{"id":38107,"date":"2021-03-11T09:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=38107"},"modified":"2021-03-11T09:57:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:57:31","slug":"job-project-manager-climate-emerald-edge-the-nature-conservancy-seattle-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-project-manager-climate-emerald-edge-the-nature-conservancy-seattle-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Project Manager \u2013 Climate\/Emerald Edge, The Nature Conservancy (Seattle, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Job Type Permanent<br \/>\nSalary Details Competitive<br \/>\nDeadline Mar 31, 2021<br \/>\nRequired Experience 2 &#8211; 6 years<\/p>\n<div class=\"job-frame-description-content\">\n<p><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been doing work you can believe in protecting the lands and waters that all life depends on. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world\u2019s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re rooted in our Mission and guided by our Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures. We know we\u2019ll only achieve our Mission by hiring and engaging a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we work. Whether it\u2019s career development, work\/life balance, or a rewarding mission, there\u2019s lots of reasons to love life #insideTNC. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all of our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging, and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: the applicant that is hired may work in Alaska or Washington, USA. Or Canada.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Project Manager-Climate Emerald Edge will lead the effective delivery of the Emerald Edge\u2019s climate mitigation program to secure increased carbon storage in the coastal temperate rainforests in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.\u00a0 The focus of the work will be on catalyzing the implementation of natural climate solutions (NCS), primarily through forest carbon storage and potentially other pathways such as blue carbon in coastal marine ecosystems, as a critical means of combatting the global climate crisis.\u00a0 This 3-yearposition with an opportunity for extension will be responsible for delivering outcomes aligned with an initiative supported wholly by the Bezos Earth Fund to advance and accelerate NCS across the region.\u00a0 The Project Manager is committed to working in partnership with Indigenous communities to support increased capacity and authority of Indigenous Peoples to steward their lands and waters.\u00a0 In strong collaboration with the TNC Business Units of Alaska, Canada, and Washington, the Project Manager will work collaboratively with Business Unit staff to increase the deployment of actions in the region to advance climate mitigation and resilience goals through strategies that are in alignment with a rights-based approach and in collaboration with Indigenous communities, local communities, industry sectors, governments, and other civic organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Desired Skills &amp; Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relevant degree, BA\/BS, or law and at least 5 years of experience in project management or equivalent combination of education and experience<\/li>\n<li>Proven skills managing a dispersed team of people for results, especially one lacking direct reports, and leading in an inspiring and supportive manner;<\/li>\n<li>Experience developing coalitions of partners, across organizational interests, committed to achieving shared goals;<\/li>\n<li>Experience developing, managing, and tracking budgets and external contracts;<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communications for diverse audiences; and<\/li>\n<li>Ability to act in accordance with our WA Equity Statement; be respectful of differences of identity and\/or beliefs, and successfully work across those differences to meet work objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency in applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Web Browsers.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to travel between Alaska, British Columbia (Canada), and Washington, or beyond for essential meetings and events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"job-frame-how-apply\"><span class=\"how-apply-header\">HOW TO APPLY<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To view the full position description and apply, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/careers.nature.org\/\">https:\/\/careers.nature.org<\/a>. Deadline to apply is 11:59 PM EST March 31, 2021. If you experience technical issues, please refer to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/content\/dam\/tnc\/nature\/en\/documents\/external-applicant-user-guide.pdf\">applicant user guide<\/a>\u00a0or contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:applyhelp@tnc.org\">applyhelp@tnc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Please visit our career center for a full list of all our open positions globally \u2013 new positions are posted often!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8699,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,32,33,19,7,8,9],"class_list":["post-38107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-full-time","category-jobs","tag-alumni","tag-full-time","tag-jobs","tag-local","tag-pnw","tag-seattle-area","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38109,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38107\/revisions\/38109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}