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This position will coordinate the development of a highly collaborative approach to accelerate impact of The Nature Conservancy’s FW priority goals in the Amazon Basin. The Nature Conservancy’s freshwater conservation agenda for the Amazon basin, contributes to a healthy, connected and resilient Amazon Basin, where biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems thrive, enriching the lives of its inhabitants and making societies more prosperous.

Responsibilities include:  fundraising, collective  achievement of program objectives and outcomes, promote and organize spaces for exchange learnings and best practices  among TNC business units and local partners, identify key stakeholders for supporting our work with a basin approach, develop fundraising proposals, identify and cultivate donor prospects, communicate our freshwater conservation work in the Amazon, ensure quality implementation and donor reporting,  prepare donor reports, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), as well as sharing and dissemination of data and learnings. As a spokesperson for the program facilitates communication and coordination of efforts among the partners and with key stakeholders for advancing the freshwater agenda in the Amazon.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate, motivated problem-solver. Our team in the Amazon is dedicated to conserving this great river basin for the Amazonian peoples and the planet … Join us!

•    BA/BS degree and 5 years’ experience in freshwater conservation practice in the Amazon or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
•    Fundraising experience, including identifying donor prospects and donor cultivation
•    Experience managing complex or multiple projects, including managing finances and coordinating the work of other professionals and partners.
•    Human-centered leadership and experienced working in a complex and matrixed structure
•    Supervisory experience, including motivating, leading, setting objectives and managing performance.
•    Experience in partnership development with non-profit partners, community groups and/or   government agencies.
•    Experience negotiating.
•    Experience in producing donor reports and communication reports
•    Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in Spanish, Portuguese and English

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    Multi-lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated with a focus in the Amazon
•    Master degree in a field related with freshwater conservation or Amazon conservation
•    Experience in working with indigenous peoples and local communities
•    Demonstrated experience influencing, developing and implementing conservation policy and plans.
•    Ability to develop practical applications of scientific concepts and technical innovations for conservation purposes.
•    Knowledge of methods and standards of freshwater biodiversity information systems and initiatives or related field.
•    Politically savvy.