Senior Manager, Species Fund
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$90K - $110K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Role Description
The Senior Manager, Species Fund will lead and manage the deployment of a new large grant portfolio focused on the recovery of Endangered species, working under the guidance and supervision of the Fund’s steering committee.
- Ensure the successful deployment of grants to local partners to fund the recovery of multiple Endangered species across the globe.
- Provide strategic guidance and technical support to local partners and internal Re:wild teams in the development of high-quality species recovery proposals.
- Review proposals to ensure they are compliant with all requirements, maintain strong conceptual rigor, technical soundness, and operational feasibility.
- Monitor the implementation of grants, working closely with Re:wild project managers and local partners, and make required modifications to ensure on time and high-quality delivery.
- Oversee the portfolio of grants in collaboration with Re:wild project managers and teams for individual species.
- Lead periodic reporting to the Fund’s Steering Committee and serve as part of the Fund Secretariat supporting its operations.
- Lead on the development of an annual report to demonstrate the impact of the Fund.
- Provide regular updates to leadership and flag issues early to permit adaptation.
- Engage with co-funders and work closely with Re:wild Philanthropy team in support of bringing other funders into the initiative and to secure match funding for projects.
- Work closely with the Re:wild and co-funder marketing and communications teams on all communications products/efforts stemming from the Fund.
- Liaise with IUCN Species Survival Commission and ensure their technical inputs into project design and monitoring.
- Liaise with partners such as Reverse the Red to create synergies with national delivery of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s Goal A and Target for species recovery.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in conservation.
- Extensive experience soliciting, developing, reviewing, and managing proposals.
- Experience managing a large portfolio of projects.
- Budget management experience.
- Strong writing skills; writing summary reports and proposals.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse local partners across the world.
- Ability to work independently but also as part of a team.
- Strong presentation and verbal communications skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree in a relevant field preferred.
- Ability to speak Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Bahasa Indonesia preferred.
- Commitment to and passion for Re:wild’s mission, vision, and values.
Requirements
- The position may require working outside of normal business hours to engage with staff and partners located in different time zones around the world.
- Estimate 3-6 domestic or international trips per year, as needed.
Benefits
- This is a full-time, exempt position.
- Projected salary range of $90,000-110,000 with the final determination to be made commensurate with the candidate’s experience.
- Re:wild provides medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, with Re:wild covering 65% to 100% of premiums, depending on plan selection and dependent coverage.
- Re:wild also offers a 403b retirement plan with up to 3% match after a year of employment.
- Re:wild observes 16 paid holidays each calendar year.
- Full-time employees can also accrue the following annually: up to 15 days of vacation leave, 12 days of illness leave and 2 volunteer days.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in conservation.
- Extensive experience soliciting, developing, reviewing, and managing proposals.
- Experience managing a large portfolio of projects.
- Budget management experience.
- Strong writing skills; writing summary reports and proposals.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse local partners across the world.
- Ability to work independently but also as part of a team.
- Strong presentation and verbal communications skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree in a relevant field preferred.
- Ability to speak Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Bahasa Indonesia preferred.
- Commitment to and passion for Re:wild’s mission, vision, and values.
- The position may require working outside of normal business hours to engage with staff and partners located in different time zones around the world.
- Estimate 3-6 domestic or international trips per year, as needed.
Benefits
- This is a full-time, exempt position.
- Projected salary range of $90,000-110,000 with the final determination to be made commensurate with the candidate’s experience.
- Re:wild provides medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, with Re:wild covering 65% to 100% of premiums, depending on plan selection and dependent coverage.
- Re:wild also offers a 403b retirement plan with up to 3% match after a year of employment.
- Re:wild observes 16 paid holidays each calendar year.
- Full-time employees can also accrue the following annually: up to 15 days of vacation leave, 12 days of illness leave and 2 volunteer days.
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