Careers

Description:

The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. We’re rooted in our Mission and guided by our Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s lots of reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube  or on Glassdoor.  

The Global Managing Director, Sustainable Food & Water provides direct leadership and management for multiple organizational strategies that support TNC’s mission of conserving biodiversity and addressing climate change and play a key role in accomplishing   TNC’s 2030 Goals  They set overall conservation priorities for transforming working landscapes to ensure integration of approach and creating synergies in work implementation across the organization. 

As a leading conservation spokesperson for the Conservancy, the Global Managing Director represents the Conservancy internally and externally to an array of audiences, advocating for and raising the visibility of organizational global priorities specific to food and water. They work on a global scale and are responsible for fundraising in the public and private sector to ensure that sufficient resources are available to accomplish the Conservancy’s overall strategic goals in this arena.

Essential functions for this position include: 

• Develops leadership for the design and implementation of long term global strategic plans, goals and objectives as they relate to TNC’s strategic priority of providing food and water sustainability. 

• Plays a leading role in donor identification and cultivation. 

• Serves as the key representative for advancing working lands and other sustainable agricultural strategies with partners, corporate entities and governments. 

• Geographic and programmatic size and scope is that of a large, globally complex business unit which spans multiple countries.   

• Responsible for annual budgets and progress against annual goals and objectives.      

• Leads and manages a highly matrixed team that consists of multi-disciplinary staff who possess global expertise in conservation areas encompassed by food, water and agriculture.       

• A people manager responsible for performance management and coaching of staff members.                  

• Plays a leading role in managing complex partnerships with multiple, international government agencies, businesses, community groups, academia and elected officials. 

• Works with key partners to develop and communicate solutions and best practices. 

• Oversees the development of innovative scientific methods, analysis, tools and frameworks to advance and measure the relevant priority.   

• Negotiates complex and innovative solutions with various parties. 

• Provides mechanism for organization wide dialogue, learning and capacity building on global priority issues. 

• Experience working with current trends and practices in area of global priority, including a diversity of challenges across multiple global geographies.   

• Travels extensively within the US and abroad (up to 40-50%)

Skills/Eligibility:

• Bachelor’s or Graduate degree (preferred) in business, law, natural resource management or other relevant field and 10+ years’ experience, including 5 years’ experience at a senior level in international conservation field, or equivalent combination.

• Graduate degree in business, law, natural resource management and/or other relevant field.

•  Experience in partnership development (corporations, community leaders, governments, non-profit organizations, etc.) in multiple countries; experience with high-level government and conservation contacts.

• Experience in linking science, policy and practice to achieve tangible conservation and policy outcomes.

• Experience working collaboratively with interdisciplinary senior leadership.

• Supervisory experience in leading and managing a large multi-disciplinary team, including managing senior level leaders.

• Experience in evaluating and/or negotiating complex, high profile or sensitive agreements.

• Experience working within the politics, society and environmental community on a global, international scale.

• Experience communicating with and presenting to diverse audiences including donors, board members, employees, outside partners, or equivalent.

• Experience in fundraising, including cultivation of major donors.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Multi- lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.

• Ability to create and implement a strategic vision.

• Emotional intelligence and people centered leadership skills.

• Developing practical applications of scientific concepts and technical and business innovations for conservation purposes.

• Knowledge of methods and standards of biodiversity information systems and initiatives and business / management experience conceiving and implementing strategic initiatives.

• Experienced in systems thinking and leadership.

• Global awareness and mindset with regional sensitivity and understanding of food producing and consuming geographies.

How to Apply:

Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified, the role will be unposted. The timeline may vary depending on the expressed interest in the role, so we highly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to equal employment opportunity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization 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.