International Fisheries

Title - International Fisheries
Client - NOAA
Full Time

Labor Categories: Program/Management Analyst 

1.    Facilitate NOAA Fisheries review of Marine Scientific Research (MSR) applications (review, distribute to regions, process responses and submit to NOAA MSR Coordinator);

2.    Coordinate efforts to address substantive policy issues with the MSR process to ensure foreign compliance with U.S. statutes and regulations;

3.    Maintain/update the NOAA Fisheries MSR 101 manual and internal web page;

4.    Develop/maintain external (public facing) websites for International Fisheries Science. Include information on active bilateral partnerships and annual updates to international activities map;

5.    Develop/maintain a NOAA Fisheries International internal website (Google site) containing information on NOAA Fisheries procedures, international travel resources, International Science and Fellowship RFPs and the NOAA Fisheries International engagements database;

6.    Facilitate reporting of international fisheries science engagements through the NOAA International Affairs Council (IAC) “Hot Items Report” and OST weekly reports;

7.    Coordinate International Fisheries Science with the broader NOAA International engagements:

a.   Attend meetings and record meeting notes for monthly IAC meetings;

b.   Coordinate responses to IAC taskers with OST and NOAA Fisheries Science Centers;

8.    Support OST’s active bilateral partnerships with Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, and Norway;

9.    Provide staff support to fisheries leadership for bilateral meetings through the development of briefing materials, talking points and presentations;

10. Support NOAA engagements with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES);

11.  Facilitate the conversation around NOAA Fisheries engagement in the United Nations (UN) Decade and how it will overlap/coincide with the ICES/PICES and other international fisheries UN Decade events;

12.  Help coordinate NOAA Fisheries engagements in the UN Decade;

13. Coordinate and disseminate calls for proposals, as requested by OST leadership.

1.    NOAA Fisheries MSR 101 manual and internal web page are kept up-to-date on a daily basis, or as needed;

2.    International Fisheries Science websites are developed and updated as needed;

3.    NOAA Fisheries International internal website (Google site) is developed and updated as needed;

4.    Report on international fisheries science engagements on a weekly basis;

5.    Draft meeting minutes for monthly IAC meetings;

6.    Draft briefing materials, talking points and presentations on an as needed basis;

7.    Coordinate NOAA Fisheries development of agendas for bilateral meetings;

8.    Reports on bilateral and multilateral meetings that NOAA Fisheries attends.