Role: Fisheries Liaison Officer

Job Title: Fisheries Stakeholder Liaison Officer

Organisation: Brown & May Marine

Salary: TBA

Primary Sector: Commercial Fisheries

Secondary Sector: Offshore Energy

Location: UK

Region: East Anglia

Job Function: Specialist & Technical

Perm/Temp:  Either

Summary

Brown and May Marine Ltd. are looking to recruit an experienced Fisheries Stakeholder Liaison Officer to work on projects around the UK. The successful candidate will join a team expanding to meet an increasing workload both from existing and new clients in the renewable (offshore wind farms), oil and gas and subsea cable industries within the UK and Europe.

The role will include managing projects in relation to liaison allowing effective communication and cooperation between clients and marine stakeholders (international, national, regional and local) at all stages of development (surveys, construction, etc). This will require maintenance of complete communication logs as well as planning and implementing liaison meetings, mail drops and answering stakeholder queries and concerns etc. In addition there is likely to be some report writing and research to support clients.

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate experience in stakeholder engagement and liaison, preferably fisheries related, including in some challenging situations. In addition, they should ideally have a good understanding of accounts and financial matters.

The work can be undertaken via hybrid remotely with the option of working in the office and will involve regular travel around the UK and possibly Europe to stakeholder meetings at development sites. In addition, it may include travel to and work from Brown and May Marine Limited’s office in Eye Suffolk or colleagues based around the UK.

Essential Requirements

• Demonstrable client liaison and fisheries stakeholder engagement experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to deliver presentations to a range of different audiences
• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Office)
• Ability to work independently on own initiative and as part of a team, to achieve demanding deadlines and challenging individuals
• Teamwork, flexibility, organisation and effective time management
• Full driving licence
• Available for travel around UK & Europe

Advantageous Requirements

• Good understanding of the UK and European fishing and marine industries and of the key stakeholders involved, including government agencies, fisheries organisations, producer organisations, etc.
• Demonstrable aptitude for financial calculations.
• Experience of liaison for offshore developments

To apply, please submit the following to rachel.barber@brownmay.com

• A cover letter outlining how your skills, experience and knowledge directly address the responsibilities and requirements detailed in the job specification, and you should include information on your current salary and notice period.
• Your current CV including full contact details
• Examples of your writing skills (e.g. papers submitted, publicly available project outputs)

Please ensure that they are sent as Word or PDF documents with the titles “your name Cover Letter”, “your name CV” and “your name Writing Skills Example 1” etc. The subject of the email should read: Application for Fisheries Consultant.