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We work with local communities, governments and organizations to conserve Africa’s important places. Africa is special. Its wild lands and waters are home to incredible numbers and diversity of species living close to people. For most rural Africans, connection to place takes on unique meaning, more so than anywhere else on Earth because their daily...
YOUR POSITION WITH TNC
The Africa Conservation Director oversees all aspects of TNC’s Africa Conservation Program, reporting to the Africa Regional Managing Director. The Africa Conservation Director is responsible for delivering conservation outcomes by managing regional strategy directors and country directors. This position will manage ten direct reports and serve as the focal point for conservation management with a strong supporting team. TNC has staff in seven African countries and is executing projects in several others currently. The Conservation Director will facilitate quarterly reviews with project and strategy teams to ensure we are delivering milestones according to schedule and budget. The Conservation Director will also be responsible for coordination, communication and effective execution between our Strategy leads and our Project (country) Leads. Conservation planning, priority definition and rigorous monitoring of our impact are key aspects of this position. This is a senior position at TNC and within the Africa Region. The Conservation Director is a member of the Africa Executive Leadership Team.
Essential Functions
The Africa Conservation Director is ultimately responsible for executing our conservation strategy and delivering TNC’s conservation outcomes. S/He leads and manages a large team which implements conservation efforts. S/He will play a key role in fundraising and reporting to donors by working closely with our private and public fundraising teams. The Conservation Director may help maintain and build partnerships in coordination with Strategy and Country Directors. The Conservation Director will liaise closely with the Regional Director to adjust conservation priorities over time. S/He will be a vital member of the Africa Leadership Team with peers responsible for Marketing, Fundraising, Operations, Finance and Government Relations.
The Africa Conservation Director disseminates best practices to the conservation team in Africa, ensures training and analyses to best implement organizational measures of success, and helps develop key partnerships. They build strategic, scientific and technical capacity in the field, develop key partnerships with public and private organizations in order to identify and resolve technical issues and to widely communicate solutions and best practices, and develop innovative scientific methods, analyses, tools, and frameworks to address the natural system needs.
They will help negotiate complex and innovative solutions with government agencies, major institutions, partners and landowners to conserve and protect natural communities, and develop and implement cutting edge conservation strategies in a high profile geography and major philanthropic market.
Responsibilities And Scope
Minimum Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
To apply to position number 49006, submit resume (required) and cover letter separately using the upload buttons. All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 20, 2021.
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The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Our commitment to diversity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy’s background screening process.
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