Conservation Finance Director

Conservation Finance Director

Save the Redwoods League seeks a strategic, driven, and collaborative Conservation Finance Director to design and implement financing strategies for League landscape-scale conservation initiatives. This pivotal role is charged with advancing the League's Landscape-Scale Business Plan, ensuring large, complex redwood forest conservation efforts are long-term, financially sound investments for the League and its partners. In the decade ahead, we aim to accelerate progress toward our Centennial Vision by advancing the permanent protection and restoration of 100,000 acres of commercial timberland, thereby creating healthy ecosystems, thriving communities and lasting benefits for generations to come.

This individual will serve as the lead financing expert for landscape-scale transactionsworking closely with internal teams and external partners to evaluate, design and build a capital stack, model future costs and revenues, and partner with our land protection project managers to close these high-priority deals. While our land protection team will lead the deal project origination, design and real estate functions, the Conservation Finance Director will position deals externally to structure and secure funding for the capital stack and be primarily responsible for the financial and resource modeling of the projects.

In addition to being the League's expert in conservation finance, the Director will provide built-in accountability and cross-functional leadership, ensuring our conservation ambitions translate into executed projects on the ground.

Essential Duties

Leadership and Project Implementation

• Serve as the primary driver for implementation of the League's Landscape-Scale Business Plan.
• Collaboratively design and build cross-team work processes for originating, financing, acquiring and managing landscape-scale commercial forest transactions. Ensure timely advancement of these high-impact transactions, managing all moving parts across departments.
• Working closely with the Legal team and outside legal counsel, lead the development of special purpose vehicle(s) or other corporate entity formation necessary for long-term risk management of held lands.
• Act as the internal project lead for landscape-scale conservation financing initiatives, holding accountability for execution and progress across program, finance, legal, and operational teams.
• Coordinate closely with the Executive Team and outside partners to ensure the successful implementation of the landscape-scale strategy.

Capital Stack Development and Fundraising Coordination

Transaction and Deal Support and Expert Advising

Property and Stewardship Assessment

Cross-Functional and External Collaboration

Qualifications

Working Conditions

Work Schedule

This role is hybrid with a minimum of 2 days in the office. Our weekly all-staff in-office day is Tuesday (when everyone living in the SF Bay Area is required to come in). Additional days are based on departmental norms and business needs.

Compensation and Benefits

As a full-time salaried employee, you will be eligible for full benefits, which include medical, dental, and vision insurance, three weeks of vacation annually plus holidays, and a 401k retirement plan with an up to 8% company match. We offer competitive salaries commensurate with experience and internal / external equity considerations; the salary range for this position is $143,000-160,000 per year.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Save the Redwoods League is fully committed to its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goals. The League welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and / or multicultural skill sets. However, we are open to the possibility that a great candidate for this job may not precisely meet all the above criteria. If you believe you are the right person for this job and can