellent organisational and planning skills;
• Excellent project management and time management skills;
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude;
• Self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to work;
• Possess good interpersonal skills, agility to think and act strategically;
• Confident communicator and presenter;
• Fluency in English is essential;
• Excellent written English; and:-
• Committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Desirable

• Previous knowledge of the diving or marine tourism industry;
• Multilingual;
• Experience using Google Workspace including Drive, Docs, Gmail and Calendar;
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in marine science, biology, or statistics;
• Practical experience in statistical analysis through the use of statistical packages;
• Experience with Metabase
• Experience with BigQuery and standard SQL (or comparable data warehouse design and management): and:-
• Proven success in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

Reef-World believes that a team with diverse experiences and backgrounds generates richer discussions and more nuanced thinking that will magnify our conservation impact. We strive to be an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from anyone with the required skills and experience: whatever their background or location. We actively encourage applications from those whose identities reflect the diversity of the communities and networks we serve and whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in the conservation sector.

BENEFITS

• Holiday entitlement – 30 days a year.
• Flexible working – The Directors are based in an office Bristol and we have a field office in Dumaguete in the Philippines. As an international team working across timezones our working policy is flexible and hybrid.
• Pension – For UK employees, we’ll pay a minimum of 3% or match up to a maximum of 8% per month. You’ll pay a minimum of 5% of your qualifying earnings per month.
• Staff – A small, friendly (but ambitious) staff team

HOW TO APPLY
Please email your CV and a separate attached cover letter specific to this position to apply@reef-world.org.

In your cover letter, please include how you meet the job specifications and why you feel you’re the best person to help us boost our global conservation impact. If you’re a diver, please include details of your qualification and the number of dives.

We will then get back to you after the team has reviewed your application and let you know if we would like to pursue your application. Due to the expected volume of incoming enquiries, the charity does not have the resources to provide feedback on applications that have not been accepted. If you do not hear from us, then take note that we have decided not to take your application further, and we wish you the best of luck in your career.

Applications close 16th April 2023 (23:00 UK BST time). 

Round 1 of interviews (online) week commencing 17th to 21st April 2023. 

Round 2 of interviews (online) week commencing 1st to 5th May 2023 (you will be expected to complete a short assignment if you reach this stage).

For more information and full job description download this PDF.