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OFFICE LOCATION Arlington, Virginia, USA
This is a virtual position that is flexible within North America where TNC has an established entity with a preference toward the Seattle metro area. This position is not eligible for relocation, visa or immigration assistance. This position is available for remote work, work based at a TNC office or a combination of the two.
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WHO WE ARE The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we develop innovative, on-the-ground solutions to the world's toughest environmental challenges so that people and nature can thrive. Our work is guided by our values, which include a commitment to diversity and respect for people, communities, and cultures. From a rewarding mission to career development and flexible schedules, there are many reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want to know more? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.
One of TNC's primary goals is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that employees around the globe have a sense of belonging and feel that their unique contributions are valued. We know we'll only achieve our mission by hiring and engaging a diverse staff that reflects the communities in which we work. Recognizing that people bring talent and skills that have been developed outside the scope of a job, we take a holistic approach to recruitment that considers life experience in addition to the professional requirements listed in our postings. Please apply - we'd love to hear from you.
WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER The Nature Conservancy believes that biodiversity credits and nature markets can provide an important opportunity to advance our mission. Over the next few years, TNC will be developing our biodiversity credits program. This program will assess the current biodiversity credits environment, support active biodiversity credits testing and piloting, all with the goal of scalable biodiversity credits based in a strong science and policy. This program will work across TNC to understand the organization's biodiversity credits needs and to support the development of scalable biodiversity credits and nature markets. This program will work closely with science, policy and impact finance and markets to influence biodiversity credits globally.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TNC is looking for a biodiversity credits manager to support TNC's developing Biodiversity Credits Program. Applicants for this role thrive in a dynamic environment and can nimbly engage in the rapidly changing landscape of nature markets. This role will work at the interface of project management and science application, with the ability to collaborate, communicate and integrate science across many relevant fields.
Dynamic project management The biodiversity credits manager will conduct project management activities associated with the start-up of the biodiversity credits program at TNC. This will include the project management of two biodiversity credit pilot projects across TNC business units. The manager will be responsible for supporting the evaluation of biodiversity credits schemes, tracking pilot project progress, and documenting and communicating on the pilot projects; importantly, all of this will be done in collaboration with a broad network team of scientists and conservation staff across multiple business units.
Pragmatic applications of biodiversity science The biodiversity credits manager will assess the scientific robustness of various biodiversity credit schemes. This role will have a keen understanding of the inherent need for alignment across many fields, including scientific robustness, scalability of credits and outcomes, market demands, and scientifically valid claims, all with the desired result of positive nature outcomes. This role will track he rapidly evolving biodiversity credits space, collating and distilling biodiversity credits literature, including white papers, and policy and finance reports. This role will provide scientific recommendations based on their assessments of the literature and on-the-ground credits pilots, with an eye towards positive biodiversity and species outcomes. This role will be responsible for categorizing various credits schemes and assessing how these schemes integrate predator metrics into their methods and outcomes.
Science application and communication The biodiversity credits manager will support the program director in understanding how to apply robust biodiversity science learnings to the developing biodiversity credits program and how to communicate about biodiversity credits to both internal and external stakeholders. This role will support producing written communication materials for the developing biodiversity credits program. The biodiversity credits manager will need to communicate complex topics to a broad range of stakeholders. This manager is skilled at writing concise and focused non-technical materials and has the ability to communicate across projects teams in a clear and impactful manner.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING Master's Degree in biology, ecology, geography, economics, or related biodiversity science field and 2 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Proven track record of applying biodiversity learnings to policies, markets, and field projects. Experience writing concise non-technical reports. Experience managing projects, working across cultures and network teams. Pragmatic communication and collaboration skills. Experience analyzing and interpreting biodiversity and conservation literature.