Regional Vice President

at  The Nature Conservancy of Canada

Taking care of our environment has never been more important than it is today. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is looking for a Regional Vice President, Saskatchewan, to join a team committed to protecting our most important natural areas that sustain all life.
NCC is the country’s leading nongovernmental land conservation organization. As a non-profit, charitable organization we work in partnership with individuals, Indigenous communities, corporations, governments, and other non-profit groups to protect our most important natural treasures and deliver nature-based solutions. We take a collaborative and evidence-based approach to deliver our mission. Since 1962 NCC and its partners have helped to conserve more than 15 million hectares, from coast to coast to coast. NCC has its national headquarters in Toronto and regional offices across the country.
The Regional Vice President, Saskatchewan is responsible for the leadership and oversight of NCC’s operations across the Saskatchewan region.

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS

The RVP, Saskatchewan is a proven leader who brings vision, managerial acumen, and exceptional relationship building skills to the organization. They have a demonstrable track record in creating a strategic vision and delivering on that vision. They have experience in leading a diverse, multidisciplinary team with a multimillion-dollar budget. A superb communicator, the RVP Saskatchewan listens and engages effectively, articulating complex issues clearly and simply to their team and their external partners.
The RVP can demonstrate the ability to build key relationships and ideally, brings established connections within key organizations, such as government, Indigenous Peoples, farmers, ranchers and philanthropists. The ideal candidate has a natural ability to bring these audiences together for the common good, especially as it relates to NCC’s priority mission in protecting the Prairie Grasslands
While a professional conservation background is an asset, it is not a prerequisite for this role. However, the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a lived passion for nature and the mission of NCC. Internally and externally, the RVP, Saskatchewan communicates a compelling vision that generates excitement and mutual trust.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in a senior leadership role with a focus on operational delivery of various programs. This should include experience as a team lead managing multi-disciplinary talent.
• Progressive experience leading within a similarly complex organization.
• Strong project portfolio that clearly demonstrates ability to design and implement a communications initiative with measurable outcomes and deliverables.
• Bilingualism French / English (oral and written) is an asset.
• An undergraduate / graduate degree or experiential equivalent.
• Knowledge or relevant experience in the not-for-profit sector an asset.
• Strong interest / passion in / for conservation and NCC’s mission.

PUBLIC/GOVERNMENT/EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Develops and maintains broad public support from all sectors for the protection of natural diversity in the region.
• Collaborates with local, provincial, and federal government agencies where necessary and useful in the accomplishment of NCC’s mission.
• Provides leadership for NCC’s outreach activities in Saskatchewan including promotion to potential supporters and the public.
• Actively develops and maintains an effective Regional Advisory Board by providing staff support, liaising, and seeking advice from the Board.
• Represents NCC and its interests in the region to landowners, the media, the public, government agencies and ministries, other non-profit organizations, Indigenous Peoples, individual donors, foundations, corporations, and suppliers.

RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING SKILLS

• Keen ability to build and manage effective relationships within, across, and outside an organization.
• Actively develops relationships that support business goals and use those relationships to facilitate smooth operations.
• Allocates time and effort to understanding and meeting the needs of internal or external customers.
• Works with a long-term perspective to address donor or business partner problems, perhaps trading off immediate costs for the sake of the long-term relationship.
• Activates diverse people and groups to work together and optimize results.