Senior Donor Communications Officer

• Shape and implement donor communications strategy for the Latin America Region, Country Business Units, and Iconic Places
• Support the Director of Donor Communications, Development colleagues, conservation teams, and regional leadership
• Lead complex, high-priority, and multi-country initiatives from strategy through delivery
• Assess needs, clarify objectives and audiences, recommend narrative and positioning approaches, align stakeholders, and oversee execution, review, and evaluation
• Advise stakeholders on communicating conservation strategies, results, funding needs, and institutional priorities to philanthropic audiences
• Resolve messaging challenges, reconcile competing input, and protect donor relevance, accuracy, cultural fit, and strategic alignment
• Represent Donor Communications in regional, global, and cross-functional initiatives
• Act on behalf of the Director in designated meetings, planning processes, and projects
• Provide senior communications counsel for fundraising opportunities, leadership engagements, campaigns, and institutional initiatives
• Provide functional leadership for editorial standards, messaging frameworks, multilingual content, systems, processes, and capability-building
• Lead or oversee funding proposals, concept notes, regional and country overviews, donor trip materials, stewardship reports, campaign collateral, presentations, impact reports, leadership messages, and other strategic donor communications products
• Develop regional donor communications strategy, priorities, work plans, messaging frameworks, and content plans aligned with Development and conservation goals
• Advise senior stakeholders on donor positioning, narrative strategy, audience needs, and emerging communications opportunities or challenges
• Lead and coordinate complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in highly matrixed environments across regional and global teams
• Manage objectives, audiences, timelines, roles, reviews, risks, and tradeoffs
• Provide functional oversight for editorial quality, multilingual content, regional messaging, major and principal gift communications, workflows, tools, standards, training, and vendor relationships
• Lead high-priority donor communications for cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, campaigns, and major or principal gift opportunities
• Synthesize complex conservation, financial, programmatic, and stakeholder input into accurate, compelling content in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
• Shape donor communications practices and standards across multiple countries in Latin America
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and subject matter expertise to communications and development colleagues across the region

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, philanthropy, international affairs, conservation, or a related field and at least five to seven years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience developing communications strategies and donor-facing fundraising materials supporting cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, campaigns, and major gifts opportunities
• Experience advising senior stakeholders, influencing without direct authority, facilitating alignment among differing priorities, and presenting strategic recommendations
• Experience leading complex cross-functional, regional, or multi-country initiatives from planning through implementation while managing priorities, deadlines, reviews, and deliverables
• Strong writing, editing, storytelling, narrative strategy, synthesis, project management, problem-solving, and independent decision-making skills
• Professional fluency in English and Spanish
• Advanced proficiency in Portuguese, including the ability to review materials, participate in meetings, and collaborate directly with Portuguese-speaking colleagues
• Experience working across departments, functions, cultures, and geographies
• Experience handling sensitive or confidential information with discretion
• More than seven years of progressively responsible experience in donor communications, fundraising communications, strategic communications, or a related field (desired)
• Experience supporting major or principal gift fundraising, institutional campaigns, complex donor engagement strategies, donor visits, senior leadership engagements, or stewardship initiatives (desired)
• Experience developing regional or multi-country communications for diverse cultural, philanthropic, and geographic audiences across Latin America and international donor markets (desired)
• Experience acting as a deputy, senior adviser, or principal strategic partner to a communications or Development leader (desired)
• Ability to interpret conservation outcomes, financial information, impact metrics, program results, and technical information for donor audiences (desired)
• Familiarity with donor communications trends, visual storytelling, design best practices, content management systems, project management platforms, AI-assisted content tools, and digital collaboration technologies (desired)
• Ability to meet The Nature Conservancy’s background screening requirements

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where we work
• Health care benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Employee assistance program
• Other life and well-being benefits
• Flexible work environment supporting employee health and well-being
• Career development
• Inclusive work environment
• Accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans