RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide supervision, support, and direction to project- technical and administrative staff, subcontractors, and short-term consultants to ensure effective project implementation across deliverables.
• Oversee the development of project reports, annual work plans, and other documents as required by the contributors, partner organizations, government, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate knowledge management, communications, and information flow for the project, ensuring that all internal and external stakeholders are updated.
• Manage, in coordination with the Managing Director, relationships and work with implementing partner organizations.
• Manage donor relationships along with the Managing Director
• Participate in regular site visits to the project areas to ensure project progress towards activity objectives and goals.
• Represent the Seed Fund at external meetings and events as required.
• Coordinate and communicate on a regular basis with internal CI staff partners.
• Serve as Acting Managing Director when the Managing Director is unavailable.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Supervise potentially up to five employees or a program.
• Manage an individual or program/project budget, but decisions that bind or commit CI are approved by the immediate supervisor.
• Manage public or private funds, monitor results, and recommend follow-up action. Ensure compliance with donor agreements.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• 20-30% travel to project sites and other office locations.
• Comfortable working outdoors for extended periods.
• Ability to work extended work hours to accommodate different time zones and meet project deadlines.
• Guidance on flexible work arrangements will be shared during the interview process.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7 or more years of professional work experience.
• 2 or more years of experience supervising and motivating others, including multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience and understanding of conservation projects
• Knowledge of national and international commitments on climate and biodiversity (30×30 agenda, NBSAP, NDC, Rio Conventions, etc.)
• Direct project management experience, preferably in the conservation, NGO, advocacy, or related arena.
• Experience with fund management and grant-making
• Excellent technical and analytical skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Team player and able to work effectively with diverse work groups in a multicultural environment.
• A record of success in influencing and partnering with key stakeholders and raising funds.
• Ability to work well under pressure, multitask, set priorities, and deliver quality results
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and under minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The working language of the team is English.
• Fluency in an appropriate second language for the region (French or Spanish, both preferred)