Deputy Director Sustainable Food and Water

The Nature Conservancy•Copenhagen, VA

2d•$167,000 - $230,000

About The Position

The Deputy Director Sustainable Food and Water (Provide Business Unit) under the direction of and working closely with the Provide Global Managing Director, provides strategic and substantive management for the Provide Business Unit (BU) of the Conservancy. They will assist the Global Managing Director with efforts to ensure efficient and effective implementation of Provide strategies to meet 2030 and transformational goals to address the biodiversity and climate crisis. They oversee all aspects of the Provide Team portfolio management processes including strategy reviews, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), equitable conservation and adaptative management processes. They will be responsible for building strong internal partnerships in order to ensure the execution of the Provide strategies globally across multiple programs and business units. They will advance key initiatives needed to scale impact across Provide strategies in such areas as durable funding and financing and will represent TNC with external stakeholders necessary to advance scaling through others and raise the funds necessary to meet our goals. Working closely with the Global Managing Director and the Associate Deputy for Strategic Operations, the Deputy Director will support team a team culture and operational environment that enhances both impact and a positive working environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Graduate degree in business, law or science and 5 years’ related experience working at a senior level, or equivalent combination.
Experience managing, influencing and motivating a multi-disciplinary team and serving as a member of a senior management team.
Experience conceiving, implementing, and overseeing strategic initiatives.
Experience in financial and budget management.
Fundraising experience, including one or more of the following: identifying, cultivating and soliciting major donors.
Experience presenting to diverse internal and external groups such as donors, partners, and internal audiences from different functions.
Experience working across complex organizations and with cross-functional teams across multiple organizational levels.
Experience negotiating complex, high profile or sensitive agreements.
Experience working with diverse groups of staff and partners, both public and private.
Excellent written and verbal fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

Extensive management experience including ability to motivate, lead, set objectives and manage performance of a multi-disciplinary team at a global, matrixed organization.
Ability to foster an environment of creativity and professional growth.
Knowledge and experience in key areas such as conservation, science, innovative funding mechanisms, fundraising and communications.
Familiarity with the political/cultural environment of the country(ies) in the relevant global programs.
Ability to support and influence with consistent and clear messages and information; well-organized, self-directed and a relationship builder.
Experience working at a senior level to help identify, evaluate and coordinate high profile, complex work, policies, large and long-term programs with broad organizational impact.
Experience developing broad funding strategies, including policy-based funding, blended finance and public funding.
Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural experience highly appreciated.
Experience and ability to lead effectively and work strategically in a decentralized and geographically dispersed team.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Global Provide strategy portfolio management process and assist the Managing Director to manage the conservation outcomes and performance of the broader team.
Lead the strategic planning process for the team and work with the Provide Conservation Council to create annual conservation and work plan with outcomes and prioritization that aligns with organizational outcomes.
Lead the development of measuring programmatic success and adaptive management to ensure mission advances.
Advise on mechanisms to ensure the quality of our outcomes and adherence to our values.
Supervise the MEL Manager, Equitable Conservation Advisor, and Portfolio Management Officer.
Serve as the point of contact to the Deputies organization wide and the Conservation Team of the CCO.
Partner with the Global Managing Director to position the work of the Global Provide Team to build a positive, collaborative, integrated, and disciplined approach to achieve program impact at a scale and pace that matter.
Strategically build internal relationships that will advance the goals of the Global Provide Team and of the Conservancy.
Work closely with colleagues in the regions, Global Teams including Protect, Tackle Climate Change, Global Communications, Impact Finance and Markets (IFM) and Policy and Public Funding (PPF), and supporting functions to ensure strong engagement and alignment across the Conservancy.
Build and leverage relationships with a wide range of people, including senior managers, donors, public and private sector colleagues, and partners.
Work with and integrate conservation and business plans with the Global Central Support Team, Provide Director of Operations and Finance Manager on the Provide BU People plan, staffing and workforce planning, budget preparation & management to ensure financial and employee sustainability.
Champion the integration of TNC’s Values into all conservation and business strategies and the development of a diverse and inclusive team.
Partner with the Global Managing Director and Provide-embedded Director of Development, PPF Public Funding Center and Finance Manager to manage a team approach to fundraising goals, strategy development and the cultivation and solicitation of philanthropic, corporate and public funding opportunities as appropriate.
Attend specifically to the development of new pipeline of public donors to support Provide priority strategies, supporting the Portfolio Management Officer in coordinating strategies and actions with PPF.
Develop broad concepts to position Provide internally and externally for greater salience, influence and funding.
Participate in donor meetings when appropriate.
Drive an agenda to accelerate the testing and deployment of context sensitive mechanisms that provide durable funding, and/or create financing pathways that support scaling solutions.
Create a prioritized set of opportunities and organizing appropriate teams around these priorities.
Support the development of Provide internal communications to ensure transparency, fluid collaboration, and clarity around decisions.
Serve as a Point of Contact to the Provide team for cross-TNC internal conservation communications.
Partner with the Director of Communications (embedded for Provide BU) to develop clear, concise, and timely external communication materials that reflect the priorities of the Provide BU to ensure we have a consistent set of key messages that resonate with a variety of audiences and influencers.
At times, serve as a key spokesperson for the Global Provide Team.
Develop and/or manage key strategies/projects of the Global Provide team, requiring excellent team management and facilitation skills and an ability to lead and speak on behalf of the Provide Global Managing Director.
Manage strategic initiatives through collaboration with stakeholders in order to enhance conservation performance in accordance with short and long-term priority objectives.
Manage the Global Provide BU Conservation Council on key issues related to Global Provide under the direction of the Global Managing Director and at times, acting on behalf of the Managing Director.
Serve as a catalyst for adaptive, creative approaches and ideas; encouraging big-thinking and responsible risk taking.
Conceive, design and manage complex and diversified projects that span Provide and ensure program accountability.
Conceive and lead new programs/initiatives that will ensure program and organization-wide goals are achieved.
Engage in private and public fundraising and in developing new pipeline of donors to support Provide BU priorities.
Direct or participate in negotiations for complex, high profile or sensitive projects.
Work with the Provide Associate Deputy Director for Strategic Operations to integrate HR and Finance and Operations to ensure that programmatic commitments (financial and otherwise), TNC policies and procedures and organizational values are met and managed for ethical compliance.
Maintain confidentiality of frequently sensitive and emotionally charged information.
Make strategic decisions which may have program-wide impact and may bind the organization financially or legally.
Minimize legal risk to the Conservancy and ensure legal compliance with applicable country, state and local regulations.
Supervise 3 staff with the possibility of additional staff as projects and initiatives emerge.