Director, Social Equity, Agriculture & Enterprise

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

The Director of the Social Equity, Agriculture & Enterprise Programme is a new role within FFI, leading a team of specialists to support, influence and deliver this area of work across FFI’s global conservation programme, collaborating closely with project teams within our four regional programmes and with other cross-cutting technical teams. 

You are a highly motivated, skilled and experienced individual ready to lead our technical team supporting local conservation initiatives across our global conservation programme with efforts to support rights-based conservation, sustainable diets and farmer livelihoods, nature-positive enterprise and finance mechanisms and other related actions that address local economic and social drivers of nature loss. You have extensive experience of enabling conservation projects to live up to standards for good governance and social safeguards. 

You have excellent communication, collaboration, analytical and team management skills, enabling your team to build positive, productive working relationships with colleagues and partner organisations across our global conservation programme. You are comfortable working in an international NGO and managing in a matrix-like structure. Your senior credibility and network of contacts will help connect the potential conservation and social impacts of FFI’s global conservation programme with partners at policy and landscape level. Fluency in spoken and written English is essential and proficiency in a second language relevant to FFI would be an advantage.

In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within an international, impactful and ground-breaking organisation, at the forefront of global conservation. In addition, FFI offers a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance. Our offices are located in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants. 

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The closing date for applications is Sunday, 6 March 2022.