Water security is one of Africa's defining challenges — and this role puts you at the center of solving it. The Nature Conservancy's Nature for Water Facility is scaling watershed investment programs across the continent, aiming to launch 50+ "lighthouse landscapes" by 2030. We're looking for an Engagement Manager to lead that charge. You'll partner with a Science Manager to run place-based projects end to end: shaping project scope, mobilizing multidisciplinary teams, building the financial and economic case for investment, and presenting results to stakeholders who can turn plans into funded action. It's a rare mix of strategy, finance, and hands-on conservation impact — with real travel, real influence, and a real mission behind it. You bring: 6+ years leading complex projects in unstructured environments, financial modeling or business-case chops, and the ability to manage teams across cultures and geographies. Where: This is a REMOTE role, flexible across Angola, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, or Zambia — wherever TNC has an established office. Why it matters: This is a 2-year mission-driven role at the intersection of finance and nature — for someone who wants their work to outlast the job title.<hr>About this posting: Mycela is a third-party recruiting partner working on behalf of The Nature Conservancy to fill this role. Learn more about us at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mycela.org/">https://mycela.org/</a>. Candidates who apply through this posting will first be screened by Mycela; qualified applicants are then referred to TNC's hiring team for further consideration.

Mycela embeds paid entrepreneurial operators — seasoned generalists, top 3% of applicants — alongside science-heavy teams in climate and conservation. The operator shows up 15–30 hours a week for 8–24 weeks and builds the financial models, delivery systems, and operational infrastructure that turn proven science into something investable and scalable. At the end of an engagement, the operator can convert to a long-term hire.This solves a people problem. The teams we work with don't lack ideas, evidence, or ambition. They lack the operational and entrepreneurial capacity to move from a working pilot to a scalable organization. Mycela fills that gap — and in filling it, helps teams pressure-test their own assumptions about what their model needs to look like at scale.

(TNC) Engagement Manager — Nature for Water Facility (Africa, Remote)

Water security is one of Africa's defining challenges — and this role puts you at the center of solving it. The Nature Conservancy's Nature for Water Facility is scaling watershed investment programs across the continent, aiming to launch 50+ "lighthouse landscapes" by 2030. We're looking for an Engagement Manager to lead that charge. You'll partner with a Science Manager to run place-based projects end to end: shaping project scope, mobilizing multidisciplinary teams, building the financial and economic case for investment, and presenting results to stakeholders who can turn plans into funded action. It's a rare mix of strategy, finance, and hands-on conservation impact — with real travel, real influence, and a real mission behind it. You bring: 6+ years leading complex projects in unstructured environments, financial modeling or business-case chops, and the ability to manage teams across cultures and geographies. Where: This is a REMOTE role, flexible across Angola, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, or Zambia — wherever TNC has an established office. Why it matters: This is a 2-year mission-driven role at the intersection of finance and nature — for someone who wants their work to outlast the job title.<hr />About this posting: Mycela is a third-party recruiting partner working on behalf of The Nature Conservancy to fill this role. Learn more about us at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mycela.org/">https://mycela.org/</a>. Candidates who apply through this posting will first be screened by Mycela; qualified applicants are then referred to TNC's hiring team for further consideration.

(TNC) Engagement Manager — Nature for Water Facility (Africa, Remote)

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