Data Science Officer

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities
Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation that puts people first. We support
coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries and restore ocean life.
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
organisations 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 worldwide.

Summary job description
Our Technical team oversees Blue Ventures’ technical pillars (Secure Rights,
Community-Based Fisheries Management, Food Security and Financial Inclusion). It
supports the use of data for decision-making, providing tools, training, and guidance to
partners and Blue Ventures’ staff around the world. This team integrates expertise and
deep practical experience with pragmatism and a desire to enable others to deliver lasting
change, by distilling global best practices and knowledge into usable tools, appropriate
training, and responsive guidance and support. The team is also responsible for delivering
online and face-to-face peer learning exchanges and knowledge-sharing events across the
organisation, in addition to overseeing technical publications.

We are currently recruiting a Data Science Officer to support our efforts in assisting local
partner organisations in Indonesia. The role will entail providing technical assistance to
partner organisations involved in community-based fisheries management and sharing
technical and marine resource management experiences. Reporting to the Data Science
Senior Officer, this is a full-time role based in Blue Ventures’ Denpasar office, with regular
travel to work closely with colleagues, partners, field teams and communities.
The Data Science Officer will provide bespoke training and technical support to local
partners in all aspects of fisheries assessment and management, including monitoring and
evaluation of landings − particularly in the design and use of mobile-based data collection
systems − and supporting local partners in efforts to assist communities in the
management of target small-scale fisheries.
Additional responsibilities will include supporting scoping visits and working with partner
organisations and colleagues in Blue Ventures’ conservation team to plan community
exchanges to share learning and best practices in tropical small-scale fisheries
management and locally-led marine conservation.
We are seeking a new colleague who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced, collegiate and
ambitious environments and can demonstrate experience working independently and
solving complex problems in challenging situations.
We are looking for an individual who is open to new ideas and embraces innovation and
who can demonstrate experience building effective working partnerships for conservation
and/or development. Applications will be assessed based on candidates’ alignment with
BV’s core values and mission to support human rights-based approaches to marine
conservation and fisheries management.
The Data Science Officer will work alongside an existing technical team, which will provide
training, mentoring, and support for the duration of the role.
The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive, and highly organised individual who
enjoys independent working. You will have an excellent knowledge of the small-scale
fisheries, marine conservation, and development sectors in Indonesia, a proven track
record of project management and partnership building, and excellent communication
skills. Practical experience of community-based conservation and development initiatives in
Indonesia will be critical to the role.
Blue Ventures is a fast-growing and mission-driven organisation offering excellent
opportunities for further professional development.

Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Training Programme
– Training & Capacity Building: Train partners in using the mobile-based data
collection system.
– Support Data Quality Assurance: Ensure the accuracy and reliability of data entered into the system.
– Support Data Monitoring & Visualisation: Monitor the data visualised on the dashboard to maintain real-time accuracy and usability.
– Support Fisheries Data Management Development: Support the enhancement and
development of comprehensive fisheries data management systems.
– Support Feedback Integration: Gather and incorporate feedback from partners and
communities to continuously improve the data collection and management systems.
– Support Data Feedback Session: Data support for recommendations for fisheries
management with data as the basis for decision-making.
– Support the partnership team in reviewing technical aspects of partners’ work plans
and reports.
– Support technical exchanges for staff, partners, and communities.
Documentation & Communication
– Evaluating and documenting key learning, best practices and broader contextual
learning around fisheries management experiences.
– Working with partner organisations and Blue Ventures’ conservation team to plan
and coordinate outreach and communication efforts around partnership activities,
including blogs and news articles, as required.

Skills and experience Required
– Undergraduate level qualification in the relevant subject (rural development,
environmental, fisheries or conservation science) or at least three years practical
experience in field-based marine conservation.
– Experience in small-scale fisheries monitoring and assessment, ideally through
participatory (community-based) methods.
– Experience in teaching and mentoring in data systems, analysis and interpretation.
– Experience with mobile data collection systems (ideally including Open Data Kit and
Kobo Toolbox).
– Excellent knowledge of MS Office.
– Experience and understanding of how to use Monitoring and Evaluation in
development work.
– Experience in data management system development.
– Experience in data visualisation (Tableau, Google Data Studio).
We would also love to see
– Sensitivity to partner and community needs and interests; humility and commitment
to identifying needs and leading local capacity development for conservation.
– Experience in tropical developing contexts, including knowledge of marine
environmental and local cultural contexts.
– Fluency in local or national language and professional English.
– Excellent communication skills and ability to give strong public presentations.
– Experience in facilitation, teaching and/or delivering training, both to groups and
one-to-one.

You will be a great fit if
– You show a commitment to Blue Ventures’ mission and values, evidenced by a high
level of personal and professional integrity, humility and humanity.
– You demonstrate a strong bias for action and comfort with the uncertainty; you are
motivated to move forward, make decisions, and finalise details quickly once
information is available.
– You’ve shown a willingness and ability to challenge the status quo creatively and
productively.
– You have an analytical mindset and orientation toward measurement, outcomes
and continuous improvement and learning. You value others, and yourself,
data-driven and consultative decision-making.
– You think critically and put a high value on offering and receiving constructive
feedback and criticism.
– You’re a natural relationship builder and have a proven ability to work collaboratively
with others in a complex organisation, demonstrating professional curiosity, team
building and facilitation skills. You enjoy collaboration and have a genuine interest in
learning from and developing others.
– You’re a people person who takes pride and pleasure in developing talent and
creating safe, happy, productive and engaging workplace cultures and environments
for staff at all levels and from varied backgrounds. You crave building teams, finding
talent, nurturing relationships, and tackling challenging people-related issues.
– You’re able to engage people’s energies, hearts and minds in service of a mission.
– You use exemplary interpersonal skills to establish relationships of trust and
influence.
– You’re detail-oriented and compliance-minded; you enjoy dotting i’s and crossing t’s.
– You show self-motivation, flexibility, and the ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced,
energetic, entrepreneurial environment.