Industry Issues Groups Manager

Seafish is here to give the UK seafood sector the support it needs to thrive. Our work makes a huge difference. We collaborate with a wide range of partners - from seafood businesses and trade bodies to government, regulators and environmental organisations - and we engage in everything from research to campaigns, insight and training.

About the Responsible Sourcing team

Responsibly sourcing seafood, from well-managed capture fisheries and aquaculture farms, protects the marine environment whilst allowing for responsible economic use. This is essential to ensure a long-term future for the seafood industry and all those who depend on it for their livelihoods. It is therefore in in our collective interest to support sustainable seafood production and supply.

Seafish's Responsible Sourcing Team works to ensure the UK has an environmentally and socially responsible seafood industry. Whilst there are ongoing issues to be addressed, there are also plenty of positive stories to tell.

As a team / organisation, we all come together for face-to-face catch-up sessions throughout the year and additional travel may be required for conferences or events.

How we work

At Seafish we have a trust and performance culture. Performance driven results mean having autonomy and accountability in equal parts, so you can work in the way that's most effective for you, as long as you deliver your work to the expected standards. You'll have a personal development plan that outlines the objectives and competencies for your role and learning and development goals. You'll have regular catch-ups with your line manager, along with mid-year and end of year reviews to discuss your work and performance.

Job role, responsibilities and relationships

Seafish's Issues Groups Manager brings stakeholders together to find common solutions to shared challenges across the seafood supply chain, providing the space to discuss the topics facing the seafood industry in the UK.

You will play a key role, working across the organisation and our stakeholder community, to identify emerging issues and trends, and to deliver in-person and online events to ensure businesses, researchers, government, regulators and the NGO community can stay abreast of these issues. You will also produce e-newsletters and briefing papers and manage the exchange of information to Seafish's internal / external stakeholders.

The main dimensions of the role are:

• Keep a detailed watching brief on key upcoming / developing issues affecting the UK seafood sector and manage related communication to industry, and wider seafood stakeholders, via up-to-date information.


• Act as a Seafish ambassador and manage all aspects of our Issues Groups (Common Language Group; Aquaculture Common Issues Group; Fisheries Management and Innovation Group; Pelagic Industry Issues Group; and Seafood Ethics Common Language Group.)


• Research, analyse and synthesise often technical / scientific content, to produce industry briefings and written content relevant to the Issues Groups and wider seafood industry. These are required to be factual and fully referenced, but also understandable to a lay reader.


• Contribute to one of the following Seafish workstreams:

+ Provide the secretariat to the SEA Alliance (a pre-competitive collaboration of retailers and seafood businesses aiming to strengthen human rights due diligence carried out in the global seafood supply chain, and ensure respect for human rights) and support the Head of the SEA Alliance with all related aspects of its work programme.
+ Provide support to key projects under our Supply Chain Resilience Priority, to equip businesses to respond and adapt when issues emerge, highlighting where change is necessary and creating pre-competitive spaces for businesses to forge solutions and realise opportunities., Every role at Seafish is linked to our bespoke competency framework. The competency levels for this role are:

• Growing Expertise - Creates a learning and development environment


• Embracing Change - Shows the ability to adapt to change


• Building Relationships - Builds effective teams to deliver corporate strategy


• Achieving Results - Overcomes challenging circumstances to achieve high-quality results


• Influencing with Impact - Communicates complex messages
  
  Comprehensive understanding and in-depth knowledge of the UK seafood industry, and an ability to stay abreast of the emerging issues / news, often of a sensitive nature, which are likely to be crucial to industry stakeholders


• Degree or equivalent qualifications, in either marine biology, business, law, geography, engineering, or environmental management


• Strong and demonstrable post-graduate experience of the seafood industry and / or pertinent experience of research (ideally both desk and field), including preparation of detailed, technical written reports, briefings and articles at an intermediate / advanced level


• Strong network with excellent organisational skills and the ability to distil complex information, and communicate effectively, both verbally and particularly in writing, to a wide range of audiences.


• Experience of delivering secretariat duties.


• the confidence and ability to communicate with internal / external stakeholders at all levels.


• Advanced experience/competence using Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Teams/SharePoint.
  
  All roles within Seafish are graded and have defined salary bands. This role is a grade 5 post, and the salary range for this role is £36,918-£46,149. A new member's appointment on the pay spine is dependent on the experience they bring to the role when they start. New candidates normally start at the lower end of the range unless they can demonstrate considerable experience in the requirements of the role.


Additional benefits include:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and wellbeing break when the organisation closes between Christmas and New Year (3 additional days).


• Optional five days per year paid volunteering leave for an activity of your choice.


• Trust and Performance culture - you work in a way that suits you to get your work done to the expected standard.


• A generous employer pension scheme - we'll double your contribution up to a maximum employer contribution of 10%.


• A range of health and wellbeing benefits including the Cycle to Work scheme, private medical insurance, gym discounts and eye care.


• Our unlimited employee assistance scheme is a support service available 24/7 - it offers confidential, impartial advice on anything you need such as work, family, finance support or anything else personal to you.


• A professional development culture with plenty of learning opportunities.


• Rewards for high performance each year.