The Nature Conservancy

Program Manager

• Establish and oversee programmatic implementation of the Southern U.S. Division’s Resilient and Connected Freshwater program.
• Apply a broad understanding of freshwater strategies, initiatives, and planning.
• Demonstrate excellent collaboration and team building skills.
• Manage efficiently and effectively in a matrixed organizational structure.
• Inform and oversee development of strategic conservation and policy recommendations.
• Ensure effective communication and build relationships with SUSD BUs and with the North America Region.
• Manage the annual planning and portfolio management cycle for the program.
• Provide high-level oversight and integration of the portfolio of priority freshwater strategies.
• Develop and monitor the Freshwater program’s budget.
• Evaluate the freshwater program holistically across all SUSD geographies and bodies of work.

Freshwater Program Director

Operations

• Work with the Director of Development to enhance or institute training, documentation, and change management related to development operations systems and practices.
• Manage, track, and report on core development data (including donor, gift, and portfolio information).
• Perform independent analysis to inform decision-making; provide actionable insights and recommendations to strengthen fundraising effectiveness.
• Own and manage core development operations functions, including revenue management, prospect and portfolio systems, and reporting and analytics.
• Act independently within broad program goals to prioritize work and identify and resolve operational challenges.

Development Operations Specialist

Director

• Leads the development and implementation of conservation strategies and initiatives across Alaska
• Directs and manages a multidisciplinary conservation team, fostering an inclusive, collaborative, high-performing culture
• Establishes conservation priorities, disseminates best practices, and provides scientific leadership
• Serves as a principal conservation liaison, cultivating strategic relationships with various stakeholders including Tribes and government agencies
• Supports policy engagement by providing the scientific foundation for policy positions
• Negotiates complex or high-profile conservation agreements
• Collaborates with divisional colleagues across shared priorities and knowledge exchange
• Integrates conservation expertise with other chapter functions

Director of Conservation

Marketing

• Support digital asset management for photography and video resources within the Pacific Division marketing team
• Play a key role in applying an organized taxonomy system
• Curate imagery and video clips, uploading them to TNC’s DAM
• Develop short video clips on specific topics
• Evaluate and organize terabytes of digital assets
• Select “best of” collections with curated images
• Assist with creating content for newsletters and social publications if time allows

Marketing Coordinator Intern

• 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.

Director of Science, Land Program

• The Apprentice will support a variety of low-complexity administrative and operational tasks related to the department or project to which they are assigned.
• The Apprentice will be guided and supervised by the manager of the department or project regarding both the execution of tasks and their learning and development.
• Depending on the area or project, the Apprentice may support monitoring certain indicators and work on the organization and maintenance of environmental data and restoration project information in TNC Brazil’s management platforms, as well as preparing analyses, spreadsheets, and reports.
• Gradually, and prioritizing their learning, the Apprentice will be coached by their manager (or tutor) on the development of their responsibilities.

Young Apprentice – Operations

• plays a critical role in supporting The Nature Conservancy’s reputational risk management and crisis preparedness efforts.
• contributes to the development and implementation of strategic communications plans, provides counsel on sensitive issues, and manages writing, editing and project management work related to crisis communications preparedness and response.
• helps the team navigate sensitive issues and maintain continuity during a time of global political and economic volatility.
• help advance TNC’s reputation strategy and maintain credibility and trust with reporters at top-tier media outlets, high-value donors, policy decision makers, staff, and corporate partners.

Associate Director, Reputation Management – Global

Project Manager

• Develop and support the implementation of projects following project management standards, policies and procedures, donor requirements.
• Monitor, develop, and share internal and external reports about the progress of the different projects of the strategy.
• Support technical staff using various project management methods such as adaptive management, iterative and rapid learning processes, software-based monitoring, collaborative work, etc.
• Organize virtual or in-personal kick-off meetings preparing agenda, content and moderating discussions among the team.
• Ensure that projects are managed efficiently, cost-effectively, and in line with the donor's or internal funding sources' requirements.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external donor requirements.
• Coordinate the work of cross-functional teams towards a desired outcome and implementation of the conservation strategy.
• Support the management of project budgets and assist in developing budgets related to strategic projects.
• Manage several complex projects from a project perspective, including project team management, deadline setting, and execution management.
• Responsible for writing and submitting the narrative report of the project’s deliverables, liaising with the teams during the development of reports.
• Tracks spending on grants and coordinates spending updates between finance and multiple teams.
• Under minimal supervision, makes independent decisions based on analysis, experience and context.
• Actively follow and promote our Code of Conduct both internally and externally and continuously and consistently demonstrating alignment with our values.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external requirements.

Project Management Specialist

Frontend Engineer

• Collaborate with the UX Designer and CEP Web Developer to ensure templates align with brand standards and approved mockups.
• Deliver a complete set of modular, reusable email templates that empower content authors to build campaigns independently.
• Troubleshoot rendering issues across major email clients and devices, ensuring consistent performance and accessibility.
• Balance technical precision with creative problem-solving to translate design concepts into responsive, editable templates.
• Contribute to the modernization of the CEP by enabling faster campaign launches and greater flexibility for donor pilots.
• Work independently on technical tasks while seeking input and feedback to ensure quality and alignment with project goals.

Front-End Development Intern

• Develop, lead, and implement Northeast Division Climate and Energy Program strategies and goals
• Motivate and engage TNC colleagues and outside stakeholders in governments, multilateral agencies, NGOs, and community partners
• Collaborate with other TNC programs to support climate mitigation outcomes
• Create cross-border and integrated strategies and programming
• Engage and manage consultants as needed
• Prepare and present project proposals
• Persuasively convey the mission of The Nature Conservancy to varying groups
• Ensure program compliance with internal policies and external requirements
• Develop and implement multi-year fundraising strategies and goals

Climate and Energy Director

Public Relations

• Research and compile targeted media contact lists for print, digital, broadcast, and radio outlets across four Midwest states
• Identify reporters, editors, producers, freelancers and influencers relevant to our priority topics and pitches
• Verify and update existing contact information using approved databases, newsroom websites and social platforms
• Organize contacts into structured, easy-to-navigate spreadsheets or CRM systems
• Track emerging media outlets, new reporters on beats and shifts in newsroom structures
• Prepare summaries or insights on media landscape trends across the region
• Support the Midwest Media Relations team with additional administrative and research tasks as needed

Media Relations Intern

Communications

• support marketing and communications activities for the Western US and Canada division
• coordinate activations related advancing policy outcomes
• compile and synthesize reports on marketing impacts and metrics
• assist with the rollout of our annual divisional communications strategy
• create, review, and support the development of communications materials including presentations, social media content, memos, creative briefs, and other assets for division and program work.

Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Intern

Manager

• Coordinate EC’s portfolio of regional engagements across geographies
• Coordinate implementation with regional teams and internal partners as Project Lead for the VCA Grant
• Co-develop and maintain engagement guidelines that clarify roles, expectations, communication norms
• Support clear communication and storytelling about regional engagement progress, lessons learned, and support needs

Regional Coordination Manager

• Gather and articulate the department’s analytics needs, document requirements, and prioritize needs in partnership with department leadership
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders, including in-house Global Development analysts and IT, to deliver on departmental reports and analytics outcomes
• Guide and support the development and management of a new analytics governance team, partnering with Philanthropy Effectiveness, Global Development, and IT
• Provide training and support to business users to drive the adoption of existing and new reports in platforms such as Power BI
• Use curated reports, dashboards, and datasets to answer business questions and identify trends
• Lead the Philanthropy Operations & Performance analytics team in leveraging existing reports and data tables to synthesize and package insights for various audiences, including senior leadership

Philanthropy Analytics & Insights Director

• Act independently guided by our IRR Strategy and Action Plan to prioritize tasks and exercise judgment to identify and solve problems
• Build and maintain a framework to monitor, measure, and report on progress across organizational outcomes, commitments, initiatives, and actions; integrate into team and organizational reporting systems
• Work across the organization, at the national, and at times regional and global scales, to coordinate, support, and align Indigenous Right Relations (IRR) commitments, initiatives, and actions
• Uphold shared expectations for working in right relations across teams, while enabling creative approaches to advancing this work
• Act as a ready resource to staff teams and the Board for their IRR Commitments
• Collaborate across teams to develop training plans for staff and the Board to reflect, integrate knowledge, and build skills related to working in Right Relations
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to regularly share information, IRR learnings, align efforts, and scale initiatives as appropriate
• Manage projects with multiple variables, set realistic deadlines, and ensure accountability
• Communicate effectively with staff across programs and our Board of Directors
• Travel (approximately 20%) and work flexible hours as required