Campaigns Advisor at Blue Ventures

Summary job description

We are looking for a Campaigns Advisor to join our growing advocacy team to support, develop and deliver campaigns globally and nationally.

In this new role, you’ll be at the forefront of Blue Ventures’ advocacy work on industrial destructive fishing and marine tenure rights. You’ll be working with members of the Blue Ventureshosted Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition, smallscale fishers (SSF) groups and civil society organisations to support campaign design and implementation, helping build a concerted global movement for smallscale fishers. You’ll technically support and coordinate effective campaigns that positively impact the livelihoods and wellbeing of coastal communities.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with a proven ability to engage with a wide range of audiences and partners and to communicate complex ideas in a way that is highly engaging and influential. A creative thinker and fast learner, you’ll be comfortable with complex projects and will demonstrate a track record of working in an organised, consultative and inclusive way.

You will have experience designing and leading global campaigns as well as supporting and coordinating national campaigns across different geographies. Ideally, you will have direct experience in either communitybased conservation or human rights work, combined with knowledge of either human rights, tenure rights, transparency, smallscale fisheries or marine conservation.

The Campaigns Advisor is a fulltime role reporting to Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager and coordinating with multiple teams within BV. The Campaigns Advisor is expected to travel 3 to 6 times yearly to attend global events and work with BV staff, partners, and communities.

Responsibilities
Support and coordinate partners’ campaigns

•  Review funding applications to the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition (TBT) and provide first overview/analysis of advocacy projects
•  With the coalition coordinator, support the review process of the grants, due diligence and dissemination of financial support to the selected organisations
•  Provide technical support and monitoring of grant implementation to members of the coalition who received financial support
•  Coordinate grant implementation and learning exchanges amongst members, including by facilitating a campaign working group for the coalition
•  Work with other members of the coalition on an ad hoc basis to support campaign design and development
•  Support the coordination and design of a regional campaign for preferential access areas for SSF in West Africa, working with national partners
•  Create and manage annual campaign plans and timetables
•  Develop a good understanding of evaluation techniques and monitor and record agreed KPIs to support the evaluation of campaigns activity

Develop and deliver campaigns for Blue Ventures

•  Design and implement a coordinated TBT campaign to establish, expand and strengthen inshore exclusion zones for smallscale fishers in which bottom trawling is prohibited, at different levels and with the participation and commitment of the members of the coalition
•  Lead the design and development of global campaigns for the TBT coalition and, in consultation with the advocacy team, identify campaign opportunities for organisational advocacy priorities at the global level to promote and secure tenure and comanagement rights for coastal communities and smallscale fishers (SSF)
•  Provide campaign support to the advocacy team at key events to raise the voices of smallscale fishers
•  Work with country teams on an ad hoc basis to support campaign design and development

Support delivery of advocacy strategy

•  Work with the advocacy team to deliver advocacy outcomes for BV across priority areas (TBT, 30x30, tenure rights and blue carbon) and ensure alignment between campaign activities and advocacy goals
•  Support the full integration of Indigenous peoples and local communities’ tenure rights and mainstream comanagement in conservation and fisheries policies at all levels through a human rightsbased approach
•  The Campaigns Advisor may assume line management responsibilities over advocacy team members in the event of team expansion and subject to team discussions and mutual agreement, taking into consideration the specific skills and attributes of the recruited individual

Develop content for external communications across a range of channels

•  Work closely with the communication team to draft key messages and communication materials for each campaign, including news articles
•  Identify opportunities for delivering campaign activity and achieving campaign objectives, by making use of a range of external channels to extend our reach to key audiences
•  Contribute to funding proposals outlining our campaign strategies and needs
•  Occasionally represent Blue Ventures in events and with partners

Skills and experience required
Qualifications:

•  Graduate degree (or equivalent 5 years of experience) in international law, political science, human rights, marine policy, or other relevant field and 5 years of campaigning work, or equivalent combination of education/experience.

Knowledge and Experience:

•  Evidence of designing and leading successful public global campaigns and supporting national campaign efforts, ideally on human rights, fisheries or marine conservation in low and middle income countries
•  Experience coordinating and adapting an advocacy campaign across multiple contexts or countries
•  Experience navigating and understanding coalitions and coordinating a diverse range of stakeholders
•  Track record of identifying and drafting key messages that are sensitive to contextual nuances and appropriate for a wide range of audiences
•  Proven experience in successful campaign activities, including strategy development and implementation
•  Experience working with a geographically dispersed team and in a multicultural environment
•  Experience collaborating efficiently and leading on communication deliverables to support campaigns
•  An understanding of campaign evaluation and a desire to act on the results

Skills and Competencies:

•  Ability to relate to and work in an inclusive way with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures, at all levels
•  Excellent time management and organisational skills
•  Capacity to adapt and change strategies following feedback and in response to different needs across contexts
•  Good written communication and presentation skills
•  Ability to respond positively and rapidly to ad hoc requests and unexpected developments
•  Detailoriented with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
•  Fluency in written and spoken English

We would also love to see

•  A good working knowledge of French would be an advantage
•  Knowledge of current global issues, trends, constraints related to fisheries management or marine conservation
•  Line management experience
•  Experience working for communitybased conservation or human rights projects
•  Practical experience working in communitybased conservation or development in a lowincome country
• Previous international organisation/NGO experience
•  Experience of preparing project reports for funders
•  Used to operating internationally, with a high degree of cultural sensitivity

You will be a great fit if

•  You show a commitment to Blue Ventures’ mission and values, evidenced by exhibiting a high level of personal and professional integrity, humility and humanity.
•  You’ve shown a willingness and ability to challenge the status quo creatively and productively.
•  You’re a natural relationship builder and have a proven ability to work collaboratively with others in a complex organisation, demonstrating team building and facilitation skills. You enjoy collaboration and have a genuine interest in learning from and developing others.
•  You’re a people person who takes pride and pleasure in developing talent and creating safe, happy, productive and engaging workplace cultures and environments for staff at all levels and from varied backgrounds.
•  You’re able to engage people’s energies, hearts and minds in service of a mission.
• You use exemplary interpersonal skills to establish relationships of trust and influence