Organization Background:
Rare, a U.S.-based conservation organization, works globally to equip people in the world’s most threatened natural areas with the tools and motivation they need to care for their natural resources. For the last 30 years, at more than 90 sites and in more than 40 nations, Rare has focused as much on people as on science—addressing the underlying social and economic factors that create environmental threats. Rare’s approach has been to develop a suite of social marketing and business development tools that motivate local communities to protect their natural surroundings. Rare has been recognized by Monitor Consulting and Fast Company magazine as one of the “Top 25 Social Capitalists” in America for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, the only environmental group with this distinction. Its conservation toolkit has been embraced by many large environmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Audubon Society.
Rare’s signature Pride campaign builds grassroots support for environmental protection by training local conservation leaders in the use of commercial marketing tactics to build awareness, influence attitudes, and enable meaningful change. Pride campaigns produce a groundswell of support that leads to tangible conservation successes, such as new national parks, reform legislation, or reduction of threats from forest fires or over-fishing. Rare has more than twenty years of experience in building local Pride for biodiversity conservation and has trained over sixty locally-based conservationists trained in our innovative methods of community-based social marketing. Over the next 5 years, Rare plans to ramp up its Pride program to more than triple in size and reach. To learn more about Rare, please visit www.rareconservation.org.
Position Description:
Rare is currently seeking a Director of Training to play a lead role in the continual improvement of our conservation programs and staff development initiatives. A new position created to support significant organizational growth, with a focus on scaling the Pride program, the Director of Training will support the complete re-design of Pride training programs to ensure best-in-class content and pedagogy and will have responsibility for leading internal staff development and new hire orientation and onboarding, including developing resources and referrals for ongoing training opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Review and advise on Rare’s Pride curriculum, including format, content, delivery, and evaluation to help build an exemplary vocational curriculum; identify areas of internal expertise and seek out complementary external resources as needed
- Coordinate the training of all Rare Course Managers to deliver the revised curriculum to Campaign Managers
- Continually review Rare’s overall staff training needs, determine and facilitate the most effective and cost-efficient ways of delivering relevant training to staff on an individual, team-based and/or organization-wide basis; develop resources and continually provide ideas on additional trainings, conferences, and other skill-building opportunities available to Rare’s staff and partners
- Advise in the revision and implementation of the training and onboarding program for all new hires
- Help evaluate the adoption of new skills and competences gained over time by Rare staff and partners, including developing metrics and measures and carrying out periodic evaluations
Qualifications:
- At least 7 years of professional experience in innovative, world-class training, adult education, instructional design, or related field
- Demonstrated success with complex project management
- Strong knowledge of key players in the national, regional and international conservation/community development community preferred
- Experience with online communications and peer network development desired; with experience coordinating communications and education efforts across geographically dispersed areas
- Written and spoken fluency in English required; proficiency in other languages preferred, especially Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, or Bahasa Indonesian
- Intercultural/multicultural experience and cross-cultural competency required
- Ability to meet demands of significant international travel (25-40% time)
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred
To Apply: Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format and addressed to Paul Butler, at http://jobs.cgcareers.org/application.aspx?id=1174. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Rare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Commongood Careers: Rare has partnered with Commongood Careers to conduct the search for a Director of Training. Commongood Careers is a nonprofit search service that connects talented individuals to organizations that are dedicated to creating positive social change. Founded and staffed by nonprofit professionals, Commongood Careers offers personalized, engaged services to jobseekers and organizations throughout the hiring process, as well as access to a wealth of knowledge about nonprofit careers. Learn more about nonprofit jobs at Commongood Careers. ]]>
