Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Aquaculture & Fisheries

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is looking for a Fisheries Assessment Manager (FAM) to be based either at their London head office or their Seattle, WA office, and to report to a Senior Fisheries Assessment Manager.

As one of a small team of FAMs, the Fisheries Assessment Manager will oversee a portfolio of fisheries that are under third party assessment by external Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs).  They will also have organizational responsibility for developing and implementing key elements of the MSC’s Fisheries Standard and assessment processes.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree, or equivalent experience, in marine ecology, fisheries science and/or management or another related subject; a post-graduate degree in a field relevant to fisheries or marine conservation management is highly desirable
• Excellent knowledge of current research into marine ecosystem dynamics (e.g. structure and function, productivity and resilience, trophic interactions) and/or ecosystem modelling
• Good knowledge of measures and strategies to mitigate bycatch, unwanted catch and/or ecosystems impacts
• Knowledge or experience of third party certification schemes, including the MSC programme
• Experience working with stakeholders and other external parties, preferably in fisheries management, science or fisheries policy development settings on a range of fisheries and resource sustainability issuess