Director of Restoration

About the role

WRI Africa's Restore Local program is looking for a Director of Restoration to lead its strategy, governance, team and fundraising. The role works closely with the FLW Director and the Global Director of Restoration to make sure Restore Local drives impact and stays locally relevant across priority geographies.

Key responsibilities

• Program strategy and implementation (50%): oversee annual goals, workplans and budgets; align team workplans and results frameworks with the program strategy and WRI priorities; design team frameworks, processes and tools for strategic, results-based management; run the accountability matrix (e.g. RACI); measure and report outcomes to donors and WRI leadership; oversee project governance and compliance; prepare regular written updates.
• Staff and team management (25%): directly supervise a multi-disciplinary team of Restore Local managers in Africa; mentor junior staff; run internal decision-making, strategy reviews, pause and reflect sessions, annual goal setting and performance reviews; coordinate with other WRI teams such as Food, Water and Cities.
• Fundraising and thought leadership (25%): build and manage a pipeline of prospective funders and investors; contribute to six- and seven-figure proposals focused on outcome-based finance and innovative monitoring; work with Communications on a strategy to influence public sector leaders, private financiers and philanthropies; represent WRI at events and conferences; help develop partnerships with external organizations.

Required profile

• Master's degree in environmental management, public policy, finance, economics or similar, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 12+ years of full-time relevant experience, at least 3 in a management capacity, in program management, nature-based solutions and climate change resilience in Africa.
• Non-profit experience and extensive program management methods and tools.
• Experience managing complex projects end to end, with familiarity with planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) frameworks.
• Experience with non-grant funding in climate and nature-based solutions and engaging private and public sector financiers.
• Ability to manage a complex workload with a largely remote team and to convene diverse stakeholders.
• Regular regional and international travel required.
• Written and spoken English; French fluency highly desired.
• Existing work authorization where the position is based; WRI cannot authorize visas.