Technical Lead for East Africa Conserving the Western Indian Ocean Activity at Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated services-delivering the best solutions to meet our clients’ needs. Tetra Tech’s innovative, sustainable solutions help our clients address their water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development challenges. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in every sector and to use that expertise throughout the project life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and overall management of Objective 2, including supervision of key field staff and consultants, and coordination with local partners;


• Provide expert technical input to development of strategic objectives relevant to community-led approaches to co-management and devolved authority for coastal fisheries management;


• Oversee field implementation regionally and at community-level related to co-management of fisheries, with activities including establishment and capacity building of local fisheries management bodies, development and implementation of management plans that are gender- and climate-responsive, monitoring of management effectiveness, community surveillance and enforcement systems, and livelihoods and financial inclusion efforts;


• Collaborate closely with other Technical leads to ensure seamless and integrated implementation of the overall Activity;


• Travel within the region to support site- and regional-level implementation as needed

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in fisheries, biology, marine biology, environmental science, social science, community development or relevant field; a master’s degree is a plus;


• Minimum of 7 years’ experience and proven track record in assisting local governments and/or building organizational capacities of environmental/fisheries management organizations, community-based people’s organizations, and/or NGOs;


• Demonstrated field-based program management experience;


• Knowledge of integrating/mainstreaming gender and climate change into community-based fisheries co-management systems


• Strong network of regional and local government, NGO and civil society within the marine/coastal fisheries sector in focus geography, which may include Kenya, Somalia, the Seychelles, Comoros, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Madagascar; and


• Excellent communication skills in English. Foreign language ability a plus.

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