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Conservation International is an American nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Its goal is to protect nature as a source of food, fresh water, livelihoods and a stable climate.
POSITION SUMMARY
This is a one-year position, with the possibility of an extension, focused on advancing the Africa Division’s strategic freshwater objectives and those of CI’s broader Freshwater Strategy. The position will report to the Freshwater Lead in the Global Strategy Group and will have a dotted line to the Africa & Madagascar Division's Senior Vice President.
There will be three sets of duties. The first will be to work with a subset of Africa place-based teams to design projects to deliver measurable freshwater-related benefits. This may entail adding new components (e.g. hydrologic analyses or monitoring) to existing projects, or it may consist of working with teams to conceptualize new projects, identify and build the necessary partnerships to undertake them, and fundraise for them. A second set of duties will be to lead the development of strategic freshwater activities for the broader Africa division (e.g. around sustainable aquaculture). A third set of duties will be to work with the Freshwater Lead to elevate CI’s profile in the freshwater space (largely but not only in Africa) and to support her in growing the Freshwater Initiative and the projects encompassed within it.
RESPONSIBILITIES
WORKING CONDITIONS
This position is based in South Africa or Kenya.
This job will be performed principally in a normal office environment, with trips to field sites as needed. Average travel per month (both to field sites and to other CI offices) is anticipated to be approximately 1-2 weeks.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
A successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a freshwater-related field (e.g. hydrology/ecohydrology/hydroinformatics, integrated water resources management, freshwater ecology) and will have at least seven years’ experience or the equivalent applying that expertise
Preferred
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