Through large-scale restoration and rewilding, NATURAL STATE secures biodiversity, sequesters and stores carbon, and helps achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Our goal at the NATURAL STATE research centre is to develop technology and financial systems that will catalyse large-scale restoration globally as well as help train future leaders for this...
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The Head of Project Delivery will lead Natural State’s MRV implementation across all project types, including credit-generating projects, donor-funded conservation programs, compliance monitoring, and government or partner reporting.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic leadership and division establishment
Pursue Natural State’s mission of transformational nature restoration through project partnerships underpinned by cost-effective, transparent, and robust impact monitoring using best-in-class technological solutions.
Establish and lead the Project Delivery Division responsible for delivering all MRV- dependent projects, including credit-based MRV cycles, compliance monitoring, donor/funder reporting, ecological baselines, and landscape performance monitoring.
Develop scalable workflows, management systems, and operational standards suitable for diverse project types and partner requirements.
Contribute to departmental planning, pipeline prioritization, and decisions related to capacity growth and resource allocation.
Work with the Conservation Technology division to ensure data quality, build data pipelines, and generate robust and informative metrics of performance.
Work with the Biometrics and Lab Science divisions to iteratively improve and expand monitoring capabilities and to package these capabilities for project partners.
Survey the credit framework landscape to identify the best standards and frameworks to robustly and cost-effectively capture project impact and build partnership with certification bodies.
Project oversight and execution
Coordinate closely with the Biometrics, Conservation Technology, and Lab Science divisions to ensure project delivery aligns with analytical models, digital pipelines, sensor systems, and laboratory workflows used across Natural State.
Coordinate closely with the Nature Finance division to ensure MRV delivery supports crediting pathways, verification cycles, feasibility assessments, funder expectations, and project structuring needs.
Oversee planning, budgeting, and execution of MRV activities for existing PV Nature (PVN) projects and other active MRV workstreams, ensuring high-quality delivery against scope, timeline, and financial targets.
Develop operational capabilities, systems, and workflows to support future delivery of
MRV solutions across a broader set of frameworks
Monitor project risks and performance; develop mitigation plans where needed.
Lead project close-out activities, including financial reconciliation, deliverables submission, partner reporting, and lessons-learned reviews.
Required qualifications and experience
Master’s degree or PhD in ecology, conservation biology, environmental science, natural resource management, geography, or a related field.
Significant professional experience leading conservation, ecological monitoring, or MRV projects across diverse landscapes, with proven ability to manage complex teams and workflows.
Strong technical knowledge of biodiversity MRV methods (e.g., ecological field surveys, bioacoustics, eDNA, camera traps, remote sensing-derived indicators).
Proficiency in data science and ecological statistics using open source software (e.g., R, Python, Julia, SQL).Proven ability to build and manage multidisciplinary teams.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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