Label Licensing Officer

Salary £competitive

Location UK

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Are you organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about making a difference? At the Marine Stewardship Council, we’re on a mission to safeguard the future of our oceans.

If you have strong administrative experience and great attention to detail, this role could be perfect for you.

As a Label Licensing Officer, you will be part of the multilingual Marine Stewardship Council International (MSCI) Licensing team who process and approve requests for use of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) labels.

Customer-focused, you will be passionate about providing exceptional service and will feel at ease working to set processes. Meticulousness with great attention to detail are essential to this role.

You will work closely with commercial staff in our regional offices on licensing and commercial issues and build relationships with customers. In this varied role, you will ensure all relevant information is accurately entered into the database and be responsible for checking artwork as well as ensuring compliance and specific branding requirements are adhered to. Liaising with our customers, you will oversee the accounts and be comfortable negotiating changes that need to be made, and meeting set deadlines.

We are looking for a passionate individual with strong client relationship management skills and confidence processing legal contracts. The Licensing team plays an important role in this process through managing the use of our ecolabel and the collection of royalties from partner organisations across the globe.

You will be comfortable working closely with license holders to ensure the financial reports we receive are consistent and accurately recorded on our CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, Microsoft Dynamics.

You will also have:

the ability to communicate complex guidelines clearly and simply both to internal and external audiences

well-developed judgement to manage individual scenarios, and be able to identify when a query needs to be escalated

fluency in English and Spanish. Additional language skills would be an advantage.

If this has inspired you, please send your CV and a covering letter to Marie-Anne David-Cagnac with Language Matters recruitment marieanne@languagematters.co.uk as they are supporting the MSC with this role.

Thank you for your interest in this role!

We’re an international organisation and our employees all demonstrate a level of cultural awareness, and value the diverse views and approaches relevant to the MSC program. 

The MSC is committed to flexible working. The successful candidate will need to work from the London office for a minimum of 50% of their working time each month The remaining time can be worked from home.  During the onboarding process, hybrid work may require more in-office work than remote work. 

Please be aware, we are only able to progress with candidates 
who already have the right to work in the location specified in this advert. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

The MSC is committed to the principles of equality and fairness and we welcome applications from all communities. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, ethnicity, race, colour, religion or belief, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. If you consider yourself to have a disability and need reasonable adjustments made during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know how we can help you.

Working at the MSC

The MSC’s vision is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations. Today, the impacts of overfishing and climate change pose an even greater threat to the ocean and fish stocks. Through our internationally recognised certification and ecolabeling program, well-managed sustainable fisheries are recognised and rewarded throughout the seafood supply chain. Over 700 fisheries around the world, representing 19% of the annual global marine catch, are now engaged in the MSC program and MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 66 countries. Through partnerships and collective endeavour, we are on a mission to end overfishing.

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Activities

Fisheries science and marine biology:

Working to develop our standards and with fisheries undergoing MSC assessment

Supply chain management:

Overseeing our work in product integrity and helping to develop our Chain of Custody Standard

Marketing and communications:

Supporting our mission by growing awareness of sustainable seafood and the blue MSC label

Seafood sourcing:

Working with commercial organisations to support their buying commitments

Logo licensing:

Working with partners in more than 100 countries to ensure that our label is used correctly