Category : Press Releases
“Ministers and officials meeting in Queensland to discuss the future of the South Pacific albacore have been blown of course by the news that yet another Pacific fisheries observer has gone missing at sea.”
Category : Opportunities
FFA now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Financial Accountant to lead the financial operations division of the finance unit in Honiara, in the Solomon Islands, on a full-time basis. This unit is responsible for the external financial reporting needs of the FFA, with the Audited Accounts being one of its major outputs. It also has some specific managerial responsibilities for the accounts staff.
Please follow the link below see the full job description from FFA.
http://piffa.applynow.net.au/jobs/79188-financial-accountant
Category : Opportunities
It is the policy of the FSM Government that qualified FSM citizens is given first priority for employment consideration; with other Micronesians and U.S. citizens utilized in positions for which no qualified citizens are available.
POSITION AND SALARY:
Assistant Fisheries Biologist (Click to download pdf version)
PL-36/1
$566.26 +$40.00 B/W ($606.26)
This the minimum rate at step one of the grade. Higher rates may be authorized in cases of hard to fill positions where it is appropriate to the qualification of the appointee.
LOCATION:
NORMA
FSM National Government
Kolonia, Pohnpei FM 96941
DUTIES (ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY):
Reviews and collect catch information and effort data from foreign and domestic fishing in the FSM and the region; overseas and supervise the NORMA Fisheries Observer Program; coordinate and participate in fisheries cruises in the waters of FSM and on regional cruises; analyzes and provide scientific reports on the data stored in the catch report database to assess the potential interactions between different fishing methods used in FSM waters; works with regional scientist study the tuna stocks of FSM and the region: liaison with the regional fisheries scientist and other stakeholders in the Pacific Community, the Forum Fisheries Agency, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Supervise the NORMA Port Sampling and Monitoring programs; responsible for the accurate and timely submission of Port Sampling and Monitoring data to national and regional reporting obligations; supervise and provide relevant support to the electronic reporting and electronic monitoring programs; work with FSM state counterparts for fisheries crew and training recruitment; provide advice and input to national fisheries legislation; collect, file and input data on biological tuna samples; draft reports as required by Executive Director and Deputy Director; performs other duties as assigned by the Executive Director or immediate supervisor.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in Fisheries, Maritime Biology or related field plus four (4) years of experience in the areas of marine biology or closet related field.
Category : Opportunities
It is the policy of the FSM Government that qualified FSM citizens is given first priority for employment consideration; with other Micronesian and U.S. citizens utilized in positions for which no qualified FSM citizens are available. .
POSITION AND SALARY:
Chief- Statistics, Compliance and Technical Project Section (Click to download pdf version)
PL-40/1
$695.86 + $40.00 ($735.86 B/W)
This is the minimum rate at step one of the grade. Higher rates may be authorized in cases of hard-to-fill positions where it is appropriate to the qualification of the appointee.
LOCATION:
NORMA
FSM National Government
Kolonia, Pohnpei FM 96941
DUTIES (ILLUSTRATION ONLY):
Responsible for the overall operation of the section; keeps track of completion reports and check catch log, reviews and verifies catch reports; entry/exit against VMS data; receive and ensure manual reports; monitors vessels compliance with terms and conditions of agreement and licenses; analyzes fisheries data for economics and scientific reports for negotiations, arrangements and public information purposes; develops computer program to give specific data required as requested; maintain the TUFMAN data bases and computer system in good working condition; liaises with FFA and SPC on data collection and analyze computer programming for economics and scientific reports; produce charts of all islands in the FSM and the FSM Zone; prepares charts and coordinates for submission to the United Nations as required under the Law of the Sea of 1982; and performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in business management, economic, mathematics or related field plus five (5) years of professional experience in statistics, economics or related work experience, two (2) years must have been in supervisory capacity must possess working knowledge of the government system.
Category : Press Releases
Intern Ms. Lani Mendez
NORMA welcomes Interns Ms. Lani Mendez. Ms. Mendez is a junior at UH-Manoa majoring in Natural Resources and Environmental Management with a focus on Resource and Development Policy. She also holds an Associate’s Degree in Marine Science from COM-FSM. Her project proposal for her internship will be focused on Port State Measures and how the port state measures agreement (PSMA) would impact fisheries management in the FSM.
Welcome to the NORMA family, Lani, and on behalf of Executive Director (ED) and Deputy Director (DD), we hope you enjoy your time with us and you’re able to learn much about the world of fisheries and tuna management.
Category : Press Releases
FSM NORMA
May 22, 2017
NORMA Executive Director Eugene Pangelinan, ECE Chief Arwelson Arpona and Representatives from the 5 WTD Participating ECE Centers.
An Outcome & Appreciation Ceremony was held on May 19, 2017 by the National Oceanic Resource Management Authority, during which Executive Director Eugene Pangelinan presented appreciation certificates to all involved in helping to make the FSM’s first World Tuna Day celebrations a success. The unofficial results of an event survey were presented at the gathering, which noted feedback in areas such as better timing, enhanced logistics and improved participation. The overall coordination of the event was reported in the survey as being excellent.
In official remarks, Executive Director Pangelinan expressed expectation that next year’s World Tuna Day event would be even bigger and better than this year’s event and that the Early Childhood Education Centers would continue to participate. Executive Director Pangelinan also indicated his shared hope with Vice President Yosiwo P. George, as expressed during his keynote address at the World Tuna Day Fair that, that as a way to improve on participation and timing of the event, efforts would be underway to work with the FSM Congress to make World Tuna Day an official FSM holiday. “We must improve on public awareness of this important resource. What better way to do that than to designate World Tuna Day as a legal holiday, so that everyone can participate in the celebrations?”
Among various contests held for World Tuna Day was a tuna-themed, locally tailored skirt or “urohs” competition. Submitted skirt designs were open to public viewing and judging by fair-goers, then auctioned live at the WTD fair. The live auction garnered $850, proceeds of which were divided equally among the five Pohnpei State Early Childhood Education Centers that participated in the WTD Fair and presented at the Outcome & Appreciation Ceremony. Accepting the certificates and donations on behalf of ECE were Mrs. Marmihner Pelep for Sapwalap ECE, Mrs. Rosalihna Rosario for ESDM ECE, Mrs. Arsenia Barnabas for Pehleng ECE, Ms. Dyna Amusten for Wone ECE and Mrs. Elise Ioanis for Wenik ECE. After receiving their donations, the ECE representatives presented a children’s song that they composed for their students for World Tuna Day, which referenced the importance of fish to our daily lives and how it is essential “from head to toe.”
Also present at the Outcome & Appreciation Ceremony were representatives from World Bank/PROP, FSM Vital Petrocorp, FSM Telecommunications, Conservation Society of Pohnpei, Pohnpei Department of Health Services, FSM Department of Foreign Affairs, Vice President’s Office, King’s Media Zone, Etscheit Enterprises, Jitters Coffee, Kaselehlie Press and volunteers from COM-FSM, all of whom contributed to a successful inaugural World Tuna Day Fair.
For more information or to participate in the World Tuna Day Feedback Survey, please contact the NORMA Office at (691) 320-2700, email Chief of Statistics, Compliance & Technical Projects Ms. Suzanne Lowe Gallen (suzanne.gallen@norma.fm) or visit the NORMA Facebook page.
Category : Opportunities , Press Releases
FSM NORMA
May 23, 2017
The FSM National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) has initiated a college internship program as an attempt to recruit highly talented FSM college students, familiarize them with ongoing issues within fisheries and open the possibilities for future job placement. The first intern(s) will be brought on board during the Summer of 2017. The internship will be for the minimum duration of one month, negotiable from the months of June to August, with a reasonable biweekly stipend provided and the possibility for return airfare for eligible applicants. Interested candidates should be in their junior or senior year of college (final year or recent graduates of the College of Micronesia are also encouraged to apply), with a major or minor in any of the following or related fields: Marine Science, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, Fisheries Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Public Administration, Management, Criminal Justice, Law/Pre-law, Political Science, Economics, or Accounting.
To apply, email a letter of interest, recent transcript, letter of academic reference, one-page writing sample and resume or curriculum vitae by the deadline of June 1, 2017 to the Internship Committee at mathew.chigiyal@norma.fm. An indication of a possible proposed project and/or specific area of interest are encouraged as part of the application package, particularly for applicants seeking college credit. The chosen intern(s) will be notified within one week, with a proposed start date of June 12, 2017, or as negotiated with the Internship Committee.
For more information, please contact Deputy Director Mathew Chigiyal at the NORMA Office on telephone number (691) 320-2700, email mathew.chigiyal@norma.fm or visit the NORMA website at www.norma.fm or the NORMA Facebook page @fsmnorma.
Category : Opportunities
Original job posting at: https://jobs-apac.hudson.com/en-nz/federated-states-of-micronesia-offshore-fisheries-adviser-wellington-129329/
Offshore Fisheries Adviser – Federated States of Micronesia
The National Oceanic Resources Management Authority (NORMA) is seeking to build the capacity of staff to manage and develop their offshore fisheries, and improve systems for monitoring, control and surveillance activities.
The Activity supports NORMA’s priorities to:
The New Zealand Government has agreed to support this endeavour through the New Zealand Aid Programme. It is intended this support will build NORMA’s capacity to manage their offshore fisheries in a sustainable way, while maximising economic benefits from this resource. This assignment is a component of New Zealand’s wider portfolio of Pacific fisheries investments.
The major focus of this role will be to assist NORMA to deliver against their work plan and set priorities and develop strategies for delivery of the plan. The Adviser will be expected to support and actively contribute to the implementation of an agreed NORMA training plan, in addition to providing ongoing mentoring and coaching to strengthen NORMA’s leadership of the sector.
Key Functions:
The key objectives of this role are to build NORMA’s capacity to manage FSM’s offshore fisheries in a sustainable way, while maximising economic benefits from this resource and to provide both technical advice and training/mentoring to NORMA staff.
The responsibilities for this Advisor will include (among other things):
The Offshore Fisheries Advisor will work in close collaboration with NORMA and other stakeholders to ensure that work is delivered in line with their needs and is supported by coordinated inputs from other development partners and regional agencies including the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the World Bank Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP).
This opportunity will appeal if you are interested in being part of a programme that directly contributes to the enhancement of local communities in the Federated States of Micronesia. This role is up to 1 year with the expectation that at least 184 working days would be spent working with the National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) in FSM.
Closing date for applications: 5:00pm (NZT) on Wednesday 24 May 2017
Hudson Global Resources has been engaged to manage the procurement process. Please refer all correspondence, queries or requests for more information and a copy of the full Role Description to:
Rebecca Wilson
Associate Director, Hudson, Wellington, New Zealand
Office: +64 4 917 9200
DDI: +64 4 917 9270
Cell: +64 21 429 154
Email: rebecca.wilson@hudson.com
Category : Opportunities
Original job posting at: https://jobs-apac.hudson.com/en-nz/federated-states-of-micronesia-fsm-corporate-planning-adviser-wellington-129330
Corporate Planning Adviser – Federated States of Micronesia
The aim of this programme is to strengthen the National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) by improving focus, operational effectiveness, capacity to engage in and implement regional fisheries management initiatives from the Parties to the Nauru Arrangement (PNA), the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
NORMA’s mission is to be an effective guardian and manager of the marine resources in FSM’s EEZ for people living today and for generations of citizens to come. The NORMA Governance Board consists of five members/Directors, appointed by the President subject to the advice and consent of Congress. Four of the five are appointed after consultations with the Four States and one appointed at-large.
The New Zealand Government has agreed to support this endeavour by providing a Corporate Planning Adviser contracted by the New Zealand Aid Programme to:
The responsibilities for Corporate Planning Advisor will include (among other things):
The Corporate Planning Advisor will work to develop and maintain strong relationships with all NORMA senior staff, the Governance Board, and other contracted NORMA Advisers (for example, the Offshore Fisheries Adviser) through good interpersonal and technical skills, focussing on strengthening NORMA’s leadership of the sector.
To be successful in this role, you will be able to:
This opportunity will appeal if you are interested in being part of a programme that directly contributes to the enhancement of local communities in the Federated States of Micronesia. Your commitment will be required for up to 75 working days over 7 months on a ‘fly in fly out’ basis.
Closing date for applications: 5:00pm (NZT) on Wednesday 24 May 2017
Hudson Global Resources has been engaged to manage the procurement process. Please refer all correspondence, queries or requests for more information and a copy of the full Role Description to:
Rebecca Wilson
Associate Director, Hudson, Wellington, New Zealand
Office: +64 4 917 9200
Cell: +64 21 429 154
Email: rebecca.wilson@hudson.com
DDI: +64 4 917 9270
Category : Opportunities
The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia’s National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Pacific Regional Oceanscape Program, and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards the provision of marine safety equipment: Personal Flotation Devices, Water Activated Strobe Light, Personal Locator Beacon, Two-way Satellite Communication Device and a Life Raft.
FSM NORMA is now seeking offers from suitably qualified and experienced vendors/suppliers to supply these marine safety equipment to be provided for use by its fisheries observers and inspectors.
Bidding will be conducted through the Shopping procedures specified in the World Bank Guidelines for Procurement of Works in Fragile and Small States in the Pacific, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.
Interested eligible vendors/suppliers can obtain further information from and must also request a formal Invitation To Quote (ITQ) no later than April 15, 2017 (Pohnpei Local Time) from the following email address:
Mr. Okean Ehmes
PROP Project Coordinator okean.ehmes@norma.fm
Copy to:
Mr. Naiten Bradley Phillip Jr. bradley.phillip@norma.fm
Quotations in English in response to ITQs must be delivered to the address below at or before 5:00 p.m., 30 April 2017 (Pohnpei local time). Late quotations will be rejected. Quotations may be submitted by email, courier or delivered by hand to the address below:
Mr. Eugene Pangelinan
Executive Director
FSM National Oceanic Resource Management Authority
Attn: PROP
FSM National Government
P.O. Box PS-122
Kolonia, Pohnpei 96941
Federated States of Micronesia
Telephone: (691) 320-2700/5181
E-mail address: norma@mail.fm and copy to okean.ehmes@norma.fm
