Volunteer Opportunity! 

The CCT is searching for a Chair. This is an important, voluntary, officer role that ensures CCT is running efficiently and effectively. Do you have a love of the ocean and the right skills to join our team?

The Chair is responsible for:

leading the board of trustees and the organisation to work as a team to enable it to fulfil its purpose

acting as a spokesperson and figurehead as appropriate

leading on fundraising for CCT’s flagship programme, Healthy Islands, Healthy Reefs 

managing and supporting the director and maintaining an effective working relationship between staff, trustees and all other stakeholders

Please see full job description here.

Application deadline: Please send an CV and cover letter by 1/6/2020

Start date: July 2020

Location: Work from home, UK. Attend quarterly board meetings in London.

Further information: Helen Pitman, Director, Chagos Conservation Trust, helen.pitman@chagos-trust.org

In the latest issue of Chagos News

The opening article examines the first sighting of the sliteye shark in the waters of the Great Chagos Bank, written by Charlotte Oulton and Drs Holly Stokes, Kimberley Stokes, and Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) Trustee Nicole Esteban from Swansea University’s Marine Conservation Ecology Lab.

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