Sea-Watch is looking for a Navigational Watch Officer (f/m/d)

starting in October 2025

Sea-Watch e.V. is a non-profit initiative dedicated to the civil sea rescue of peole on the move. In view of the humanitarian disaster in the central Mediterranean Sea-Watch provides emergency aid, demands and at the same time forces the rescue by the responsible European institutions and publicly stands up for legal escape routes. We are politically and religiously independent and are financed exclusively by donations.

 

We are currently looking for one more deck officer to complete our team on board the M/V Sea-Watch 5. The exact role – 2nd or 3rd Officer – *will be assigned based on experience, qualifications, and team composition. We’re looking for someone who is open to this approach and appreciates working in a team where responsibilities and roles are based on mutual trust and skills.

 

 

Your Tasks & Responsibilities

2nd Officer*

  • Preparation of the voyage plan
  • Updating and ordering of charts and publications
  • Testing and maintenance of GMDSS equipment
  • Responsible for watchkeeping, the safety of the navigation, and safety on board during your watch
  • Assisting in filling in the Deck Logbook, especially during your watch, and taking care of the respect of international regulations and prevention of pollution
  • When ship handling and maneuvering for departure/arrival, you join the forward or aft station, dependent on the master’s order

3rd Officer*

  • Helping and assisting the Chief Officer in the periodic safety checks
  • Helping and assisting the 2nd Officer in voyage preparation and weekly corrections
  • In charge of inventories and orders for the bridge’s office equipment
  • Responsible for watchkeeping, the safety of the navigation, and safety on board during your watch.
  • Assists in filling in the Deck Logbook, especially during your watch, and takes care of the respect of international regulations and prevention of pollution
  • When ship handling and maneuvering for departure/arrival, you join the forward or aft station, dependent on the master’s order

 

We offer you (both positions)

  • A rapidly growing non-profit organization with constantly new challenges and ideas
  • A dynamic, varied work environment with flat hierarchies
  • Offers of internal training and promotion of individual further education
  • Opportunity to help shape the organization through exciting projects and organizational meetings, including thinking outside the box, and plenty of freedom to try out new things
  • Salary: 3400 €/month (employee gross, increases possible based on various factors**)
  • Two months on/off rotation (2 months on board, 2 months leave, monthly salary will be paid as mentioned above)
  • Special payments and additional benefits, such as company pension scheme

 

Your Profile (both positions)

  • Valid Certificate of Competence as Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch on ships of 500 gross tonnage or more (STCW A-II/1, German license OR COC from one of these countries: https://www.deutsche-flagge.de/de/redaktion/dokumente/dokumente-bsh/weisse_liste.pdf)
  • Valid General Operators Certificate GMDSS (STCW A-IV/2, German license OR GOC from one of the above-mentioned countries)
  • Good English language skills
  • Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word skills
  • Briliant and respectful teamplayer
  • Very good communication skills
  • Ability to work and live in a diverse team of 30 employees and volunteers some of whom will have limited nautical experience
  • Physical fitness and mental resilience

 

We look forward to receiving your application!

Please send your application with a letter of motivation and a CV (listing all your relevant certificates including their validity) by 15.07.2024 without a photo to: application@sea-watch.org

Applications (letter of motivation and CV) please in ONE pdf-document. Please include a list of your maritime certificates and their expiry dates but no scans of the certificates.

 

We are committed to an inclusive society without racism and with freedom of movement for all. In case of equal qualification, we favor applications from women*, LGBTQI*, BIPOC, people with disabilities, people with migration experience, and people from other groups underrepresented in the maritime and NGO world. Should you feel addressed here, we invite you to provide relevant information on this in your application. Please refrain from providing application photos and any information on age and marital status.

** From January 1, 2024, we have a new salary model that allows for various supplements to the basic salary and takes into account family needs and personal disability. In addition, the salary increases by 3% with every year of service. In addition, there is the possibility of supplements due to previous relevant professional experience based on internal criteria, a maximum of 5 years can be recognized here, a supplement of 3% per year of previous experience is possible.

 

 

 

We are committed to an inclusive society without racism and with freedom of movement for all. In case of equal qualification, we favor applications from women, LGBTQI+, BIPOC, people with disabilities, people with migration experience, and people from other groups underrepresented in the maritime and NGO world. Should you feel addressed here, we invite you to provide relevant information on this in your application.

* From January 1, 2024, we have a new salary model that allows for percentage gross salary increases that take into account family needs and personal disabilities. In addition, the salary increases by 3% with every year of being with Sea-Watch. In addition, there is the possibility of gross salary increases due to previous relevant professional experience based on internal criteria, a maximum of 5 years can be recognized here, a salary increase of 3% per year is possible.