[Hiring] Senior Donor Communications Officer @The Nature Conservancy

Role Description

The Senior Donor Communications Officer is a senior strategic partner who helps shape donor communications for TNC’s Latin America Region and ensures priority conservation and fundraising efforts are translated into clear, compelling, donor-centered narratives. The role provides high-level counsel, continuity, and multilingual communications leadership for major and principal gift audiences.

The Senior Donor Communications Officer helps shape and implement donor communications strategy for the Latin America Region, Country Business Units and Iconic Places, serving as a senior support to the Director of Donor Communications, Development colleagues, conservation teams, and regional leadership.

• Leads complex, high-priority, and multi-country initiatives from strategy through delivery.
• Advises stakeholders on communicating TNC’s conservation strategies, results, funding needs, and institutional priorities to philanthropic audiences.
• Represents Donor Communications in regional, global, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Provides functional leadership for editorial standards, messaging frameworks, multilingual content, systems, processes, and capability-building.
• Leads or oversees funding proposals, concept notes, donor trip materials, stewardship reports, campaign collateral, presentations, impact reports, and other strategic donor communications products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, philanthropy, international affairs, conservation, or a related field.
• Five to seven years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience developing communications strategies and donor-facing fundraising materials.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and influencing without direct authority.
• Strong writing, editing, storytelling, narrative strategy, synthesis, project management, problem-solving, and independent decision-making skills.
• Professional fluency in English and Spanish and advanced proficiency in Portuguese.
• Experience working across departments, functions, cultures, and geographies.

Requirements

• More than seven years of progressively responsible experience in donor communications, fundraising communications, or a related field.
• Experience supporting major or principal gift fundraising and institutional campaigns.
• Experience developing regional or multi-country communications for diverse cultural audiences.
• Ability to interpret conservation outcomes, financial information, and impact metrics for donor audiences.
• Familiarity with donor communications trends and digital collaboration technologies.

Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to individual countries.
• Health care benefits, retirement benefits, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance program and other life and well-being benefits.
• Flexible work environment that supports health and well-being.

Company Description

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.

• Rooted in our mission and guided by our values, which include respect for all people, communities, and cultures.
• Inclusive work environment where all colleagues feel a sense of belonging.
• Encouragement for 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.