Project Coordinator, Small Fish for Climate Change Resilience (SFCC)

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About the Organization

Dakshin Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation.  Our mission is to inform and catalyse conservation and natural resource management, while promoting and supporting sustainable livelihoods, social development and environmental justice. We adopt interdisciplinary approaches in our research and conservation interventions, drawing from the fields of ecology, conservation biology, sociology, economics, and law. Our work aims at building community capacity for conservation and enhancing community engagement in environmental decision-making. Our goal is to promote ecologically and socially appropriate approaches to conservation and management in coastal, marine and mountain ecosystems in India.

Job Description

The project coordinator will be based out of the Dakshin Foundation and help the SFCC-India team implement the project activities in alignment with the objectives. They are expected to ensure smooth communication between the state teams in India, with other SFCC coordinators and RFS project coordinators. They will also be crucial in facilitating methodology development, research framework development, data management, resource allocation, and output preparation. The candidate should be able to bring in both academic and project management skills to the team.

Job Responsibilities

Coordination

• Serve as the primary liaison between state teams, coordinate with the SFCC Project Lead, the RFS Project Co-ordinator, and other international and national research collaborators on RFS.
• b) Organise and facilitate regular review meetings, coordinate virtual conversations, and provide regular project updates to the principal investigators (PIs).
• c) Track deliverables, timelines, and reporting for the India component and assist in grant compliance, including budget compliance and financial reporting.

Research and Outputs

• Contribute to the development of the SFCC India team methodology, tools, and instruments.
• Support the development of ethics protocols and implement any subsequent amendments.
• Support the integration of work across thematic components of the project – fisheries, climate, nutrition, and policy.
• Contribute to scientific outputs, including research reports, academic papers, and policy briefs.

Data Management

• Support data management and assist with qualitative and quantitative data integration and visualisation.
• Maintain bibliographic and reference databases using tools like Zotero.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• PhD (preferred) or Master’s degree in Environmental Studies, Social Sciences, Economics, Fisheries, or allied fields.
• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in research and project coordination, preferably within interdisciplinary or international projects and with considerable exposure to field-based research.
• Strong coordination and communication skills, with experience managing interdisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams.
• Familiarity with reference management software (e.g., Zotero, Mendeley).
• Experience in drafting scientific reports, papers, and donor reports.
• Experience or exposure to mixed-methods research and analysis.
• Willingness to travel across field sites and coordinate in diverse contexts.
• High proficiency in English. Proficiency in any of the regional Indian languages spoken along the coast (esp., Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, and Kannada)
• Experience with climate adaptation, food systems, or small-scale fisheries, socioeconomic inequities.
• Familiarity with data modelling, basic R or Python skills, and working with large datasets will be preferred.

Please fill in this application form in order to apply for this position.

Last date to apply: 31st August 2025. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified; therefore, interested individuals are requested to apply immediately.

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