Director of Conservation Partnerships

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🕒 October 15

🦌 Connecticut, Maine, +11 more states – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote 🦞 Maine – Remote 🗻 New Hampshire – Remote 🏖️ New Jersey – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote 🍂 Massachusetts – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote ⚓ Rhode Island – Remote 🍁 Vermont – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote ⛰️ West Virginia – Remote

💵 $85k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

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NWF International

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🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Education • Social Impact

NWF International is a U. S. -based 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization that works to protect wildlife, habitats, and natural resources through advocacy, education, habitat certification, and community engagement. It operates programs addressing climate, water, lands, environmental justice, and wildlife conservation, and publishes educational content (including Ranger Rick) and resources for families, educators, and supporters while fundraising and mobilizing volunteers and supporters.

📋 Description

• Cultivate and maintain partnerships with a cohort of NWF affiliate organizations • Serve as a bridge between NWF and affiliates, ensuring two-way communication • Bring affiliate needs to national teams and integrate internal program teams into affiliate networks • Connect affiliate staff with subject-matter experts, scientific resources, and federal policy teams • Facilitate affiliate-to-affiliate partnerships, collaborative conservation initiatives, and peer learning • Identify funding opportunities and national-state shared funding options • Convene stakeholders across policy, philanthropy, campaigns, and program teams to co-design initiatives with affiliates • Support or lead regional, programmatic, and operational affiliate convenings, committees, and work groups • Advise and coach affiliate leaders, boards, and staff on organizational health, board development, strategic planning, prioritization, and financial management • Help affiliates navigate governance standards, organizational sustainability, and capacity-building opportunities • Maintain a regular presence with affiliates through virtual and in-person meetings, public events, coalitions, and partner meetings • Facilitate relationships between NWF board members and affiliates • Cultivate diverse NWF board recruitment pipelines • Ensure affiliate participation in NWF governance and annual leadership meetings • Develop innovative approaches to meet affiliate needs and increase capacity • Provide strategic consulting and execution support for campaigns, fundraising, strategic planning, equity and justice integration, and operational scaling • Evaluate affiliate bandwidth before program initiatives, grants, or sub-awards are finalized • Strengthen collaboration, coordination, communication, and conservation outcomes across the Federation • Travel periodically to affiliates and national or regional meetings, approximately 5–8 days per month and 30–60 nights per year

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency building and maintaining authentic partnerships with diverse individuals and organizations • Experience facilitating coalitions or networks highly prized • Strong communication skills • Experience working with nonprofit organizations • Understanding of nonprofit governance, operations, communications, and fundraising principles • Ability to manage work independently and proactively identify opportunities and solutions • Strategic thinking and prioritization skills • Ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously • Foundation in environmental, environmental justice, and/or conservation principles and practices through education and/or professional experience in conservation, science, public policy, or a related field • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills • At least ten years of professional experience • Executive-level emotional intelligence • Adaptability to different affiliate sizes, capacities, and maturity levels • Conflict mediation and advocacy skills • Commitment to equity and responsibility toward marginalized people • Empathy and social skills • Passion for and commitment to NWF's mission and values • Must reside in or within an adjacent state to the Northeastern or Mid-Atlantic United States, within the region from Maine to North Carolina • Ability to understand, analyze, and apply complex information, policies, and concepts • Ability to exercise sound judgment, problem-solve, and make decisions amid ambiguity or competing priorities • Ability to maintain focus, sustained attention, and manage multiple tasks or workstreams • Ability to listen, interpret, and respond appropriately • Ability to work at a computer or attend meetings for extended periods • Ability to operate standard office equipment and virtual conferencing tools • Ability to communicate and exchange information in person, by telephone, and electronically • Ability to read, review, and produce written and electronic documents • Cover letter and resume required

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible scheduling • Paid time off: vacation starting at three weeks accrual, unlimited wellbeing time, half day Fridays, and 11 holidays • Paid winter break from December 25 to January 1 • Up to 16 weeks of fully paid Family and Medical Leave • Low-cost health, dental, and vision insurance options • Outpatient mental health covered at in-network rates • Therapist available at no cost • Pet insurance and discount perk program • Annual wellbeing allowance • Retirement plan with immediate match and vesting • Annual year-end retirement contribution • Tuition reimbursement • Adoption and surrogacy assistance • Pet adoption stipend • Student loan management • Flexible and empowered work environment • Family-friendly atmosphere • Professional development through tuition reimbursement

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