Restore Blue Platform Coordinator

Role Description:

This role owns everything to do with the data that powers the Restore Blue platform, testing of its functionality and supporting on further development of the platform. It has end-to-end responsibility for the three (current) main databases:

1) nature-tech listings

 2) project listings

3) knowledge library

This role will include periodic testing of existing and new platform features and functionality, coordination with an external development team to report issues, support on platform upgrade recommendations, and maintain back-end tracking systems (incl. technology logs and supplier CRM). 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Own data quality, structure and completeness across Restore Blue’s three core databases: nature-inclusive technology listings, project listings and the knowledge library (additional database may be added in the future) 

Lead ongoing research and identification of new nature-inclusive technologies globally, via direct supplier engagement, web and publication searches, LinkedIn and conference intelligence.

Build and manage relationships with nature-inclusive technology suppliers, including onboarding them to the platform back end, maintaining data-share agreements, and growing the supplier network.

Run periodic gap analyses and functionality checks across all databases, catching and resolving data quality issues. • Oversee the knowledge centre - populating and maintaining relevant scientific publications, coastal and offshore biodiversity- related policy and legislation that feed the platform.

Manage the flow of new entries and updates onto the live Restore Blue platform, ensuring accuracy and consistency of client-facing outputs.

Act as the primary internal point of contact for platform data matters, liaising with the external development team) on data structure and functionality issues.

Report regularly to the Restore team on database health, KPI’s and roadmap, supplier pipeline. 

Support and when required, represent, Restore Blue at meetings, webinars and conferences.

Required skills and experience:

Proven experience managing or structuring databases ideally in a research, environmental, or technical data context.

Experience in, or aptitude for, offshore renewable energy, marine biodiversity or environmental compliance (training will be provided on nature-inclusive specifics). 

Strong research skills, comfortable sourcing and verifying technical information from suppliers, publications, and web/LinkedIn searches.

Confident, professional communicator, able to engage external suppliers and partners and initiate and maintain data-share arrangements, in addition to team members.

Detail-oriented, with demonstrated experience running quality-control or gap-analysis processes on datasets.

Comfortable working within (or quickly learning) a web-based platform’s front and back end (data entry) system. 

Strong written skills for reporting as and when required.

Important:

1. Please send your resume through the application portal on the Blue-Jobs platform.

2.  Please find  overview and  additional  information regarding the role through this link:  Restore Blue Platform Coordinator 

3. We are seeking candidates who are based in Ireland and have the right to work in Ireland. This is a hybrid role, and candidates must be available to attend in-person team meetings as required. 

4. Start date is January 2027.

5. Cover letter is not a requirement.