Ocean Job Board

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Job Opening
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation was founded in 1964 by David and Lucile Packard. We work with people and communities to create enduring solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world. We have worked with thousands of organizations and leaders in the U.S. and worldwide to advance progress in the critical areas of science, ocean and land conservation, climate change, women’s reproductive health and rights, and the well-being of children, families, and communities.
OUR VISION: A just and equitable world where both people and nature flourish.
Our new vision embraces a future where both people and nature flourish in a more just and equitable world. We explicitly acknowledge that the fate of people and the natural environment are inextricably linked. Solutions to the complex challenges we face must account for this interconnectedness.
OUR MISSION: We work with people and communities to create enduring solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world.
Our new mission takes on the critical work of addressing root causes of the challenges we face and mobilizing people for collective action. In addition to building on approaches that have guided our philanthropy for decades — working in partnership, committing to issues over the long-term, and grounding our work in science, knowledge, and data – we focus on understanding the systems that either accelerate or impede progress. It is only through just and equitable systems that we can find and sustain solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face today.
OUR VALUES: Equity, Integrity, Belief in Individual Leadership, Thinking Big, Respect, and Effectiveness
In addition to clarifying our long-held values, we added equity. We will champion equity by treating people with dignity, honoring a range of ideas and perspectives from those closest to the issues, creating inclusive processes, and funding people who have been historically excluded to spur progress for all. For more information, including our definitions of key concepts, please visit our website.
The Environment and Science (E&S) team supports work to achieve the Foundation’s three goals, with a particular focus on the goal of protecting and restoring our natural world. To do this, we champion bold climate solutions, an ocean that sustains us, and scientific innovation and discovery to secure the health and future of people and our planet. Across our globe, the fate of both people and our natural world are inextricably linked, and all solutions must account for both.
Contributing to the Foundation’s ‘Protect and Restore the Natural World’ goal area, the goal of the Ocean initiative is to protect and restore the ocean for people and nature now and in the future. Taking a ten-year outlook, the initiative focuses on three drivers of ocean health decline and harm to communities that rely on the ocean: climate change, illegal and unsustainable fishing, and habitat loss. The Foundation supports solutions to address these interlinked drivers and their root causes through work that elevates the needs and leadership of ocean-reliant communities. The Ocean Initiative supports partners from global to local levels, including in specific communities in Chile, Indonesia, and the U.S.
Reporting to the Ocean Initiative Director, the Program Officer (PO) will execute on all aspects of strategic grantmaking and field leadership for core aspects of the Ocean Initiative related to the Ocean Habitats and Communities (OHC) portfolio. The goal of the OHC portfolio is to protect and restore ocean habitats through equitable approaches to conservation and stewardship, resulting in positive biodiversity and human wellbeing outcomes. Area-based conservation (ABC) is the primary focus of the OHC Portfolio given the opportunity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises. ABC includes marine protected areas (MPAs), other effective conservation measures (OECMs) and Indigenous and traditional territories (ITTs). Under this portfolio, the Foundation supports power-building and capacity-strengthening of ocean-reliant communities that advance ABC; advancing human-rights based approaches to marine area-based conservation; and advancing knowledge and communications to understand and elevate the importance of equitable marine ABC and associated stewardship.
This position will serve on an integrated and multidisciplinary team. The role blends subject matter expertise in area-based conservation with exceptional interpersonal and collaboration skills as both a key point of contact for external and internal partners.
Grantmaking & Strategic Leadership
Field Leadership
Education
Experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
The position is full-time. The salary range for this position based in Los Altos, California is $173,000 to $245,000 USD annually. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on various factors, including without limitation individual education, experience, tenure, certification, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation offers excellent benefits for eligible employees. Current benefits include medical (HMO and HDHPs), dental and vision coverage; 15% employer contribution to employee retirement plan; life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and sick leave; an adoption benefit; fertility benefit; a financial wellness program; health advocacy services, paid time off to volunteer for nonprofit organizations; matching grants for employee contributions to tax exempt organizations; commute assistance; and tuition assistance.
Please submit a resume and cover letter to Koya Partners via: https://talent-profile.dsgco.com/search/v2/22175.
The Packard Foundation’s current Hybrid Work Policy is that staff are expected to be in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week.
The Foundation is an equal employment opportunity employer, which means we recruit, hire, assign, train, promote, compensate, provide benefits, discipline, and discharge (and all the other terms and conditions of employment) based on merit, qualifications, job requirements, and other legitimate business factors.