Especialista Gestão Projetos I - Global Conservation Strategy Analyst

<h3>Accountabilities</h3><li>
<strong>Project and Program Management:</strong>Coordinate the technical and operational management of multiple conservation projects and programs, ensuring alignment with organizational strategies, established methodologies, and conservation priorities.</li><li>
<strong>Strategic Alignment and 2030 Goals:</strong>Connect project activities and deliverables with intermediate outcomes and long-term conservation objectives, supporting the implementation of strategic goals through effective planning, monitoring, and evaluation.</li><li>
<strong>Portfolio Coordination:</strong>Monitor initiatives across different territories and conservation landscapes, including protected areas, public forests, freshwater systems, and other priority ecosystems throughout the Brazilian Amazon.</li><li>
<strong>Planning and Execution:</strong>Develop and maintain project action plans, work plans, schedules, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, and deliverables to ensure efficient implementation and timely completion.</li><li>
<strong>Monitoring and Performance Measurement:</strong>Support the definition and tracking of indicators, targets, data sources, responsible parties, and verification methods to measure progress and evaluate project effectiveness.</li><li>
<strong>Operational Excellence:</strong>Maintain accurate and up-to-date project information in Smartsheet, integrating schedules, activities, budgets, risks, dependencies, and performance indicators into a coherent portfolio management system.</li><li>
<strong>Financial and Budget Monitoring:</strong>Track program budgets and expenditure, promote efficient resource allocation, and ensure financial execution aligns with approved work plans, compliance requirements, and funder expectations.</li><li>
<strong>Reporting and Data Analysis:</strong>Develop dashboards, periodic reports, executive summaries, and strategic analyses that communicate project progress, highlight delays and data gaps, identify critical risks, and support leadership decisions.</li><li>
<strong>Quality Assurance and Accountability:</strong>Organize and validate project evidence, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, traceability, and readiness for data quality reviews, peer reviews, audits, and funder reporting.</li><li>
<strong>Risk Management and Problem-Solving:</strong>Identify operational challenges, project interdependencies, implementation risks, and emerging issues, recommending practical technical solutions and adjustments within established decision-making guidelines.</li><li>
<strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration:</strong>Facilitate coordination among internal teams, programs, external partners, and relevant stakeholders to promote alignment, information sharing, and effective project delivery.</li><li>
<strong>Technical Guidance and Capacity Building:</strong>Provide technical support to colleagues involved in project implementation, encourage the exchange of knowledge, and promote project management best practices without formal line-management responsibilities.</li><li>
<strong>Continuous Improvement:</strong>Identify and introduce relevant project management frameworks, tools, processes, and team routines to strengthen operational efficiency, organizational learning, and portfolio performance.</li><li>
<strong>Partnership Engagement:</strong>Collaborate with internal and external partners to facilitate project management training, strengthen institutional relationships, and support the development of effective management practices.</li><li>
<strong>Institutional Representation and Compliance:</strong>Represent the organization in relevant multi-stakeholder forums and collaborative initiatives, in coordination with leadership, while adhering to internal policies, ethical standards, legal requirements, and accountability procedures.</li><li>
<strong>Information Management:</strong>Maintain the integrity, confidentiality, organization, and traceability of project documentation, financial information, and performance data.</li><li>
<strong>Field and Travel Support:</strong>Travel when required to support project activities, including work in remote locations with varying weather conditions and potentially physically demanding terrain.</li><h2>Requirements</h2><li>
<strong>Education:</strong>A completed bachelor's degree is required.</li><li>
<strong>Relevant Experience:</strong>At least three years of experience in project and program management, preferably in conservation, environmental initiatives, or related fields.</li><li>
<strong>Project Management Expertise:</strong>Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, coordinating interconnected activities, monitoring deliverables, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.</li><li>
<strong>Complex Organizational Environments:</strong>Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, multiple stakeholders, and matrixed organizational structures.</li><li>
<strong>Leadership and Coordination:</strong>Experience coordinating multiple workstreams, providing indirect leadership, supporting colleagues, and integrating initiatives without necessarily having formal people-management responsibilities.</li><li>
<strong>Planning and Organizational Skills:</strong>Strong organizational abilities, prioritization skills, and attention to detail, with the capacity to manage competing deadlines and maintain accurate project documentation.</li><li>
<strong>Monitoring and Reporting:</strong>Ability to analyze project performance, track indicators, monitor budgets, prepare reports, and translate operational information into actionable insights.</li><li>
<strong>Risk Assessment and Decision-Making:</strong>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify operational risks, assess dependencies, and recommend practical solutions at the tactical level.</li><li>
<strong>Stakeholder Engagement:</strong>Excellent collaboration and relationship-building skills, including the ability to facilitate communication, coordinate partners, and integrate different technical and operational perspectives.</li><li>
<strong>Communication Skills:</strong>Strong written and verbal communication skills in Portuguese, with the ability to prepare clear reports, communicate project updates, and support effective knowledge sharing.</li><li>
<strong>Project Management Tools:</strong>Ability to use project management platforms and reporting tools; experience with Smartsheet is particularly relevant to maintaining project plans, dashboards, and portfolio information.</li><li>
<strong>Financial and Data Management:</strong>Understanding of project budgeting, resource allocation, performance monitoring, data quality, documentation, and accountability requirements.</li><li>
<strong>Continuous Improvement Mindset:</strong>Proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement, sharing lessons learned, exploring new frameworks, and strengthening project management practices.</li><li>
<strong>Professional Integrity:</strong>Commitment to confidentiality, accuracy, ethical conduct, compliance, and responsible management of organizational resources.</li><li>
<strong>Travel Availability:</strong>Willingness to travel as required, including to remote conservation sites and locations with challenging environmental or terrain conditions.</li><li>
<strong>Preferred Certification:</strong>An active internationally recognized professional certification is an advantage.</li><li>
<strong>Preferred Amazon Experience:</strong>Previous experience working on conservation or environmental projects in the Brazilian Amazon is desirable.</li><li>
<strong>Preferred Advanced Education:</strong>A postgraduate qualification in project management, environmental management, conservation, or a related discipline is an advantage.</li><li>
<strong>Preferred English Proficiency:</strong>Intermediate English is desirable for collaboration in an international environment.</li><li>
<strong>Preferred Negotiation Skills:</strong>Experience in negotiation, conflict mediation, and reconciling different technical and operational priorities is beneficial.</li><li>
<strong>Location Preference:</strong>Candidates residing in a Brazilian state within the Amazon region are preferred.</li><li>
<strong>Inclusive Recruitment:</strong>Candidates who meet all or some of the preferred qualifications are encouraged to apply and demonstrate how their experience and skills can contribute to the role.</li><h2>Benefits</h2><li>
<strong>Competitive Compensation:</strong>Access to a competitive and comprehensive benefits package tailored to the local employment market.</li><li>
<strong>Healthcare Coverage:</strong>Health-related benefits designed to support employee well-being, subject to the applicable local package.</li><li>
<strong>Retirement Benefits:</strong>Access to retirement-related benefits, where applicable under the local benefits program.</li><li>
<strong>Paid Time Off:</strong>Paid leave provisions to support rest, personal commitments, and work-life balance.</li><li>
<strong>Parental Leave:</strong>Family-supportive leave benefits, subject to local policies and eligibility.</li><li>
<strong>Life and Disability Coverage:</strong>Insurance and disability-related benefits may be available as part of the local package.</li><li>
<strong>Employee Assistance:</strong>Access to employee assistance and additional well-being resources, depending on local provisions.</li><li>
<strong>Flexible Working Environment:</strong>Remote work arrangements and a flexible approach designed to support employee well-being and productivity.</li><li>
<strong>Purpose-Driven Career:</strong>The opportunity to contribute directly to conservation initiatives that protect biodiversity, freshwater ecosystems, public lands, and the Brazilian Amazon.</li><li>
<strong>Professional Development:</strong>Opportunities to strengthen project management expertise, develop new skills, and participate in organizational learning and knowledge-sharing initiatives.</li><li>
<strong>International Collaboration:</strong>Work with multidisciplinary colleagues, conservation professionals, and partners contributing to environmental initiatives at different scales.</li><li>
<strong>Inclusive Workplace Culture:</strong>Join an environment that values diversity, respect for communities and cultures, equal opportunity, and the contributions of people with different backgrounds and perspectives.</li><li>
<strong>Meaningful Impact:</strong>Help translate ambitious conservation strategies into practical actions, measurable outcomes, and long-term environmental benefits.</li><li>
<strong>Collaborative Work Culture:</strong>Contribute to a team environment that values shared learning, professional growth, accountability, and collective progress toward conservation goals.</li>