Location Remote/working from home (in the future, possibly hybrid - 3 days per week in the office if BV has a hub location in the region), with significant national and international travel.
Closing date for applications: Friday, 10 April 2026 at 11:59 BST
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract duration: Permanent, Full-time
Remuneration: Senior leadership pay range- as per the country in which it is based.
Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life, and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organisations to design, scale, strengthen, and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe.
The Oceania Regional Director is a pivotal senior leadership role, accountable for the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of Blue Ventures’ programme impact across Oceania, supporting communities and partners in achieving lasting coastal fisheries and marine conservation outcomes. This is a new role.
Based in the region and reporting to the Chief Delivery Officer, the Regional Director leads a dynamic, multidisciplinary, field-focused team to deliver high-quality programming and strengthen partner-led implementation. The role sets the tone for BV’s culture and values, creating a positive professional environment that protects, develops, and retains talent, and builds strong country team capability through clear direction, mentoring, and support. The Regional Director connects BV’s global conservation strategy to regional realities—shaping and implementing regional and country strategies through close engagement with communities, staff, and partners, and ensuring delivery remains responsive, well-governed, and operationally excellent.
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
