Resilient Watersheds Coordinator at The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Job ID 55799
Location Africa
Full/Part Time Full-time
Regular/Temporary Regular
OFFICE LOCATION
Luanda, Luanda Province, Angola
The position shall be based where TNC has a registered office in Africa, Angola, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
or Zambia. No employment visas or assistance is being offered with this
position except for the local labour employment requirements.

WHO WE ARE
The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to conserve the lands
and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization,
we develop innovative, on-the-ground solutions to the world’s toughest
environmental challenges so that people and nature can thrive. Our work
is guided by our values, which include a commitment to diversity and
respect for people, communities, and cultures. From a rewarding mission
to career development and flexible schedules, there are many reasons to
love life #insideTNC. Want to know more? Check out our TNC Talent
playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.

One
of TNC’s primary goals is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so
that employees around the globe have a sense of belonging and feel that
their unique contributions are valued. We know we’ll only achieve our
mission by hiring and engaging a diverse staff that reflects the
communities in which we work. Recognizing that people bring talent and
skills that have been developed outside the scope of a job, we take a
holistic approach to recruitment that considers life experience in
addition to the professional requirements listed in our postings. Please
apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote a popular saying at TNC,
“you’ll join for the mission, and you’ll stay for the people.”

TNC’s
work in Africa transcends three key pillars: securing ownership rights
to lands and resources for indigenous people, strengthening leadership
and resource management and helping communities value nature through a
holistic appreciation of its benefits while increasing revenue streams
for conservation efforts and socio-economic development. Together with
our partners, we are witnessing critical milestones in integrated land
and fisheries management, ocean and source water protection, energy
development and sustainable food production, working together and
strengthening our resolve in tackling global challenges such as climate
change, habitat and biodiversity loss that stands to adversely impact
the nearly 1.4 billion people that share Africa.

For over two
decades, TNC has been implementing Water Funds around the world. These
are collective action governance platforms that bring together different
water users – usually utilities, businesses, agriculture and local
governments – to invest in ecosystem protection and support upstream
communities within the catchments they depend on. [1] By design they
enhance financial and governance mechanisms, unite public, private and
civil society stakeholders around a common goal to contribute to water
security through Nature-based Solutions and sustainable watershed
management.

Upstream communities act as stewards and providers
of watershed services and are paid for measures that contribute to flood
risk mitigation, water purification, aquifer recharge, erosion control,
and regulation of the climate. They function as both a governance and
long-term financing modality. With a regional Source Waters Protection
Strategy TNC aims to ensure health of freshwater systems and the
societies that depend on them. To accelerate the process, TNC and a
partner established the Nature for Water Facility for enabling local
champions to build watershed investment programs faster and at scale
[1]
https://waterfundstoolbox.org/getting-started/what-is-a-water-fund;
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tnc-craft/library/Water-Funds-2020-info-sheet-with-map.pdf?mtime=20200218204050.

WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER
The Resilient
Watersheds (Water Funds) Coordinator provides day-to-day management,
general operations, and programmatic support while leading the
stakeholders network and coordinates learning platform and resources
sharing from within and outside TNC. They will bring much needed
technical support in the following categories to our regional program:
Source Water Protection community of practice; Africa Water Funds
Network growth and operational management including serving as
secretariat to its steering committee; Social media presence and content
generation as well as sharing; Conducting training needs assessment and
organizing trainings and following up to ensure effectiveness of the
trainings and resource use; Managing bi-monthly webinars for the
network’s members and stakeholders as well as content generation and
cultivating high level leaders from across the 15+ Water Funds in
region, to make presentations. This is a two-year contract position,
renewable subject to availability of funding, and shall be based where
TNC has a registered office in Africa, Angola, Gabon, Kenya, South
Africa, Tanzania or Zambia. No employment visas or assistance is being
offered with this position except for the local labour employment
requirements. The position reports to the Africa Water Funds Director.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU
The position holder will ensure well-coordinated support across all the
water funds in region, tracking and reporting of their implementation
progress including grant funding reporting and other relevant
communication within the TNC system and with partners in region. This
will include information sharing through scheduled webinars, electronic
multi-lingual newsletters and other channels of communication. Read more
on Water Funds on the link below. The ideal candidate will;

• Coordinate
  and track multiple project work plans and workstreams across teams,
  including coordinating project teams, setting deadlines, track status
  via a project management software.
• Oversee project management
  for the program, using TNC’s Highly Effective Teams and any other
  approaches to effectively manage key projects and support the work of
  cross-functional, cross-geographic teams towards the desired outcome.
• Provide support during proposal development and ensure timely submission of proposal related documentation.
• Ensure programmatic commitments, Conservancy policies and procedures,
  financial standards, and legal requirements are met and managed for
  compliance; decisions that may bind the organization financially or
  legally.
• Development of documents, presentations, and other
  materials, and coordination of events and consultancies with external
  partners.
• Circulating and following up on the review of technical reports by the program team and technical leads.
• Oversee document management systems that all Water Funds team members can access.
• Coordinate project budget management and tracking of Program intermediate results and progress.
• Leads the water funds network and coordinates a steering committee of
  Africa Water Funds network including membership and scheduling of
  meetings and agenda setting.
• Reach out to resource persons with
  the global water funds team and conservation training resource persons
  to gather materials and information needed.
• Manage consultants,
  support drafting and tracking contracts for the program and ensure
  prudent management of contracts and vendors for timely service delivery
  that guarantees value for money.
• Provide administrative support
  to the program staff in crafting presentations and slide decks,
  planning complex trips, preparing meetings with partners and donors.
• Responsible for coordination of donor and learning trips to source water protection projects within the region.
• Ensures integrity of both data collection and management relating to conservation projects and project statistics.
• Under limited supervision acts independently, resolves complex issues
  within the program area and may act as a resource to others.
• Complies and shares the data needed for public information channels and key partner organizations.
• May work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on
  difficult and hazardous terrain and under physically demanding
  circumstances.

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WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years’ experience in natural resource
  management, Ecology, Agricultural Economics, Forestry, Environmental
  Science, Law or similar field or equivalent combination of education and
  experience.
• Experience managing Interns.
• Relationship
  building experience to work closely with a variety of partners, i.e.,
  media, government officials, internal scientists.
• Experience completing tasks independently with respect to timeline(s).
• Experience with communication via written, spoken and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
• Experience using common software applications such as Word, Excel, web browsers, etc.
• Experience in training.
• Experience coordinating multiple programs and projects in multiple locations.
• Experience coordinating and managing multiple priorities, with
  assignments sometimes coming from several sources and work
  independently.
• Experience completing tasks independently with respect to timeline(s).
• Experience coordinating multiple projects.
• Experience handling standard business communications via written,
  spoken and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
• Experience with report writing.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
• Over 5 years’ experience in natural resource management, similar field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability and willingness to apply science to decision-making and guide activities.
• Familiarity with principles of land acquisition or similar asset acquisition.
• Knowledge of ecological land management principles.
• Knowledge of current trends and practices in conservation, land management and natural resource preservation.
• Ability and willingness to apply science to decision-making and guide activities.
• Knowledge of current trends and practices in environmental
  conservation, climate change and adaptation, land management and natural
  resource preservation.
• Extensive experience in program coordination and support to several projects across multiple locations and countries in Africa
• Experience working in conservation or climate related projects in the NGO world is preferred.
• Experience supporting teams during resources acquisition, project
  implementation and monitoring and evaluation of projects and reporting.
• Qualifications and experience in project management is preferred.
• Strong administrative skills including attention to detail and numerical ability.
• Experience with planning, administering, and recording results of work-team meetings and activities.
• Demonstrated experience in relationship building experience to work closely with a variety of partners and stakeholders.

WHAT WE BRING
Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through
grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the
most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the
world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and
the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact
conservation around the world!

TNC offers competitive and
comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries
where we work. These may include health care benefits, retirement
benefits, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, and disability
coverage as well as an employee assistance program and other life and
well-being benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our Culture Tab on
nature.org/careers.
We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports the health and well-being of the people we employ.

APPLY NOW
To apply for job ID 55799, submit your materials online by using the
Apply Now button at https://careers.nature.org/. Need help applying?
Visit our recruitment page or contact applyhelp@tnc.org.

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

TNC is committed to offering
accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled
veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an
accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to
applyhelp@tnc.org with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.

An
attractive salary and benefits package is part of TNC’s value
proposition to our employees. TNC strives to provide competitive pay and
bases salaries on the geographic location of the role committing to
being equitable across groups and providing hiring salary ranges when
possible.

Since we support flexible and remote work for our
employees, many positions have a flexible location within countries
where we’re registered as a Non-government Organization and established
as an employer. This may mean we’re unable to provide a hiring salary
range in the posting for some of our positions. However, candidates
invited to be part of our interview process will be provided their
location specific range upon request.
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