Location Dili, Timor-Leste
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 7, July 2026
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract duration: 2-year fixed term with the possibility of extension thereafter
Remuneration: USD 12,269 - USD 13,699 gross annually
We unlock power with coastal communities.
Blue Ventures connects coastal communities, restoring the ocean, providing the resources and partnerships they need to unlock their power and turn local action into global impact. We link communities with allies, knowledge, and influence to create unstoppable waves of change.
Together, we’re placing communities at the center of solutions to sustain fisheries, manage ecosystems and redefine how the world protects the ocean.
job description
The Human Resources Officer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the organization’s human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices and providing HR-related advice and assistance to the senior management team and colleagues in Timor-Leste. Reporting to the Finance and Operations Manager, this is a full-time role based in the Dili office.
This position supports the ongoing, long-term development of employees’ skills, enabling them to fulfill their potential within their organization. Increasingly, training and development are required to be strategic rather than reactive, assessing the skills and knowledge within an organisation and determining what training is needed to grow and retain these skills. The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive, and highly organized individual with excellent knowledge of people-life-cycle coordination & general administrative processes, and the ability to oversee all aspects of the organization.

We believe the power to restore our oceans lives in the coastal communities bearing witness to the planetary crises.
Our vision is a future where coastal life thrives in and out of the water. A future where communities have the agency and resources needed to protect their livelihoods, culture and biodiversity for generations to come.
We provide funding, data tools, training, and advocacy support to amplify community-powered change and shift national policies from exclusion to agency.
Through initiatives like Transform Bottom Trawling (transformbottomtrawling.org) and our growing network of 400 civil society organisations, we're catalysing a global movement.
Marine conservation | Community-led solutions | Fisheries management | Ocean stewardship | Coastal resilience