Consultancy Regenerative Aquaculture Contractor REMOTE
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
- Honolulu, HI
- $70,000-85,000 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Research and document writing
- Lead writing SFP’s position on regenerative aquaculture at a landscape or ecosystem level, including what issues are in (e.g., mangrove restoration, feed ingredient production) and out of scope
- Lead writing guidance aimed at the seafood supply chain for promoting and establishing a jurisdictional approach to improve policies and practices for achieving regenerative aquaculture
- Intervention design
- Using findings from the documents noted above, work with SFP’s Supply Chain Roundtable leads and Markets team members to align market incentives/interests with supply chain company actions to drive improvements in policies and practices
- Focus areas for intervention design are on farmed shrimp feed ingredients (such as soy) as well as landscape-level improvements in the management of farmed shrimp production in Andhra Pradesh, India
- Asia Farmed Shrimp Supply Chain Roundtable (SR) coordination
- Regular communications and meetings with the SR and its participating companies
- Engage the SR and its participating companies in the interventions noted above
- Analysis and writing to support proposal and strategy development
- Work with SFP’s Aquaculture and Development teams to pursue funding opportunities that have been identified
- Analyze how SFP using its model and assets can have a broad improvement impact toward regenerative aquaculture
- Write sections of proposals and internal strategy documents
- Master’s degree in aquaculture policy/management, regenerative aquaculture/agriculture, ecosystem management, or related field (or a Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum additional 4 years experience)
- Minimum 4 years experience in regenerative aquaculture/agriculture policy, analysis, advocacy, finance, or implementation
- Familiarity with life cycle analysis, carbon tracking/reporting, and ‘blue’ carbon/foods/etc concepts
- Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to coordinate concurrent projects
- Excellent communication skills in English (speaking, reading, and writing)
- The ability to present complex issues effectively, persuasively, and credibly to industry audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships of trust and influence with industry and government/regulator audiences
- Ability to work comfortably and effectively in a mostly or fully online environment
- Cultural awareness to work and communicate effectively with globally diverse colleagues and stakeholders
- Scheduling flexibility to facilitate interactions with globally dispersed colleagues and stakeholders
- Resume/CV
- Letter of interest (no more than 1 page)