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Conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends.
Director of Science, Land Program
Location
California
Posted
112 days ago
Salary
$128K - $275K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director of Science, Land Program
The Nature Conservancy
• Develop innovative scientific ideas and products to advance the Conservancy’s mission, including by leveraging the platform provided by TNC California’s conservation estate. • Maintain, strengthen, and leverage a network of external scientific collaborators in academia, government, for-profit and non-profit sectors to deliver the science needed to advance the Conservancy’s conservation strategies. • Foster partnerships with a high degree of professionalism, interpersonal skills and awareness of partner differences. • Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, and support program objectives by working in a matrixed organization environment. • Support development of clear strategic theories of change, and the internal systems to adaptively manage implementation and refinement of those plans. • Persuasively represent TNC externally as a terrestrial conservation science expert. • Deliver tools, biodiversity data, field services and training for staff and partners. • Provide guidance and support for research, project development, and monitoring, including research conducted by partners, contractors, and grantees. • Design and implement field surveys, experiments, and assessments. • Draft project reports, manuscripts for scientific publication, and other science products, and oversee product development for direct reports. • Develop and manage grants or contracts and write requests for proposals. • Co-develop budgets and track spending. • Work across geographic and ecosystem boundaries in California and collaborate with the science community to enhance the conservation practices of others to further TNC California’s reputation as a global leader in conservation science. • Manage science staff and have responsibility for performance management and professional development. • Work collaboratively to develop strategies internally and externally. • Persuasively convey verbally and in writing the mission of TNC to diverse groups including senior leaders, donors, board members, business leaders, and elected officials. • Ability to travel 25-50% of the time, varying seasonally, in the US and/or internationally and may work in variable weather conditions at remote locations, hazardous terrain and/or under physically demanding circumstances.
Job Requirements
- PhD in science-related field and 8 years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Supervisory experience, including motivating, coaching, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
- Experience conducting original research and publishing in peer reviewed scientific journals.
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Experience building relationships and collaborating successfully with a broad array of people.
- Experience fundraising and/or writing grants and research proposals.
- Experience designing, organizing and directing multiple complex projects of strategic importance and leading multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience synthesizing and integrating research findings and lessons learned into conservation strategy.
- Experience communicating and presenting effectively to senior management.
- Ability to network extensively in scientific communities and maintain strong relationships.
- Experience working on socio-ecological, political, and conservation issues in California.
- Experience with systematic conservation planning, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Experience leading and participating in coalitions that have successfully led to multi-benefit outcomes.
- Demonstrated leadership and visionary qualities and ability to work effectively with and through others in a decentralized and geographically-dispersed organization.
Benefits
- Health care benefits
- Flexible spending accounts
- 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
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