Job Posting
Large Scale Fisheries Manager, Western and Central Pacific Ocean
JOB ID: 56345

Who We Are:
The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. We’re rooted in our Mission and guided by our Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s lots of reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube or on Glassdoor.

Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging, and that their uniquen contributions to our mission are valued. We know we’ll only achieve our Mission by hiring and engaging a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we work. In addition to the requirements in our postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and a culture of inclusion! Please apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote myriad TNC staff members, “you’ll join for our mission, and you’ll stay for our people.”

What We Can Achieve Together:
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is engaging with industry, government, and local partners to advance the application of electronic monitoring to improve fisheries transparency and enhance ecological and socioeconomic resilience across industrial fisheries. The Large Scale Fisheries Manager, Western and Central Pacific Ocean (LSF Pacific Manager) supports the development and the implementation of TNC’s global industrial fisheries strategy within the Western and Central Pacific Region, with a particular focus on Micronesia and Polynesia. Working in close collaboration with TNC country and global programs and colleagues, he/she may drive and contribute to strategy design, coordinate regional implementation, and facilitate adaptive management. The LSF Pacific Manager will support country programs in national policy dialogues, may represent TNC in Regional Fishery Management Organization meetings and other regional forums, and engage in industry roundtables. The Manager will report to the Conservation Policy Director for Micronesia and Polynesia, with a dotted line into the global Large Scale Fisheries strategy Manager.

We’re Looking for You:
The LSF Pacific Manager contributes to the development of The Nature Conservancy’s global large-scale fisheries strategy, and Managers the global strategy’s alignment and execution into the Western and Central Pacific Regional context.

The LSF Pacific Manager helps to cultivate and maintain the Conservancy as a major conservation partner for large-scale fishery improvements and Electronic Monitoring (EM) within the region, defining conservation priorities and long-term conservation strategies. The LSF Pacific Manager builds strategic, scientific, and technical capacity in the field and develops key partnerships with public and private organizations to identify and resolve technical issues and to widely communicate solutions and best practices. The LSF Pacific Manager is a key contributor in advancing the growing portfolio of projects in the Western and Central Pacific region, focused on fisheries transparency, seafood sustainability, policy, and corporate engagement. They may contribute to innovative scientific methods, analyses, tools and frameworks that address the scaling of Electronic Monitoring and other technologies, as well as negotiate complex and innovative solutions with government agencies and industry partners. It will entail fundraising efforts in alignment with the regional and global teams.

This is a dynamic position that works across multiple TNC country programs, the global strategy team, and the business functions of operations, finance, communications, policy, and corporate engagement. The ideal candidate values collaboration, leverages systems thinking to identify strategic opportunities, and can manage multiple complex work streams.

The Large Scale Fisheries Manager position directly reports to the Micronesia Program Deputy Director and will also work closely with the Associate Director of TNC’s Large Scale Fisheries program. The position is full-time, fully remote, and is available in Australia, Indonesia (through our local partner), Solomon Islands, Guam, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, or the United States.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

• Designs, implements, and directs complex and diverse projects encompassing multiple programs.
• Ability to apply analysis, experience, and context to identify and solve complex problems.
• Works with staff from across the Micronesia and Polynesia, Asia-Pacific, and the Global organization.
• Travels on short notice and work long and flexible hours as needed.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% both domestically and internationally.
• Provides strategic analysis in support of conservation agenda for a key strategy area
• Provides economic analysis of conservation opportunities
• Managers and/or manages team or project to support and improve conservation efforts.
• Responsible for ensuring that public and private funds are raised to meet program needs.
• Builds cooperation from outside parties to accomplish program goals

What You’ll Bring
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS degree and 5 years’ experience in fisheries management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience engaging across and/or working within fishery departments, industry partners, and other stakeholders to achieve a common objective.
• Experience managing complex or multiple projects, including staffing, workloads and finances under deadlines.
• Supervisory experience, including motivating, Managering, setting objectives and managing performance.
• Familiarity with electronic monitoring and its application within fisheries management.
• Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, industry groups, and/or government agencies.
• Experience negotiating.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Multi-lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
• 5-7 years’ experience in fisheries management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience influencing, developing and implementing fisheries management policy and plans.
• Knowledge of current trends and practices in industrial fisheries within the Micronesia and Polynesia Region, and familiarity on how these trends and practices connect into global trends.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising.
• Politically savvy.

What We Bring
Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been doing work you can believe in protecting the lands and waters that all life depends on. Through grassroots action, TNC has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff, we impact conservation throughout the world!

The Nature Conservancy offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including: health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan including employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work wellbeing benefits. Learn more about our benefits at in the Culture Tab on nature.org/careers.

We’re proud to offer a work-environment that is supportive of the health, wellbeing, and flexibility needs of the people we employ!

This description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this job.

Our Competencies:

The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the Managerership and contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientations, gender identities, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to applyhelp@tnc.org with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.

For Internal Reporting:

Job Title: Program Director I
Job Family: Conservation
Internal Job Code: 250005
Salary Grade: 7
Status: Salaried
PeopleSoft Job ID Number:
Date: January 2025
Location: Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Guam, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, United States

APPLY NOW
To apply for job ID 56345, submit your materials online by using the Apply Now button at https://careers.nature.org/ by 11:59 PM EST on March 14, 2025. Need help applying? Visit our recruitment page or contact applyhelp@tnc.org