Strategic Content and Storytelling Manager – Africa Region

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🌐 Kenya, Tanzania, +4 more countries – Remote

🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote 🇹🇿 Tanzania – Remote 🇬🇦 Gabon – Remote 🇿🇲 Zambia – Remote 🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote 🇦🇴 Angola – Remote

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✍️ Content Marketing Manager

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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

• Shape and drive TNC Africa Region's content vision, editorial strategy, and storytelling agenda • Create compelling narratives showcasing conservation impact, partner and community voices, donor engagement, organizational influence, and mission connection • Translate complex conservation, scientific, and community-based work into compelling stories • Lead end-to-end storytelling from story identification and field reporting through writing, editing, multimedia production, publishing, and performance analysis • Develop and own the Africa content and storytelling strategy aligned with regional priorities, conservation objectives, philanthropic goals, and brand standards • Establish editorial vision and annual storytelling roadmap • Lead content planning and maintain a pipeline of high-impact stories • Define storytelling frameworks, editorial standards, voice, tone, and content governance practices • Advise leadership and program teams on strategic storytelling • Identify emerging stories, trends, and content opportunities • Identify, research, and develop stories from landscapes, communities, Indigenous Peoples, practitioners, scientists, donors, partners, and staff • Produce feature stories, long-form articles, case studies, donor stories, scripts, blogs, and impact reports • Conduct interviews and gather firsthand information • Lead multimedia projects involving video, photography, audio, and digital content • Travel to field sites for reporting, interviews, story gathering, and content production • Develop creative briefs and storytelling concepts • Collaborate with photographers, videographers, designers, editors, creative agencies, and production partners • Oversee content production workflows and maintain approved content asset libraries • Monitor content effectiveness using audience insights, analytics, and engagement metrics • Evaluate performance across channels and recommend data-driven improvements • Measure storytelling effectiveness for donor engagement, partnerships, and organizational visibility • Partner with philanthropy, conservation, science, policy, country, and digital teams • Provide editorial guidance and support across the Africa region • Review, edit, and strengthen internal and external partner content • Serve as a subject matter expert on storytelling and content development • Build networks and collaborations to elevate Africa stories for global showcases • Report to the Director Marketing & Communications - Africa

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Media Studies, English, or related field and a minimum 7 years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience • Exceptional writing, editing, interviewing, and narrative development skills • Demonstrated experience developing content strategies and managing editorial pipelines • Experience producing content across written, digital, visual, and multimedia platforms • 8+ years of professional experience in content strategy, editorial leadership, journalism, storytelling, publishing, or multimedia content development (desired) • Experience working in conservation, environmental, development, sustainability, or nonprofit sectors (desired) • Background in journalism, documentary storytelling, or editorial publishing (desired) • Experience producing stories for donor, philanthropic, and partnership audiences (desired) • Knowledge of digital content performance metrics and audience engagement strategies (desired) • Experience working across multiple African countries and cultures (desired) • Strong understanding of ethical storytelling, representation, and inclusive narrative practices (desired) • Strong portfolio demonstrating impactful storytelling and editorial leadership (desired) • Experience gathering stories through direct field reporting and stakeholder interviews (desired) • Excellent project management skills with experience managing multiple content initiatives simultaneously (desired) • Excellent relationship-building and collaboration skills across cultures, functions, locations, and time zones (desired) • Fluency in written and spoken English • Valid driver's license and compliance with TNC’s Auto Safety Program • Completion of a Vehicle Use Agreement, potentially including a motor vehicle record review • Ability to work in a country where TNC has offices: Kenya, Tanzania, Gabon, Zambia, South Africa, or Angola • No employment visa or assistance is offered except for local labour employment requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where TNC works • 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 • Flexible schedules