Job ID: 53595
Location: Indonesia
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
OFFICE LOCATION
Jakarta, Indonesia
WHO WE ARE
The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to conserve the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we develop innovative, on-the-ground solutions to the world’s toughest environmental challenges so that people and nature can thrive. Our work is guided by our values, which include a commitment to diversity and respect for people, communities, and cultures. From a rewarding mission to career development and flexible schedules, there are many reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want to know more? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube to hear stories from staff or visit Glassdoor.
One of TNC’s primary goals is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that employees around the globe have a sense of belonging and feel that their unique contributions are valued. We know we’ll only achieve our mission by hiring and engaging a diverse staff that reflects the communities in which we work. Recognizing that people bring talent and skills that have been developed outside the scope of a job, we take a holistic approach to recruitment that considers life experience in addition to the professional requirements listed in our postings. Please apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote a popular saying at TNC, “you’ll join for the mission, and you’ll stay for the people.”
WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER
The Coastal Resilience Specialist will work closely with the Coastal Resilience Senior Manager and other relevant teams to works with local communities to identify key leaders, understand their problems and potential, and coordinates with local, national, and international agencies to find most appropriate nature-based solutions.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU
Are you looking for a meaningful work and wanted to make a difference? Welcome to YKAN. At YKAN, with the mission to protect lands and waters on which all life depends, we provide innovative solutions for realizing harmony between people and nature, through effective management, non-confrontational approaches, and building collaborative partnerships with all stakeholders for a sustainable Indonesia. Together with you, we can make a difference.
We’re looking for someone who is passionate in conservation, with experience in helping communities understand the ecological and economic importance of protected areas. This position is to coordinates and implements activities that aims to build communities’ adaptive capacity to cope with the effects of climate change. The Coastal Resilience Specialist is responsible to build understanding of key stakeholders on ecological and economic importance of protected areas through Nature-based Solutions. Key aspect of the Coastal Resilience Specialist role is to ensure knowledge and evidence-based capacity development strategies, design, implementation, and policy direction by utilizing results such as vulnerability assessments and other scientific/research basis.
The Coastal Resilience Specialist will be based in Jakarta office with frequent travel to YKAN sites. This position will report to the Coastal Resilience Senior Manager.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Bachelor’s degree and 4 years’ experience in natural resource management or similar field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Fluency in English
- Experience managing and supervising staff or contract holders.
- Experience working with partner’s/government agencies without violating any restrictions related to conflicts of interest, lobbying former employers, or influencing decision makers.
- Experience with communication via written, spoken, and graphical means in Bahasa Indonesia and English including presenting to community leaders, government officials, or related; and working in partnership with other organizations.
- Experience using common software applications such as Word, Excel, web browsers, etc.
- Experience coordinating multiple projects.
WHAT WE BRING
Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!
TNC offers competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where we work. These may include health care benefits, retirement benefits, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, and disability coverage as well as an employee assistance program and other life and well-being benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our Culture Tab on nature.org/careers.
We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports the health and well-being of the people we employ.
APPLY NOW
To apply for job ID 53595, submit your materials online by using the Apply Now button at https://careers.nature.org/. Need help applying? Visit our recruitment page or contact applyhelp@tnc.org.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to applyhelp@tnc.org with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.
An attractive salary and benefits package is part of TNC’s value proposition to our employees. TNC strives to provide competitive pay and bases salaries on the geographic location of the role committing to being equitable across groups and providing hiring salary ranges when possible.
Since we support flexible and remote work for our employees, many positions have a flexible location within countries where we’re registered as a Non-government Organization and established as an employer. This may mean we’re unable to provide a hiring salary range in the posting for some of our positions. However, candidates invited to be part of our interview process will be provided their location specific range upon request.
