Subject Area
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Deepsea
Fisheries, Aquaculture
Marine Biotechnology, Marine Products
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Pollution
Research Support Services
Activities
i.
Participate in fisheries
and aquaculture policy research, development and review of policies, laws and
regulations for exploitation of fisheries and blue economy resources;
ii.
Identification of
capacity gaps, developing plans for capacity building for sustainable fisheries
resources exploitation in the region;
iii.
Participate in disseminating fisheries and aquaculture
policies and strategies;
iv.
Establishing and
sustaining linkages with the development partners and stakeholders in the
region;
v.
Initial action on
Statistics and Economic Analysis of the Blue Economy, Fisheries and Aquaculture
sectors;
vi.
Initiating and facilitating the development of
funding proposals and mobilizing resources for fisheries and aquaculture in the
region;
vii.
Building rapport and maintaining good
relationships and linkages with investors, collaborators, partners and other
stakeholders for research, knowledge management and resource mobilization;
viii.
Promoting research and feasibility studies on
Fisheries and aquaculture in the region;
ix.
Overseeing development, reviewing and
validating of concept notes and project proposals in the region;
x.
Overseeing identification of key priority
areas and strategic interventions for fisheries and aquaculture;
xi.
Identifying key primary
areas for interventions of research and partnerships in Fisheries and
Aquaculture;
xii.
Maintaining an
up-to-date database of investors, collaborators and other stakeholders in the
region;
xiii.
Initiate capacity building for sustainable exploitation of fisheries
and blue economy resources;
xiv.
Identification of research gaps in
fisheries and aquaculture;
xv.
Promote linkages with County Governments to ensure sustainable
fisheries management and development;
xvi.
Participate in studies,
analysis, research, planning, overseeing, monitoring and evaluating the Bottom-up
Economic Transformation (BETA) Agenda Projects and other similar projects
according to the State Departments strategic plan;
xvii.
Coordinating preparation
of progress reports on fisheries and aquaculture to relevant bodies including
the Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU) for the region;
xviii.
Promote linkages with fisheries management research institutions and
organizations in the region;
Skills
· Quality
Assurance and Control
· Hazard
analysis and critical control point
· Quality
Analysis
· Product
compliance and advocacy
· Managing
teams
· Managing
cold chain
· Customer
oriented
· Computer
skills
· Proficiency
in English
· Highly
flexible
Report
writing