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  • Posted: May 16, 2023
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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...
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    Africa Oceons Conservation strategy Director

    WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU

    Are you looking for a career to help people and nature? Guided by science, TNC creates innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that people and nature can thrive together.

    Roles and Responsibilities

    • Lead the development and implementation of the Africa Oceans Strategy in contribution to TNC’s 2030 targets and Oceans goals.
    • Ensure the effective coordination and integration of oceans work for all projects and programs across the Africa Business unit.
    • Lead the Africa Oceans team and work collaboratively with the Global Oceans Team to deliver the Africa Oceans strategy
    • Advance national level planning efforts that increase ocean conservation outcomes, including climate mitigation and resilience plans and marine spatial plans.
    • Guide reforms for marine fisheries and building local capacity for sustainable and legal fisheries management while supporting policies at national, regional, and local levels to enable marine fishery reform.
    • Oversee efforts to create and advance community-based strategies for better managed coastal and marine areas.
    • Facilitate and manage collaborations with government, intergovernmental institutions, development partners, CSOs, private sector and communities
    • Assess topics related to Africa Ocean conservation and advise TNC communications, marketing and philanthropy staff on issues related to oceans work in Africa and help ensure that TNC’s internal and external communications accurately reflect the strategy and conservation goals.
    • Coordinate research and analysis to support development and implementation of oceans projects and strategies.
    • Represent TNC’s Africa Oceans Strategy at relevant international and regional conferences and meetings, delivering technical presentations and expert input as needed.
    • Support fundraising by developing and contributing to proposals and representing the Africa Ocean Program to public and private donors and seeks to integrate sustainable financing mechanisms into the ocean’s programs.
    • Lead the Africa Ocean Strategy budget development and ensure on time on budget project implementation.
    • Assist in developing reports, presentations, and assessments on related topics, as well as internal and external communications materials that reflect the program’s objectives and priorities.
    • Requires willingness and ability to travel up to 35% both domestically and internationally, and to work occasional weekends and evenings.

    WHAT YOU'LL BRING

    • BA/BS degree in a relevant conservation field and 10 years’ experience in marine conservation and management, ocean governance or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • Experience with ocean sector stakeholders and associated management and governance frameworks across Africa.
    • Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation.
    • Experience directing a major program or project portfolio of strategic importance, including management/supervision of multi-disciplinary teams.
    • Experience working with current international and regional trends and practices in relevant areas of marine and coastal conservation.
    • Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives, and managing performance.
    • Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
    • Experience in using a strong sense of diplomacy and experience negotiating
    • Experience influencing, developing, and implementing conservation policy and plans at local and country level.
    • International work experience.
    • Experience presenting to and/or communicating with government or legislative staff, community or business leaders, program leadership and/or similar audiences.

    DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • Master’s degree in Conservation Science or related field with over 10 years of experience in a relevant field of marine conservation or ocean affairs, with working knowledge of marine spatial planning practices, ocean governance frameworks, marine industrial and small-scale fisheries, multi-lateral ocean sustainable development and blue economy initiatives or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • Fluency in language other than English, especially as relevant to areas where we work, and experience living and working in Africa,
    • Knowledge of politics and society, especially in the African context, with respect to oceans, blue economy and international marine affairs.
    • Strong team player who can build relationships and work collaboratively across the organization, including with senior management, and with Conservancy partners.
    • Effective public speaker that will represent TNC and the Africa Oceans Strategy internationally at conferences and high-level meetings, including giving presentations and leading technical sessions as relevant.
    • Developing practical applications of scientific concepts and technical innovations for conservation purposes.
    • Knowledge of methods and standards of biodiversity information systems and initiatives and experience conceiving and implementing strategic initiatives.
    • Politically savvy.

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    Northern Kenya Conservation Coordinator

    WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU

    The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience in management of controls and reports.

    The responsibilities and scope for this position are:

    1. Provide technical support to TNC partners in northern Kenya to identify and strengthen linkages between organizations working on community based natural resource management, community development, species protection and wildlife security.
    2. Facilitate continued working relationships with conservation partners, stakeholders and private and community conservancies.
    3. Support fundraising activities for the northern Kenya program
    4. Facilitate timely project implementation and reporting for northern Kenya Program and the Focal Place Project.
    5. Organize and support meetings and workshops to build collaboration across a wide range of partners, government agencies and key stakeholders (including indigenous people and local communities) in northern Kenya to accomplish program goals.
    6. Monitor and document program activities and initiatives in line with the established monitoring and action plan (based on human rights risks assessments and gender analyses) to ensure that environmental and social safeguards for community activities are being upheld.
    7. Carry our regular social and environmental audits on partner organisations and community conservancies and provide feedback to partners and TNC.
    8. Assess and identify capacity gaps of TNC partner organisations in Northern Kenya and ensure that mitigation measures are put in place to address the gaps.
    9. Identify, mitigate and monitor potential reputational risks for TNC as a result of projects supported in the northern Kenya portfolio. All while building the capacity of TNC partners in northern Kenya to develop and implement risk management protocols and improve quality controls of projects.
    10. Participate in the development and tracking of work plans and ensure alignment to TNC’s Kenya program strategy, agreement on milestones, and inclusion of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities in the work plan.
    11. Maintain and manage a document register system for Northern Kenya Programs and the Focal Place Projects that team members can easily access and reference.
    12. Provide programmatic support on documentation, procurement, contracting, budget development, and financial and deliverable tracking for the projects within the northern Kenya and Focal Place portfolio.
    13. Communicate TNC’s vision consistently across the area of work focus with partners and stakeholders and work with TNC Africa Communications and Marketing team in identifying and documenting stories of change within the Northern Kenya landscape

    WHAT YOU'LL BRING

    • BA/BS degree and 5 years’ experience in conservation, natural resource management, environmental sciences or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • Experience in conservation or related project management
    • Demonstrated experience influencing, developing, and implementing community-based natural resource management plans.
    • Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and government agencies.
    • Experience negotiating complex agreements.
    • Experience in grant / resources acquisition and project management.
    • Experience using applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Web Browsers.
    • Experience completing tasks with minimal supervision with respect to timeline(s).

    DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • Over 7 years experience working in natural resources management
    • A Masters degree in natural resource management, environmental sciences or a related field will be an added advantage
    • Knowledge of current trends and practices in conservation, environmental policy, land management, and natural resource preservation in Kenya.
    • Knowledge of the Northern Kenya ecosystem and community-based natural resource management principles and the legislative provisions that facilitate a co-management approach.
    • Knowledge of land management conservation practices and conservation science in Kenya.
    • Ability to explain conservation practices to technical and non-technical audiences
    • Experience in monitoring and evaluation of rural or environmental projects
    • Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated with excellent communication skills via written, spoken and graphical means in English and Kiswahili. Knowledge of Maasai and/or Samburu language would be beneficial.
    • Strong organizational and communications skills.
    • Completing tasks with minimal supervision with respect to timeline(s).
    • Sensitivity in handling confidential information with respect to project activities and outcomes

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