World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Extern, Strategic Planning and Finance.

Reporting Structure: Reports to the Manager, Strategic Planning and Finance, Earth for Life

Major Function

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks an Extern, Strategic Planning and Finance on the Earth for Life team at our Washington, DC office. This role involves supporting conservation planning and financial models for Project Finance for Permanence (PFP). The Extern will support concrete deliverables to support ongoing PFP planning processes. The Extern will report to a Manager of Strategic Planning and Finance in the Earth for Life Initiative.

Salary: The expected Pay Transparency rate  for this position is $33,450.

• Analyze available information to develop key inputs for the Bolivia PFP conservation plan and financial model. This may include analyses on baseline protected area funding; elucidating patterns in the government’s 10-year protected area budget; among others as identified with the position’s manager.
• Contribute to the integration of community considerations in the Bolivia PFP conservation plan by proposing ways of addressing the recommendations from bioeconomy assessments.
• Support detailed revisions to the PFP cost and financial model as part of the process to approve the proposal for Green Climate Fund resources for the Peru PFP.
• Other responsibilities assigned by the position’s manager.

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in a management, finance or conservation-related field preferred
• At least two years’ experience in management consulting, business, finance or conservation (or equivalent) required.
• Detail-oriented with excellent quantitative, analytical, oral and written communication skills.
• Must be client-focused, and enjoy problem solving and working with teams spread across different time zones
• High degree of flexibility, and ability to work against deadlines (including some nights and weekends), and under frequently-changing circumstances
• Tactful, organized, persistent, comfortable with occasional ambiguity, sense of humor
• Must be willing to travel 15% of the time to developing countries, on short notice
• Must be fluent in English; fluency in Spanish, Portuguese or French a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Internet research
• Committed to WWF’s mission
• Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values:
  • COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.
  • INTEGRITY – We live the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.
  • RESPECT – We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.
  • COLLABORATION – We deliver impact at the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation.

To Apply:

• Submit cover letter and resume through our Careers Page,  Requisition #25021
• Due to the high volume of applications we are not able to respond to inquiries via phone

As an EOE/AA employer, WWF will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status. WWF values diversity and inclusion and welcomes diverse candidates to apply.