The purpose of the Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA) is to prevent the collapse of the small pelagic fishery sector in Ghana while improving the supplemental livelihoods, resilience, and food security. This activity seeks to improve supplemental livelihoods and resilience measures for fishing communities, particularly for women and youth; facilitate private sector engagement and market linkages in the fishing sector; strengthen government capacity in policymaking, regulation, and enforcement; strengthen improved science and research, including data for policy and management decisions; and empower key stakeholders to effect change. GFRA works in all four coastal regions with particular emphasis on ten sites: Half Assini, Axim, Sekondi, Shama, Elmina, Mumford, Azizanya, Tema, Denu, and Keta.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Fisheries Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAIN TASKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n JOB SUMMARY:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA) aims to prevent the collapse of the small pelagic fishery sector in Ghana while improving the supplemental livelihoods, resilience, and food security. This Activity seeks to improve supplemental livelihoods and resilience measures for fishing communities, particularly for women and youth; facilitate private sector engagement and market linkages in the fishing sector; strengthen government capacity in policy making, regulation, and enforcement; strengthen improved science and research, including data for policy and management decisions; and empower key stakeholders to effect change.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Fisheries Officer will support the implementation of GFRA and GFRA partner activities related to fisheries, in particular fisheries management interventions, co-management, and building capacity to apply scientific information in support of fisheries management. The Fisheries Officer will mobilize key fisheries stakeholder participation in GFRA fisheries management activities.<\/p>\n MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Fisheries Officer plays a major role to ensure the quality and timeliness of GFRA\u2019s fisheries interventions. Specifically, he\/she will:<\/p>\n \u2022 Support the implementation of national level fisheries co-management processes including facilitating and supporting preparatory processes and meetings of the Science and Technical Committee (STC) and the Fisheries Management Operational Committee (FMOC). Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Bachelor\u2019s degree or higher in fisheries management or other coastal\/marine resource management, law and policy, or other relevant field (Master\u2019s degree preferred) Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Kindly apply through:<\/p>\n GFRA.Applications@tetratech.com<\/strong>\u00a0with a cover letter and current curriculum vitae (CV) in reverse chronological order format. Subject of email should be Fisheries Officer<\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a030 November, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The purpose of the Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA) is to prevent the collapse of the small pelagic fishery sector in Ghana while improving the supplemental livelihoods, resilience, and food…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-jWL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Support and facilitate GFRA efforts to establish subnational co-management committees including active participation and ownership by regional directors ofthe Fisheries Commission. Monitor GFRA grantee and subcontract support to sub-national co-management committees.
\n\u2022 Support GFRA activities that support implementation of the Marine Fisheries Management Plan including but not limited to a moratorium on new entrants, closed fishing season, and other access regulation efforts.
\n\u2022 Support fisher outreach and engagement efforts such as the Fisher-to-Fisher dialogues, community durbars, behavior change communications activities. Ensure strong stakeholder participation in these activities.
\n\u2022 Support the organization of an annual Fisheries Science Symposium starting in 2023.
\n\u2022 Support GFRA efforts to establish marine protected areas.
\n\u2022 Maintain strong relationships with fisher stakeholders at GFRA sites.
\n\u2022 Ensure GFRA fisheries activities are closely integrated with other GFRA objectives such as livelihoods, gender, child labor and trafficking, post-harvest improvements.
\n\u2022 Support monitoring, evaluation, and learning of GFRA project performance and progress relating to fisheries management. Provide inputs to quarterly and annual reports to USAID.
\n\u2022 Support the development of quarterly and annual workplans and budgets and ensure timely implementation of activities accordingly to approved budget levels.
\n\u2022 Other tasks as requested by the Fisheries Management Specialist or the Chief of Party.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 3 years\u2019 experience in fisheries management or 8 years\u2019 experience of relevant work.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated relative experience with USAID and\/or other donor-funded projects of similar size and complexity.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated experience in community engagement and building relationships with fisheries stakeholders in GFRA sites.
\n\u2022 Excellent organizational skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment
\n\u2022 Professional written and spoken proficiency in English required<\/p>\n