State Director
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Missouri State Director leading The Nature Conservancy’s conservation strategy, fundraising, and partnerships across Missouri. Managing staff, budgets, trustees, and statewide conservation outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Lead The Nature Conservancy's interests at the state level across Missouri
- Lead conservation strategy, philanthropy, and external partnerships
- Oversee a network of preserves and Centers for Conservation Innovation
- Partner with state agencies, academic institutions, and local organizations to advance TNC’s mission
- Supervise senior program and development staff
- Manage and develop a large, complex Business Unit
- Implement TNC’s conservation approach and produce measurable conservation results
- Align activities and coordinate resources, capacity, and programs for organization-wide projects, threats, and strategies
- Serve as primary local spokesperson to staff, volunteers, trustees, donors, government agencies, officials, community leaders, and partners
- Cultivate audiences to support and promote TNC’s mission and vision
- Oversee Business Unit fundraising, approve budgets, and set private and public fundraising priorities
- Support staff in donor cultivation and direct solicitation
- Lead direct fundraising for a significant portion of the Business Unit
- Lead, manage, inspire, and motivate staff while maintaining culture and engagement
- Oversee conservation, policy, fundraising, and operations plans in Missouri
- Drive resources to high-impact work and produce measurable results
- Create and cultivate an inclusive workplace culture with trust, fairness, and professional growth
- Engage donors, corporations, and foundations in support of local, divisional, and global outcomes
- Foster and empower a volunteer Board of Trustees in fundraising, networking, advocacy, and strategic leadership
- Represent TNC with governmental leaders, agencies, partners, corporations, foundations, and academic institutions
- Ensure organizational health and financial sustainability, including strategic planning, program commitments, multi-million-dollar budgets, financial standards, and legal requirements
- Serve on the Great Plains Division Leadership Team and help shape strategy, identify priorities, and develop, fund, and deploy talent for cross-boundary initiatives
- Travel routinely throughout the geography and globally, estimated 40%
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 7 years of experience as a leader in the conservation arena, non-profit sector, advocacy, or related for-profit area
- Extensive and proven management experience leading, motivating, setting objectives, and managing performance of a large multi-disciplinary team
- Written and verbal fluency in English
- Fluency in the predominant language of the operating unit if other than English
- Superb communication and presentation skills
- Experience communicating with and presenting to diverse audiences including donors, board members, employees, and outside partners
- Experience in fundraising and budget management
- Experience gained both in and outside the U.S. preferred
- Demonstrated commitment to developing and practicing global literacy
- Proven managerial talent in budgeting, staffing, and performance management
- Proven technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus
- Demonstrated operational, implementation, and detail-oriented perspective
- Valid driver's license and compliance with TNC’s Auto Safety Program
- Completion of a Vehicle Use Agreement, potentially including motor vehicle record review
- Must be located within Missouri or able to relocate to Missouri
- Ability and willingness to travel routinely throughout the geography and globally as required, estimated 40%
- Ability to work flexibly, sometimes beyond the normal workday, including weekends, as necessary during deadline periods
Benefits:
- Health care benefits
- Flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
- Parental leave
- Accrued paid time off
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Other life and work well-being benefits
- Flexible work environment supporting employee health and well-being
- Career development
- Flexible schedules
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