Business Development Specialist II

The Nature Conservancy • Arlington, TX

5d • $83,000 - $132,000

About The Position

We’re Looking for You: The challenges facing our planet today require comprehensive solutions that address the well-being of people and nature and lay the foundation for future conservation efforts. Promoting policies that provide benefits to both people and nature is critical to securing lasting conservation outcomes. The work and expertise of The Nature Conservancy’s Policy and Public Funding (“PPF”) programs are integral to this effort. The Policy and Public Funding business unit is helping to shape the government policies that help make possible achievement of transformative conservation outcomes to address climate change, enhance protection of lands, waters, and the ocean, and provide food and water sustainably. We have an awesome task at hand, and the work that you do here will have a direct impact on our success. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. To implement these priorities, we collaborate actively in a non-confrontational manner with public sector agencies, NGOs, academia, business and the finance sector. What We Can Achieve Together: The Business Development Specialist II leads the coordination, writing, and editing for a variety of public funding proposals and projects across global and regional teams. This is a two-year, term-limited position with an anticipated end date of June 30, 2028. This position is negotiable within select regions (Africa, Asia Pacific, Caribbean, and Latin America), in countries where TNC is authorized to conduct business. The Business Development Specialist II serves as a proposal manager and writer with responsibility for coordinating, writing, and reviewing a variety of public funding proposals and projects that are responsive to and compliant with The Nature Conservancy’s key international public funding partners. Their specific projects may include supporting global and regional teams (including in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Caribbean) with coordinating development and submission of proposals, preparing and/or writing proposal materials, designing project theories of change, drafting proposal budgets, and developing proposal development tools and resources. They serve as an expert resource to global and regional teams working on public funding proposals and play a lead role in strengthening proposal development capacity and learning, while contributing to The Nature Conservancy public funding strategy and global/regional targets. What You’ll Bring:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field and a minimum 7 years’ related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience writing, reviewing, and editing public funding proposals.
• Experience implementing and managing multiple complex projects, including public funding proposals.
• Experience designing organization-wide public funding and proposal development tools.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• The Business Development Specialist II leads the coordination, writing, and editing for a variety of public funding proposals and projects across global and regional teams.
• The Business Development Specialist II serves as a proposal manager and writer with responsibility for coordinating, writing, and reviewing a variety of public funding proposals and projects that are responsive to and compliant with The Nature Conservancy’s key international public funding partners.
• Their specific projects may include supporting global and regional teams (including in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Caribbean) with coordinating development and submission of proposals, preparing and/or writing proposal materials, designing project theories of change, drafting proposal budgets, and developing proposal development tools and resources.
• They serve as an expert resource to global and regional teams working on public funding proposals and play a lead role in strengthening proposal development capacity and learning, while contributing to The Nature Conservancy public funding strategy and global/regional targets.

Benefits

• TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees