What We Can Achieve Together:
The Natural Climate Solutions Strategy Lead is responsible for shaping and leading a compelling vision and strategy to accelerate the deployment of natural climate solutions (NCS) in North America. The Strategy lead provides strategic leadership and support for all aspects of a multi-faceted strategy that includes carbon markets, state and federal land management, tax, and climate policy, and corporate engagement. The Strategy lead must coordinate effectively with staff and teams at multiple levels in the Conservancy and will serve as a principle contact to represent this body of work externally with government agencies, other conservation organizations, donors, companies, the academic community and other priority stakeholders. They establish the Conservancy as a leader in advancing natural climate solutions to mitigate climate change, lead and manage a team which carries out the strategy, and builds strategic, scientific, and technical partnerships to advance the strategy goals. In collaboration with the Climate Mitigation Program Director, they play a leading role in donor identification, cultivation and stewardship. May require frequent travel domestically and evening and weekend hours.
We’re Looking for You:
Want to help ensure that nature is a key part of the solution to climate change? TNC’s scientists have determined that natural climate solutions could deliver up to a third of the emission reductions needed globally by 2030 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. These solutions harness the power of nature to capture and store carbon in ecosystems and include practices like improving forest management to help forest owners increase the carbon stored in their trees and restoring wetlands to sequester carbon in submerged soil. This is an exceptional career opportunity for a highly motivated, capable individual interested in joining the world’s leading conservation organization!
What You’ll Bring:
- BA/BS degree and 10 years’ experience in conservation, climate, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation.
- Experience directing a major program or project of strategic importance, including management/supervision of multi-disciplinary teams and meeting deadlines.
- Understanding of current trends and practices in climate mitigation in North America.
- Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
- Experience in partnership development with non‑profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
- Experience negotiating.
- Experience influencing, developing and implementing conservation strategies and plans at the state or federal level.
- Experience with financial management of a large program.
Desired Qualifications:
- Exceptional leadership skills and demonstrated ability to drive a diverse and dispersed team to deliver on a common goal.
- Ability to work well in a highly matrixed, decentralized and collaborative organization. Possesses strong interpersonal skills and is a team player.
- Familiarity and knowledge related to business, governmental, and/or environmental policy and practices pertaining to land management and/or Natural Climate Solutions.
- Knowledge of, and fluency in, carbon markets and climate change policy at the state, federal and/or global level.
- Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
- Politically savvy.
Who We Are:
The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science‑based organization, we create innovative, on‑the‑ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. We’re rooted in our mission and guided by our values, which include respect for all people, communities, and cultures.