Project Management Specialist – Global Conservation Strategy Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Oversee the technical management of various initiatives, projects, and programs.

• Formulate action plans, track implementation, and identify solutions to operational issues.

• Assist in managing a project portfolio across diverse territories and scales within the Brazilian Amazon.

• Link project activities and deliverables to TNC’s Interim Results and 2030 Goals objectives.

• Utilize methodologies and tools to monitor the project life cycle, from planning to closeout.

• Aid in defining and tracking indicators, targets, data sources, responsible parties, and verification methods.

• Maintain updated project details and work plans in Smartsheet.

• Organize activities, deliverables, milestones, schedules, owners, dependencies, risks, and budget information.

• Integrate tracking of physical, financial, and results data.

• Generate dashboards, periodic reports, and executive summaries.

• Organize and validate evidence of progress for data quality, peer reviews, audits, and funder reporting.

• Supervise program budgets, risks, and interdependencies, recommending adjustments and technical solutions.

• Prepare analyses, reports, and strategic information to assist leadership in decision-making.

• Facilitate collaboration among departments, programs, external partners, and stakeholders.

• Provide technical support to professionals involved in initiatives, without formal people-management duties.

• Represent TNC in institutional forums and multi-stakeholder engagement platforms.

• Conduct training, share best practices, and contribute to enhancing management practices.

• Travel as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in providing indirect team leadership, coordinating multiple workstreams, and integrating initiatives.

• Excellent organizational, prioritization, institutional engagement, and tactical decision-making skills.

• Experience managing projects and programs within complex organizations.

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three years of experience in project and program management in conservation or related fields.

• Strong oral and written communication abilities in Portuguese.

• Possession of an active international certification.

• Familiarity with working in complex, matrixed institutional settings.

• Experience with projects in the Amazon region.

• Skills in negotiation, conflict mediation, and integration of technical and operational perspectives.

• A graduate degree in a related field is an advantage.

• Intermediate proficiency in English is preferred.

• Preference will be given to candidates residing in a state within the Brazilian Amazon.

• Willingness to travel as needed.

• Capacity to work in diverse weather and terrain conditions, including remote and physically demanding locations.

• The successful candidate must comply with The Nature Conservancy’s background-check requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health care benefits

• Retirement benefits

• Parental leave

• Paid time off

• Life insurance

• Disability coverage

• Employee assistance program

• Additional life and well-being benefits

• Flexible work environment

• Opportunities for career development

• Inclusive work atmosphere