Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions
Position Announcement – November 2019 Location: Work from Home Office in the United States The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions (the “Alliance”) welcomes applications for the position of Executive Director, available immediately.
About the Alliance
The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions serves as a strategic catalyst for the sustainable seafood sector by connecting over 40 leading conservation groups from North America, South America, Europe, Japan, and beyond. We work with leading businesses throughout the supply chain, from fishers and fish farmers, to importers, suppliers, retailers and foodservice companies. Guided by the Alliance Board, we work together to tackle challenges that are too big for any one organization or business to solve alone. By sharing expertise and co-developing tools, we help businesses advance ambitious sustainable seafood commitments and assist fisheries and aquaculture farms to make improvements. The Conservation Alliance works towards transformational change by:
After an extensive process led by the Alliance Board, the Conservation Alliance now has a new strategic plan that lays out an ambitious plan, and corresponding strategies, that will enable the Alliance to catalyze collaboration and measurable progress in global fisheries, aquaculture, and production of seafood.
The Position
The Executive Director will lead the Alliance community in the execution of this new strategy. We seek an entrepreneurial, outcomes-driven, and well-connected Executive Director with a track record of collaborative experience in the environmental and/or social responsibility sectors. S/he will have a strong relationship with the Alliance Board, consulting them as trusted advisors on strategy implementation and refinement, and collaborating with them to cultivate and manage relationships, communicate with funders, monitor and evaluate impact, and approve budgets. The successful candidate will be able to navigate tough conversations, build enthusiasm and momentum, set priorities, make strategic decisions, and champion the Alliance both internally and externally.
Key roles include:
The Ideal Candidate:
Governance
The Alliance is fiscally-sponsored by Multiplier, a nationally-recognized nonprofit that incubates and accelerates program capacity for local, regional, national and global initiatives that conserve and protect a sustainable and resilient world. The Alliance Executive Director will be an employee of Multiplier and work closely with the Alliance Board (AB). The AB is elected by the community of Alliance organizations and works on behalf of the broader Alliance and global sustainable seafood movement. The AB functions in an advisory and oversight capacity, supporting, advising, and reviewing the performance of the Executive Director and his/her staff. The AB serves as a thought and resource partner to the Executive Director by providing direction, guidance, and strategy oversight. The AB structure, selection process, terms of reference, and operations are captured in the Advisory Board Terms of Reference and will be made available to those candidates selected for interviews in the hiring process.
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and résumé that describes your interest in this position, your relevant qualifications and experience, and your availability to the Conservation Alliance Hiring Team at AllianceEDSearch@multiplier.org and please put “Alliance ED Application” in the subject line.
While applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, the first screening will occur on Friday, January 3rd, 2020. The deadline for consideration for this position is Monday, January 13th, 2020. We understand that the sustainable seafood community is small and closely-connected and all expressions of interest will be considered confidential.
Multiplier and the Conservation Alliance celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams and partnerships that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Multiplier and the Conservation Alliance are also committed to providing an environment of mutual respect that is free from discrimination and harassment. Multiplier and the Conservation Alliance prohibit discrimination in their governance, programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from public assistance, or for any other non-merit based factor.
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