Building Your Career at TNC
Everyone at TNC has an impact on conservation—from central operations staff at the Arlington, Virginia headquarters office to field staff working on project sites and every support function in between.
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Learn and Develop
We believe that learning is smart conservation. We are working to create a new vision for the planet – one powered by a virtuous cycle, where we take care of nature so that nature can take care of us. To get there, we need to continuously learn, adapt, and develop our capacity.
We couldn’t do this work without our people! All employees have access to an online learning portal with many learning opportunities focused on professional/functional skills, management and leadership including customized internal offerings and the best of what the external learning marketplace offers. You have the opportunity to collaborate with teams across the globe, participate in engaging speaker series, senior leadership office hours and regular updates on developments in conservation and science.
In addition to our comprehensive training programs, we offer:
- Tools to help you design your career, enhance your current role, or prepare you for the next one.
- Recruiting practices and policies to ensure a culture that's committed to promoting from within.
- Fellowship opportunities for short-term assignments across the organization.
Our Career Areas
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Primarily Program Management and Project Management focused. Responsibilities include assisting business units manage programs and projects by creating operational efficiencies and offering consultative services. Activities include identifying problems, offering recommendations, and implementing solutions. Servicing internal clients in all functional areas of the organization.
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Provides services related to operation, maintenance, and preservation of all TNC property, including preserves, lands, equipment, and facilities. Provides management of environmental and safety programs that protect the environment and provide safe conditions at preserves. Positions in this group may require technical knowledge and ability of trades, crafts, or manual labor.
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Identify, cultivate, solicit, recognize, and steward prospects and donors to create and nurture relationships and raise resources to advance our mission.
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Responsible for providing strategic leadership for the organization to establish long-range strategic goals, plans and policies for optimal organizational success.
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Provide planning and support to policy change, corporate practices, and innovations in conservation finance. They also provide planning and services to support effective communication between the organization and the public in order to advance our mission.
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Conducts financial and accounting operations for the organization. Areas of responsibility include management, maintenance, and reporting of financial data, investment of general financial assets, management and disposition of non-financial assets, enterprise-wide accounting and financial reporting, management of audits, management of TNC’s global banking network, financial information systems and other areas.
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Support the administration and execution of the organization’s human resources. Activities include the development of human resource standard operating procedures and policies, human resource strategic management in support of business needs.
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Ensure that the organization complies with legal and regulatory requirements and provides legal counsel to TNC.
Activities include providing counsel/support including real estate, corporate and tax, litigation, transactions, compliance, intellectual property, employment/labor, ethics, contracts and grants, etc. This job family includes a safety office.
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Provide a framework and services to support both internal and external effective communication between TNC and the public in order to advance the organization’s mission. Establishes a consistent and recognizable brand to ensure continuity of communication and increased recognition.
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Provides a wide variety of administrative and general business support to various BU’s. Positions manage, designs, and/or supports administrative processes that support operational objectives.
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They design, manage, conduct, and/or support research in areas of science, agriculture, conservation, etc. Positions may deploy and manage resources, assess and report on outcomes, and implement practical biodiversity and climate solutions around the world to advance our mission.
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Explore Early Career Opportunities
We have a diverse set of career opportunities to connect with and learn from young people who want to take action for nature, explore careers in conservation and lead the way toward a sustainable future.
What is it like to be an extern?
Externships
Through a partnership with the National Geographic Society, TNC offers externships, a new training and collaboration structure to support real-world learning. Aligning with the global shift to virtual education and remote work, mentoring and instruction happens online across eight weeks, and each participant determines their schedule, research topic and action steps.
Fellowships
Fellowships are funded opportunities that focus on a specific project. They can last from a few months to a few years depending on the scope of work.
Internships
TNC relies on interns to get real work done around the world and to bring new perspectives to conservation. Available internships represent a range of time commitments and specialties from science and research to communications and policy.
Seasonals
Much of TNC’s conservation and restoration work happens seasonally, with peaks during spring, summer and fall. These roles can often be a good fit for students.
How to help?
Search for in-person local and virtual volunteer opportunities.
Volunteers
Volunteering with TNC is a great way to learn more about the world of conservation. Volunteer opportunities range from assisting TNC researchers in the field to helping with events or lending expertise to complex projects.
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