Senior Consultant – Fisheries & Aquaculture – MRAG

Location : London, UK

Working hours : Full-time

Salary and terms : Salary will be competitive, reflect our London base, and commensurate with the level of experience of the candidate appointed. Benefits include a contributory pension scheme, life assurance and Paycare medical benefits.

Closing date : This position will remain open until filled

MRAG Limited is a leading environmental consultancy dedicated to the sustainable management of aquatic living resources, in particular fisheries and aquaculture. As a leader in this field, MRAG has a long and highly productive history of designing and implementing integrated resource management systems in marine, estuarine, riverine and floodplain environments. For over 30 years MRAG has worked in more than 60 countries for a wide range of clients, including Defra, Marine Management Organisation, Natural England, World Bank, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, European Commission, United Nations Development Program, non-governmental organizations, and private sector companies.

With more than 30 full-time specialists, MRAG offers excellent career opportunities for further personal development and mentoring. This includes active engagement in one or more in-house technical working groups on statistical analysis and modelling, GIS mapping and analyses, and data management, as well as participating in national and international events.

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced consultant at Senior Consultant level to support our current London-based team of highly skilled full-time consultants with ongoing projects and development of new opportunities.

Your Role

As a Senior Consultant , you will contribute to our exciting portfolio of international fisheries and aquaculture projects. You will be expected to generate your own projects and take ownership of their planning and implementation.

Experience of project management is essential, as you will be responsible for overseeing certain projects or programmes. Your role will vary across projects, and on some you will be the project manager, responsible for meeting technical, budgetary and timeline requirements. This includes allocating work to staff, partners and external consultants, providing your own technical and field inputs, and managing that of others.

You will liaise directly with clients and partners without supervision and be trusted to exercise sound judgement, ensuring that any project-related issues are escalated to senior management, when needed. In addition to managing projects, you will also contribute to those led by other team members. This may include delivering field work, conducting analysis, interpreting, and presenting data, and participate in or organising meetings.

You will also be responsible for writing sections of high-quality technical reports, review and editing other’s work, managing your time effectively, coordinating with others and meeting multiple deadlines.

Qualifications and experience

• Postgraduate degree in marine biology, fisheries science or another relevant subject.
• Minimum of 5 years’ professional experience in renewable natural resources management, with a focus on fisheries and aquaculture sector.
• Taking responsibility for the full project cycle, including contractual and budgeting aspects.
• Proven experience in new business development and an established network of relevant contacts, ideally gained in a consultancy environment.
• Experience in managing project teams.
• Excellent written, presentation and quantitative analytic skills, with a track record of producing high quality outputs.
• Broad geographic experience in projects related to fisheries and aquaculture.
• Strong communication skills, both within teams and with clients and project partners. Additional languages would be desirable but not essential.
• Ability to multitask, working on several projects simultaneously, often under tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of fisheries and climate change, ecosystem approach to fisheries management, the blue economy or marine spatial planning would be desirable, but not essential.

The position will remain open until filled

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