Jobs

Closing date: 18-February

Conservation International (CI) 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, Johannesburg, or Nairobi CI is launching an initiative to strengthen the financial stability of Africa’s Keystone Protected Areas (KPAs). These KPAs are critical for biodiversity conservation and serve as the core of larger ecological systems in landscapes. This will be achieved through technical assistance facilities/ workstreams that will develop conservation finance capacity (at the global, national, and KPA level). CI will lead the strategy and management of the program, while working in partnership with co-management partners and local stakeholders to develop, execute, and mobilize conservation finance transactions, resulting in financial flows to targeted KPAs during the project period.

Closing date: 16-February

The Conservation Technical Advisor (Musalangu) is a new and exciting NLCP position created to translate long-term investment in Musalangu into cohesive, landscape-scale impact. The position coordinates conservation partnerships with DNPW, Community Resource Boards (CRBs), concession holders, commercial investors, and civic partners so that collective strengths deliver relevant, durable results for people and wildlife. The remit spans the overall management, coordination, and performance of NLCP’s Musalangu portfolio—driving stakeholder engagement and governance; aligning natural resource management with community livelihoods and ensuring that infrastructure, logistics, commercial development, and human–wildlife coexistence activities are planned, delivered, and reported to NLCP standards. The Conservation Technical Advisor sets a disciplined operational rhythm—planning, briefing/debriefing, and reporting—maintains integrity, safeguarding, and compliance across all activities, and serves as the central point of integration for GMA-based teams and interfaces. The role reports to the NLCP programme leadership and will maintain close ties with NLCP structures and systems while developing the Musalangu GMA support extension.