ENBI - Policy and Investment Advisor

Job Description

Our Fisheries Development Division is now looking for a full-time ENBi Policy and Investment Advisor to join our team working out of Honiara, Solomon Islands. The objective of this role is ensuring that the East New Britain Initiative (ENBi) delivers its vision of transforming Pacific Island participation in the tuna industry.

Key purposes of the role:

1. Coordinate and lead ENBi initiatives – Drive activities directed by the ENBi Working Group (EWG) to ensure effective implementation across the region.
2. Provide policy advice – Develop and deliver policy recommendations to maximise the economic, social, and environmental benefits of Pacific tuna resources.
3. Leverage regional tuna resources – Guide strategies to increase Pacific ownership, control, and value retention in the tuna supply chain.
4. Promote inclusive investment pathways – Identify and facilitate collective, equitable, and sustainable development opportunities for Pacific Island Countries (PICs).
5. Support strategic outcomes of ENBi – Including value addition through regional processing, branding, innovation, and the establishment of a Regional Fisheries Development Fund.
6. Address climate change impacts – Ensure that ENBi’s initiatives integrate adaptation and resilience strategies to safeguard tuna-dependent livelihoods.
7. Strengthen cooperation – Uphold the Pacific principle of “strength through cooperation” to achieve shared regional development goals.

About the Organization

The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is an intergovernmental organisation working to strengthen national capacity and regional solidarity so Pacific nations can manage, control, and develop their fisheries now and into the future.

We are located in Honiara, Solomon Islands, working with our 17 member nations Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Since our inception in 1979, we have facilitated regional cooperation that is in line with our vision – “our people enjoying the greatest possible social and economic benefits from the sustainable use of offshore fisheries and resources”. Through our work and presence in the region, Pacific countries benefit from the sustainable fishing and consumption of tuna – worth over $3 billion US dollars a year and an essential resource to many people.

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