Public Funding Strategy Coordinator

The Nature Conservancy (All); United States; Remote; USD 51,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy is seeking a Program Associate in the Public Funding Center to support the One Conservancy Public Fundraising Strategy and coordinate internal initiatives, knowledge management, and reporting. This role may liaise with external partners as needed.

This two-year term position is negotiable within the United States, with a preference for Arlington, Virginia and the DC metropolitan area, and involves collaboration across teams to advance conservation funding goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years related work experience or equivalent combination.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience with Excel-based budgets and spreadsheet functions.
• Experience working with CRM software.
• Experience researching information from divergent sources and compiling it into a cohesive reporting structure.
• Experience writing and editing promotional and informational material.
• Experience engaging with non-government organizations, government agencies, partners and/or donors.
• Experience presenting to and communicating with internal and external audiences.
• Experience working in public sector engagement or public fundraising.
• Experience interacting with senior leadership in a professional manner.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with Senior Strategy Advisor to maintain the Strategy Implementation Plan, KPI 3 Dashboard, OKR Activities Calendar, Public Funding Opportunities and other project tools.
• Provides coordination, research, logistical, and materials support to PFC Relationship Managers and TNC staff engaging managed Public Sector Entities during major policy events; supports adoption and use of BBCRM by the PFC.
• Supports Strategy Investment expenditures and budget monitoring; may process check requests, complete travel bookings and expense reports, engage vendors and/or similar tasks.
• Supports operations of the PFC, including managing monthly reports; managing calendars and setting internal and external meetings for the Sr. Director and PFC team; coordinating meeting scheduling, agenda development and follow up actions.
• Aids with preparation of program materials including presentations, memos, and other communications.
• Works independently, working with supervisor on complex matters as needed.
• Makes independent decisions within the scope of work assignments.

Skills

Fluency in English

Excel-based budgets

Information synthesis

Promo content writing

Donor engagement

Public sector engagement

Audience presentations

Interacting with senior leadership

2+ years related experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM software

Job description

The Nature Conservancy is seeking a Program Associate in the Public Funding Center to support the One Conservancy Public Fundraising Strategy and coordinate internal initiatives, knowledge management, and reporting. This role may liaise with external partners as needed.

This two-year term position is negotiable within the United States, with a preference for Arlington, Virginia and the DC metropolitan area, and involves collaboration across teams to advance conservation funding goals.