PROJECT MANAGER – WIDER NEGRIL BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT – JOB SPECIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND

Over the last 4 decades, the Negril Long Bay and Bloody Bay region in Westmoreland and Hanover has been undergoing a gradual and steady erosion trend with rates ranging between 0.5 and 1.0 metre annually. This has resulted in most sections of the shoreline losing between 22 and 55 metres of beach while other sections have lost up to 70 metres. During this period, several studies committed to identifying the causes accompanied by several attempts at solutions have been executed by various institutions, but with very little or no positive long-term and sustainable response to the growing problem.

Negril is a highly diverse community with varying stakeholders who are heavily dependent on several industries, with the main one being tourism. Possessing the longest stretch of white sand beach in the Island, tourism in Negril accounts for some of Jamaica’s highest stop over arrival figures, and provides amongst the highest number of direct jobs and a number of indirect services within the industry. From time to time, the tourist industry in Jamaica, has recorded higher rates of direct employment than in several other sectors including the financial services, education, communication services, and chemicals manufacturing sectors. Negril has been a major contributor to this ongoing national achievement, thereby emphasizing the national importance of the area, and the corresponding need for a holistic and stakeholder driven approach; that serves to meet the needs of all- current and future.

RATIONALE

The Negril region requires a champion to work with the National Chamber of Commerce (NCC) and its partners to conceptualize and execute a robust solution to the continued beach erosion. The project therefore is to be led by an individual who has the optimum knowledge, skills, experiences and attitude that will facilitator the goals of the project, which are:

  1. Successful implementation of an overarching solution to the beach erosion problem along the Negril, Long Bay and Bloody Bay region
  2. Establishment of an effective financial mechanism to safeguard the maintenance and wider sustainable operations of the WNBR Project

The full job description is available below:

Project Manager JD – WNBRP v1