Conservation Director

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🇲🇽 Mexico – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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The Nature Conservancy

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1951

💼 Consulting

✈️ Travel

🤲 Charity

Consulting • Travel • Charity

The Nature Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Operating in over 80 countries and territories, it addresses critical issues like climate change and biodiversity loss through strategic conservation efforts. The organization focuses on protecting vital ecosystems such as forests, oceans, and freshwater resources, while actively engaging communities and influencing environmental policies. Through various initiatives, The Nature Conservancy aims to ensure a sustainable and thriving planet for future generations.

📋 Description

• Serve as a member of the Mexico Executive Team, reporting to the Country Program Director • Coordinate closely with Conservation Directors and leaders across the Latin America Region • Ensure the Mexico program optimally contributes to TNC’s 2030 Outcomes • Lead conservation efforts in Selva Maya, the Mesoamerican Reef, and national initiatives involving protected areas, regenerative ranching and agriculture, and large-scale fisheries • Lead a team of experts and collaborate with TNC teams and external partners, including private sector, government, and civil society organizations • Shape transformative strategies and guide teams in effective implementation • Support the Mexico Director in defining conservation strategies, actionable roadmaps, partnerships, and systemic change • Inspire shared ownership of TNC’s conservation agenda and tools • Oversee conservation outcomes using adaptive management and accountability for results • Develop, manage, retain, coach, and develop a high-performing team; oversee performance management, engagement, training, and career development • Manage internal information systems to document evidence of progress and lessons learned • Support annual and multi-year full-cost budgets and ensure effective budget management • Lead conservation and governance oversight of on-site initiatives, including financial planning, monitoring, evaluation, and budget tracking • Lead and coordinate public and private financing proposals • Communicate TNC’s mission and conservation priorities to donors, partners, board members, and other stakeholders through presentations and reports • Direct, prepare, present, and participate in negotiations of project proposals with governmental, bilateral, and multilateral agencies • Act as Deputy Director for the BU Director as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree • Over 8 years of experience in similar positions, including experience as a leader in the conservation arena and/or non-profit sector • Outstanding supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance in multidisciplinary teams • Track record working on sustainable development and environmental issues including forest conservation, regenerative ranching and agriculture, community conservation, fisheries, natural protected areas and/or integrated landscape management in Mexico with non-governmental, private or public organizations • Outstanding written and oral communication skills in Spanish and English for diverse audiences • Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects, engaging with donors and writing outstanding concepts • Experience collaborating with private sector, non-government and community-based organizations and public authorities • Experience designing, implementing, and directing complex or multiple strategically important projects, including managing finances, supervising multidisciplinary professionals, and coordinating partners while meeting deadlines • Desired: 10 years of professional experience, including proven experience effectively leading environmental and conservation issues in large and complex programs with measurable results in Mexico • Demonstrated success as an inspirational and innovative leader of multidisciplinary teams, including influencing without direct authority • Experience working in a matrixed, decentralized, and geographically dispersed organization • Proven technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus • Demonstrated operational, implementation, and detail-oriented perspective • Proactive understanding of systems change approaches • Successful applicant must meet The Nature Conservancy's background screening requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where we work • Health care benefits • Retirement benefits • Parental leave • Paid time off • Life insurance • Disability coverage • Employee assistance program • Other life and well-being benefits • Flexible work environment supporting employee health and well-being • Career development • Inclusive work environment • Accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans