The Conservation Pipeline Manager develops, coordinates and/or implements strategies to achieve the Conservancy’s goals through interaction with governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and/or embassies.
The Conservation Pipeline Manager roles would include the following general responsibilities:
- Identify and document conservation projects from across YKAN’s program portfolio (e.g. forestry, agroforestry, agriculture, ag-tech and coastal wetlands) where there are prospects to engage green financing and impact investment.
- Recommend larger opportunities that YKAN should prioritize or focus on.
- Develop metrics and monitoring systems to assess conservation, climate and people impacts of the projects in a potentially bankable pipeline, working closely with other relevant YKAN and TNC staff and external experts as needed.
- Collect, analyze, and present project data and information from different sources in order to assess conservation, climate and people impacts.
- Establish and manage relationships with other NGOs, community groups, businesses, etc. in relation to identifying and developing the project pipeline.
- Work closely with relevant YKAN staff, YKAN Program Directors, NatureVest, TNC Asia Pacific, etc.
- Together with ITP Program Director and relevant senior manager, manage relationships with ADMCF, involved in the preparation and submission of project and financial reports, monitor project progress, etc.
- Provide technical support for the implementation of conservation projects in the Indonesia Terrestrial Program, among others, Sustainable Land Bond, Nature Climate Solution, and Kalimantan Focal Place, as required.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SCOPE
- Geographic size and scope are larger than a preserve and smaller than a business unit or overseeing one or more components of the conservation function for an entire business unit.
- The programmatic scope may raequire cross-boundary work and relationships.
- May be responsible for leading or co-leading a whole system program.
- Leads and manages a team or project to support and improve conservation efforts.
- Manage multi-disciplinary administrative and professional staff, with responsibility for performance management, training, and career development. Establish clear directions and set stretch objectives.
- Establish and maintain optimal standards of performance for the department or program while controlling costs and administering budgets.
- Responsible for ensuring that public and private funds are raised to meet program needs.
- Builds cooperation from outside parties to accomplish program goals.
- May work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain, and under physically demanding circumstances.
- Frequently makes an independent decision based on analysis, experience, and judgment.