The Humanitarian Program Director oversees TNC’s Coastal Risk & Resilience (CRR) Strategy’s global program to help protect people from the impacts of climate change with coastal and other ecosystems and bridges the role of nature with the role of humanitarian and development preparation and response to natural disaster risk. S/he provides strategic leadership and support for the Conservancy’s global ocean work and contributes to both the human and ecosystem priorities for the Coastal Risk and Resilience Strategy.
The Program Director provides strategic leadership and management, expertise, fundraising support and donor identification and conservation service delivery and works closely with the global, regional and field teams and within the CRR team, particularly with policy and corporate engagement elements of the strategy and global climate programs. The Director leads partnerships and serves as the principal contact with humanitarian, development and other relevant organizations such as The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cross country societies. S/he represents TNC at relevant conferences and policy fora and may serve as a principal contact to other conservation organizations, foundations, strategic partners and/or the academic community. The Director will work with existing CRR project teams in key geographies and supervise staff as needed. S/he establishes the Conservancy as a major conservation partner within this area of expertise, defines priorities, leads and manages team(s) which supports and improves conservation efforts, and builds strategic, scientific, and technical capacity in the field.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SCOPE
- Build, lead and execute TNC’s nature-based Humanitarian strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience.
- Liaise with the CRR and other Field Teams to maximize success.
- Global, regional and local level focus on providing strategic leadership and support to launch new projects, programs and initiatives.
- Build and utilize high performing partnerships to achieve strategy goals and metrics.
- Mentors teams and individuals to improve the Conservancy’s strategies and impact.
- Prepares funding and strategy proposals, presentations and/or strategic work plans.
- Advances technology as part of reaching our humanitarian and development goals.
- May work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain, and under physically demanding circumstances.
- Makes independent strategic decisions frequently based on analysis, ambiguous information, experience and context.
- May require frequent travel domestically and/or internationally and evening and weekend hours.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 15 years’ experience in humanitarian and disaster response practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Public and institutional fundraising experience, public donor cultivation and stewardship.
- Experience designing, implementing, and directing complex or multiple projects of strategic importance, including managing finances, supervising multidisciplinary professionals and coordinating the work of partners while meeting deadlines.
- Experience working with current trends and practices in relevant discipline(s) and geographic regions.
- Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
- Politically savvy and experienced in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
- Experience working with methods and standards of biodiversity information systems and initiatives.
- Experience conceiving and implementing strategic and creative initiatives.
- Experience negotiating and influencing.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Senior level management and leadership experience at a humanitarian organization.
- Global network of relevant people and organizations, particularly in TNC key countries of operation.
- Experience in networking with high level conservation contacts.
- Multi- lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
- Master’s degree.
- Experience developing practical applications of field and service delivery concepts and technical innovations for conservation purposes.