Location: Dili and Atauro, Timor-Leste Closing date for applications: 20th November 2016 Contract duration: 12 months, with opportunity for renewal Start date: January 2017 Remuneration and benefits: Competitive salary depending on experience. All food and accommodation provided on site, subsistence allowance provided off site. All internal travel and necessary insurance paid. Generous contribution made to
Location: Dili and Atauro, Timor-Leste Closing date for applications: 20th November 2016 Contract duration: 12 months, with opportunity for renewal Start date: January 2017 Remuneration and benefits: Competitive salary depending on experience. All food and accommodation provided on site, subsistence allowance provided off site. All internal travel and necessary insurance paid. Generous contribution made to
Location: Dili and Atauro, Timor-Leste Closing date for applications: 20th November 2016 Contract duration: 12 months, with opportunity for renewal Start date: January 2017 Remuneration and benefits: Competitive salary depending on experience. All food and accommodation provided on site, subsistence allowance provided off site. All internal travel and necessary insurance paid. Generous contribution made to
I would like be considered for roles within the community conservation, Countryside management, Environmental education & project management arenas as I feel I have the required and desirable skills to help in the conservation sector. I have a broad range of experience in both the public and private sector, as well as working for NGO’S
Mangroves are a vital ecosystem for both coastal communities and inshore fisheries across the tropics, including in Madagascar. Through its Blue Forests programme, Blue Ventures is developing innovative models to support locally-led mangrove management. Central to this programme is the pioneering development of community-centric ‘blue carbon’ projects, with the aim of harnessing the extraordinary amount
To whom it may concern, I am currently self employed, looking for work in the environmental or not for profit sectors, I have A broad range of experience in managing volunteers and also setting up volunteer groups and not for profit organisations, including writing operational handbooks etc. My passion and enthusiasm for working with volunteers
To whom it may concern, I am currently self employed, looking for work in the environmental or not for profit sectors, I have A broad range of experience in managing volunteers and also setting up volunteer groups and not for profit organisations, including writing operational handbooks etc. My passion and enthusiasm for working with volunteers
We are currently recruiting a Fisheries Support Technician within our Madagascar team. The role will provide technical assistance to BV’s field sites and partner organisations involved in community-based fisheries management. The successful candidate will provide field based training and practical support to BV staff and partner community-based organisations and NGOs involved in fisheries management, as
We are currently recruiting a Community Conservation Coordinator to lead our efforts supporting community-based marine conservation in Timor-Leste. The successful candidate will identify opportunities to harness local partnerships to deliver sustained economic benefits to coastal communities from Blue Ventures’ presence in Timor-Leste, in particular through income generation brought to the country from Blue Ventures’ volunteer
Founded in 2008, Honko Mangrove Conservation & Education is a Belgian NGO that works in southwest Madagascar. Honko’s goal is to work in partnership with local communities to promote mangrove conservation and improve community resilience and quality of life through the promotion of alternative livelihoods. A range of projects help Honko pursue its mission including local capacity building,
Since 2013, Blue Ventures has been trialling the use of mobile phone technology for fisheries data collection in southwest Madagascar, to find new solutions to tackle data deficiency and reliability in small-scale fisheries. The use of smartphones to improve data collection and dissemination is now also being tested within many of Blue Ventures’ projects, sites
We are currently recruiting a Community Conservation Coordinator to lead our efforts supporting community-based marine conservation in Timor-Leste. The successful candidate will identify opportunities to harness local partnerships to deliver sustained economic benefits to coastal communities from Blue Ventures’ presence in Timor-Leste, in particular through income generation brought to the country from Blue Ventures’ volunteer
We are currently recruiting a Partnership Support Technician to lead our efforts supporting local partner organisations in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The role entails launching new partnerships with civil society organisations, and sharing technical and marine resource management experiences. The Partnership Support Technician will provide bespoke training and technical support to local partners in the development and
Do you have a passion for conservation communication? Are you a digital native, already active on the next big thing? Do you care about the marine environment and the communities who rely on it? Do you want to be part of a rapidly growing organisation as we scale our impact, catalysing conservation in some of
We are currently recruiting a Partnership Support Technician to lead our efforts supporting local partner organisations in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The role entails launching new partnerships with civil society organisations, and sharing technical and marine resource management experiences. The Partnership Support Technician will provide bespoke training and technical support to local partners in the development and
We are currently recruiting a Fisheries Exchange Manager within our Madagascar team to coordinate community exchanges taking place within Madagascar. These exchanges form a key part of Blue Ventures’ outreach strategy, and involve visits to community-based marine and coastal conservation sites around Madagascar by community groups and their accompanying partner organisations (both from Madagascar and
The role of Madagascar Country Director (MCD) is to be the primary in-country representative of Blue Ventures (BV) in Madagascar, providing vision, leadership and clear management to the team, effective high-level representation for BV with key audiences and partners nationally, and maintaining effective communications, coordination and knowledge sharing with BV teams outside Madagascar. The Country
The community liaison officer, main relay between the communities and the team of Blue Ventures, will play a key role in the implementation of activities related to Tahiry Honko project locally, the establishment of mangrove management measures in collaboration with the Velondriake management committee. Its main role will be the organization and running of training
With responsibility for conservation programmes and partnerships in Madagascar, Mozambique, the Comoros, Belize and Timor-Leste, Frances Humber, Conservation Programmes Manager, Blue Ventures is the London-based ‘fixer’ who makes sure that projects are on track, looking after the critical behind-the-scenes work of providing technical support to staff in the field and managing relationships with funders. Having completed
Madagascar’s 5,600 km coastline comprises one of the most extensive brackish water, shallow marine and continental shelf habitats of any Indian Ocean country apart from India. These “blue forests” (i.e., seagrass beds, mangrove forests, and coastal wetlands) play crucial roles in supporting endangered biodiversity, and numerous ecosystem goods and services vital to increasingly poor and
INTERESTED IN TROPICAL ESTUARY MANAGEMENT? SUSTAINABLE FISHERY MANAGEMENT? SKILLED VOLUNTEER URGENTLY NEEDED IN BELIZE (1 Year) TERMS OF REFERENCE – Natural Resource Management Programme Manager Introduction: The Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development (SACD), a community based organization, has co-management responsibility for the Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Belize’s largest marine protected areas, and
Seeking a dynamic, motivated, and committed Community Officer to lead community, outreach and education programmes in Belize, which aim to increase awareness of Belize’s UNESCO World Heritage Site listed marine protected areas, build capacity for local management of marine resources, and increase demand for consumption of invasive lionfish through a social marketing campaign. The position
Blue Ventures works to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities. We develop transformative approaches for nurturing and sustaining locally led marine conservation, and are committed to protecting marine biodiversity in ways that benefit coastal people. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and where there is a fundamental
Madagascar’s 5,600 km coastline comprises one of the most extensive brackish water, shallow marine and continental shelf habitats of any Indian Ocean country. These “blue forests” (i.e. mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coastal wetlands) play crucial roles in supporting endangered biodiversity, and numerous ecosystem goods and services vital to increasingly poor and vulnerable coastal communities.
Robust scientific monitoring underpins all of Blue Ventures’ programmes, producing diverse data sets required for adaptive marine management, as well as for advising and supporting institutional partners, and communicating the results of our work to the broader conservation and development communities. We are currently seeking researchers and conservation professionals from a variety of disciplines whose
Position Title: Social Scientist Location: Toliara or Antananarivo, Madagascar, with in-country travel Closing date for applications: Monday 6th April 2015 Contract duration: fixed term contract (one year, with potential for extension) Start date: May 2015 Remuneration and benefits: Competitive salary based on experience Rebuilding tropical fisheries with coastal communities Blue Ventures develops
Position Title: Mangrove Fisheries Scientist Location: Ambanja, Madagascar, with frequent travel to other project sites Closing date for applications: 6th April 2015 Contract duration: 24 months, with possibility of renewal Start date: April 2015 Remuneration and benefits: Competitive based on experience and commensurate with in-country cost of living. Flight and insurance
Position Title: LMMA consultant Location: Remote working Closing date for applications: 01 April 2015 Start date: Mid-April 2015 Contract type: 4-month consultancy Remuneration: Competitive, based on experience Organisation overview Blue Ventures works to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities. We develop transformative approaches for nurturing and sustaining locally led marine conservation, and are
The NGO Norges Vel (The Royal Norwegian Society for Development), a non-profit organization working in the field of development, invites by the present Call, Offers for Evaluation of an Aquaculture and Local Business Development project in the South-West of Madagascar, implemented by our partner Blue Ventures in the Velondriake LMMA.
Blue Ventures is an award-winning marine conservation organisation working to rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities. We’re committed to protecting marine biodiversity in ways that benefit coastal people. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and where there is a fundamental unmet need to support human development. As
