Director of Community Training and Learning at Blue Ventures

Senior Leadership

• To act and behave according to the SLT Terms of Reference and BV’s Leadership Competencies
• Actively contribute to consultations, including helping to define and establish BV’s long-term strategy and priorities in alignment with its mission and vision.
• Participate in collaborative and open forums to discuss, make informed decisions, and respond to consultations effectively.
• Promote cohesion across functions to enhance operational efficiency.
• Ensure the effective utilisation of resources to achieve organisational objectives.
• Support and foster the professional development of team members.
• Contribute to the development of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and take accountability for their delivery.
• Ensure regular communication from the SLT is cascaded to the team, facilitating the precise delivery of key organisational messages, including to their direct reports. Align and plan organisation-wide communications per BV’s Internal

Communications and Engagement Strategy.

• Provide input for board papers to be delivered by the ELT member to the Trustee Board or create and present documents directly, as required.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders, including the Board, donors, and partners.
• Contribute ideas and solutions to major strategic areas such as risk management, implementing mitigation strategies and developing contingency plans for emerging challenges and crises.
• Take accountability for operational delivery within functional areas, ensuring alignment with the agreed plan and supporting the organisation’s growth, sustainability, and impact.

Strategic Leadership and Vision

• Set the strategic direction for content development aligned with Blue Ventures’ organisational goals and programme priorities.
• Lead the creation of guiding principles, frameworks, and technical roadmaps for community-based management, including ecosystem-based fisheries management, food security, financial inclusion, and secure rights.
• Define and maintain the integrity of core learning outcomes across all programme themes.

Content and Curriculum Development

• Oversee the development of technical guidance documents, curriculum content, and training materials for use by partners and communities.
• Ensure all content is adaptable, practical, and rooted in both evidence and lived community experience.
• Develop local adaptation guidance that supports partners in tailoring training materials to their specific contexts.
• Integrate case studies, community knowledge, and practitioner experiences into all learning content.
• Team Leadership and Collaboration
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts, providing strategic direction, performance management, and professional development.
• Facilitate collaboration across the thematic pillars to ensure integrated approaches and unified messaging.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams and external partners to ensure technical content is current, locally relevant, and grounded in best practices.
• Integrate insights from peer organisations, academic research, and external learning into training content and guidance materials to ensure relevance, credibility, and continuous innovation.

Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement

• Lead regular reviews of training content and technical frameworks to ensure alignment with organisational strategy, partner feedback, and community insights.
• Maintain strong, collaborative feedback loops with global and regional teams to support iterative learning and ongoing content refinement.
• Ensure all materials follow a clear, standardised structure and are thoroughly documented to enable seamless handover to the Training and Learning team for adaptation, digitisation, and delivery.

Global Learning Contribution

• Contribute technical leadership to global and regional learning events, summits, and peer exchanges.
• Support collecting and documenting community experiences, innovations, and practical solutions through storytelling approaches, highlighting local knowledge and real-world impact.
• Ensure Blue Ventures remains a trusted resource in community fisheries knowledge by producing high-quality, community-informed, evidence-based content.

Skills and experience

Education

• A doctoral degree in a relevant field, such as Natural Resource Management, Fisheries Science, Marine Ecology, Environmental Studies, or a related technical discipline.