Senior Strategic Communications Manager, The Nature Conservancy

A Little About Us

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to make a positive impact around the world in 72 countries, all 50 United States, and your backyard. Founded in 1951, the mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. One of our core values is our commitment to diversity and we are committed to a globally diverse and culturally competent workforce.

Our Work in India -

TNC's India program was launched in 2015. TNC is registered in India as a not-for-profit Section 8 Company. The team is comprised of 16 high-performing individuals with an annual operations budget of USD $5M. We are focused on 8 projects that advance environmental solutions for some of India's most pressing challenges. Currently our programs cover 6 States of India and we are working with 10 partner organizations. Both, program operations and budget are growing at a healthy rate. We are working hard to demonstrate conservation results and achieve early - win-wins- that promote equitable economic development while conserving natural resources for people and nature. We aim to meet increasing demands for energy resources, water supply and food production with low environmental impact, and in a mindset where nature is seen as a critical input to these key human needs. We do this by engaging governments, the private sector and civil society to ensure that conservation is a critical outcome in economic development. We address challenges to nature and people involving climate change, cities, freshwater, lands and livelihoods. TNC pursues a shared nature-people agenda and is working to demonstrate that conservation and development can be pursued in tandem.

Visit www.tncindia.in to learn more.

Your Position with The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy India Program has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Strategic Communications Manager to help launch our work in India. The Manager will develop and implement communications, brand development and other strategies that facilitate comprehension, adoption and advancement of the India program's goals and objectives across the Indian landscape. To successfully do so, the Manager will also develop a stakeholder engagement and internal communications strategy for the India program within TNC's dispersed and vast network that enables it to leverage the best of internal resources, including human resources and best practices.

The position will be based in New Delhi.

The Senior Manager will develop, implement and manage strategic communication, marketing and brand building strategies and implement focused efforts to help support the work in India. The Manager will also build and execute social media strategy and facilitate on-going communication between all parts of the globally dispersed marketing division, internal and external stakeholders and identify communication, brand-building and media needs and opportunities in India.

The Manager will work closely with the Managing Director (MD) as a communications partner / advisor to develop key messages and talking points and speeches as needed and foster relations with key stakeholders and media contacts. The Manager will manage the dissemination of media information and provide consultation, media training, coaching and talking points to persons serving as spokesperson(s).

Responsibilities and Scope

- Develop a brand strategy to promote TNC-India, engaging and aligning internal stakeholders around it, and then advancing that brand across the Indian marketplace as well as within the dispersed TNC network, identifying high leverage points for such engagement and developing influence maps as needed.

- Design, advance and manage assigned communication and / or media initiatives, leveraging support of colleagues, short-term consultants and PR agencies as needed.

- Build and execute media and social media strategy and other initiatives consistent with the overall brand strategy.

- Develop recommendations for corrective strategies as needed.

- Create descriptive program materials that support fundraising efforts.

- Manage assigned projects, coordinating the work of peers and consultants and setting deadlines.

- Manage website to ensure current and interactive content for audience development.

- Edit articles, technical reports and associated roll out events.

- Propose, draft and / or edit articles for the Managing Director to position TNC in national and international media.

- Engage, as needed, in designing and / or oversite of the communication strategies of individual projects within TNC-India portfolio

- Coordinate and advance India Advisory Board (IAB) book, which is reviewed by the IAB, to highest standards. IAB meets thrice a year. Manage IAB meeting notes.

- May manage or participate in complex or sensitive negotiations.

- Persuasively convey the mission of TNC and India projects to diverse groups who are important to the organization's overall prosperity.

- Readiness to Travel frequently and on short notice, working long hours as needed.

- Readiness to work onsite.

- Work environment involves only infrequent exposure to disagreeable elements and minor physical.

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in related field and a minimum of 8 years related experience or equivalent combination.

- Experience in project management, developing communications, media and engagement strategies and measuring results.

- Experience cultivating and managing client relationships.

- Experience supervising staff and team.

Desired Qualifications

- Experience developing, executing and managing communications and promoting brand positioning for an organization, and measuring results.

- Experience working in a large, dispersed organization working across different countries, cultures and time zones, and managing communication relationship with headquarters.

- Experience working with senior management and preferably with experience in developing thought leadership initiatives.

- Experience managing a range of stakeholders, internal and/or external.

- Media relations experience helpful but not required.

- Experience developing strategic messages, coordinating, editing and proofreading them, for targeted audiences. Experience coaching others to deliver strategic messages and presentations.

- Experience developing media relations networks would be an added bonus but is not required.

- Project management experience.

- Experience with building relationships and working with partners across different organizations.

- Strong verbal and written communication English skills and ability to articulate ideas in a compelling manner.

- Values-driven person with desire to make a meaningful difference.

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