As a Legal Counsel at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), you will report to the Director-General and Deputy Director-General, playing a crucial role in the strategic legal management of the Agency’s operations,
while staying updated with emerging legal areas such as intellectual property and corporate law.
Your primary responsibility includes offering high-level legal advice across FFA’s diverse work program, managing the Legal Unit, and providing expert legal counsel to FFA Members on international fisheries law and national fisheries legislation.
Main Responsibilities:
· Deliver comprehensive legal and policy advice to FFA and Member
governments
· Effectively lead and monitor the Legal Unit’s operations and initiatives
· Ensure the development and implementation of robust legal frameworks
· Facilitate high-level international negotiations and legal advocacy
· Oversee a dynamic team with varying skills and experience, contributing
to the development of international fisheries law
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 tuna fisheries now and in the future.
Based in Honiara, Solomon Islands, our agency comprises 17 member nations, including Australia, 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 1979, we have facilitated regional cooperation so that all Pacific countries benefit from the sustainable use of tuna – worth over USD 3 billion a year and important for many people's livelihoods in the Pacific.
Our vision is "Our people enjoying the greatest possible social and economic benefits from the sustainable use of offshore fisheries and resources".
Our mission is "Empowering FFA Members to take collective and national action for the sustainable use of offshore fisheries resources".
To learn more about FFA, its programmes and members visit its website at https://www.ffa.int/