Location of work to be performed:Â Terceira, Azores
Contract Duration:Â 4 years
Apply by: August 25th , 2020 (18h GMT)
The AIR Centre has a vacancy for an Innovation Specialist in Blue Economy. The successful candidate shall work in collaboration with a highly qualified and multidisciplinary team across the AIR Centre organization and network, identifying opportunities of collaboration, establishing new alliances, and developing and proposing value added concepts. In particular, the successful candidate shall engage the AIR Centre participation on the ASTRAL project[1] for the development on an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) Alliance for the Atlantic, propose a road-map (R&D and applications) for the Aquaculture and Mariculture domains as well as supporting the Earth Observation Laboratory (EO Lab)[2] to maximize the use of Earth Observation systems and technologies for the Blue economy.
We are looking for an individual that excels at building relationships with multiple and diverse stakeholders within the aquaculture sector such as: institutional entities (European Commission, World Bank, among others), consumers, citizens, environmental groups, fishers and other targeted audiences. We need someone who is self-motivated and has strong customer service skills with a focus on excellence.
Detailed information at https://www.aircentre.org/vacancy-innovation-manager-in-blue-economy/