Senior Officer, Chilean Patagonia Project

Overview

The Environmental Portfolio at The Pew Charitable Trusts

For more than twenty-five years, Pew has been a major force in educating the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences, and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our environment work spans all seven continents with nearly 250 professionals working full-time at the local, national, and international levels to reduce the scope and severity of global environmental problems, such as the erosion of large wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world’s remaining biodiversity, and the destruction of the marine environment.

Pew has worked in the United States and Canada since 1990 to protect vast stretches of unspoiled wilderness and more recently expanded our land conservation efforts to Australia’s Outback and Chilean Patagonia. Preserving these places offers an opportunity to conserve wildlife habitat, shorelines and pristine landscapes for future generations. Our work relies on the sciences of conservation, biology, and economy to advocate for sound solutions to the loss of biodiversity.

In the sea, reforms to how our oceans are managed are essential to address overfishing, pollution, and loss of habitat. Pew began its oceans program in the United States, focusing on ending overfishing and protecting fragile marine habitat. Since 2005, Pew’s ocean conservation program has expanded around the world and has played a significant role in reforming marine fisheries management in the European Union and on the high seas. Our work is grounded in the best available science and our goal is to reverse the decline of ocean life ranging from sharks and tunas to penguins and whales, and the habitat on which they depend.

Chilean Patagonia

Chile’s Patagonia is one of the last remaining intact wilderness areas of the world, yet today it is both under-recognized and under-protected. Pew and its partners are working to change that by promoting this region’s unique value in the world and developing and implementing policies to secure the long-term protection of this remarkable landscape.

Chilean Patagonia is on the west coast of the southern cone of South America, where the continent tapers toward the Antarctic Ocean. While many of Chile’s natural lands all have important ecological values, Patagonia is special because of its high degree of intactness, endemism and exceptional land and sea interconnectedness.

Approximately 80 percent of this area remains unspoiled, therefore making it similar in ecological condition to Australia’s Outback and Canada’s Boreal, other places where Pew works. Although it is approximately one-fifth the size of the continental-scale Boreal in Canada and Outback, Chile’s Patagonia stretches over several hundred miles of important wilderness that features unique geography, oceanography and ecological productivity, including a lush temperate rainforest, glacier-carved valleys, windy grasslands, inland shorelines, and countless fjords and islands.

In partnership with a network of non-governmental organizations, academia, government agencies and local governments and communities in Chile, Pew will work to improve and enhance the protection of this landscape through the country’s park and reserve system, while also promoting public-private partnerships for new conservation efforts in terrestrial, marine and freshwater habitats.

At the institutional level, Chile faces an unique opportunity while implementing the new Service of Protected Areas and Biodiversity.

Position Overview

Reporting to the project director, Chilean Patagonia, this position will lead efforts to coordinate in-country activities related to improving the conservation and management of Chile’s protected areas. The officer will focus on : identifying and pursuing finance, conservation, community development and fundraising goals that support improved protected areas management; collaborating with consultants, partners, government officials and other key stakeholders; and facilitating the project’s engagement in public policy developments and advocacy related to park management. This position requires expertise in public resource allocation for protected areas in Chile, including demonstrated leadership in both public and private sector organizations focused on promoting sustainability and conservation.

This position is based in Pew’s Santiago office and will participate in Pew’s core in-office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the flexibility to work from home the remainder of each week.

Responsibilities

• Under the project director’s leadership, manage aspects of Pew’s Chilean Patagonia campaign related to improving the management of the region’s national parks, with an emphasis on funding sources for the protected area system of Patagonia. This includes organizing and coordinating high-level meetings, commissioning and conducting research, and managing strategic partnerships.
• Engage in the public budget cycle and public resource allocation process to secure sufficient funding to support implementation of basic international standards of management for national parks in Chilean Patagonia.
• Promote solid and transparent financial strategies, instruments and management tools for terrestrial and marine conservation, such as IUCN’s Green List.
• Support the project director in establishing and cultivating strategic alliances and launching joint initiatives with international organizations, foundations, other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, and other institutions in Chile.
• Facilitate the campaign’s involvement in public policy developments and ensure efficient advocacy in Chile’s Congress and with its executive branch, including the relevant ministries.
• Advance the dialog between the private sector, local stakeholders, NGOs, and government to increase public interest and concern for the conservation and sustainable management of protected areas.
• Promote best practices and innovations in protected areas management and conservation in Chile through public policy engagements and outreach efforts.
• Identify and establish formal and informal links with consultants and experts in protected areas finances whose participation is key for the campaign success in Chile.
• Prepare regular updates for senior management and other audiences summarizing the campaign’s efforts and achievements toward financial sustainability of Patagonia’s national parks.
• Lead research projects as assigned by the project director, gathering scientific, policy, and technical information on national park and protected area finances and management in Chile.
• Represent Pew by participating in external meetings and events, including high-level meetings with local and state governments, heads of state, and philanthropy foundations related to conservation finance for protected areas.

Requirements

Travel

Travel to remote locations in Patagonia as needed. Occasional travel in Chile and to the United States as necessary.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country for which they are seeking employment without visa sponsorship.

Salary Range

$49,667,200 CLP - $55,510,400 CLP

The salary range represents a reasonable estimate of the annual salary based on Pew’s commitment to provide equitable and market-competitive pay. The actual salary offered will take into consideration many factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills and experience, internal pay equity, and business need.

Total Rewards

This position offers a competitive salary and benefit program.

The Pew Charitable Trusts is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Pew considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity, military / veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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