Job: Community Research Liaison Officer

Job code

APP051113

Location

Auki, Solomon Islands

Opening date

27 Nov 2013

Closing date

10 Jan 2013

Type

National

An opportunity has arisen for an energetic, well-organized, responsible, community minded person who enjoys interacting with a wide range of people to work with a skilled and experienced team of researchers and technical staff as part of their team. Based in Auki this person will co-ordinate activities with communities in Malaita (particularly North Malaita) to support their action plans and co-ordinate partnerships with researchers from WorldFish and other organizations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work closely with rural communities to monitor and support community action plans around fisheries management and agriculture
• Act as the community contact person in the Auki office
• Co-ordinate partnerships with training providers
• Assist research team to conduct community and household surveys
• Collect narratives with communities and work with communications team to prepare products suitable for communities' use
• Arrange field trip logistics for action research teams
• Manage field trip funds and providing timely and accurate acquittals
• Write trip and project reports and contribute to a range of communications products
• Conduct workshops, prepare relevant material needed for training/ workshop/ conference presentations
• Communicate project findings, problems and successes with supervisor, team members in Honiara and project leader in a timely manner

Candidates are sought with:

• Bachelor's Degree in development, social science, agriculture, fisheries or geography.
• Practical experience in working with communities
• Have a strong interest in implementing strength based approaches to community development of Aquatic Agricultural Systems (fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture)
• Flexible, willing to learn, and able to work across a range of projects and activities
• Must be able to spend time working in rural communities
• Have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills in English and in Pidgin, and the ability to communicate effectively with rural communities and their leaders
• Familiar with Microsoft Office and be able to write effective field trip reports
• Have the necessary skills to have responsibility for, and acquit, funds required to support field activities
• Must be prepared to join a hard working team who are committed to enhancing the lives of Solomon Islanders through improved coastal fisheries management and aquaculture development.

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