What We Can Achieve Together

The Global Director of Indigenous and Community Leadership in Conservation (ICLC) is a bold, strategic, and visionary leader responsible for advancing one of TNC’s most critical global priorities.

Reporting to the Global Managing Director, Equitable Conservation, this position will lead a global team and is responsible for advancing Indigenous and Community Leadership in Conservation as a cross-cutting transformative practice across TNC. The Director supervises a small, specialized global unit and works through a complex matrix of regional, country, and global teams, providing strategic leadership, influence, and coordination to advance shared conservation outcomes with and for Indigenous Peoples, Tribal Nations, and local communities.

This Role Will

Drive a global strategy that advances Indigenous and community leadership across TNC’s conservation work
Shape how TNC delivers on its 2030 goals and beyond through equitable, durable, and community-led outcomes
Influence systems, financing, partnerships,



and governance to align with self-determined stewardship and rights-based approaches
Partner with Equitable Conservation teammates on a vision of biocultural restoration for the planet

The Global Director, ICLC operates at the most senior levels of the organization, leading across boundaries to catalyze change at scale and position TNC as a global leader in shifting power to communities.

We’re Looking For You

The Global Director, ICLC leads the design and execution of a global transformative practice that crosscuts all of TNC’s work.

The Director leads a global team of ~6 staff, works across regions and functions, and engages senior internal and external stakeholders to accelerate a shift toward conservation models rooted in equity, rights, and local leadership. They lead the global strategy of Indigenous and Community Leadership in Conservation, partnering closely with regional and integral teams as well as local communities, rightsh

📌 Global Director, Indigenous and Community Leadership in Conservation (Chile)
🏢 The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
📍 Chile