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Subject: [AFS] Position/Managing Director Freshwater


 



Managing Director, Global Freshwater Team


The Nature Conservancy seeks a strategic conservation thinker to lead and
manage its Global Freshwater Team.  The primary focus of the team is to
reduce the impact of water infrastructure development, reduce agriculture's
footprint on freshwater resources, improve water management for people and
nature, and advance system-scale conservation and management of great rivers
around the world.  The Director is accountable for raising public and
private funds to support the freshwater team and its activities and serves
as the Conservancy's principal freshwater spokesperson to government
agencies, foundations, academia and partner conservation organizations.  

Master's degree preferred w/15 yrs experience in freshwater conservation or
equivalent. Management, supervisory and budgetary experience required;
experience in motivating and chartering interdisciplinary teams; experience
in identifying, cultivating and closing major donor gifts; experience in
influencing, developing and implementing conservation policy and plans;
ability to build partnerships in multiple countries; ability to work with
current trends and practices in sustainable water management and freshwater
conservation across global regions.  Frequent travel inside/outside the U.S.

Visit www.nature.org/careers and apply to job #12992.  Application deadline:
April 15, 2011.
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