Program Officer, Global Fisheries

Reporting to the Ocean Initiative Director, the Program Officer (PO) will execute on all aspects of strategic grantmaking and field leadership for core aspects of the Ocean Initiative related to the Global Fisheries Portfolio. The goal of the Global Fisheries Portfolio is to help establish policies, practices, and incentives that reinforce a more equitable and sustainable seafood sector where fishers and fish workers have secure livelihoods, decent work, and food security, and Illegal Unregulated, and Unreported (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses are ended in the seafood sector. Under this portfolio, the Foundation supports power-building and capacity-strengthening of ocean-reliant communities that advance an equitable and sustainable seafood sector; shifting seafood supply chains to be more transparent, accountable, and values-aligned; and advancing national, regional, and global trade governance to address IUU and human rights abuses in the seafood sector.

This position will serve on an integrated and multidisciplinary team focused on implementing a regional strategy in East and Southeast Asia. The role blends subject matter expertise in promoting equitable and sustainable global supply chains with exceptional interpersonal and collaboration skills as both a key point of contact for external and internal partners