Senin, 12 November 2012

Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters to survive.

Currently we are searching qualified candidate to fill position of:

BIRD’S HEAD SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR

The Bird’s Head Senior Technical Advisor provides technical advice and support to The Nature Conservancy’s program in the Papuan Bird’s Head Seascape. S/he provides strategic and technical leadership and support in conservation planning and guides the overall conservation priorities for the seascape and initiatives being implemented by the Conservancy and its partners. S/he develops innovative methods, analyses, tools, and frameworks to address sustainable marine resource use and management, in particular, focusing on good governance, institutional capacity building and sustainable financing. S/he will focus on developing and guiding the implementation of the Conservancy’s transition strategy, to ensure site based programs are effectively managed by the local government, communities and other relevant partners. S/he will assist in communicating the Conservancy’s transition strategy and new direction to partners.

The Bird’s Head Senior Technical Advisor is responsible for building technical capacity in the field and mentoring local Papuan leaders within the program. S/he disseminates best practices, provides training and analyses to best implement organizational measures of success, and develops key partnerships with public and private organizations in order to identify and resolve technical issues and to widely communicate solutions and best practices. S/he will be responsible for writing up high level technical documents as well as develop position or policy papers on critical threats/conservation issues as they emerge. S/he will be responsible for ensuring The Conservancy’s work at the site level is shared and leveraged across other sites in Indonesia and where relevant the wider Coral Triangle.

The Bird’s Head Senior Technical Advisor serves as the principal contact to donors for the Bird’s Head, playing a leading role in donor reporting and donor relations for the program. S/he may be required to prepare new proposals for conservation funding in close coordination with his/her supervisor and/or philanthropy staff. In this role, s/he will support the Bird’s Head Portfolio Manager to prepare work plans and budgets in line with the Conservancy and donors, and to meet conservation deliverables in the Bird’s Head. This position will report to the Bird’s Head Portfolio Manager.


Requirements:
·  Master’s degree and 10-12 years of experiences in conservation practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
·  Experience developing good governance and sustainable financing frameworks and systems, and building the capacity of local institutional to manage natural resources.
·  Knowledge of methods and standards of biodiversity information systems and initiatives and experience conceiving and implementing strategic initiatives.
·  Managing time and diverse activities under deadlines while delivering quality results.
·  Communicating clearly via written and spoken English. Knowledge of Bahasa Indonesian an advantage.
·  Demonstrated experience in fundraising, and maintaining donor relations.
·  Successful experience in developing, directing and managing multiple projects and objectives.
·  Successful experience in partnership development (partners, community, government, etc.) including extensive networking with high-level conservation contacts; political savvy.
·  Proven interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.

This position will be base in Bali Field Office.

Please send your CV and application form to recruitment.indo@tnc.orgrecruitment.indo@tnc.org>, not later than November 18th, 2012. Please insert subject: Bird’s Head Senior Technical Advisor in your email.

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