Senior Marine Resource Economist / Marine Resource Economist

Description

The Pacific Group (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation within the Pacific area, supporting growth since 1947. We’re a world growth organisation owned and ruled by our 27 nation and territory members. In pursuit of sustainable growth to learn Pacific individuals, our distinctive organisation works throughout greater than 25 sectors. We’re recognized for our data and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public well being surveillance, geoscience, and conservation of plant genetic assets for meals and agriculture.

The Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME) Division is one in all SPC’s oldest Divisions and it has been offering scientific and technical experience to assist fisheries administration and sustainable growth within the Pacific for over 60 years. FAME’s purpose is that fisheries assets of the Pacific area are sustainably managed for financial progress, meals safety and environmental conservation. FAME consists of the Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP) and Coastal Fisheries Programme (CFP). OFP is the area’s centre for oceanic fisheries science and data, offering important information assortment, information administration and modelling and evaluation companies to the Pacific. CFP offers science and technical assist to PICTs to reinforce the administration of coastal fisheries, and the sustainable growth of aquaculture and nearshore livelihoods throughout the area. The work of OFP and CFP are supported by the FAME Director’s Workplace, which incorporates the Data Part, communications, and monitoring, analysis and studying.

The position – the Senior Marine Useful resource Economist / Marine Useful resource Economist will present management and sound financial analysis and recommendation to help and assist the Marine Spatial Planning course of led by the Authorities of Palau and different SPC members to maximise and measure the financial advantages gained from their marine assets to tell decision-making in SPC members and higher obtain analysis and sustainable growth outcomes. This appointment might be made at both the Senior Marine Useful resource Economist or the Marine Useful resource Economist stage, relying on the abilities and expertise of the profitable candidate.

The important thing obligations of the position embody the next:

Carry out nation and territory, sub-regional and regional financial analyses

• Consider the financial worth of marine organic assets and ecosystems, together with tuna shares and coastal invertebrate and vertebrate species with robust financial potential.
• Use financial instruments akin to cost-benefit evaluation and price effectiveness to determine, and spatial instruments akin to InVEST and ARIES to account for trade-offs, winners and losers in marine spatial planning course of.
• Establish and worth externalities in proposed marine spatial plans and counsel pathways to leverage interventions.
• Discover de-risking methods to lift personal sector confidence in MSP course of.
• Construct impression analysis instruments that enable for a long-term monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of MSP objectives.
• Acquire and analyse financial and environmental information associated to the blue economic system to construct a baseline and monitor progress in the direction of MSP implementation, doubtlessly together with information on fish shares, aquaculture manufacturing, tourism and coastal growth.
• Analyse information associated to marine useful resource exploitation, together with the prices and advantages of various harvesting or extraction strategies whereas contemplating long run traits and local weather projections.
• Conduct analysis and evaluation on the financial impression of marine useful resource administration insurance policies, together with fishing laws, aquaculture growth, conservation efforts and tourism.
• Conduct cost-benefit evaluation of various marine useful resource administration insurance policies.
• Conduct financial evaluation and supply recommendation on nationwide fisheries administration, growth and funding proposals.
• Growth and manufacturing of indicators and statics of tuna fisheries and associated sectors to the economies of SPC members.

Coverage and technical advisory companies

• Develop financial fashions and forecasts to tell coverage selections associated to the blue economic system and marine useful resource administration.
• Actively present technical recommendation and help to PICTs at a nationwide stage in areas associated to statistical evaluation of information associated to marine useful resource economics.
• Present insights primarily based on behavioural economics on how incentives and methods during which individuals affected by a MSP will or received’t adjust to MSP laws.
• Work carefully with authorized advisers and administration specialists to develop coverage suggestions for blue economic system, setting safety and sustainable use of marine assets.
• Monitor rising financial and social traits internationally and in member international locations and supply sound recommendation to administration on points which might have an effect on regional insurance policies, new proposals and present mission implementation.

Capability constructing and stakeholder engagement

• Develop and ship coaching and capability constructing actions to reinforce the capability of presidency companies and stakeholders on coaching programs in fisheries and associated economics.
• Construct and preserve relationships with authorities companies, non-governmental organizations, and different stakeholders concerned in marine useful resource administration.
• Contribute to conferences, workshops, and nationwide and regional occasions associated to marine spatial planning and marine assets economies.
• Be certain that all marine useful resource economics and blue economic system data merchandise created are effectively disseminated and saved in a related depository for future entry and use.

Contribute to workforce management and coaching

• Lead the financial recommendation on assets, together with guiding, supporting SPC members on financial analyses & evaluation, offering suggestions for optimised marine and assets evaluation.
• Establish and develop areas for continuous enchancment in practices and course of for delivering financial recommendation on assets.

For a extra detailed account of the important thing obligations, please check with the web job description.

Key choice standards

{Qualifications}

• Submit-graduate diploma in Economics, Marine Useful resource Administration, or different comparable area with strengths in statistical evaluation
• moreover, for appointment on the Senior Marine Useful resource Economist stage, a Grasp’s diploma in Economics, Marine Useful resource Administration, or different comparable area with strengths in statistical evaluation

Technical experience

• Confirmed expertise in marine useful resource economics and ex-ante and ex-post statistics. Consideration of appointment on the Senior Marine Useful resource Economist or Marine Useful resource Economist ranges might be primarily based on, however not restricted to, the extent of expertise in a related area. 7 years’ expertise is fascinating for the Marine Useful resource Economist stage and 10 years’ expertise is fascinating for the Senior Marine Useful resource Economist stage.
• Understanding of nationwide and regional points associated to the blue economic system and marine useful resource economics ideally within the Pacific area.
• Confirmed expertise in negotiating, constructing and sustaining skilled, client-focused relationships and mutually useful partnerships.

Language abilities

• Glorious verbal and written presentation and communication abilities in English.

Interpersonal abilities and cultural consciousness

• Sturdy communication and interpersonal abilities, artistic thinker, and talent to work as a part of a multi-cultural workforce.

Wage, phrases and situations

Contract Period – This vacant place is budgeted for 3 years and is topic to renewal relying on efficiency and funding.

Remuneration – Appointment might be made at both the:

Senior Marine Useful resource Economist stage band 12 in SPC’s 2024 wage scale*.*

For a Noumea primarily based place a beginning wage vary of SDR (particular drawing rights) 4,792-5,894 per thirty days, which converts to roughly XPF 708,852-871,830 (USD 6,374-7,839; EUR 5,940-7,306). SPC salaries usually are not presently topic to earnings tax in New Caledonia.

For a Suva primarily based place – a beginning wage vary of SDR (particular drawing rights) 3,565-4,456 per thirty days, which converts to roughly FJD 10,623–13,279 (USD 4,741–5,927; EUR 4,419–5,524). Remuneration of expatriate SPC workers members will not be topic to earnings tax in Fiji; Fiji nationals employed by SPC in Fiji might be topic to earnings tax.

or Marine Useful resource Economist stage band 11 in SPC’s 2024 wage scale*.*

For a Noumea primarily based place a beginning wage vary of SDR (particular drawing rights) 4,206-5,161 per thirty days, which converts to roughly XPF 622,159-763,470 (USD 5,594-6,398; EUR 5,214-6,398). SPC salaries usually are not presently topic to earnings tax in New Caledonia.

For a Suva primarily based place – a beginning wage vary of SDR (particular drawing rights) 3,091-3,864 per thirty days, which converts to roughly FJD 9,211–11,513 (USD 4,111–5,138; EUR 3,831–4,789). Remuneration of expatriate SPC workers members will not be topic to earnings tax in Fiji; Fiji nationals employed by SPC in Fiji might be topic to earnings tax.

A suggestion of appointment to one in all these positions might be made, depending on the {qualifications} and expertise of the profitable candidate in relation to the standards as outlined above. A suggestion of appointment for an preliminary contract will usually be made within the decrease half of the related vary, with due consideration being given to {qualifications} and expertise. Development inside the wage scale might be primarily based on annual efficiency evaluations.

Advantages for worldwide workers workers – SPC offers a housing allowance (or subsidised housing in Noumea). Institution and repatriation grant, elimination bills, airfares, dwelling depart journey, well being and life and incapacity insurances and training allowances can be found for eligible workers and their eligible dependents. Workers are entitled to 25 working days of annual depart each year and different forms of depart, and entry to SPC’s Provident Fund (contributing 8% of wage, to which SPC provides an identical contribution).

Recruitment rules – SPC’s recruitment is predicated on benefit and equity, and candidates are competing in a variety course of that’s honest, clear and non-discriminatory. SPC is an equal-opportunity employer, and is dedicated to cultural and gender variety, together with bilinguism, and can search to draw and appoint candidates who respect these values. Due consideration is given to gender fairness and the upkeep of robust illustration from Pacific Island professionals. If two interviewed candidates are ranked equal by the choice panel, desire will begiven to the Pacific Islander. Candidates might be assured of full confidentiality consistent with SPC’s personal coverage.

Easy methods to apply

Software process

Deadline: 10 March 2024 – 11:00 pm (Noumea time)

Job Reference: CR000188

Candidates should apply on-line at http://careers.spc.int/

Laborious copies of functions is not going to be accepted.

To your utility to be thought-about, you need to present us with:

• an up to date resume with contact particulars for 3 skilled referees
• a canopy letter detailing your abilities, expertise and curiosity on this place
• responses to all screening questions

Your utility might be thought-about incomplete and won’t be reviewed at shortlisting stage if all of the above paperwork usually are not supplied. Candidates mustn’t connect copies of {qualifications} or letters of reference.

Please guarantee your paperwork are in Microsoft Phrase or Adobe PDF format.

SPC doesn’t cost a price to think about your utility and can by no means ask on your banking or monetary data through the recruitment course of.

Screening questions (most of two.000 characters per query):

1. Please describe the aim of ocean accounting and the way it contributes to measuring the financial worth of marine ecosystems and the companies they supply? Please present particular examples of ocean accounting tasks or assessments you have got been concerned in.
2. In your opinion, what are the important thing challenges and alternatives dealing with sustainable fisheries administration within the Pacific and the financial implications related to it? How would you handle these challenges and maximising the financial advantages of marine assets whereas guaranteeing their long-term sustainability and contemplating potential impacts of local weather change?
3. What expertise do you have got in creating financial fashions and forecasts to tell coverage selections? How have you ever built-in uncertainties and dangers when presenting your conclusions and suggestions? Please present particular examples.