Role: Fisheries Consultant

 Duties – General:

To assist with, and in time manage, fisheries liaison and associated aspects of offshore projects for a range of clients. In addition support staff in the writing and proofreading of reports.

To assist Team as required.

To acknowledge your responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act and assist the management team in making the work place and operations as safe as practicable.

Specific duties:

• Correspondence with client and fisheries stakeholders (phone call, letter, email);
• Issuing of Notice to Mariners;
• Research on fishing activities in relation to specific projects;
• Responding to stakeholder concerns;
• Assisting with Survey planning and OFLO logistics;
• Attending commercial fisheries working group meetings and other stakeholder engagement;
• Weekly update calls with clients;
• Supporting senior consultants with evidence review, cooperation payment calculation and general administration;
• Develop report writing skills to assist with fisheries related documents, Environmental impact assessments and client feedback
• Undertaking general office activities such as answering phones, taking messages, attending team meetings
• Providing input to time recording system
• Learning GIS to allow support to dedicated staff, primarily around simple chart creation and editing task- Full training from experienced GIS team.