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The Nature Conservancy Project Director Project Finance for Permanence (Flexible Location) in Lansing, Michigan
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU
The Global Project Finance for Permanence team consists of a dedicated globally dispersed group of experts dedicated to our mission. We're looking for an individual with a passion for the mission of The Nature Conservancy - to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends - and who will enhance our ability to reach our 2030 goals.
We are looking for an experienced project director who is comfortable working at both a global and local level on large and complicated processes and projects within a matrixed organization, ideally with familiarity and experience across biological realms and extensive conservation experience.
Key responsibilities and scope:
- In close partnership with the in-country and global teams, advances a clear and maintains an integrated PFP project vision and scope.
- Be ultimately responsible for the Project's quality and content, ensuring the project results in the desired conservation outcomes.
- Ensure government commitment to and active participation in the project.
- Builds strong relationships with internal and external partners. Serves as the primary Global PFP counterpart to the country program and other members the Global Protect Business Unit.
- Leads several cross-functional and matrixed teams to foster and maintain team cohesion and strong communication channels.
- Makes independent strategic decisions frequently based on analysis, ambiguous information, experience and judgment.
- Develop and review interim and final deliverables, support project teams in delivering work products at the required standard and in managing dependencies between projects.
- Keeps the leadership group informed of progress and updates, identifies obstacles and potential delays, proposes adaptive action and decisions required, ensures effective communication between the leadership group and project teams.
- Support efficient decision making at key decision points, working with relevant decision makers and the appropriate staff or teams.
- Assess project progress and risks, conduct corrective action as necessary, and resolve or proactively escalate challenges as needed.
- Perform issue resolution, negotiate trade-offs, manage conflicts, and collaboratively solve complex problems.
- They may advise TNC communications, marketing, and philanthropy staff on issues related to priority projects and related issues.
- Will be required to work across multiple time zones which may include working outside normal working hours.
- Requires willingness and ability to travel up to 50% both domestically and internationally, and to work occasional weekends and evenings.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- BA/BS degree and 7 years' experience in conservation practice or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience directing a major complex program or project of strategic importance, including management/supervision of multi-disciplinary teams and meeting deadlines.
- Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
- Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and government agencies. Able to influence and work productively with these stakeholders.
- Experience writing and editing promotional and informational material.
- Experience presenting to and/or communicating with government or legislative staff, community or business leaders, program leadership and/or similar audiences
- Experience negotiating complex agreements, ideally with governments.
- Experience with financial management of very large programs and bringing these to a successful close.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master's degree in a relevant discipline and 10 years of experience