Maliasili
Charity • Social Impact
Maliasili is a public charity that strengthens community-led conservation organizations across Africa by providing organizational development, leadership programs, funding facilitation, advocacy, and consulting. It partners with a carefully selected portfolio of local NGOs to help them develop strategies, attract funding, build leadership and communications capacity, and amplify their influence so they can better protect land, wildlife, and livelihoods while addressing climate and ecosystem health. Maliasili also publishes toolkits and learning resources, operates a conservation fund, and works with strategic partners to shift resources and power toward local conservation leaders.
Portfolio Manager
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October 13
Maliasili
Charity • Social Impact
Maliasili is a public charity that strengthens community-led conservation organizations across Africa by providing organizational development, leadership programs, funding facilitation, advocacy, and consulting. It partners with a carefully selected portfolio of local NGOs to help them develop strategies, attract funding, build leadership and communications capacity, and amplify their influence so they can better protect land, wildlife, and livelihoods while addressing climate and ecosystem health. Maliasili also publishes toolkits and learning resources, operates a conservation fund, and works with strategic partners to shift resources and power toward local conservation leaders.
📋 Description
• Managing relationships with the leadership of partner organizations, providing thought partnership, and collaborative problem-solving. • Working with partners to diagnose and develop joint plans to address major organizational needs and priorities. • Design and lead effective organizational development interventions. • Design and facilitate workshops with partners. • Improving organizational development expertise and staying at the cutting edge. • Coordinating service provision from other team members or external experts. • Managing relationships with partners and third-party funders. • Cultivating relationships with other organizations and developing a pipeline of potential partner organizations. • Supporting efforts to secure partner co-financing.
🎯 Requirements
• Strong experience, skillset, and technical understanding of organizational development, oversight of complex programs and/or business development. • Strong organizational diagnostic and analytical skills. • Strong understanding of land rights in Southern Africa. • Experience and comfort in designing and facilitating effective meetings. • Strong capability to absorb and synthesize data and information. • Passion for Maliasili’s mission to contribute to the development of organizational excellence and impact in African natural resource management and community led conservation organizations. • Strong written and oral communication in English. • Master’s degree, approximately ten years of work experience, including management responsibilities. • Knowledge of another language spoken in Southern Africa would be an advantage. • Experience working in KAZA countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe) is desirable.
🏖️ Benefits
• Approximately 30% travel within the region
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