We are Hiring: Executive Director

Lamu Environment Foundation (LEF) supports local environmental projects to protect, preserve and restore nature in Lamu county now, and for the future. As a Kenyan charity established in 2021, LEF is proud to be affiliated to the Conservation Collective, a UK charity set up in 2020 by Ben Goldsmith. Conservation Collective is a global environmental charity network on a mission to protect and restore the wild places we know and love.

We are seeking a motivated, dynamic and ambitious Executive Director to grow LEF’s programme of activities and fundraising base so that we can expand our impact on conservation and livelihoods across the Lamu archipelago’s unique coastal, marine and terrestrial landscapes working with grassroots communities and conservation partners.

Hours: Full or Part-Time
Location: Based in either Nairobi or Kenya, working remotely with regular travel to Lamu.

Key Objectives of the Role: 

  • Building strategic, field, scientific, technical and operational capacity of LEF
  • Implementing and refreshing LEF strategic plan, driving an evidence, science and data-based approach combined with community based grassroots delivery to LEF initiatives and interventions.
  • Managing a small team of consultants and staff
  • Overseeing all LEF grants, programs and activities.
  • Fostering good working relations with National and County Governments, the local community, conservation organisations who are operating in Lamu county, partners, and donors.
  • Developing and monitoring the LEF annual budget and provide overall management of the fiscal operations of the LEF.
  • Ensuring that systems are in place for effective fundraising and conservation management.
  • Manage the creation and implementation of the necessary controls, systems, policies, procedures and protocols ensuring all necessary governance, donor and statutory obligations are fulfilled.
  • Overseeing administrative systems
  • Championing, Fundraising & Resource Development. 

Qualifications: Minimum 3 (three) years’ work experience at senior management level, ideally in the conservation, environmental, tourism or agricultural sector.

  • Minimum university degree
  • Master’s degree (preferred)
  • High level of computer literacy
  • Fluency in Kiswahili and English

For more information, download the PDF below.

To apply: A 2 page CV (with 2 referees) and a covering letter of no more than 1 page,  stating your current salary level,  by 13th November 2024.  Please send this to kendra@conservation-collective.org .