Prana Project Coordinator

**OFFICE LOCATION**:
New Delhi, India

Punjab, India

**WHO WE ARE**:
**Organizational Overview: A pioneer in conservation leadership**

This is an exciting time at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as we are shifting our strategy for greater impact in the world, seeking to address some of the most complex challenges facing people and nature — issues such as climate change, conserving lands, waters, and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more resilient and sustainable.

**Our Mission**
TNC’s mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Rather than viewing development
- including economic growth - and conservation as contradictory goals, TNC works to demonstrate how nature has value for people and development and how nature can provide enormous economic benefit. TNC envisions a future where people and nature can flourish together.

**Our Vision**
A world where the diversity of life thrives, and people act to conserve nature for its own sake and its ability to fulfil our needs and enrich our lives.

The Conservancy Team
We achieve this through the dedicated efforts of our 3,800 diverse staff, including more than 600 scientists, all of whom support conservation in 76 countries and all 50 United States. We are striving to develop a workforce as diverse as the places where we work, and we have a deep commitment to diversity.

**Organizational History**
TNC is the largest conservation organization in the world, working in all 50 states in the United States and more than 76 countries. It was incorporated as a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia on October 22, 1951. TNC is science-based and in every place, we work, we partner with governments, businesses, and local communities. TNC is advancing its mission by protecting and restoring rivers, landscapes and oceans for people and their development at an unprecedented scale; it is transforming the way humanity uses the Earth’s natural resources to sustain ourselves.

**YOUR POSITION WITH TNC**:
The PRANA Project Coordinator will work as part of the PRANA team contributing to the analysis and development of conservation strategies. The Project Coordinator will implement, and coordinate tasks related to all aspects of the team’s portfolio. Tasks may relate to one or more functional activities, such as financial and operations support, grant management, contracts and procurement, meetings management, special events, knowledge management, tracking internal procedures, training, etc. This position will be located in Punjab (Mohali or Ludhiana or Chandigarh) and report to the PRANA Project Director.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**

The Project Coordinator assists with the development, implementation, and management of PRANA’s business plans and strategies with oversight from PRANA Leadership and in partnership with implementing partners. They will critically assess project scope and objectives, ensuring all risks and dependencies are addressed in the project plan in order to deliver successful project results that support the fulfillment of the objectives. They will assist with leading the project teams to successfully achieve identified goals in the most cost-effective and time-saving manner possible. The Project Coordinator will obtain go/no-go decisions at all project decision points from the Project Leadership and identify and obtain approval for project deliverables from the appropriate staff or teams. Throughout the project lifecycle, the Project Coordinator will monitor and measure project progress, conduct corrective action as necessary, communicate project status information to all stakeholders. They will perform risk management, issue resolution, and conflict management, and collaboratively solve complex problems. They will utilize project management methodologies and processes and ensure all organizational and divisional standards are met. They will act as a resource to other staff and Project Coordinators to provide project management guidance, training, and expertise. This role is essential for ensuring smooth operations, financial management, vendor management, contract negotiation, procurement support and in providing proper logistics support to relevant program teams. They establish TNC as a major conservation partner with farmers and communities, specifically within Punjab.

**RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE**
- Working within PRANA’s strategic goals, manages projects with several variables - set realistic deadlines, manage a timeline, and ensure accountability using including using Smartsheet system management and progress monitoring across the team, based on inputs from stakeholders and PRANA governance meetings.
- Act independently and in supervisor’s stead, as needed; exercise independent judgment to identify and solve problems;
- Coordinate the work of cross-functional, cross-divisional teams towards a desired outcome;
- Support for grant management, including