Public Funding Manager, Enduring Earth

The Nature Conservancy; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy seeks a Public Funding Manager for Enduring Earth to lead public fundraising efforts for PFPs and coordinate cross-functional teams across TNC. You will guide proposal development, budgets, and strategic initiatives to secure public funding resources.

You will collaborate with regional and global partners, manage multiple proposals, and ensure compliance with policies and financial standards while supporting a rolling portfolio of opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years related experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience leading and implementing multiple public funding proposals and projects.
• Experience negotiating complex agreements.
• Experience with current fundraising practices and public funding processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage assigned public funding proposals and projects for PFPs.
• Coordinate cross-TNC teams to support public fundraising for TNC-led PFPs.
• Design and manage multiple projects including budget, deadlines and accountability.
• Monitor and report on program results, provide recommendations for improvements.

Skills

Public fundraising

Proposal development

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

BBCRM

Job description

What We Can Achieve Together

The Public Funding Manager, Enduring Earth (Manager) will work towards meeting the strategic priorities of the Enduring Earth partnership by developing and coordinating plans and related tactics, and overseeing day-to-day tasks related to public fundraising for PFPs.

As TNC’s primary point of contact for public fundraising efforts for PFPs, the Manager will coordinate with communicators, fundraisers, relationship managers of PSEs, external affairs staff and executive leaders across the organization to mobilize public resources for the PFP projects and partnerships. While serving as the public funding liaison on joint portfolio development and management, the Manager will have substantial contact with country and regional teams, counterparts in Philanthropy/Development, and other internal stakeholders. They will serve on the Enduring Earth Resource Mobilization Committee and other partnership working groups. The Public Funding Manager will also serve on internal steering committees and working groups for individual TNC-led PFPs.

The Manager will work closely with the Public Funding Center to align their work with the One Conservancy Public Fundraising Strategy while building close partnerships with public fundraising teams within PFC, in the regional business units, in the global strategy teams, and with partner organizations. They will follow all policies and SOPs governing PSE engagement and will coordinate with relationship managers prior to any planned outreach to PSEs.

With regional counterparts and relationship managers, and in partnership with Philanthropy/Development staff focused on private fundraising for PFPs, they will analyze public fundraising feasibility and develop and support implementation of fundraising plans for each TNC-led PFP. The Public Funding Manager will coordinate with TNC relationship managers to cultivate and solicit PSEs, and will effectively coordinate the joint public funding prospect portfolio, facilitate joint strategy calls and develop follow-up materials. They will coordinate development of concept notes, grant proposals and may act as a lead or supporting writer for public funding proposals. They will provide coordination support to keep multiple projects moving in a timely manner, meet deadlines, and manage supplemental materials required for proposals in consultation with budget and finance staff and other internal stakeholders. They will seek and synthesize information and communicate in a convincing and succinct form to all stakeholders. They will also participate in strategy and proposal development in collaboration with internal departments and teams to meet specific goals and funding targets. The Public Funding Manager shall use BBCRM and will support the management and maintenance of PFP public funding pipeline data and prioritized funding proposal support requests, as well as track projected or committed funds. They will collaborate with TNC’s public grants specialists to build proposal budgets based on a strong understanding of organizational budgeting.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Responsibilities & Scope

• Manage and serve as team lead on assigned public funding proposals and projects for PFPs.
• Coordinate teams across TNC to support public fundraising for TNC-led PFPs.
• Act independently, exercise sound judgment to identify and solve complex problems. Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by directives of superiors. At the same, excel at serving as a collaborator, liaison and resource for multiple internal stakeholder groups.
• Design and manage multiple projects, managing budget, setting deadlines, and ensuring accountability.
• Evaluate team results and develop recommendations for corrective strategies, as needed.
• Demonstrate sensitivity in handling confidential information.
• Align initiatives to ensure department and organization-wide goals and strategies are achieved.
• Ensure programmatic commitments, TNC policies and procedures, and financial standards are met and managed for compliance.
• Resolve complex issues independently within assigned public funding proposals and projects for PFPs.
• Financial responsibilities include budget planning and assisting with monitoring and administration of a budget.
• Minimize legal risk to the Conservancy and ensure legal compliance with applicable state and local regulation.
• Potential for travel (up to 20% time), at times on short notice, and long or flexible working hours.
• Work environment involves only infrequent exposure to disagreeable elements and minor physical exertion and/or strain.

We’re Looking For You

The challenges facing our planet today require comprehensive solutions that address the well‑being of people and nature and lay the foundation for future conservation efforts. Promoting policies that provide benefits to both people and nature is critical to securing lasting conservation outcomes. The work and expertise of The Nature Conservancy’s Policy and Public Funding (“PPF”) programs are integral to this effort. The Policy and Public Funding business unit is helping to shape the government policies that help make possible achievement of transformative conservation outcomes to address climate change, enhance protection of lands, waters, and the ocean, and provide food and water sustainably. We have an awesome task at hand, and the work that you do here will have a direct impact on our success.

We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. To implement these priorities, we collaborate actively in a non‑confrontational manner with public sector agencies, NGOs, academia, business and the finance sector.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years related experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience leading and implementing multiple public funding proposals and projects.
• Experience negotiating complex agreements.
• Experience with current