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Africa Climate Adaptation Lead

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement TNC Africa Climate Adaptation Strategy including a robust and scientifically sound theory of change, to accelerate and scale the deployment of NBS.
• Coordinate a regional climate adaptation team to provide high-level support and coordination for climate adaptation work through the implementation of nature-based approaches to adaptation, science and other policy and finance mechanisms.
• Design, coordinate, collaborate, implement, support complex and diverse projects, encompassing multiple programs in multiple countries, and coordinating the work of other professionals, inside and outside the organization.
• Incorporate cross-disciplinary knowledge to support program objectives.
• Provide adaption policy support to inform adaption workstreams in the UNFCCC and other national and regional adaptation policy processes, including the Global Goal on Adaptation.
• Maintain and build on TNC’s role as a major conservation and adaptation partner within the Region’s NBS community.
• Serve as the principal climate adaptation contact and develop and maintain productive collaborations with governments, communities, other conservation organizations, and foundations – as well as with TNC staff in other regions and globally.
• Build capacity internally and externally for NBS design and implementation, including strategies for understanding and addressing barriers, and support the build out of extensive outreach and training opportunities.
• Build the capacity of partners and local actors such as coastal and fisher communities, pastoralists, and smallholder farmers to manage better and address adaptation needs and actions
• May require frequent travel domestically and/or internationally and evening and weekend hours.

What You’ll Bring:

• BA/BS degree and 7 years’ experience in conservation practice or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Extensive understanding of the science of and experience in implementing climate change adaptation projects, natural climate solutions and nature-based solutions in general.
• Experience working with and advising on current trends and practices in climate science and nature-based approaches to adaptation, especially in an African context.
• Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation
• Experience managing complex or multiple projects, including managing finances and coordinating the work of other professionals and partners.
• Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting, and achieving objectives and managing performance.
• Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
• Experience working with communities and actors at local/community level on climate related and resilience building issues.
• Experience negotiating.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Fluency in French an added benefit.
• Multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
• 7-10 years’ experience in conservation and climate adaptation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience influencing, developing, and implementing adaptation and conservation policy and plans.
• Knowledge of current trends and practices in climate adaptation and NCS in Africa.
• Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
• Politically savvy.
• A passion for nature and wild places.

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We’re Looking for You:

Are you looking for a career to help people and nature? Guided by science, TNC creates innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that people and nature can thrive together.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate and a motivated problem-solver. Our team in Africa is dedicated to protect the continent’s unique natural wonders, improve peoples’ lives and create vibrant and sustainable economies. Join us!

Specific Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the successful implementation of the operations and initiatives under CHEF to obtain the program planned results.
• Supervise and coach CHEF staff and consultants and oversee/ensure integration of all the technical work.
• Serve as primary contact for the program, ensuring strong TNC internal coordination with other relevant programs and offices.
• Apply design thinking to CHEF strategic planning and obtain any required approvals at key decision points.
• Provide financial management oversight, analyze budgets, and provide updates to the BU on budget expenditures.
• Establish the required connections with key stakeholders and lead the development of key partnerships.
• Lead the fundraising efforts and seek opportunities to leverage funding from other programs implemented in the region.
• Responsible for timely delivery of required plans, monitoring of activities, and evaluation of the program performance.
• Responsible for risk management, issue resolution, conflict management and of collaboratively complex problems solving.

What You’ll Bring:

• BA/BS degree agribusiness, business management, economics, international development and 10 years’ experience in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong strategic development skills.
• Experience directing complex programs and managing and supervising multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in one or more the following technical areas: land health, water management, biodiversity, climate mitigation, and livelihoods and community development.
• Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives, and managing performance.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain productive working relationships with donor representatives, government officials, private sector actors, and other stakeholders.
• Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation.
• Experience working with current trends and practices in relevant discipline(s) and geographic regions.
• Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
• Experience negotiating
• Experience with financial management of a large program.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as agribusiness, business management, economics, international development, and 10 years of experience in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong experience in partnership management/development with major scientific organisations, non-profit partners, community groups and government agencies and proven track record in influencing and working productively with these stakeholders.
• Strong English language communications skills, including ability to communicating clearly via written, oral, and graphical forms, and ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Multi-lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
• Experience developing practical applications of scientific concepts and technical innovations for conservation purposes.
• Experience and knowledge of methods and approaches to conceiving and implementing strategic and transdisciplinary initiatives.
• Experience working in a matrix organisational setting.
• Developing practical applications of scientific concepts and technical innovations for conservation purposes.
• Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant
• Politically savvy.