Job Vacancy at Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)

February 28th, 2023 at 09:44 am

Job Vacancy at Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)

POSITION: Advocacy Manager

About the company

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), based in the UK, is a non-governmental organization that works to make sure that natural habitats and environments can support and be supported by the communities that depend on them for their basic needs and livelihoods. The EJF team works in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. They are fast, flexible, and effective.

EJF is working to end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) and problems related to it, like human rights abuses. To do this, we work with governments and businesses to make seafood supply chains and markets more open and easy to track. We look into illegal, unsustainable, and unethical practices in great detail. We also work to improve policy-making, corporate governance, and the way fisheries are managed, and we raise consumer awareness to encourage market-driven solutions.

The global team of EJF also works on many other campaigns where environmental insecurity affects people’s rights. Some of these are the climate, forests, cotton, and training for activists. At https://ejfoundation.org, you can find out more. EJF works in Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, and Senegal in Africa.

Job Description

• Location: Accra, Ghana
• Full-time on the job.
• Date for applications to end: March 17, 2023
• Start date: ASAP
• Pay ranges from US$ 21,600 to US$ 28,800 per year.

Position Overview

We are looking for an Advocacy Manager who cares deeply about protecting the marine environment and the way of life of people who live near the coast.

The Advocacy Manager will be in charge of making strategies for advocacy that will be used to plan a number of campaign activities in Ghana.

This job will be based in Accra, with some trips to our project office in Cape Coast and Ghana’s four coastal regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Work right away to make sure that important changes to Ghana’s fisheries law are made by the current government (2023)
• Join EJF’s Ghana team and take the lead to make sure that the current revision of the Fisheries Act is well.
• Lead the creation and use of a strategy for advocacy that will guide our campaign work in Ghana.
• Engage with the relevant ministries, parliament, the presidency, embassies, and other high-level state and non-state actors often and in-depth.
• Keep an eye on policy and political changes, especially those related to fisheries and the ocean, and look for opportunities. Give political and legislative insights to support possible participation.
• Give convincing talks about important fisheries and ocean issues and promote the recommendations that go with them, including in one-on-one meetings and EJF events.
• Find, study, and report on any internal or external factors that could hurt campaign and advocacy strategies.
• Work with the Ghana Senior Management Team to keep track of the effects of EJF in the country and fill out all internal and external reports.
• Use EJF’s global findings, investigations, and grassroots partnerships to make briefings and reports that are specific to Ghana. These will help with the planning and implementation of fisheries and ocean issues.
• Present the evidence and recommendations of the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) to industry players, the government, and other stakeholders. This includes coming up with compelling ways to get and keep support for policy positions.
• Represent EJF at high-level meetings in Accra and other parts of Ghana as needed.
• Do any other important jobs that come up?

Skills or Experience Needed

• At least five years of work experience in marine environmental policy, fisheries and oceans issues, human rights, government, or other relevant fields;
• Professional experience in lobbying, public affairs, or communications that can be shown;
• Confident in representing EJF and delivering EJF’s message to high-level government officials and industry members;
• Ability to work alone and with an international team from afar;
• Paying attention to details and being able to organize and rank tasks;
• Strong management, coordination, teamwork, and planning skills, and proven ability to work well with multiple partners in both the NGO and public sectors;
• Creativity, innovation, and the ability to solve problems;
• Both writing and speaking English well

Skills and traits that are wanted:

• Have work experience with fisheries policy.
• Fluency in other languages that matter

How to Apply:

We offer you.

• Annual leave that increases every year.
• Flexible working arrangements can be considered.
• Health insurance.
• USD-linked contract
• Contract tied to USD

How to Apply for this Job Vacancy at Environmental Justice Foundation

Send your CV and a cover letter in English explaining why you are the right person for this job to recruitment@ejfoundation.org.

The deadline for applications is March 17, 2023. We want to fill this position as soon as possible and will look at all applications until then.

So, we suggest that you send in your application well before the deadline.

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