Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Role Description
This is a fulltime role for a Conservation Director located in the Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area. Conservation Director Job Description
Grant Management (60%)
- Lead recruitment, training, and mentoring of the Board of Management to ensure effective performance and fulfillment of Board of Management terms of reference.
- Oversee calls for proposals, evaluate submissions, and collaborate with the Board of Management to recommend awards over $50,000 to the CV Executive Director.
- Support the Board of Management in managing a small grants program for awards of $50,000 or less.
- Provide training and mentoring to civil society organizations in biodiversity hotspots to enhance proposal development and grant performance, contributing to conservation outcomes.
- Ensure grantee compliance with CV’s Environmental and Social Management Framework and Operational Manual through training, technical assistance, and monitoring.
- Monitor grantee and portfolio performance by reviewing programmatic and financial reports and conducting semi-annual supervision missions.
- Track portfolio-level implementation, impact, and lessons learned, preparing annual portfolio overviews and managing mid-term and final evaluations.
- Support the Board of Management and the CV Monitoring and Evaluation Unit to implement performance monitoring at project, portfolio, and global levels.
- Facilitate coordination between the Board of Management and key CV management partners to ensure smooth implementation.
- Address implementation challenges and compliance issues at grantee, Board of Management, and portfolio levels.
- Integrate gender considerations into all grant-making processes.
- Build positive relationships with local government authorities through outreach.
- Represent CV in conservation forums to foster collaboration with conservation partners.
- Contribute to developing and implementing CV grant-making policies, tools, and protocols to enhance mission effectiveness and efficiency.
Donor Engagement and Management (10%)
- Engage CV donor partners to identify opportunities for synergy and complementary investments.
- Serve as the technical lead in cultivating new donors, providing expertise and supporting proposal development for new funding.
- Prepare and contribute to reports for CV’s regional donors.
- Organize and accompany donor visits to CV conservation projects to support supervision and attract new donors.
- Develop co-funding alliances with potential donors to increase financing for biodiversity hotspots.
Program Management (10%)
- Participate in wide program development and lessons-learned initiatives.
- Support the operational tasks, including compiling information and drafting content for communications purposes.
