Partner Development Manager (Safeguarding and Governance) At Blue Ventures

Location: UK or Madagascar, with regular time in either one of the offices in these countries (Bristol and London in the UK or Antananarivo in Madagascar).

Closing date for applications: Sunday 28th of November 2021.

Start date: As soon as possible.

Contract duration: 12-month fixed-term contract with the possibility of renewal.

Remuneration:

UK salary: £34,000-36,000 gross per annum (depending on the office location).

Madagascar salary: MGA 25,147,128 net per annum.

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organization that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organizations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform, and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.

Summary job description

This position is a new, fixed-term role that will help establish and then coordinate Blue Ventures’ approach to partner assessment and development of partners’ capacity to meet standards in; Safeguarding, Whistleblowing, HR, Risk Management, policies including Code of Conduct, and Governance. The role will predominantly involve working with partners remotely, although there may be some international travel if in-person assessment or training is required.

Responsibilities

The core responsibilities of this new role are to work with BV’s external partners to
assess them and then as required to work with relevant BV colleagues and to support
them to build their capacity to meet the standards defined by DFID in the Enhanced Due
Diligence Guide for external partners in June 2018 (EDD standards)
● Oversee and deliver the assessment of our partners’ Safeguarding,
Whistleblowing, HR, Risk Management, policies including Code of Conduct, and
Governance.
○ Develop this and incorporate it into the Partner assessment tool to
ensure a digital and easily accessible approach.
● Devise and ensure the delivery of tailored capacity building to bring our partners’
standards to an approved level to meet EDD standards.
● Undertake regular assessments of our partners’ delivery of Health & Safety and
Safeguarding in the delivery of partnerships.
● Help produce reports to funders, the BV senior management team, and the
board of trustees relating to our partners’ compliance with EDD standards.
Staff training
● Work with Blue Ventures’ Health and Safety and Safeguarding team to design
and deliver all briefings and training related to health, safety, security, and
safeguarding with partners as required.
The above job description contains the main duties and responsibilities for this position.
However, in a small organisation such as Blue Ventures, staff members are expected to
show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks that
are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular job description.
Where any task becomes a regular part of an employee’s responsibilities, the job
description will be changed in consultation with the employee and the Human
Resources team.