Jobs at Conservation International

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct rapid assessments of enabling conditions (policy, funding flows, debt burdens, institutional capacity) to determine readiness of new conservation finance platforms.
• Lead the design and implementation of long-term financing mechanisms, including Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) and multi-stakeholder conservation finance initiatives.
• Evaluate existing conservation finance efforts (e.g., CAFÉ) and identify opportunities for collaboration or scaling.
• Monitor, measure, and report on facility performance, financial flows, and conservation outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for facility innovation and expansion across Africa’s protected area finance landscape.
• Support knowledge sharing and capacity building through CI-supported CTFs (e.g., BIOFUND, Madagascar Biodiversity Fund) and external stakeholder engagements.
• Identify and manage facility risks, working closely with compliance and audit teams.
• Collaborate and align with other program facilities to align with CI’s conservation and organizational priorities.
• Ensure compliance with CI policies, donor agreements, and local regulations.
• Build and manage partnerships with governments, donors, NGOs, peer organizations, and local communities.
• Organize and support workshops, conferences, and learning events to disseminate best practices and lessons learned.
• Support fundraising, proposal development, and donor engagement to ensure financial sustainability.
• Collaborate with Finance to manage budgets and resource allocation.
• Represent CI externally as a visible leader in conservation finance and a trusted partner.
• Perform other related duties as needed

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Local and/or international travel of 50% or more time, often in difficult travel conditions.
• Ability to work in remote locations or under difficult working conditions.
• This position follows a hybrid work structure, working some days from the office and some remotely. Guidance will be shared during the interview process.
• This role will be a 2-year fixed-term assignment, anticipated to begin in February 2026 and end in February 2028. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree (Commerce preferred). 
• 7 or more years of related work experience.
• 2 or more years of supervisory experience. 
• Strong program/project management experience
• Financial literacy. Experience in a financial institution preferred.
• Excellent technical and analytical skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Experience supervising others, including multi-disciplinary teams.
• Team player and able to work effectively with diverse workgroups in a multicultural environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A record of success in influencing and partnering with a diverse group of key stakeholders and in raising funds.
• Proven ability to multitask and meet priorities. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and under minimal supervision.
• ·Fluency in written and spoken English required.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee Seed Fund safeguard management in accordance with CI’s Environmental & Social Management Framework (via a fit-for-purpose ESMS)  
• Provide input, analysis, and support to developing and overseeing the Seed Fund ESMS, including risk identification, procedures for safeguard screening, guidance, tools, and approaches within the Fund and country-level initiatives.  
• Ensure the coordination and integration of E&S risk management procedures within the Fund’s internal processes.  
• Evaluate safeguard compliance (using due diligence criteria) by reviewing necessary E&S documentation of country packages and with potential site visits  
• Provide technical guidance to country package partners on safeguard risk identification, analysis of mitigation measures, implementation & monitoring of efficacy.  
• Provide technical guidance and capacity building to country package partners that advance social commitments, including meaningful gender and social inclusion outcomes and full and effective engagement with Indigenous Peoples and local communities.  
• Review and provide guidance on country package grantee proposals, plans, and reporting.  
• Monitor progress and report on safeguard compliance at the Fund level, periodically collect and analyze data related to safeguard performance indicators for the Fund and country packages.  
• Lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of safeguard and gender capacity building efforts, including the development of training materials and user support of online resources.  
• Organize awareness-raising, capacity strengthening, and knowledge exchange activities related to safeguards and gender for Seed Fund staff, partners, and selected stakeholders.  
• Provide support to the effective operation of accountability & grievance mechanisms, including design & operation of the Fund-level mechanism.  

Perform related duties as assigned.  

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Extended work hours may be required, including non-traditional work hours as needed in a global organization  
• Some international travel up to 30% time may be required.    
• Guidance on flexible work arrangements will be shared during the interview process.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or a related field, such as international development or social sciences, plus 4 to 6 years of experience working with project and program design, monitoring, and compliance of public or private donor-funded projects in the area of environment, conservation, and/or development, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.  
• Knowledge and experience in designing, applying, and monitoring environment and social safeguards (with emphasis on social safeguards, including stakeholder engagement, gender mainstreaming, grievance mechanisms, labor & working conditions, community health & safety, etc.)  
• Strong understanding of project-driven social and environmental risks and impacts, particularly the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized peoples, gender equality, Indigenous Peoples, benefit-sharing, conflict, and grievance redress.  
• Relevant experience with gender-responsive programming, including the design and implementation of practical gender action plans.  
• Strong capacity to communicate with government agencies, local communities, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, and other stakeholders.  
• Excellent cross-cultural and people skills, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at both a programming and institutional level.  
• Ability to work independently and /or remotely, to meet deadlines and commitments.  
• Strong interpersonal skills and capacity to work in team environments, including building productive partnerships across a diversity of stakeholders.  
• Attention to detail and discretion in the discussion of sensitive risk-related issues  
• Excellent English oral and written communication skills, including public speaking and designing engaging and informative training for various audiences.  
• Fluency in an appropriate second language for the region (French or Spanish, both preferred).