Director of Community Training and Learning at Blue Ventures

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities Blue Ventures develops transformative approaches for catalysing and sustaining locally led marine conservation. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to protecting marine biodiversity in ways that benefit coastal people. Our story started over a d...

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• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationPhD/Fellowship
• Experience
• LocationNairobi
• Job FieldEducation / Teaching&nbsp

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.

Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Blue Ventures on careers.blueventures.org to apply