Senior Fisheries Data Analyst - Scientist / Fisheries Data Analyst - Scientist

Pacific Community

Pacific Community (SPC) is an international development organization that has supported the Pacific region's sustainable development since 1947. Known for their innovative work across multiple sectors such as fisheries science and public health surveillance, SPC's FAME Division provides scientific support for the sustainable management of fisheries to contribute to economic growth, food security, and environmental conservation.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain routines for managing and reporting fishery data for member countries.
• Create user-friendly data access approaches for scientists and staff.
• Work with the Regional Data Manager to enhance data management systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure seamless data exchange.
• Monitor and report the status of data in the regional master database.
• Implement data integration processes for cohesive datasets.
• Design and implement data quality routines to rectify discrepancies.
• Collaborate with the Regional ER Technical Coordinator on data quality standards.
• Continuously evaluate and improve data management processes.
• Stay updated on data handling technologies and implement them as needed.
• Innovate in data collection, auditing, storage, and analysis.
• Develop comprehensive metadata and robust database documentation.
• Support data analyses and scientific reports.
• Conduct descriptive and statistical analyses.
• Collaborate with member countries and other organizations on scientific projects.
• Regularly update the database with new data and research outcomes.
• At the senior level, autonomously lead initiatives to enhance the team’s capacity and work quality.
• Identify knowledge and skill gaps within the team and seek solutions.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Subsidized housing in Noumea.
• Establishment and repatriation grant.
• Removal expenses and airfares.
• Home leave travel.
• Health, life, and disability insurances.
• Education allowances for eligible dependents.
• 25 working days of annual leave and other types of leave.
• Access to SPC’s Provident Fund (8% employee contribution, 10% SPC contribution).

This role requires you to have:

• Proven experience in data management with large-scale relational databases using SQL Server or similar.
• Fisheries knowledge and experience with fisheries database systems.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD.
• Experience with data integration and transformations using SQL.
• Database documentation and metadata development experience.
• Experience as a data analyst supporting clients.

You would benefit from having:

• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work and travel in a multicultural and multilingual environment.

SPC is committed to fair, transparent, and non-discriminatory recruitment based on merit. They value cultural and gender diversity, bilinguism, and emphasize strong representation from Pacific Island professionals. SPC ensures confidentiality and does not charge fees or request banking information during the recruitment process.