Additional Information
What We Can Achieve Together:
The Wyoming Director of Conservation Programs oversees all aspects of a significant program area encompassing a large, complex geography. Provides strategic leadership and support for the Conservancy's conservation planning work and establishes overall conservation priorities for one or more divisions or major initiatives.
The Wyoming Director of Conservation Programs serves as the principle contact to government agencies, other conservation organizations, foundations and the academic community. They may play a leading role in donor identification, cultivation and stewardship for the program. The Director of Conservation Programs disseminates best practices, provides training and analyses to best implement organizational measures of success, and develop key partnerships with public & private organizations in order to identify and resolve technical issues and to widely communicate solutions, innovative scientific methods, analysis, tools and frameworks to address the natural system needs. They establish the Conservancy as a major conservation partner within the area of responsibility, define conservation priorities in Wyoming, lead and manage team(s) which supports and improves conservation efforts, and builds strategic, scientific, and technical capacity in the field. They engage local community support for local conservation efforts, negotiate complex and innovative solutions with government agencies and landowners to conserve and protect natural communities, and develop and implement conservation strategies.
Responsibilities & Scope
Serve as a key member of the Wyoming BU's Senior Leadership Team. Duties include strategic planning, resource allocation, employee engagement, and partnership building to increase awareness of TNC Wyoming's work to internal and external audiences.
Create, execute and evaluate impact of Wyoming BU's conservation program portfolio, ensuring strategies and tactics are aligned and effective enough to meet WUSCAN Division Priorities and 2030 Outcomes. Align and mentor staff to achieve programmatic goals. Direct mid-course corrections and decisions to transition out of work that is least impactful or can be successfully executed by others.
Ensure that the BU meets division expectations and deadlines pertaining to annual conservation portfolio review and division priority strategy reviews.
Serve as a natural partner and assist on donor engagement events; create and develop funding proposals for individual donors and foundation in collaboration with Development Team colleagues.
Serve as point person for all HUB metric development and reporting to Division Conservation Portfolio Director and NAR partners. Ensure that BU teams meet division expectations regarding Hub reporting deadlines.
Act as staff liaison to Wyoming Trustee Strategic Program Review Committee (SPaRC) and participate/engage Trustees to provide insights, ideas and resources to support TNC work.
Recruits, retains and manages high quality and effective multi-disciplinary staff with responsibility for performance management, training and career development.
Broad management and leadership responsibility for 10+ staff members, both internal and external to the organization.
Develops long-term strategies and achieves strategic goals and objectives.
May work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain, and under physically demanding circumstances.
Makes independent strategic decisions frequently based on analysis, ambiguous information, experience and judgment.
May require frequent travel domestically and/or internationally and evening and weekend hours.
We're Looking for You:
Are you looking for work you can believe in? At TNC we strive to embody a philosophy of Work that You Can Believe in where you can feel like you are making a difference every day. The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience designing, organizing, and directing complex projects.
We're looking for someone who is a passionate, motivated problem-solver. Our team in Wyoming is dedicated to developing credible, science-based, and compelling solutions that deliver transformative and sustainable solutions to our conservation and climate challenges ... join us!
Nature · Lander, WY