Marine policy adviser
| Highest | $9,200 / mo · United States |
|---|---|
| Experience | 5+ yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4 years bachelor's + 1–2 years master's |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $9,200max |
| AustraliaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · AUD 30–50k | $8,650 |
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $8,450 |
| CanadaIELTS 6.0–6.5 · CAD 20–40k | $8,450 |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $8,300 |
| Hong KongIELTS 6.0–6.5 · HK–200k | $8,300 |
What does the day look like?
Desk research, evidence synthesis, and statutory review take up 40% of the working week. Another 35% is spent on stakeholder negotiations, drafting ministerial briefings, and participating in inter-agency working groups. Public consultations, treaty reporting, quota calculations, and compliance reviews account for 20%. Field visits, vessel inspections, and port walkthroughs—the glamorous part many imagine—make up only 5% of the role.
Daily tasks include translating ICES scientific stock assessments into allowable fishing limits, drafting briefing notes for ministers attending IMO or BBNJ Treaty sessions, and negotiating Marine Protected Area boundaries between offshore wind developers and fishing lobbies. Advisors work with ArcGIS Pro 3.3, QGIS 3.34, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Objective ECM, and databases like ICES Data Portal, SeaDataNet, and EMODnet. Hours run 37 to 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. There is no shift work or night work, though multilateral negotiation cycles bring intense peaks of 12-hour days and weekend work.
Where does this lead?
Next step up
People arrive from
What do you make of this job?