Africa and Europe Regional Lead, Conservation Data
What We Can Achieve Together
The Conservation Impact System Team (IST) in the Chief Conservation Office plays a critical role in supporting global conservation implementation. The IST supports conservation teams, leaders, and executives to generate and use evidence in adaptive management and reporting so that TNC can achieve its goals for biodiversity, climate, and people. The IST is comprised of the Conservation Data Team (CDT) and Conservation Strategy Team that partner closely to provide support. The CDT is responsible for conservation data capacity building, data quality, science & systems, and organizational reporting, including reporting and recommendations to executives and the global board.
We’re Looking For You
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will help the CDT provide more direct and integrated support for conservation data that meets the demand of conservation teams and leaders within TNC’s Africa and Europe Regions to generate and use evidence to improve the quality of their decisions and their impact.
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will cultivate an understanding of what drives customer satisfaction (customer = TNC conservation teams and leaders) in the Africa and Europe Regions and will be charged with ensuring customer success. The lead will serve as a cross-cultural/organizational broker and learning advocate, ensuring that the products and practices developed in the Africa and Europe Regions or in other regions of TNC are shared and co-evolve, resulting in a conservation data tool kit that is common to TNC and contextually relevant.
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with key leadership and experts in the Africa and Europe Regions, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning leads, scientists, and portfolio managers. They will collaborate with leaders to ensure CDT's support is aligned with their vision for conservation data, adaptive management, portfolio management, and scaling strategies in the region. The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will also work with regional leadership to make decisions about where to focus their time and resources, and how to influence enabling conditions. The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will also collaborate closely with their Africa and Europe Regional counterpart on the Conservation Strategy Team.
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will oversee the delivery of CDT offerings, including the vetting, hiring and management of external consultants/contractors who deliver CDT offerings. They will take a learn-by-doing approach to the development, implementation, and iteration of CDT offerings to quickly learn what works and what doesn’t work and adjust accordingly.
Responsibilities & Scope
Provide targeted coaching focused on the generation and use of evidence in adaptive management, aligned with regional needs
This position may be based in any country where TNC has an established entity, taking into consideration legal restrictions, such as non-national ratios and immigration processing times. For U.S. based applicants only, the starting pay range for this position is generally within the range of $80,410 - $122,000 for annual base salary and is based on location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. For all other applicants, pay ranges will be in local currency, the pay range will be based on the local labor market, and not tied to the above pay range. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment and used to determine your actual pay range. Additionally, for all applicants, actual pay will fall within a range based on a variety of factors including, for example, the candidate’s qualifications, specific skills, and experience.
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. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s many reasons to love life inside TNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.
One goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued. In addition to the requirements in our job postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job and consider each applicant’s unique experience. Please apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote a popular saying at TNC, “you’ll join for the mission, and stay for the people.”
What We Bring
Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!
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. Learn more about our Benefits and Perks here.
We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports of the health and well-being of the people we employ.
Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified, the role will be unposted. The timeline may vary depending on the expressed interest in the role, so we highly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to equal employment opportunity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy's background screening process.
Do you have military experience? Visit our U.S. Military Skills Translator to match your military experience with our current job openings!
TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to applyhelp@tnc.org with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.
The Conservation Impact System Team (IST) in the Chief Conservation Office plays a critical role in supporting global conservation implementation. The IST supports conservation teams, leaders, and executives to generate and use evidence in adaptive management and reporting so that TNC can achieve its goals for biodiversity, climate, and people. The IST is comprised of the Conservation Data Team (CDT) and Conservation Strategy Team that partner closely to provide support. The CDT is responsible for conservation data capacity building, data quality, science & systems, and organizational reporting, including reporting and recommendations to executives and the global board.
We’re Looking For You
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will help the CDT provide more direct and integrated support for conservation data that meets the demand of conservation teams and leaders within TNC’s Africa and Europe Regions to generate and use evidence to improve the quality of their decisions and their impact.
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will cultivate an understanding of what drives customer satisfaction (customer = TNC conservation teams and leaders) in the Africa and Europe Regions and will be charged with ensuring customer success. The lead will serve as a cross-cultural/organizational broker and learning advocate, ensuring that the products and practices developed in the Africa and Europe Regions or in other regions of TNC are shared and co-evolve, resulting in a conservation data tool kit that is common to TNC and contextually relevant.
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with key leadership and experts in the Africa and Europe Regions, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning leads, scientists, and portfolio managers. They will collaborate with leaders to ensure CDT's support is aligned with their vision for conservation data, adaptive management, portfolio management, and scaling strategies in the region. The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will also work with regional leadership to make decisions about where to focus their time and resources, and how to influence enabling conditions. The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will also collaborate closely with their Africa and Europe Regional counterpart on the Conservation Strategy Team.
The Africa and Europe Regional Lead will oversee the delivery of CDT offerings, including the vetting, hiring and management of external consultants/contractors who deliver CDT offerings. They will take a learn-by-doing approach to the development, implementation, and iteration of CDT offerings to quickly learn what works and what doesn’t work and adjust accordingly.
Responsibilities & Scope
Provide targeted coaching focused on the generation and use of evidence in adaptive management, aligned with regional needs
- Provide customized coaching, facilitation, and/or direct support to teams, grounded in agile, data science, and implementation science principles and values
- Ensure support provided to teams is regionally and culturally appropriate, using a collaborative approach to design offerings and engaging local contractors as needed
- Ensure conservation data support provided to teams is aligned with and supportive of the regional portfolio management and reporting processes
- Support teams to use evidence syntheses and close key evidence gaps identified through their adaptive management processes and to ensure confidence in their reported outcomes
- Support other members of the regional team to use conservation data tools as they support other high priority teams and programs
- Build trusting relationships with key TNC leadership in the Africa and Europe Regions
- Collaborate with staff in CDT to ensure the region’s conservation data meets data quality & reporting standards and support regional leadership to drive accountability to these standards
- Work with the Africa and Europe Regional leadership to identify top priority teams needing conservation data and learning support, and focus support on them
- Collaborate with the Africa and Europe Regional leadership to support the use of conservation data in prioritization and strategic decision-making to advance impact in the region, including partnering to develop dashboards that support portfolio management and specific leadership decisions.
- Collaborate with other Africa and Europe Regional leadership team members to help influence and advance specific enabling conditions in the region for improving data quality and it’s use in adaptive management and prioritization, including further integration of conservation and financial data and planning.
- Measure / monitor value provided by CDT support in the region
- Identify opportunities to scale up support models in order to meet the broad needs of the region and expand CDT’s impact, partnership with other regional CDT leads
- Identify potential opportunities to expand CDT’s value proposition in a way that expands our impact while staying true to the mission of the CDT
- Support CDT’s work in other regions by proactively recognizing potential collaboration areas, capturing and sharing learnings, and participating in cross-regional experimentation
- Master's Degree in a science-related field and 4 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience manipulating, analyzing and interpreting statistical or environmental data using Power BI, GIS, and statistical programs, including R.
- Domain area expertise in one or more of the following: large-scale protection or management of lands/freshwater/oceans, climate or biodiversity policy, renewable energy siting, natural climate solutions, conservation finance and markets, regenerative agriculture, sustainable fisheries or aquaculture, watershed management, community-based management, equitable conservation
- Experience with monitoring, evaluation, and learning and conservation metrics.
- Experience with a range of types of data, evidence, and knowledge, as well as analytical approaches or ways of knowing.
- Record of supporting conservation strategy and decisions with data.
- Experience writing project proposals and recommendations for decisions.
- Experience leading or participating on cross functional teams.
- Experience managing complex projects including the financial aspect and coordinating the work of peers and partners.
- Experience working and communicating with a wide range of people.
- Deep multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience within the Africa and Europe Regions
- Willingness to live in the Africa or Europe Regions
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule in order to align with a variety of time zones
- Experience with self-directed navigation of complex and open-ended projects to achieve outcomes.
- Knowledge of, and commitment to, centering equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion principles and practices in a professional setting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- PhD and 1-3 years of experience advancing data quality and the use of data in management/business.
- Record of peer reviewed publications in scientific journals.
- Record of helping scale conservation strategies or solutions using data, such as through MRV systems for ecosystem markets.
- Self-driven with a bias towards action
- Ability to leverage the latest technology to achieve desired results
- Excitement about working on an agile team that is continually adapting their own ways of working
- Experience with Indigenous and Traditional knowledge.
- Experience with a growth mindset, creativity, and resourcefulness.
- Experience with strategy or strategic initiatives.
This position may be based in any country where TNC has an established entity, taking into consideration legal restrictions, such as non-national ratios and immigration processing times. For U.S. based applicants only, the starting pay range for this position is generally within the range of $80,410 - $122,000 for annual base salary and is based on location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. For all other applicants, pay ranges will be in local currency, the pay range will be based on the local labor market, and not tied to the above pay range. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment and used to determine your actual pay range. Additionally, for all applicants, actual pay will fall within a range based on a variety of factors including, for example, the candidate’s qualifications, specific skills, and experience.
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. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s many reasons to love life inside TNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.
One goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued. In addition to the requirements in our job postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job and consider each applicant’s unique experience. Please apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote a popular saying at TNC, “you’ll join for the mission, and stay for the people.”
What We Bring
Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!
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. Learn more about our Benefits and Perks here.
We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports of the health and well-being of the people we employ.
Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified, the role will be unposted. The timeline may vary depending on the expressed interest in the role, so we highly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to equal employment opportunity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy's background screening process.
Do you have military experience? Visit our U.S. Military Skills Translator to match your military experience with our current job openings!
TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to applyhelp@tnc.org with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.