Director, Great Plains Science

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🦬 Montana – Remote

🦬 Montana – Remote

💵 $131.8k - $189.5k / year

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World Wildlife Fund

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1001 - 5000 employees

Our planet faces many big conservation challenges. No one person or organization can tackle these challenges alone, but together we can. WWF-USFor more than 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature.The world’s leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by over 1 million members in the United States and six million globally. WWF’s unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, and involves action and partnership at every level from local to global to ensure the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature.

📋 Description

• Oversees the Science program for WWF’s Great Plains Program. • Manage a high performing team of 2-4 staff members, facilitating good communication and collaboration. • Works with Science team in developing, implementing and evaluating strategies, priorities, budgets, and timelines. • Develop, build, and maintain partnerships within the science community for grassland conservation goals. • Coordinate with WWF Policy & Government Affairs, and external partners to advocate policies for grassland conservation. • Serves as part of GP’s leadership team to improve existing conservation projects and build team cohesiveness. • Lead fundraising efforts for program goals and objectives, and engage with funders as necessary.

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree and minimum 10 years' experience, in a related field is required. • PhD contributes towards experience. • Knowledge of, and experience working in, the Great Plains ecoregion. • Expert scientific knowledge of the drivers, threats, and opportunities in grassland conservation. • Scientific leadership on grassland conversion, ecological and social indicators, climate mitigation and biodiversity accounting, and wildlife restoration. • Deep familiarity of ecological/conservation principles, including proven experience with monitoring the ecological response of restoration and conservation efforts. • Knowledge of community led conservation principles and understanding of social science that can be applied to measure conservation outcomes. • Deep familiarity of ecological/conservation principles at ecoregional scale, history, and trends. • Excellent knowledge of national and regional conservation arena, key players, and policies. • Ability to think strategically and incorporate input from a variety of stakeholders, collaborators, and fellow staff members. • Experience managing complex projects, and many projects at once, including managing staff, budgets, workplans, timelines, and tracking metrics. • Strong fundraising skills, including excellent skills in writing/editing proposals and reports, setting goals and objectives, and developing budgets and timelines. • Demonstrated success synthesizing and packaging big ideas for individual donors, government grants, foundation, and corporate support. • Experience supervising staff, including developing work plans, providing feedback and managing performance, and providing leadership to a team. • Experience developing and maintaining partnerships with a variety of science partners including, universities, non-profits, private entities, government agencies, tribal colleges, and funders. • Excellent communication skills, both one-on-one and in a group setting. • Ability to take initiative, make decisions, facilitate and inspire the work of others. • Experience managing external consultants/contractors. • Willingness to travel as necessary, which may be up to 5-10%. • Knowledge and experience working with Native nations in the Northern Great Plains preferred. • Cross-cultural experience appreciated. • Willingness and ability to think outside the box, be innovative, and work with a wide range of conservation practitioners. • Committed to building and strengthening a culture of inclusion within and across teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid Relocation: Domestic