Marine Social Impact Contractor at Natural State

Job Description:

The consultant will be instrumental in advancing NATURAL STATE’s (NS) goal to scale our impact monitoring systems to the marine realm, focusing on social impacts of blue nature-based solution (NbS) projects. This role will focus on five Kenyan marine projects funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), conducting a gap analysis for socio-economic, governance, and gender monitoring for the three projects and researching best practice for social indicators and monitoring globally. Working together with the NS Social Impact Monitoring team and Head of Marine Strategy, the successful candidate will support the delivery of a standardized social indicator framework to be used across NS marine projects.

Key Deliverables:

• Conduct a monitoring needs assessment (gap analysis) for five blue economy projects in Kenya.
• Provide technical support and recommendations on how to fill gaps and improve social impact monitoring across the five projects.
• Research and provide advice on state-of-the-art social impact monitoring and best practices for marine Nature Based Solutions (NbS) projects.
• Produce key documents (gap analysis report, standardised social impact monitoring framework), supported by the Head of Marine Strategy, for the five projects.
• Provide technical recommendations on how to integrate the marine social indicator framework with the overarching NS Social Impact Monitoring system.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in social and/or environmental science (or similar).
• Experience working on social and gender-based marine projects.
• Preference for marine projects coupled with nature restoration.
• More than 5 years' work experience with social development projects, including skills training, economic empowerment of women-run enterprises, and governance.
• Excellent understanding of global trends in social impact monitoring for donor reporting and nature-based markets.
• Excellent research and writing skills.

Compensation:

A competitive salary will be offered, commensurate with experience and qualifications.