Flyway Coordinator

Birdlife International; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in nature conservation is seeking a dynamic leader to drive conservation efforts for migratory birds along the African-Eurasian Flyway. This role involves coordinating strategic initiatives, managing large-scale projects, and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders. With a focus on impactful conservation, the position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to vital environmental efforts while enjoying a flexible hybrid work model. Join a passionate team dedicated to making a difference in the world of nature conservation.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and managing large-scale nature conservation programmes.
• Strong background in stakeholder collaboration and fundraising.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate implementation of BirdLife Conservation Strategy for migratory birds.
• Lead the GBP 3 million project for the Eastern African-Eurasian Flyway.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Fundraising

Stakeholder Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Education

MSc in Nature Conservation

Job description

Application deadline: Monday 12 May 2025 - 23:45

Location: Cambridge, UK (hybrid working, minimum 1 day per week in BirdLife Office Cambridge).

Please note: BirdLife offices in Jordan, Kenya, Senegal and Belgium may be considered for the right candidate.

Full time: 35 hours per week

Contract: Open-ended

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum depending on skills & experience.

BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. Our flyways work harnesses the power of the BirdLife partnership through addressing threats to migratory birds and protecting and restoring the habitats they use on their annual travels.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our conservation efforts for migratory birds along the African-Eurasian Flyway. The African-Eurasian Flyway Coordinator role is a high-impact position with responsibility for driving forward our strategic work in collaboration with our regional offices and partners across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia.

How you will do this:

• Coordinating the implementation of the BirdLife Conservation Strategy for the Eastern part of the African-Eurasian Flyway.
• Supporting the implementation of the BirdLife East Atlantic Flyway Initiative (EAFI).
• Aligning BirdLife's strategic activities across the eastern and western regions of the African-Eurasian Flyway and establishing and managing structures for cross-regional governance and information sharing.
• Leading the GBP 3 million project of RSPB and BirdLife in the Eastern part of African-Eurasian Flyway, including development of budgeted workplans, oversight of implementation and high-quality reporting to donors.
• Developing fundraising proposals in line with the BirdLife Conservation Strategy and the Flyways Programme's 5-year plan.
• Leading, supporting, and coordinating the development of project workplans, including budgets, timelines and teams.
• Promoting BirdLife’s work and advocating our positions to relevant stakeholders, including through media and at high-level policy advocacy events.
• Supporting project teams in delivering agreed tasks.

Ideally you will have:

• MSc degree in a nature conservation relevant subject and/or equivalent experience of leading, developing and managing large-scale nature conservation programmes, preferably in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of issues relating to migratory bird conservation and sympathy with NGO movement.
• Strong background in driving collaboration of diverse groups of stakeholders.
• Proven track record as proactive leader of dedicated teams.
• Ability to lead and motivate diverse teams, often remotely.
• Demonstrable experience and successes in fundraising.
• Excellent organisation skills, ability to track, prioritise and work to multiple deadlines.
• Programme and/or Project management training qualification would be ideal.

Some of our benefits:

• We are able to offer a hybrid model of working on-site and from home/remote for most roles, which helps to ensure a flexible work-life balance.
• A chance to work in the award-winning David Attenborough building, which brings together much of the Cambridge-based conservation community on a ‘conservation campus.’
• A generous pension scheme, up to 12% company contribution.
• Holiday starting at 25 days excluding Bank Holidays and increasing for every year of service up to a maximum of 28 days.
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning with access to more than 13,000 high-quality, on-demand courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to Health Assured online health portal (webinars, nutritional advice, 4-week programmes, financial wellbeing and more).

The benefits above are for UK-based employees - salary and benefits may vary by location.

BirdLife values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Find out more about our Diversity statement.

We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

We will consider putting into place appropriate reasonable adjustments for candidates who may have a disability.

Interviews: Interviews will be held on week commencing 19 May 2025.