Job description
The Emerald Edge Program Director oversees all aspects of the implementation of the Emerald Edge business plan, covering the 70 million-acre Emerald Edge including leading and managing a cross-boundary team working to conserve the world’s largest temperate rainforest, a complex international marine ecosystem and one of the world’s most significant networks of indigenous communities. This is an extraordinary leadership and conservation opportunity to work in one of the world’s most spectacular and diverse regions. The preferred location for this position is Seattle with location within the region required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The Emerald Edge Program Director aligns and inspires a high functioning team to deliver results through a community-led approach focused on leadership development, economic development, and securing authority and rights to resources. The position requires system-level thinking to integrate these aspects of a community-led approach and foster similar thinking and innovation among the broader team.
The intended outcomes, theory of change, 5-year goals, and annual work plans for the Emerald Edge are described in a business plan that is updated and reviewed annually. The Emerald Edge Director will integrate the work of leaders and teams from the Conservancy’s Alaska, Washington, and Canada Programs (collectively, the Operating Units). This position reports to and works with the Steering Committee consisting of The Nature Conservancy’s Operating Unit Directors from Washington, Alaska and Canada to fully implement the plan. Specific duties include:

Lead a cross functional team to develop a cohesive conservation strategy that leverages resources among the Operating Units and delivers change at the system level.
Coordinate key activities and ensure alignment with the Emerald Edge business plan and strategy with a focus on:
Serve as principal liaison between project teams and the Emerald Edge Steering Committee, which consists of the Alaska, Washington and Canada Operating Unit Directors
Serve as principal representative of the Emerald Edge Program within The Nature Conservancy.
Conservation: Establish program priorities and manage associated staff deployment and coordination. Be a thought leader within the team on creative conservation approaches.
Leadership: Inspire staff, donors, and Operating Unit Directors, create team atmosphere, and ensure clear communication.
Management: Hold teams accountable for specific deliverables and hold individual staff accountable for meeting objectives, in coordination with Operating Unit Directors.
Fundraising: Work as part of the fundraising team, helping develop fundraising strategy and participating in identification, cultivation and presentations to key funders. Supervise a fundraising position focused on Emerald Edge fundraising.
Budgets: Coordinate with all three Operating Units in creating annual budgets and managing expenses and revenue.
Relationships: Develop and manage selected strategic relationships in the region.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
Implements and develops long-term strategies and achieves strategic goals and objectives.
Works closely with the fundraising team to identify, cultivate, and steward donors.
Manages the financials of program, including setting financial goals, analyzing results, and taking corrective actions.
Manage an external advisory committee of volunteer leaders; work with existing advisory committee members and Steering Committee to recruit additional advisors.
Develops and implements creative ideas to improve effectiveness and overall performance.
Anticipates, diagnoses, and resolves complex problems and identifies creative solutions.
Designs, implements, and directs complex and diverse projects, encompassing multiple programs and coordinating the work of other professionals, inside and outside the organization. Incorporates cross-disciplinary knowledge to support program objectives.
Recruit, retain, and manage high quality and effective multi-disciplinary staff with responsibility for performance management, training, and career development.
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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BA/BS degree and 10 years’ experience in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation. Experience directing a major program or project of strategic importance, including management/supervision of multi-disciplinary teams and meeting deadlines.
Experience working with current trends and practices in relevant discipline(s) and geographic regions.
Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives, and managing performance.
Experience developing partnerships (partners, community, government).
Negotiation skills.
Experience influencing, developing, and implementing conservation policy and plans at the state, province or country level.
Experience with financial management of a large program.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of methods and standards of biodiversity information systems and initiatives and experience conceiving and implementing strategic initiatives.
Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
stated below
Demonstrated experience managing complex projects and cross-functional teams.
repetitive to above section
Knowledge of current trends and practices in relevant disciplines and regions.
Motivating team members, setting goals, and leading efforts.
Knowledge of politics and society with respect to environmental affairs.
Managing time and diverse activities under deadlines while delivering quality results.
Experience presenting to donors and foundations.
Demonstrated leadership and visionary qualities and able to work effectively with others in a decentralized and geographically dispersed organization.
Success in partnership development (community, government, etc.) including extensive networking with high-level conservation contacts; politically savvy.
How to apply
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