The Nature Conservancy Strategic Content and Storytelling Manager – Africa Region 2026: Full-Time Communications Role Across Six African Countries

Overview

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is recruiting a Strategic Content and Storytelling Manager for its Africa region, a senior full-time communications and editorial role within the Africa Marketing and Communications team. The job reference is JR103833. The manager turns complex conservation, scientific and community-based work into narratives for donors, partners, policymakers and the wider public.

Who can apply

The post may be based in a country where TNC has an office: Kenya, Tanzania, Gabon, Zambia, South Africa or Angola. TNC states that it is not offering employment visas or immigration assistance, beyond normal local employment requirements. The role suits professionals from journalism, communications, media, editorial publishing, conservation or development communications, nonprofit storytelling, sustainability or multimedia content work.

What you get

The manager shapes the Africa region's content vision, editorial strategy and storytelling agenda, and owns the overall content strategy, aligned with conservation objectives, philanthropic engagement goals and brand standards. This includes an annual editorial roadmap setting priority themes, narratives, audiences and opportunities, so that a steady pipeline of stories runs through the year. The manager also sets editorial standards for voice, tone, quality, narrative structure and content governance, and advises senior leaders and programme teams on how storytelling can convey impact.

As lead storyteller, writer and editor for the region, the manager finds and develops stories about landscapes, communities, Indigenous Peoples, practitioners, scientists, donors, partners and staff, and converts scientific research, conservation data and technical reports into clear content for non-specialists. Output includes feature stories, long-form articles, case studies, donor stories, scripts, blogs and impact reports. The role is organised around content strategy, story development, multimedia production, audience engagement and performance, and internal editorial consulting.

How to apply

The vacancy has no fixed closing date. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and TNC says the position may be removed once a strong pool of candidates has been identified, so early applications are encouraged.