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Project Management
The Program Director will orchestrate the work of the core team and coordinate closely with other appropriate internal and external teams. They are ultimately responsible for the entire program's progress by overseeing implementation of project plans (goals, deliverables, scope, timeline, method). They will build strong working relationships with colleagues across all working teams and drive accountability so that the projects are completed on scope, on time, and on budget. The Program Director will bring a systems thinking approach to creative problem solving to assist the working teams to deliver innovative solutions and adapt as necessary to be successful.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
The Program Director will manage dashboards and other tools to track and communicate progress towards deliverables for supporters, as well as external and internal audiences. They will be detail-oriented and analytical, yet consistently driving towards the ultimate outcome, which is delivery of specific outcomes in the next 5 years. They will proactively raise concerns and objections as needed about the project's purpose, goal, scope, workplan, deliverables, quality, and direction. Regular updates will be shared with the Steering Committee and other internal and external Stakeholders. The Program Director is also responsible for fulfilling the reporting requirements outlined in the grant agreement.
Communications and Collaboration
The Program Director must be a self-starter, problem-solver, highly motivated, and able to shift directions quickly. They will have a proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and entrepreneurial environment and the versatility to manage multiple projects, priorities and urgent issues successfully and simultaneously. The Program Director brings a positive attitude, strong interest in working as part of a team and high emotional intelligence while displaying the ability to influence key stakeholders and manage workflow products and timelines through influence rather than authority.
RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
- Responsible for leading oversight of projects geographically located around the world.
- Assesses potential impact of decisions on colleagues' work, public image, scientific credibility, and financial and legal standings.
- Makes independent strategic decisions frequently based on analysis, experience, and context.
- Leadership responsibility for 15+ staff members and consultants.
- Develops long-term strategies and achieves strategic goals and objectives.
- Overall responsibility for financial management of the Attwood Family Foundation Grant, including setting financial goals, analyzing results and taking corrective actions.
- Ensures that programmatic commitments, financial standards and legal requirements are met.
- May require frequent travel domestically and/or internationally and work outside of normal work hours.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- BA/BS degree and 10 years' experience in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experienced with all aspects of project management and with a similar size project.
- Fundraising experience, including donor cultivation.
- Experience implementing, and directing complex or multiple projects of strategic importance, including managing finances, supervising multidisciplinary professionals while meeting deadlines.
- Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
- Experience working with current trends and practices in biodiversity credits, carbon credits or similar areas.
- Experience developing partnerships with non-profit partners, community groups and/or government agencies.
- Experience influencing and implementing strategic and creative initiatives.
- Experience negotiating, influencing, developing and implementing conservation policy and plans at the local, division and/or global/international level.
