Fishery Officer (Fishery Statistician)
Victoria
- Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Location: Victoria
- Grade: Mid level - P-3, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
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Occupational Groups:
- Statistics
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Fisheries
- Scientist and Researcher
- Sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FID
- Closing Date: Closed
1H051H05
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The length of appointment for internal FAO candidates will be established in accordance with applicable policies pertaining to the extension of appointments
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• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender and nationality
• People with disabilities are protected from any type of discrimination during any stage of employment, including the recruitment phase
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization
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Organizational Setting
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organization responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean. The IOTC was established in 1993 at the 105th Session of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under Article XIV of the FAO constitution.
The Commission has four key science based functions and responsibilities which enable it to achieve its objectives. Briefly these include\: reviewing the status of the stocks and to gather, analyse and disseminate scientific information (including catch and effort statistics and other relevant data); supporting research and development activities in respect of the stocks and fisheries covered by the IOTC; adopting, on the basis of scientific evidence, Conservation and Management Measures (CMM) to ensure the conservation of the stocks covered by the Agreement; and reviewing the economic and social aspects of the fisheries.
The Fishery Officer reports to the IOTC Science Manager under the overall guidance of the IOTC Executive Secretary.
Tuna fisheries data, science and stock assessment; capacity building and project management.
Research, technical analysis, and project related services to support the delivery of programme projects, products, and services.
• Researches and analyses technical, social, economic, environmental, institutional, and technology related information, data and statistics and/or related policy issues to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services;
• Produces a variety of technical information, data, statistics and reports as well as input for technical documents and web pages;
• Provides technical support/analysis to various assessments, studies and initiatives and provides technical backstopping to field projects;
• Collaborates in the development of improved/updated tools, systems, processes, and databases;
• Participates in multidisciplinary teams, and/or leads working groups/teams collaborates with other departments and agencies on work groups and committees and promotes best practices;
• Collaborates in, provides technical backstopping to and ensures the quality/effectiveness of capacity development activities within member countries such as policy support, organizational development and individual learning events including preparation of related information, learning materials, online tools;
• Promotes knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences and influences partners in stakeholder consultations;
• Supports resource mobilization activities in accordance with the FAO’s Corporate strategy.
• Participates in the coordination of the Commission's science activities;
• Drafts material/documents for the IOTC Scientific Committee and its subsidiary bodies including but not limited to project progress reports, species Executive Summaries and administrative papers;
• Participates in the collation, verification and input of fisheries data in the IOTC data sets, as well as in their dissemination prior to each Working Party/Scientific Committee;
• Estimates gaps or inconsistencies in all relevant data sets submitted by CPCs or received from other official sources (observer programmes or data collection projects implemented at national/international level) by using appropriate statistical procedures and methodologies;
• Participates in the design and assessment of data collection and management initiatives in IOTC member countries, with a specific focus on artisanal and small-scale fisheries;
• Prepares training materials required for the implementation of data collection and management activities, including sampling and data entry manuals, and undertakes training of local staff on sampling, data entry and processing;
• Undertakes missions to sampling sites in order to ensure the accurate execution of data collection and other related activities;
• Monitors the reporting, validation and verification of data generated from sampling programmes; documents and reports procedures developed to process the information obtained through data collection activities;
• Prepares progress reports on data collection activities for presentation to meetings of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies;
• Performs other related duties as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
• Advanced university degree in fisheries science, biostatistics, biological sciences or a related field;
• Five years of relevant experience in fisheries science, statistics and data management of fisheries or a related field;
• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian.
• Results Focus
• Team Work
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable;
• Extent and relevance of experience in fisheries statistics in particular with tuna and billfish fisheries;
• Extent and relevance of experience with GIS standards and tools for geospatial data visualization and analysis (OpenGIS, WKT, KML, ArcGIS, QGIS and similar);
• Extent and relevance of experience with the R statistical software or any other equivalent platform/frameworks for data processing and analysis (e.g. Python);
• Working knowledge of both English and French is desirable.
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