Chief Delivery Officer

ABOUT THE COMPANY

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 more than a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community based 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.

JOB SUMMARY

The Chief Delivery Officer (CDO) is a pivotal Executive Leadership Team role accountable for delivering the impact of BV’s fisheries and marine conservation programme at scale—with a particular focus on implementation through frontline partners.As part of BV’s distributed leadership model, this role provides expert executive leadership with clear decision rights and accountability.The CDO leads and enables BV’s regional and country leadership to consistently deliver high-quality programming, rapid partner onboarding, effective capacity strengthening, strong portfolio performance, and reliable execution against BV’s scale ambitions.This role ensures that BV’s delivery model is operationally excellent, measurable, safe, and replicable across contexts—while protecting BV’s values and “communities first” approach.In BV’s regionalised model, Regional Directors own operational delivery in their regions; the CDO sets delivery governance, enables execution, resolves cross-regional constraints, and ensures consistent standards, risk management, and performanceKnowledge and ExperienceUphold and promote Blue Ventures’ human rights-based approach to conservation and safeguarding commitments for the communities we serve.Strengthen systems that prevent exploitation and abuse and reinforce the Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies.Foster a positive work environment free from harassment and bullying, grounded in equity, fairness, inclusiveness and respect for diversity.Demonstrated success scaling through partner-led models (not only direct implementationHighly skilled communicator across cultures and audiences.Education: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g., international development, natural resource management, environmental studies, social science,public policy, operations/management).Language skills: fluent English; additional languages beneficial.

RESPONSIBILITIES

REQUIRED SKILLS

Time management, Business strategy, Human rights

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Post-graduate education