Salary: £33,309 - £34,304
FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed Term (Until 12 February 2024)
Closing Date: 24 July 2022
One Ocean Hub
This is an exciting opportunity to join the UKRI
GCRF One Ocean Hub, a 5 year research for development programme which seeks to
address intractable challenges faced by developing countries in relation to
ocean management.
Led by the University of Strathclyde the Hub’s
research focuses on the specific challenges of South Africa, Ghana and Namibia in realising the
economic, socio-cultural and environmental benefits from the ocean. The Hub
will weave learning from the ocean, ranging from the traditional knowledge of
the peoples who rely upon it to marine sciences, innovative legal approaches
and artistic methods. Our aim is to bridge the disconnections in law, science
and society across all levels from the local to the international. We aim to
empower vulnerable communities, woman and youth to shape and benefit from the
blue economy through inclusive and integrated governance approaches required
to ensure a healthy ocean and flourishing economies.
As a Knowledge Exchange (KE) Associate, you will
play a key role in KE and impact activities primarily in relation to ocean
governance and legal research, whilst also working with other KE colleagues,
researchers and project managers across all disciplines of the Hub to ensure a
multidisciplinary and coordinated approach to stakeholder engagement and
impact.
With a background in ocean environment, and experience in law and policy making
processes at the global level, you will actively participate in global
and regional ocean governance networks, representing the Hub at key events and
fostering new relationships with a range of policy orientated stakeholders. You will proactively follow key
international processes and identify KE opportunities for the Hub. Working
with the Deputy Director and other KE colleagues, you will develop a range of
KE products and a portfolio of KE projects aligned with the Hub’s objectives
and which will contribute to the delivery of the Hub’s outcomes at
international level, particularly advancing UN decade objectives (UN Decades
for Ocean Science and Ecosystem Restoration). Working closely with the
Development Manager and Programme Manager, you will help to identify new
sources of funding to support KE activities and contribute to the generation
of new proposals.
You will
have the ability to translate complex information into an accessible form for a
range of audiences and will work with the Hub’s Communications Lead to
contribute content to the Hub’s communications programmes (including social
media). You will play a leading role in the development of ocean content for the
Hub’s global knowledge-translation platform. Working within the KE and
communications team, you will develop impact case-study materials that will be
shared on the Hub’s website and social media, as well as in reports to the
funder and partners and in new research grant applications.
To be considered for the role, you will have a PhD (or,
exceptionally, equivalent professional experience) in ocean management and
governance research, sustainable development and/or transdisciplinary
research, social ecological research, ocean resilience, social/anthropology or
related disciplines. The successful candidate will have relevant knowledge
exchange experience and preferably a track record of engagement with the
United Nations and/or other global or regional inter-governmental bodies.
You
will be able to hit the ground running and integrate quickly into a diverse,
highly motivated team. You will be flexible and adaptable as the Hub is
a dynamic learning network for transformational research for development, which
operates at multiple scales and across three regions (Africa, Caribbean, South
Pacific).
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Dr Bernadette Snow, Deputy Director, One Ocean Hub
(bernadette.snow@strath.ac.uk).
Formal interviews for this post will be held on Tuesday, 9 August
2022.
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