The Fisheries Law Centre welcomes volunteers to join our team

Available full-time positions:

Business Development Manager (North America)

This is a full-time volunteer position and has potential to develop into a full-time paid position.

Create and maintain a fundraising strategy
To engage with FLC’s research team in meeting specific project funding objectives
To develop a network of funding agencies relevant to FLC’s research objectives
To prepare Letter of Intents in collaboration with other FLC team members
Communicate with funding agencies
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of fundraising techniques and solutions
• Experience fundraising for an organization
• Experience drafting fundraising materials
• Ability to effectively communicate FLC’s mission to outside interests
• High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

Business Development Manager (Asia)

This is a full-time volunteer position and has potential to develop into a full-time paid position.

Create and maintain a fundraising strategy
To engage with FLC’s research team in meeting specific project funding objectives
To develop a network of funding agencies relevant to FLC’s research objectives
To prepare Letter of Intents in collaboration with other FLC team members
Communicate with funding agencies
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of fundraising techniques and solutions
• Experience fundraising for an organization
• Experience drafting fundraising materials
• Ability to effectively communicate FLC’s mission to outside interests
• High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

Conference Coordinator

Develop and maintain contacts with conference organizers world-wide
Seek out new conferences that will enhance FLC’s exposure and reach new audiences
Maintain a database of conferences with due dates of proposal submissions
Main point of contact for conference organizers

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of Excel spreadsheet creation and maintenance
• Ability to speak in a professional manner with conference organizers and staff
• Highly organized and dependable
• Familiar with conference organization and proposal submission

Publications Coordinator

Create and maintain a database of journals that are focused in the area of fisheries law
Submit article proposals to journal staff
Main point of contact for journal staff
Proof read and edit article abstracts before submitting to journals

Position Requirements:

• Experience working for or writing for an academic journal
• Experience submitting a scholarly article to be published
• High level focus on small details including grammar and spelling
• Ability to communicate with journal staff in a professional manner
• Highly organized and dependable

Available part-time volunteer positions:

Each part-time position needs a commitment of 5-10 hours per week. Weekly meeting attendance is not required. As a matter of fact, most positions are virtual and work can be carried out from any place.

Communications Coordinator

Develop a list of potential articles for newsletters and website
Maintain MailChimp account and add new contacts after events, etc.
Maintain the info email address and forward to relevant members
Maintain an updated list of media contacts
Maintain an updated list of contacts for newsletter
Update website with new content, graphics, events, media, and structural changes as required
Moderate the website for comments or feedback and bring to the team or change accordingly
Maintain Communications-related files in the Communications folder on an online platform
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of email applications
• Experience updating website information
• High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

Social Media Coordinator

Maintain accounts on social media platforms including but not limited to: Twitter, Youtube, blogging on our site (aiding with our Facebook page secondary)
Must maintain consistent and relevant information and updates on social media sites
Increase followers through regular updates and news on current events
Define target audience and outreach metrics for social media outlets
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals
Position Requirements:

Working knowledge of social media platforms
Experience updating social media information
High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

PR Coordinator

Liaise with media contacts
Liaise with media firms; there will be opportunities to write press releases and advisories for stories and events that are media worthy
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of public relations role in an organization
• Experience working with media entities
• Experience writing press releases, blogs, news articles, etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate FLC’s mission to outside interests
• High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

Graphic Design Coordinator

Design and develop communications material for the organization such as brochure, website, annual report, posters, and official templates for FLC documentation
To set and maintain FLC’s Graphic Standards (ie. logo, colors, font, etc.)
To liaise with printers for completion of all FLC materials
Maintain Design and Marketing-related files in the Communications folder on an online platform
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of graphic design software
• Experience creating brochures, reports, templates, etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate FLC’s mission to outside interests
• High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

Marketing Coordinator (North America)

Create marketing strategy for FLC’s continuing legal education courses
Implement strategies to market the CLE courses
Place suitable advertisement, attend presentations and communicate with local law firms to encourage participation in FLC’s CLE courses
Create and maintain course registration system
Communicate with registered participants, manage cancelations and issue confirmation letters
Provide regular updates via email and notify the Director of any challenges with respect to the strategic goals

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of marketing solutions
• Experience developing marketing tools for an organization
• Experience with community outreach
• Experience implementing marketing strategies for an organization
• Ability to effectively communicate FLC’s mission to outside interests
• High degree of professionalism when dealing with staff and clients
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of organization in a fast-paced environment

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter to [email protected]

Benefits & Recognition

From the start, we will discuss your learning objectives, and keep those in mind throughout your engagement. This role provides an opportunity to learn about the not-for-profit sector and contribute towards our vision is to ensure family fishermen’ access to justice, to protect our marine environment, to help coastal communities become more resilient, and to assist consumers in accessing safe and sustainable seafood.

Volunteers can benefit from this experience in a variety of ways, including:

• Experience in a growing non-profit organization
• Joining a network of highly skilled professional volunteers who are passionate about bringing social and economic justice to costal communities, traditional fishing families by facilitating legal support, as well as building capacity within the legal community.
• Exposure to relevant environmental issues that FLC is involved in
• Making a contribution to supporting our coastal communities
• References and recommendation letters gladly given for successful participants