African Conservancies Facility Lead, CI VenturesConservation International protects nature for the benefit of humanity. Through science, policy, fieldwork, and finance, we spotlight and secure the most important places in nature for the climate, biodiversity, and for people. With offices in 30 countries and projects in more than 100 countries, Conservation International partners with governments, companies, civil society, Indigenous peoples, and local communities to help people and nature thrive together.POSITION SUMMARY - This position is based in Cape Town-South AfricaCI Ventures is CIs impact investment fund that provides loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises that operate in the forests, oceans, and grasslands where Conservation International works. More recently, the African Conservancies Facility (ACF) has been successfully rolled out in Kenya, providing concessional loans to community-owned conservation areas in the buffer zone of Protected Areas with the aim of achieving long-term sustainability both financially and in terms of biodiversity conservation. Recognizing the positive impact of the program, CI now intends to scale up this program in size, as well as geographic focus, to include in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GL TFCA), as well as critical frontier conservation areas across the African continent.The successful candidates primary role will be to manage the ACF and lead the scale-up of this program, leveraging financial expertise and a network of landscape partners to enable its growth.RESPONSIBILITIES
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