Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Lead the support for Heart of Conservation Initiative partners through the Global Coordination Unit, ensuring all project components are successfully delivered.

• Supervise the staff of the Global Coordination Unit and manage daily project operations.

• Coordinate efforts with ten Component 1 Partners and specialists across various components.

• Review and approve annual work plans and budgets, providing technical insights to partner initiatives.

• Oversee the delivery of Components 2 and 3, which include the collective strengthening program and the Youth Policy Leaders program.

• Assist in the execution of Components 4 and 5.

• Monitor and evaluate project activities and outcomes against project agreements, annual plans, and the results framework.

• Conduct regular meetings with partners and manage the workflow for the Indigenous Global Steering Committee.

• Develop annual work plans and budgets in collaboration with sub-grantees and partners.

• Oversee procurement processes, expenditure monitoring, workshop planning, website maintenance, and communication strategies.

• Facilitate implementation visits, learning opportunities, reviews, evaluations, and annual reflection workshops.

• Address challenges and maintain the project risk register along with mitigation measures.

• Prepare and implement the project exit plan, ensuring the sustainability of project outcomes.

• Generate semi-annual project progress reports, workshop summaries, quarterly financial reports, co-finance documentation, and the project close report.

• Ensure quality assurance for project activities, grants, reports, and other deliverables.

• Coordinate co-financed projects, engage stakeholders, foster partnerships, and secure additional co-financing.

• Represent the project at conferences, meetings, and workshops.

• Travel internationally for approximately one week every quarter.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of technical working experience, with at least five years in project management.

• Bachelor’s Degree; a post-graduate degree in a relevant field is preferred.

• At least five years of experience in supporting and collaborating with Indigenous peoples and local community organizations.

• Proven ability to engage in culturally sensitive and respectful community-centered collaboration with Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• Strong interpersonal skills to interact with representatives from Indigenous communities, senior government officials, NGOs, business leaders, and donor personnel.

• Familiarity with the Convention on Biological Diversity and/or other multilateral agreements and processes, focusing on biodiversity, Indigenous peoples’ rights, and finance.

• Experience in delivering technical and financial reports to donor agencies for large projects.

• Proven track record in managing complex, multi-stakeholder, and multi-country projects.

• Experience leading a team and coordinating sub-grant partners, preferably across multiple time zones and cultures.

• Technical expertise in Indigenous-led territorial stewardship, community-based sustainable development, or related areas.

• Fluent in written and spoken English is required.

• Advanced proficiency in Spanish, French, or Portuguese is highly preferred.

• Applicants from Brazil or Kenya must be nationals legally permitted to work in Brazil or Kenya.

• Applicants must hold legal authorization to work in the job's location.

• Strong strategic collaboration and leadership abilities.

• Skills in intercultural and adaptive management.

• Results-oriented project management capabilities.

• Proficient cross-cultural communication skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid relocation: None.

• Employment visa sponsorship is not available for Brazil or Kenya.

• WWF-Cambodia may offer support for visa sponsorship and relocation costs based on the budget for eligible South and Southeast Asian nationals willing to move to Cambodia.

• Equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals.