Arlington, Virginia, USA
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Remote home office; the location for this position is flexible within countries where The Nature Conservancy is a registered NGO and has an already established office. This position is not eligible for relocation or immigration assistance.
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The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. We’re rooted in our Mission and guided by our Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures. Whether it’s career development, flexible schedules, or a rewarding mission, there’s lots of reasons to love life #insideTNC. Want a better insight to TNC? Check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube or on Glassdoor.

Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging, and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued. We know we’ll only achieve our Mission by hiring and engaging a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we work. In addition to the requirements in our postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and a culture of inclusion! Please apply – we’d love to hear from you. To quote myriad TNC staff members, “you’ll join for our mission, and you’ll stay for our people.”

The Global Protect Web Developer provides leadership and technical support regarding the design, development, and management of TNC’s Protect Ocean, Lands, and Waters Global Strategy Business Unit (Global Protect) existing and planned web presence. This will include creating and maintaining a variety of websites, dashboards, mapping applications, and visualization tools focused on the goal to conserve 4 billion hectares of Earth’s oceans, 650 million hectares of land, 30 million hectares of lakes and wetlands, and 1 million kilometers of river systems. With this position, the Global Protects Program hopes to create a mix of innovative and dynamic websites and applications to assist in not only reaching our goals but also help guide every country in protecting 30% of their marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments by 2030.

More specifically this position will focus on facilitating web technology integration in support of the 30x30 Initiative within Global Protect. Driven by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’s ambitious goals to address the biodiversity crisis - the “30x30 initiative” seeks to guide protection of 30 percent of the world’s terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats by 2030. TNC Global Protect is also part of the Enduring Earth collaboration that works alongside nations as they seek to meet their protection goals. Central to this collaboration is the Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) approach that fully funds conservation projects to ensure durable and scalable impact. While working with the 30x30 Initiative, this position will also become an integral team member in all efforts to achieve this 30% target and amplify conservation for a more sustainable, prosperous future for people and the planet
This is a two-year grant funded position with an opportunity to extend pending secure funding. The location for this position is flexible within countries where The Nature Conservancy is a registered NGO and has an already established office. This position is not eligible for relocation or immigration assistance.

The ideal candidate has experience with all aspects of designing, creating, and managing websites and web applications with a focus on global to local conservation matters. This includes such tasks as: producing and presenting wireframes to communicate potential web ideas, creating and managing content management systems (CMS) for internal and external websites, working with and educating a variety of content providers in using the CMS, applying HTML and CSS techniques to produce elegant and creative web pages, customizing interactive web applications and visualization tools to create innovative ways to inform decision makers on conservation matters, providing use statistics and analytics to better understand the use and effectiveness of web tools, and maintaining all web solution to insure users have updated and timely information without disruption. Besides meeting these responsibilities, this person needs to have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and have experience organizing and coordinating complex web projects.

• Bachelor's degree in information systems or a related field and 2 years’ progressive experience in an IT field or equivalent combination.
• Experience in web design and development.
• Experience using image and video editing software.
• Experience with web application programming.
• Experience managing content management systems such as SquareSpace, Wordpress, and WIX.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Practice and knowledge in using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques.
• Strong aptitude for meeting time-sensitive deadlines with a variety of collaborators and contributors.
• Experience with Agile development and project management methods.
• Wiliness to immerse yourself in the details of conservation projects to improve your ability to translate information thru web design
• Experience applying web-based technologies and tools to educate and/or address conservation issues.
• Use and knowledge of SharePoint for internal TNC web development.
• Experience producing web pages containing dynamic, interactive data visualization tools by either using existing software (e.g., Tableau) or by programming with JavaScript libraries (e.g., D3.js, Chart.js).
• Experience producing custom web mapping applications via programming with JavaScript and ArcGIS API for JavaScript.
• Experience creating ArcGIS StoryMaps and use of ArcGIS Online for web mapping tools and dashboards.
• Understanding of GIS and spatial data.
• Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.

Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!

TNC offers competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where we work. These may include health care benefits, retirement benefits, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, and disability coverage as well as an employee assistance program and other life and well-being benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our Culture Tab on nature.org/careers.

We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports the health and well-being of the people we employ.

To apply for job ID 52552, submit your cover letter and resume online by 11:59 pm EST, December 23, 2022, using the Apply Now button at https://careers.nature.org/. Need help applying? Visit our recruitment page or contact applyhelp@tnc.org.

The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to applyhelp@tnc.org with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.

Where legally permissible, TNC requires all new employees to be fully vaccinated and willing to keep up to date with vaccines that protect against COVID-19. By accepting an offer of employment, you agree to comply with this requirement, unless you are entitled to a legally mandated exemption.

An attractive salary and benefits package is part of TNC’s value proposition to our employees. TNC strives to provide competitive pay and bases salaries on the geographic location of the role committing to being equitable across groups and providing hiring salary ranges when possible.

Since we support flexible and remote work for our employees, many positions have a flexible location within countries where we’re registered as a Non-government Organization and established as an employer. This may mean we’re unable to provide a hiring salary range in the posting for some of our positions. However, candidates invited to be part of our interview process will be provided their location specific range upon request.