Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 28, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Conservation Tourism Project Manager
Your Position with TNC
The Conservation Tourism Projects Manager shall be primarily responsible for TNC's conservation advisory services to the ACCT Fund. This includes working closely with the tourism operators to identify potential outcomes that can be achieved with Fund support and working with TNC local country programs and strategy leads to provide targeted technical assistance to the tourism operators as they seek to deliver their outcomes. In addition, they will be primarily responsible for managing the conservation approval process for each new Investment, including developing the conservation recommendations to the Conservation Committee. The Conservation Tourism Projects Manager will work closely with the Fund's Conservation Committee, TNC's local country programs in the target geographies, the third-party investment management team and with the conservation tourism operators themselves. The Conservation Tourism Projects Manager will report to our Protect Indigenous Landscapes Strategy Director and will work closely with our Nature Vest team. This position will be based at TNC Lusaka office in Zambia

Essential Functions
The Conservation Tourism Projects Manager shall manage all aspects of TNC's conservation advisory services to the ACCT Fund. In this capacity, the Conservation Tourism Projects Manager shall be responsible for conducting detailed conservation and socio-economic diligence on conservation tourism companies who are under consideration as potential investments for the Fund. This includes annual on-site meetings with each of the conservation tourism operators in the Fund's portfolio and review of the operators' conservation and social outcome potential and/or delivery against the benchmarks set by the Fund

The Conservation Tourism Projects Manager will be responsible for developing detailed written recommendations to the Fund's Conservation Committee outlining whether a conservation tourism company meets the Fund's conservation criteria, (i) what outcomes each conservation tourism company should seek to achieve over the life of their loan and (ii) what conservation covenants should be put in place to hold the tourism companies accountable to their impact metrics. They will submit a written recommendation to the Conservation Committee for each new investment and will also be asked to present their findings and recommendation in person or over teleconference to the Conservation Committee. The Conservation Tourism Projects Manager will receive guidance and input from the members of the Conservation Committee throughout the diligence process

Desired Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Conservation, Finance, Tourism Management or related and 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination in a private sector environment, such as tourism or conservation finance focused on the landscapes of Africa
• Experience leading and managing complex projects and strategic initiatives in an unstructured environment in the nature-based tourism sector in Africa.
• International work experience.
• Project management experience and experience meeting deadlines
• Experience developing end products with software such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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