Job Opportunity : Marine Program Director in Mozambique

Marine Program Director

Mozambique

Full-Time

GLOBAL CONSERVATION

Job Description

Coordinate with:                Grants Manager, Procurement and Logistics team, accounting and finance team, human resources team, communications team, and administrative team.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of the Mozambique Marine Program strategy, ensuring progress is monitored at least bi-annually, and adjust it as needed in line with WCS’s broader regional and global strategies.
• Develop and lead funding strategies, including proposal development for bilateral, multilateral, foundation, and private donors, ensuring alignment with WCS’s marine conservation priorities at national, regional, and global levels.
• Collaborate with the WCS Mozambique leadership to develop project and annual work plans, and budgets, and identify funding gaps.
• Ensure the program’s strategic objectives are met through regular planning meetings with project coordinators, tracking monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-term goals.

• Ensure the marine program team complies with WCS and donor policies on grant management, expenditure, and reporting.
• Oversee financial management and reporting, working closely with the Grants Manager and finance team to ensure harmonized technical and financial reports.
• Manage online filing systems for all grants and utilize project management tools (e.g., Asana) to ensure deadlines and deliverables are met.
• Lead the writing, review and consolidation of high-quality technical and financial donor reports.

• Oversee M&E activities, ensuring that project plans are adapted as needed, and develop realignment or extension requests when required.
• Ensure data collected is of high quality and support the technical reporting and analysis of this data.
• Ensure regular reporting of progress toward strategic goals, adjusting plans as necessary based on M&E feedback.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team, including Environmental and Social Safeguards, M&E specialists, sub-grantees and consultants, setting annual objectives and conducting performance reviews.
• Identify capacity gaps, provide technical support and capacity-building to staff, and ensure skill transfer to local staff, particularly in project implementation, data collection, analysis, and field-level activities.
• If expatriate, provide guidance for the training of a Mozambican national for skills transfer.
• Oversee recruitment processes, define job descriptions, and co-lead hiring when necessary.

• Liaise with government partners (e.g., Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Ministry of Land and Environment) to ensure strong working relationships.
• Represent WCS’s marine conservation work in Mozambique to technical partners, donors, government bodies, NGOs, and other key stakeholders.
• Coordinate donor relationships and manage communications with funders, including attending reviews and meetings as necessary.
• Collaborate with national and international research institutes and universities to develop joint research projects, attract researchers and oversee marine research aligned with WCS’s conservation priorities.

• Coordinate the implementation of the Marine Program communication strategies and plans.
• Ensure that conservation messages are effectively delivered locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Publicize WCS Mozambique marine program achievements through both popular and scientific media, contributing to scientific publications and ensuring the capacity-building of national staff.
• Promote education and scientific research within the marine program, ensuring engagement with local talent and students.

• Work closely with the Country Director, Finance and remaining Directors to ensure compliance with WCS policies and smooth program operation.
• Ensure the marine program operates in compliance with national and international environmental policies and legislation.

Qualification Requirements

Minimum Requirements and Job Skills:

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