What We Can Achieve Together:
TNC’s work in Africa transcends three key pillars: securing ownership rights to lands and resources for indigenous people, strengthening leadership and resource management and helping communities value nature through a holistic appreciation of its benefits while increasing revenue streams for conservation efforts and socio-economic development. Together with our partners, we are witnessing critical milestones in integrated land and fisheries management, ocean and source water protection, energy development and sustainable food production, working together and strengthening our resolve in tackling global challenges such as climate change, habitat and biodiversity loss that stands to adversely impact the nearly 1.4 billion people that share Africa.
In Angola, The Nature Conservancy is working collaboratively to build and support an ambitious biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation agenda. TNC works across freshwater, ocean, and terrestrial ecosystems to protect and sustainably manage critical habitats for species, ecosystems, and climate mitigation. TNC brings science and innovative tools and approaches to inform better decision-making, develops innovative financial mechanisms for long-term sustainability, cultivates strategic partnerships, and fosters the need for inclusive, equitable conservation that benefits nature and people.
The Country Director will be based in Angola, and will lead TNC’s impact delivery projects/programs, country strategy, and operations in Angola. Specifically, the position will provide program/project implementation and operational oversight - which includes resource mobilization, partner relations, staff supervision, recruitment, escalated problem resolution and coordination. They will lead the development and implementation of the Angola strategy. The Country Director will supervise a team of staff involved in delivery of conservation programs/projects in the Angola country office and will report to our Program Delivery Director.
We’re Looking for You:
The Country Director serves as the principal contact for government agencies and other strategic partners. They will develop and maintain key partnerships with international, regional, national, and local governmental, multilateral, bilateral, private, and non-governmental organizations that help advance TNC’s conservation objectives in the country and the continent. The Country Director plays a leading role in donor identification and cultivation of partnerships to establish TNC as a major conservation partner in the country. They will also lead implementation of all Angola Conservation Programs, coordinate and support activities while liaising with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
Specifically, the Country Director will deliver:
Strategic Leadership Develop a strategic country plan and ensure its implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning progress review.
Provide TNC leadership with an account of the country’s impact and targets aligned with the overarching strategic goals.
Provide leadership for the establishment and implementation of TNC regional and global strategy projects and initiatives in Angola to ensure they are aligned with and contribute to the country strategic plan.
Program Management Provide implementation oversight of all in-country programs and projects.
Ensure all in countries’ programs and projects are implemented on time and on budget.
Provide oversight of in-country projects and program adaptation and provide quarterly program reviews and monitoring updates.
Develop and monitor the country budget in line with allocated funds, in close collaboration with the strategy leads, the project/program leads and the finance team.
Provide oversight of in-country budget management, including operational costs and risks for budget adjustments.
Fundraising Play a key role in fundraising and reporting to donors by working closely with our private and public fundraising…