POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Title:
Location:
99 Chauncy Street
Suite 910
Boston, MA 02111
phone: 617-542-1404
fax:
617-507-8124
web:
www.cgcareers.org
Director of Training
Arlington, VA
Organization Background
Rare, a U.S.-based conservation organization, works globally to equip people in the world’s most threatened
natural areas with the tools and motivation they need to care for their natural resources. For the last 30 years, at
more than 90 sites and in more than 40 nations, Rare has focused as much on people as on science—addressing
the underlying social and economic factors that create environmental threats. Rare’s approach has been to develop
a suite of social marketing and business development tools that motivate local communities to protect their natural
surroundings. Rare has been recognized by Monitor Consulting and Fast Company magazine as one of the “Top
25 Social Capitalists” in America for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, the only environmental group with this distinction.
Its conservation toolkit has been embraced by many large environmental organizations, including The Nature
Conservancy, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Audubon Society.
Rare’s signature Pride campaign builds grassroots support for environmental protection by training local
conservation leaders in the use of commercial marketing tactics to build awareness, influence attitudes, and enable
meaningful change. Pride campaigns produce a groundswell of support that leads to tangible conservation
successes, such as new national parks, reform legislation, or reduction of threats from forest fires or over-fishing.
Rare has more than twenty years of experience in building local Pride for biodiversity conservation and has trained
over sixty locally-based conservationists trained in our innovative methods of community-based social marketing.
Over the next 5 years, Rare plans to ramp up its Pride program to more than triple in size and reach. To learn more
about Rare, please visit www.rareconservation.org.
Position Description
Rare is currently seeking a Director of Training to play a lead role in the continual improvement of our conservation
programs and staff development initiatives. A new position created to support significant organizational growth, with
a focus on scaling the Pride program, the Director of Training will support the complete re-design of Pride training
programs to ensure best-in-class content and pedagogy and will have responsibility for leading internal staff
development and new hire orientation and onboarding, including developing resources and referrals for ongoing
training opportunities.
Responsibilities
 Review and advise on Rare’s Pride curriculum, including format, content, delivery, and evaluation to help
build an exemplary vocational curriculum; identify areas of internal expertise and seek out complementary
external resources as needed
 Coordinate the training of all Rare Course Managers to deliver the revised curriculum to Campaign
Managers
 Continually review Rare’s overall staff training needs, determine and facilitate the most effective and costefficient ways of delivering relevant training to staff on an individual, team-based and/or organization-wide
basis; develop resources and continually provide ideas on additional trainings, conferences, and other skillbuilding opportunities available to Rare’s staff and partners
 Advise in the revision and implementation of the training and onboarding program for all new hires
 Help evaluate the adoption of new skills and competences gained over time by Rare staff and partners,
including developing metrics and measures and carrying out periodic evaluations
Qualifications:
 At least 7 years of professional experience in innovative, world-class training, adult education,
instructional design, or related field
 Demonstrated success with complex project management
 Strong knowledge of key players in the national, regional and international conservation/community
development community preferred
 Experience with online communications and peer network development desired; with experience
coordinating communications and education efforts across geographically dispersed areas
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Written and spoken fluency in English required; proficiency in other languages preferred, especially
Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, or Bahasa Indonesian
Intercultural/multicultural experience and cross-cultural competency required
Ability to meet demands of significant international travel (25-40% time)
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred
To Apply: Please email a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the
qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format, to Paul Butler
at Rare@cgcareers.org, subject line “Director of Training.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Rare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Commongood Careers: Rare has partnered with Commongood Careers to conduct the search for a
Director of Training. Commongood Careers (www.cgcareers.org/) is a nonprofit search service that connects
talented individuals to organizations that are dedicated to creating positive social change. Founded and staffed by
nonprofit professionals, Commongood Careers offers personalized, engaged services to jobseekers and
organizations throughout the hiring process, as well as access to a wealth of knowledge about nonprofit careers.