Gaborone, Botswana
General responsibilities The Executive Director/Secretary is the link between the governance bodies (strategy) of the FBB and its In-country team (operations). This includes regular work with the General Assembly, the Board of Trustees, the Investment Committee, and the Donors' Circle. In this sense, the ES prepares meeting documents and information as well as the minutes of the meetings, maintaining and updating a register of official Board documents in an electronic file; The ES provides overall leadership to the In-country team towards agreed targets. He ensures the day-to-day management, quality review and supervision of the implementation of the strategic plan, fund raising plan, annual work plans and budgets. In this respect the ES signs contracts on behalf of the FBB, such as consultancy contracts, leases, tax declarations, grant agreements (as delegated by the Board), applications for registration of written documents on behalf of the FBB in the country-Botswana or any other place decided by the Board. The same applies to all banking documents when authorised by Board and in full compliance with the governance procedures and documents. The ES is also responsible for ensuring the FBB’s regulatory compliance, including submitting the information and reporting requirements to the authorities in the country (through the ministry and the registrar of Highcourt). The ES represents and promotes the interests of the FBB to the Government of Botswana, Instrtutions, local and international non-governmental organisations, financial and technical partners (multilateral and bilateral cooperation institutions), private foundations, networks of conservation foundations worldwide (e.g., Consortium of African Funds for the Environment-CAFÉ, RedLAC, A Pan-African Conservation Trust-APACT). Finally, the ES ensures that the FBB develops robust internal systems and capacities in the face of changing and challenging contexts.