Engagement Manager

YOUR POSITION WITH TNC Housed within The Nature Conservancy’s Resilient Watersheds Strategy, the Nature for Water Facility (‘N4W’) is a technical assistance platform that provides hand-in-hand support to local champions seeking to develop watershed investment programs. N4W aims to enable 50+ ‘lighthouse landscapes’ by 2030 via a mixture of pro-bono and fee-for-service partnerships. For additional background on the program, please see the About, Services, and Portfolio sections of the N4W website. The location for this position is flexible within countries in Africa where The Nature Conservancy is a registered NGO and has an established office in Africa (these include Angola, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia). Salary ranges will vary depending on the selected candidate’s location. This is a 2-year, term-limited position, with opportunities for extension based on performance and funding availability. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS The Engagement Manager teams with a Science Manager to jointly lead the overall success of N4W’s place-based projects, supporting the establishment and delivery of watershed investment programs across a variety of geographic contexts. Typical deliverables for these project teams include landscape pre-feasibility analyses, business case/Return on Investment (ROI) assessments that combine economic and hydrological analyses, governance structure evaluations, sustainable funding strategies, long-term strategic plans, and capacity-building support to local partners. RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE Determining project scope. Mobilizing and managing multidisciplinary teams of internal and external experts to deliver projects against defined workplans and associated timelines. Identifying and engaging key actors and diverse stakeholders. Developing financial and economic appraisals (including related financial modeling) and communicating results across a variety of audiences/payers. Synthesizing high-quality research and analysis that combines technic