Missouri Conservation Leader & Strategy Architect

USA The Nature Conservancy; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Flexible spending accounts

401(k) with 8% match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Employee assistance program

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy in Missouri seeks a State Director to lead conservation strategy, philanthropy, and external partnerships across Missouri. You will manage a multi-disciplinary team and oversee a multi-million-dollar budget and fundraising efforts to advance the chapter’s priorities.

You will collaborate with state agencies, universities, and partners to protect lands, grow capacity, and implement TNC’s conservation approach, while upholding organizational values and accountability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 7 years of leadership experience in conservation, nonprofit, advocacy, or related field.
• Proven ability to motivate and manage large, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong written and verbal English communication; ability to engage diverse audiences including donors and partners.
• Experience with fundraising and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, inspire, and motivate a team of staff to collectively achieve the maximum contribution to the organization’s mission and goals while maintaining culture and engagement in the BU.
• Oversee the development and execution of conservation, policy, fundraising, and operations plans in Missouri to ensure chapter goals and strategies are aligned with TNC’s priorities at the Division, Region, and Global levels and grounded in local context. Drive resources to highest impact work and produce measurable results.
• Create, model, and cultivate a workplace culture where staff feel empowered – grounded in trust, fairness, inclusion, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Act as a key fundraiser in support of local, divisional, and global outcomes by partnering with staff to engage donors, corporations, and foundations to support organizational goals and priority projects in Missouri, the Great Plains Division, the United States, and globally.
• Engage and foster a volunteer Board of Trustees by leveraging their expertise and empowering them to serve as ambassadors for TNC – actively participating in fundraising, networking, advocacy, and strategic leadership.
• Represent TNC’s interests with key community members, specifically governmental leaders and agencies, partner organizations, corporations, foundations, and academic institutions (in the realms of agriculture, wildlife, natural resources, energy, climate, water, policy, economic development, ecosystem services, or related fields), to cultivate and steward strong, cooperative partnerships in Missouri.
• Ensure the organizational health and financial sustainability of the Missouri chapter by stewarding a strategic conservation plan, program commitments, a multi-million-dollar budget and associated financial standards, and legal requirements.
• Serve on the Great Plains Division Leadership Team, which is responsible for the collective success of the division and helps shape the strategy, identifies the division’s conservation priorities, and develops, funds and deploys talent to execute cross-boundary initiatives that can deliver the greatest impact to TNC’s goals in the Great Plains.

Skills

Leadership

Fundraising

Strategy

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Nature Conservancy in Missouri seeks a State Director to lead conservation strategy, philanthropy, and external partnerships across Missouri. You will manage a multi-disciplinary team and oversee a multi-million-dollar budget and fundraising efforts to advance the chapter’s priorities.

You will collaborate with state agencies, universities, and partners to protect lands, grow capacity, and implement TNC’s conservation approach, while upholding organizational values and accountability to