Head of Department

• Design, implement, and regularly evaluate the Africa regional strategy and work plans
• Develop and deliver political strategies to secure public commitments for fishing vessel tracking and vessel registry data sharing
• Adapt data tools to the needs of partner governments and NGOs
• Build and maintain a prioritized continental stakeholder and partnership pipeline
• Oversee Africa regional grant deliverables, compliance, execution, and reporting
• Coordinate complex sub-grants to local and regional partner organizations
• Formulate and track the regional budget with the COO and Business Finance Director
• Supervise, mentor, and inspire a distributed regional team
• Establish OKRs, manage day-to-day performance, and review progress
• Ensure safe, secure, compliant, and welcoming operations across multiple African jurisdictions
• Share cross-regional insights and identify joint initiatives with other regional heads and project staff
• Contribute to organizational initiatives and working groups
• Identify and secure funding streams for the Africa portfolio
• Represent Global Fishing Watch with governments, fisheries bodies, civil society, and funders at regional and international forums

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Head of Africa Region

F CFA 49,000,000 - F CFA 59,000,000 per year