Conservation South Africa · 4 months ago
Ocean Finance Planning Technical Expert
Arlington, VA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expConservation International protects nature for the benefit of humanity and is seeking an Ocean Finance Planning Technical Expert to support the Blue Nature Alliance's Marine 30x30 pilot program. This role involves developing national marine finance plans for three countries to help them meet their 30X30 commitments, providing technical input and coordinating with various stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.
Environmental Services
Responsibilities
Be responsible for the development of a quality and actionable marine finance plans for three pilot countries
Develop appropriate templates and provide guidance and technical inputs to deliverables, such as cost estimation, gap analysis, financial models, financing mechanism analysis, and scenario planning
Advises and provides technical input on financial analyses, assumptions, and data collection across the portfolio of countries
Be accountable for the consistent application of methodology and approach to ensure quality across pilot sites
Manage and coordinate with contracted consultants/experts, in-country partners, and relevant government line agencies as appropriate
Communicates with Program Director to ensure timely and quality delivery of deliverables
Provide regular feedback to the Practitioners Guide based on field learnings and experiences
Oversees the completion of all technical requirements, including project results and deliverables, developing solutions to keep deliverables on track and motivate staff and partners
Coordinates with the relevant teams and staff at CI and Pew, and other NGO partners working on similar approaches for best practices and learning
Orient the in-country partners and relevant in-country government agencies on the marine finance plans and build their capacity to maintain and update the financial models in future
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 7 years or more of related experience
Direct project management experience, preferably in the conservation, NGO, advocacy, or related arena
Excellent technical and analytical skills
Excellent organization and time management skills
Team player and able to work effectively with diverse work groups in a multicultural environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A record of success in influencing and partnering with key stakeholders and raising funds
Ability to work well under pressure, multitask, set priorities, and deliver quality results
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and under minimal supervision
Preferred
Advanced degree
Strong conservation finance background, including experience with development of robust cost models for conservation and identification, design, and establishment of finance mechanisms
Strong experience working with governments and diverse stakeholders on marine finance plans
Demonstrates experience or ability to fully operate programs
Company
Conservation South Africa
Conservation South Africa supports economic development that values nature because people need nature to thrive.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase