Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Maintain Oceana’s science resources and infrastructure, including:
- creating and updating factsheets (on topics such as habitat protection and biodiversity) and trainings (on topics such as how to find credible sources)
- helping staff access those resources
- responding to requests for information
- Assist Science & Strategy staff in responding to research requests, including:
- surveying scientific literature and synthesizing findings for various internal and external audiences
- assisting in writing reports and memos on a variety of topics related to international ocean conservation
- helping track progress on Oceana’s campaign goals and initiatives on issues such as habitat protection and fisheries transparency
- Review and fact-check Oceana communications materials for scientific accuracy
- Monitor scientific publications and share relevant new findings with Oceana science staff
- Assist Science & Strategy staff with administrative and operational tasks, including:
- coordinating meetings among Oceana staff, preparing agendas, and taking minutes at meetings
- assisting with logistics, including travel planning and working with vendors
Job Requirements
Education and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in marine science or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Experience with assembling, curating, and organizing data and resources
- Familiarity with citation managers (e.g., EndNote, Zotero) and/or collaborative tools (e.g., Slack, Vivo, SalesForce)
- Experience surveying and analyzing scientific literature, writing reports, and synthesizing scientific information for technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience creating learning materials (presentations, factsheets, memos, etc.) for a variety of audiences
- Familiarity with cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary settings
Skills and knowledge:
- Demonstrated interest in oceans or the environment
- Interest in and comfort with maintaining databases and information management systems
- Organized working style and attention to detail
- Adaptable to changing plans in a dynamic work environment
Required Competencies:
- Action Oriented: Makes things happen. Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Manages Complexity: Is able to gather data, analyze situations and uncover root causes to problems. Can distinguish between what’s relevant and what’s not and to evaluate the pros and cons of potential solutions.
- Nimble Learning: Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks. Can quickly adapt to new situations and to draw on past successes and failures to solve current problems.
- Instills Trust: Is able to gain the confidence and trust of others by demonstrating honesty and authenticity, acting with integrity, being consistent and credible.
