Senior Manager, Fish Forever Policy Support

Position Overview

** Please note: You must already be authorized to live and work in the Philippines to be considered for this position.**

About Rare
Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive. For over 45 years, across 60 countries, we have inspired and empowered millions of people and their communities to shift their behaviors and practices to protect our shared planet. We are a global leader in driving social change for people and nature. We facilitate solutions that help individuals, their communities, and their local leaders tackle global environmental challenges, manage their resources, and take charge of their futures.

Rare’s organizational culture is results-oriented, entrepreneurial, and defined by our five core values: Courage to Take Risks, Commitment to Accountability, Mindset of Solutionology, Investments in People, and Spirit of Celebration.

Rare is growing and expanding its impact through a range of exciting programs, including Fish Forever – a global initiative to restore near-shore fisheries in the tropics.  Fish Forever is Rare’s largest and most mature program, supported by a diverse portfolio of donors that fund work in eight countries. While country programs are at different stages of maturity, each one is positioned to advance the adoption of community-based protection and management of coastal waters, anchored on networks of Managed Access + Reserves (MA+R), where no-take reserves where habitat and fish can recover are paired with areas where fishing is regulated to ensure sustainability.  These MA+R networks need to be legal and functional in order to be effective and sustainable, so a pathway for enabling policy needs to be identified and pursued in each country we operate in. Policy is also critical for enabling the adoption of critical behaviors for success, such as fisher registration and catch reporting, as well as laying the foundations for sustained financing and institutional uptake by national and local governments.

Position Overview

The Senior Manager, Policy Support, reports to the Sr. Director of the Fish Forever Global Services Hub,   and works closely with country and global policy leads. The Senior Manager will be responsible for providing guidance and technical support to country teams, while facilitating strategic alignment, monitoring and cross-learning regarding all policy and governance elements of Fish Forever.

Responsibilities**:**

Strategy and Implementation Support

• Create and/or update and maintain program strategy guidance documents and resources, including working with third-party partners or contractors for additional research and resources
• Assist country teams in adaptation of strategy and prioritization of interventions and tactics
• Provide direct support to country teams, including surge capacity as needed, for identified initiatives, such as the preparation of briefs, review of policy drafts, etc.
• Manage special projects, such as multi-country policy initiatives or special events, as the need arises
• Enhance capacity of non-policy experts to execute relevant parts of policy strategy, interventions, and tactics
• Provide policy feedback and insights to initiatives and projects within other HUB thematic areas and other S\shared \services teams
• In collaboration with other members of the Hub, build a robust collection of policy implementation resources for a diversity of audiences

Policy & Governance Team Leadership

• Convene and manage Policy & Governance team monthly calls
• Ensure that the team becomes a vibrant(or use successful), active platform for alignment, collaboration and learning across country and central teams
• Identify, systematize, and communicate country needs, best practices and lessons
• Identify learning resources to be developed, and joint initiatives to be pursued

Program Tracking and Monitoring

• (In coordination with other program monitoring mechanisms) Participate in country program review calls and schedule additional calls with country teams as needed to update progress on deliverables and flag areas to be addressed
• Coordinate with the Fish Forever M&E team to ensure updated data on policy related metrics
• Prepare bi-annual newsletter or equivalent to highlight key policy milestones and findings across the program

Qualifications:

• At least six years of experience working on policy either in a government or NGO setting, preferably in a developing country context, and preferably in natural resource management
• Excellent listening, communication and facilitation skills, and the ability to engage with diverse and dynamic teams
• Strong strategic thinking, writing and organizational skills, with the proven ability to see connections and underlying themes and then articulate them explicitly or clearly
• A growth and service-orientation mindset that recognizes the power of leveraging others’ expertise and experience to enable effective implementation
• Ability to work globally across multiple time zones.

Rare is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply; EOE/M/F/D/V