Jobs at The Nature Conservancy

Coordinates GEF and GBFF funding pipelines, proposals, partner engagements, events, research, knowledge management, and cross-functional deliverables. Maintains CRM and project records, tracks deadlines and risks, prepares briefings and communications, supports government and multilateral relationships, and progressively owns defined projects. Requires collaboration across countries, cultures, and time zones, with occasional international travel.

Manages the full lifecycle of Impact Finance & Markets agreements, including intake, drafting, review, negotiation, approvals, execution, amendments, tracking, deliverables, and close-out. Advises staff on contractual requirements, compliance, risks, and process improvements while coordinating with Legal, Finance, Purchasing, Information Security, and Records Management. Maintains records and delegation-of-authority documentation, supports awards management, develops guidance and training, and improves contracting workflows, systems, and reporting.

Leads major-gift fundraising for The Nature Conservancy by managing a 60–100 donor portfolio, cultivating relationships, soliciting gifts, developing multi-year strategies, and securing annual funding of $1.5 million or more. The role develops proposals, budgets, planned-giving opportunities, and donor recognition plans; coordinates cross-functional partners and volunteers; manages projects and budgets; and travels frequently throughout the Chicagoland area and beyond.

Processes gifts, pledges, commitments, and financial adjustments; maintains donor CRM records; manages gift coding and compliance; prepares dashboards, reports, queries, donor briefings, and fundraising documents; researches donors; supports pledge reviews and development projects; troubleshoots processing issues; and improves data-management workflows while collaborating with finance and philanthropy teams.

Leads financial strategy, planning, budgeting, reporting, risk management, and resource allocation for the Great Plains Division. Serves as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership, oversees finance and contracts activities, ensures compliance, and translates financial data into actionable recommendations. Manages an 18-person finance team with six direct reports, supports fundraising and revenue planning, oversees financial systems initiatives including Workday stabilization, and directs multiple cross-functional projects.

Provides financial management for the Corporate Insurance team, including budgeting, forecasting, expense and revenue management, journal entry support, self-insurance fund management, reporting, and analysis. Monitors performance, trends, variances, risks, and opportunities; maintains financial data integrity; supports compliance, process improvements, system implementations, and staff guidance.

Leads fisheries transparency initiatives across Europe and Africa by designing, implementing, and scaling electronic monitoring programs. Builds partnerships with governments, industry, technology providers, and civil society; provides technical guidance on policy, governance, financing, and implementation; manages complex projects, grants, and collaborations; develops stakeholder capacity; negotiates solutions; and represents the organization in policy and international forums.

Leads fisheries transparency initiatives across the Americas by designing, implementing, and scaling electronic monitoring programs. Builds partnerships with governments, industry, technology providers, regional fisheries organizations, and civil society. Provides technical, policy, governance, financing, and implementation guidance; manages complex collaborations, projects, grants, and teams; negotiates solutions; supports fisheries data integration; and represents the organization in national and international forums.

Provides in-person administrative, logistical, and operational support for a Charlottesville office. Responsibilities include procurement, invoicing, vendor and facility coordination, records and compliance management, events, meetings, reception, fleet documentation, equipment distribution, and staff communications. The role also supports operational processes, purchasing practices, office systems, and business-unit priorities while coordinating across employees, vendors, volunteers, and partners.

Leads operations across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, including facilities, procurement, information systems, office management, safety, vendors, and workplace experience. Oversees staff, employee engagement, onboarding, events, change management, cross-functional partnerships, and operational improvement projects. The role requires regular weekly presence in the Minneapolis office and supports inclusive, collaborative workplace culture and effective chapter operations.

Leads restoration, stewardship, and prescribed fire management across nature preserves in North Carolina’s Sandhills. Develops ecological management plans, oversees fire operations, budgets, contractors, staff, volunteers, and conservation partners. Manages restoration databases, equipment, vehicles, leases, timber sales, invasive species control, public outreach, grants, and regulatory compliance. Supervises four full-time employees and seasonal fire crews while supporting wildfire response and collaborative conservation initiatives.

Leads major-gift fundraising for The Nature Conservancy by identifying, qualifying, cultivating, and soliciting individual, corporate, foundation, and institutional donors. Manages a portfolio of 50–85 prospects, develops sophisticated donor strategies, closes six- and seven-figure gifts, supports planned and blended giving, coordinates leadership and volunteer engagement, and maintains donor database records. The role also oversees fundraising goals, compliance, negotiations, and periodic regional travel.

Develop and execute principal-gift fundraising strategies for Africa conservation priorities. Manage a portfolio of up to 40 high-capacity donors and prospects, leading research, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and gift closure. Build donor pipelines, oversee giving groups, coordinate complex strategy teams, negotiate sensitive agreements, and support senior leaders. The role requires cross-cultural collaboration, donor relationship management, strategic communication, travel, and achievement of substantial annual fundraising targets.

Leads the design and continuous improvement of a basin-wide Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning system for conservation programs across Tanzania, Zambia, the DRC, and Burundi. Responsibilities include developing indicators and theories of change, managing data systems and quality assurance, producing dashboards and donor reports, coordinating assessments and learning workshops, supporting adaptive management, building partner capacity, and translating evidence into strategic, fundraising, and program decisions.

Leads The Nature Conservancy’s strategy, conservation portfolio, partnerships, and operations in Gabon. Oversees Project Finance for Permanence and Blue Bond initiatives, forestry programs, budgets, fundraising, policy relationships, partner coordination, and implementation risks. Builds government and institutional capacity through knowledge transfer, manages in-country staff, supports recruitment and performance management, and coordinates multidisciplinary regional and global teams to deliver conservation outcomes.

Provides specialized financial analysis, accounting, reporting, and strategic advisory support to Capital Markets and other business units. Manages cash flow transactions, debt and credit ratings, funding strategies, financial models, performance reporting, risk analyses, and conservation finance transactions. Oversees compliance, projects, vendors, and potentially staff while advising senior leadership on financial and lending decisions.

Processes and tracks Asia Pacific fundraising gifts, pledges, commitments, adjustments, and grant requests. Ensures accurate revenue coding, CRM records, compliance, and quarterly pledge reviews across multiple business units. Provides troubleshooting, reporting, database support, executive assistance, meeting coordination, administration, and project support. Collaborates across regional and global development, finance, and leadership teams while improving workflows and exercising independent judgment.

Manage contract administration, delegation-of-authority processes, auditable agreement files, tracking systems, deadlines, workflows, and standard agreement templates. Advise staff on signing authority, collaborate with Legal and Internal Audit, improve business processes, deliver contracts training, mentor colleagues, and potentially supervise Contracts Administrators and Specialists. The role requires contracting experience, strong organization, business writing, project coordination, process analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.

Supports implementation of The Nature Conservancy’s public fundraising strategy through project coordination, operational support, knowledge management, reporting, budgeting, meeting coordination, and relationship management. Maintains strategy tools and dashboards, supports CRM adoption, coordinates internal and external meetings, prepares presentations and communications, monitors expenditures, and assists public-sector engagement activities.

The Community Forest Catalyst coordinates community forest partnerships across Southeast Alaska. Responsibilities include grant writing and fund management, workforce development, land-management planning, project coordination, regional collaboration, partner facilitation, data and metrics management, compliance reporting, and stewardship implementation. The role works with Tribes, Alaska Native corporations, agencies, nonprofits, and communities, requiring frequent travel by small aircraft and boat to remote locations.