Oceans and Biodiversity Manager

Responsibilities:

• Build upon existing ocean enhancement strategy and its three verticals: ocean restoration, coastal clean ups, and education program.
• Introduce global biodiversity policy, approach and management focusing on marine, terrestrial, and coastal issues.
• Develop guidelines, toolkits, and trainings to build local capacity for global implementation.
• Under the strategy develop a blue carbon program for marine habitat protection (i.e. mangroves, seagrass, and saltmarsh).
• Implement a mangrove conservation program, preserving and restoring mangroves globally.
• Develop and implement global plastic pollution campaign/program.
• Build and manage partnerships to deliver on objectives and targets.
• Oversee the collection of data and case studies in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
• Represent DP World on the UN Global Compact Global Ocean Stewardship Coalition.
• Responsible for reporting on the UN Ocean Principles and other relevant frameworks.
• Collaborate with business units on corporate ocean responsibility and ensure it is integrated into their business development and expansion plans.
• Undertake programming and projects related to the expansion of ‘water’ focusing on inland areas.
• Develop targets and KPIs following best practice in impact measurement for all programs and projects.
• Integrate nature – based solutions to achieve blue objectives and targets.
• Responsible for meeting commitments under the United for Wildlife partnership; including leading the MENA taskforce.