WWF Overview   For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, WWF works in more than 100 countries, connecting cutting-edge conservation science with the collective power of our partners in the field – more than one million supporters in the United States and five million globally, as well as partnerships with communities, companies, and governments.     Our vision for diversity, equity and inclusion at WWF is an organization as diverse as the world we protect; where the richness of all our unique views, experiences, and backgrounds combines to create the most sustainable and inclusive conservation outcomes possible — bringing the greatest benefit to the planet and every person who lives on it.     Across the many cultures and individuals that represent WWF, we are unified by one mission, one brand, and one common set of values: Courage, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.    BRIDGE – Building Relationships, Inclusivity, Diversity, Growth, and Excellence  WWF’s diversity-focused internship program, BRIDGE, aims to recruit professionals early in their careers who bring fresh thinking and innovation to the environmental and conservation sector and are well positioned to develop into the next generation of leaders. Our mission is to increase exposure of students from underrepresented populations to conservation and environmental careers, provide professional development opportunities, reduce the barriers to attracting a diverse pool of internship candidates, and develop a pipeline for future WWF hires from underrepresented populations.    Position Summary  A whole-of-society response is necessary to address our climate crisis. While the commitments made by national governments under the Paris Agreement helped move the needle, there is still a large gap between the level of commitments made and the scale of emissions reductions needed to help stay below 1.5°C temperature target. America Is All In is a coalition of cities, states, tribal nations, businesses, universities, and other institutions that supports and elevates non-federal climate leadership to push for an ambitious, collaborative, whole-of-society mobilization to address the climate crisis. America Is All In works to: accelerate and scale up ambitious non-federal climate, push and partner with the federal government, and elevate U.S. non-federal action on the global stage.      The intern will assistAmerica Is All In (Climate) team with research projects and activities relevant to All In’s work on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice related objectives for 2023.  The internship will offer opportunities to develop professional and networking skills while providing experience in an environmental non-profit organization. The intern will learn what it is like to work amongst many organizations in the climate space that run the work of America Is All In. The intern will assist America Is All In (climate) team with research projects and activities relevant to All In’s work on DEIJ related objectives for 2023. 

WWF Overview   For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, WWF works in more than 100 countries, connecting cutting-edge conservation science with the collective power of our partners in the field – more than one million supporters in the United States and five million globally, as well as partnerships with communities, companies, and governments.     Our vision for diversity, equity and inclusion at WWF is an organization as diverse as the world we protect; where the richness of all our unique views, experiences, and backgrounds combines to create the most sustainable and inclusive conservation outcomes possible — bringing the greatest benefit to the planet and every person who lives on it.     Across the many cultures and individuals that represent WWF, we are unified by one mission, one brand, and one common set of values: Courage, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.    BRIDGE – Building Relationships, Inclusivity, Diversity, Growth, and Excellence  WWF’s diversity-focused internship program, BRIDGE, aims to recruit professionals early in their careers who bring fresh thinking and innovation to the environmental and conservation sector and are well positioned to develop into the next generation of leaders. Our mission is to increase exposure of students from underrepresented populations to conservation and environmental careers, provide professional development opportunities, reduce the barriers to attracting a diverse pool of internship candidates, and develop a pipeline for future WWF hires from underrepresented populations.    Position Summary  WWF seeks an Environment and Disaster Management (EDM) Undergraduate Intern. As a part of the WWF Climate Adaptation and Resilience program, the EDM team works to ensure that disaster risk reduction, recovery, and reconstruction efforts include environmentally responsible practices and policies. The intern will have opportunities to learn about environmentally responsible disaster risk management and contribute to multiple areas of work within the team such as natural and nature-based flood management, green disaster risk reduction, recovery and reconstruction, and others depending on specific interests. 

WWF Overview   For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, WWF works in more than 100 countries, connecting cutting-edge conservation science with the collective power of our partners in the field – more than one million supporters in the United States and five million globally, as well as partnerships with communities, companies, and governments.     Our vision for diversity, equity and inclusion at WWF is an organization as diverse as the world we protect; where the richness of all our unique views, experiences, and backgrounds combines to create the most sustainable and inclusive conservation outcomes possible — bringing the greatest benefit to the planet and every person who lives on it.     Across the many cultures and individuals that represent WWF, we are unified by one mission, one brand, and one common set of values: Courage, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.    BRIDGE – Building Relationships, Inclusivity, Diversity, Growth, and Excellence  WWF’s diversity-focused internship program, BRIDGE, aims to recruit professionals early in their careers who bring fresh thinking and innovation to the environmental and conservation sector and are well positioned to develop into the next generation of leaders. Our mission is to increase exposure of students from underrepresented populations to conservation and environmental careers, provide professional development opportunities, reduce the barriers to attracting a diverse pool of internship candidates, and develop a pipeline for future WWF hires from underrepresented populations.    Position Summary  WWF is seeking an intern to help WILDLABS expand our signature #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge event focused on conservation technology. This intern will assist with media outreach, community engagement leading up to the event, and content creation that highlights the exciting conservation tech stories found within our community and at WWF, for both professional conservation audiences and the general public.  This intern will work closely with the WILDLABS editorial lead to pitch and create original content focused on the WILDLABS community and WWF's own conservation tech projects (this may include content such as articles, photo essays, videos, and social media threads), build a database of past challenges’ photos that can be shared with media outlets, and increase engagement within our community through promotional comms materials, direct outreach, and live events. This intern will also have the opportunity to connect with communications team members from all of WILDLABS’ partner organizations, including WWF, to build a promotional strategy across these international conservation networks, and to connect with journalists from media outlets to pitch conservation tech-focused features. Finally, this intern may also work alongside other WILDLABS team members across projects that have collaborative potential; for example, if this intern is interested in pursuing stories of biologging, they may find ways to link our ongoing biologging research work with the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge. 

WWF Overview   For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, WWF works in more than 100 countries, connecting cutting-edge conservation science with the collective power of our partners in the field – more than one million supporters in the United States and five million globally, as well as partnerships with communities, companies, and governments.     Our vision for diversity, equity and inclusion at WWF is an organization as diverse as the world we protect; where the richness of all our unique views, experiences, and backgrounds combines to create the most sustainable and inclusive conservation outcomes possible — bringing the greatest benefit to the planet and every person who lives on it.     Across the many cultures and individuals that represent WWF, we are unified by one mission, one brand, and one common set of values: Courage, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.    BRIDGE – Building Relationships, Inclusivity, Diversity, Growth, and Excellence  WWF’s diversity-focused internship program, BRIDGE, aims to recruit professionals early in their careers who bring fresh thinking and innovation to the environmental and conservation sector and are well positioned to develop into the next generation of leaders. Our mission is to increase exposure of students from underrepresented populations to conservation and environmental careers, provide professional development opportunities, reduce the barriers to attracting a diverse pool of internship candidates, and develop a pipeline for future WWF hires from underrepresented populations.    Position Summary  WWF seeks a graduate intern for Science Based Targets Guidance and Implementation to support the Freshwater and Food Transformation Team. The Freshwater and Food Transformation (FFT) team is a cross-cutting team that focuses on transforming the way stakeholders create and act on sustainability programs leading to impact in WWF’s priority landscapes and key river basins. In this role, you will have a unique end to end exposure to Science Based Targets and Climate mitigating outcomes: you will 1) support development of Science Based Targets guidance; and 2) expose gaps in the implementation, in particular with respect to soil carbon guidance in grasslands. To accomplish this, you will connect the guidance (Greenhouse Gas Protocol, SBTi Food, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG), and voluntary carbon market registries) to on-the-ground implementation. One example is through developing understanding of the carbon storage system in grasslands, identify the challenges and opportunities to defining carbon storage, and developing a science-first approach to defining high quality carbon credits for existing and potential corporate partners engaged in grassland conservation. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Manager, Foundation Relations   Major Function The Manager, Foundation Relations, is responsible for overseeing the cultivation, solicitations, and management of WWF-US’ institutional philanthropic partnerships related to its Forest and Climate goal areas. Recognizing the dynamic and evolving landscape of nature and climate philanthropy, this position is responsible for engaging with new funder collaboratives in addition to established foundations, unlocking new opportunities for partnership, and contributing to WWF’s annual foundation fundraising goal.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Director, People & Culture Strategic Operations.   Major Function Working closely with the Senior Vice President of People & Culture, the Director of Strategy & Operations plays a critical leadership role in advancing the strategic priorities within the People & Culture function and across the broader organization. Responsible for planning, integrating, and overseeing strategic People & Culture projects and initiatives from ideation to implementation to measurement and evaluation, to ensure efficient, timely, and effective execution. In addition, this role will assess emerging matters and requests to determine the appropriate courses of action, as well as identify high risk and urgent matters that require the Senior Vice President’s attention. Will also play a hands-on role in leading and managing targeted strategic or high-profile initiatives.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Accountant.   Major Function The Senior Accountant (SA) provides critical accounting support on grants and contracts and revenue recognition for incoming agreements. The Senior Accountant works with and provides technical guidance to Program Administrators (PA), donor reporting, and the Director of Budgeting, Reporting and Analysis to ensure accurate accounting and reporting of all financial transactions on grants and contracts.   The Senior Accountant is responsible for managing the grant accounting for outgoing agreements which includes reviewing various reconciliations and journal entries prepared by Program Administrators. The Senior Accountant is also responsible for preparing and/or reviewing revenue recognition journal entries for incoming agreements. The Senior Accountant is responsible for reviewing automated indirect and revenue accounting and addressing all accounting related issues.   The Senior Accountant will continually assess existing processes, look for improvement, root causes of issues and propose solutions to make them more efficient and effective. This position will also serve as the point of contact for the annual external year-end audits for outgoing grants accounting inquiries. -  

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the largest independent conservation organizations in the world. Active in almost 100 countries, we have been working in the Congo Basin in Central Africa for more than 20 years. Our mission is to stop environmental degradation in the world and build a future where people live in harmony with nature. For our office in Gabon, we are looking for a dynamic and committed Conservation Manager who will lead the development, implementation and coordination of WWF conservation programs; Ensure the ongoing alignment of the WWF Gabon strategic and conservation plans with national priorities including strong delivery on the WWF Gabon Conservation key performance indicators.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a graduate-level, Earth for Life Communications Intern supporting knowledge management between April to June 2023.    Main Function This part-time, paid internship is based in the US and will provide an opportunity for a graduate student to support internal and programmatic communications for a team focused on long-term, large-scale area-based conservation and the benefits those initiatives can generate for communities, climate, and biodiversity. We’re looking for candidates who are passionate about conservation and communities with experience making complex topics accessible, a history of leadership, and an eagerness to learn.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Executive Assistant.          Major Function   The Executive Assistant is based out of our Washington, DC office and is responsible for a variety of standard and frequently complex administrative duties. The Executive Assistant will support the SVP of Oceans and will also support key high-level members of the oceans team.  Accounting tasks and special projects may be assigned to ensure the smooth functioning of department or program.  Administrative skills, organizational skills, and a detailed knowledge of the organization and its programs and policies will be key to success in the role.  Communicates on a daily basis with the department staff, staff from other departments, as well as external partners, such as donors and government agencies, will be required to coordinate activities, and obtain and disseminate information.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks an experienced senior copy and content editor with the talent and skill to edit effectively for a wide variety of content styles and provide occasional writing and research as needed.   Major Functions   The senior copy and content editor provides extensive copy editing, content editing, and proofreading across a variety of mediums, as well as occasional writing and research as assigned. They are responsible for editing to ensure that WWF’s many teams, platforms, and channels craft and communicate their key messages clearly and without error, while adhering to WWF’s mission, brand, and communications strategy. The copy and content editor reviews text for clarity, tone, grammatical correctness, and consistency, while always keeping in mind the pertinent objectives of the piece, its specific audience, and the particular needs of the medium through which the message will be expressed. They edit to ensure quality, alignment with other WWF products and messaging, and compliance with established brand and editorial style standards.   Full-time in-person, hybrid, or full-time remote work options are possible for this position.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks an Associate Specialist, Events.   Major Function Events are integral to the Development Department’s strategy and designed to engage and maintain current donors while expanding the base of donors and prospects. This position is responsible for organizing and providing logistical recommendations and support for regional prospecting, cultivation, stewardship and institutional events, while executing on some limited administrative support tasks including expense report processing and data entry.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Director, Nature-Based Solutions Design and Development.   Major Function The NbS Design and Development Director’s overarching role is to advise and support place-based technical teams in WWF country offices in the design, development, and implementation of high-quality NbS interventions that are strategically linked to landscape and jurisdictional strategies in WWF priority forest geographies. The Director manages a team of technical and geographically focused landscape focal points who team with country programs in ideation, design, planning and implementation of all NbS-OP funded interventions, maximizing synergies with other major NbS activities in the landscape. This position also works closely with the Impact and Monitoring Director to support the evaluation and monitoring of the interventions for impacts on climate, biodiversity and people.   The Director’s portfolio of priorities includes engaging partners across the WWF network to develop the NbS-OP global landscape pipeline globally. The Director is also responsible for working with WWF country programs to test and improve replicable operational models for north-south partnerships, and to ensure that the NbS-OP team works effectively as the technical implementation arm of the country teams. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Program Operations Associate Specialist.   Major Function Under the direction of the Sr. Program Administrator or Director supports the budgeting and financial management, compliance, proposal development and general administrative functions for the assigned program(s). Provides financial and administrative technical assistance to program staff and others, which may include field offices and/or grantees.  Ensures sound financial management, award compliance, and compliance with performance measures for assigned program(s).

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Program Operations Associate Specialist.   Major Function Under the direction of the Sr. Program Administrator or Director supports the budgeting and financial management, compliance, proposal development and general administrative functions for the assigned program(s).  Provides financial and administrative technical assistance to program staff and others, which may include field offices and/or grantees.  Ensures sound financial management, award compliance, and compliance with performance measures for assigned program(s).

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Program Operations Specialist.   Major Function Under the direction of the Program Administrator or Director, manages the budgeting and contracting process, financial tracking and reporting, grants and agreements, and administrative functions for the assigned program(s).  Manages other program-wide projects assigned by the PA or Director.  Provides financial and administrative assistance to, and oversight of, program staff and grantees to ensure that budgets and agreements are handled in accordance with WWF policies, procedures, systems, and donor requirements. 

Position Title: Project Manager, Conservation Finance and Community Development Location: Fully remote Reports to: Global Portfolio Lead Status: Full-time, exempt   About Enduring Earth Enduring Earth is an ambitious partnership between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and ZOMALAB’s Global Permanence Fund intended to help governments around the world expand and sustainably protect Nature and benefit communities with the target to conserve more than 500 million hectares in 20 Project Finance for Permanence deals over the next 10 years. Experts have identified the need to protect 30% of the world’s natural habitat for the benefit of people and nature. According to a recent report by the Paulson Institute, a major barrier to achieving this goal is long-term financing. Enduring Earth utilizes a proven model, known as Project Finance for Permanence (PFP), that employs private sector finance principles to ensure entire systems of protected areas are sustainably managed and financed. Project Finance for Permanence has been used to protect more than 90M hectares of critical ecosystems. Examples of PFP deals include: - Great Bear Rainforest: Where a PFP protected 8M hectares of old growth forest in British Columbia, helping to end the timber wars in Canada - Costa Rica: Where a PFP enabled the country to become the first developing nation to meet its 30% protected area goals; and - Bhutan: Where a PFP helped put more than 50% of the entire nation under permanent conservation protection To date, a pipeline of 30+ new projects has been identified that will yield large scale protection of nature, strong benefits for people, and measurable climate impacts. These include creating new national parks in Chilean Patagonia; expanding marine protected areas in Belize; supporting community conservancy models in Namibia and Kenya; and creating Indigenous protected areas that return management rights to traditional owners in Colombia.   Position Summary You’ll join a top-notch team and innovative partnership committed to community economic development and the durable protection of millions of hectares of land and ocean. The Project Manager will work within technical PFP assessment and planning teams, responsible for internal organization, driving accountability and best practices, and managing the timeline toward the closing of large-scale conservation agreements. The Project Manager will report to the Global Portfolio Lead and is generally accountable to the Team Lead of each PFP project, may also be asked to provide ad-hoc technical or administrative support necessary to ensure the success of the projects.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Assistant, Earth for Life.   Major Function The Senior Assistant, Earth for Life is part of a team that collaborates across WWF-US to catalyze “whole of house” efforts to maximize conservation and climate impact for nature and nature’s benefits to people through protected and conserved areas. The team brings expertise in inclusive conservation, strategic planning, area-based conservation finance and blended finance (in coordination with the finance community of practice and interdepartmental efforts such as the Nature-based Solutions platform), structuring transactions, and closing PFPs in support of WWF US Goal Teams and their corresponding “bundles” with Area-Based Conservation programs: Wildlife, Oceans, Forests, Climate, and Freshwater and Food.   The major function of the Senior Assistant is to provide overall administrative support to reinforce the smooth functioning of the Earth for Life (EFL) team. The Senior Assistant role is responsible for performing a variety of both standard and complex administrative duties and accounting tasks and providing support to special projects and general office needs using administrative skills, organizational skills, and detailed knowledge of the organization and its programs and policies.

Location Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras) Reporting to Amelia Kissick Preferred timeframe July to October 2023 Potential sites to visit Sites to be determined during inception period. Maximum budget $47,000   World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF) policies and procedures for all GEF financed full and medium-sized projects require a terminal evaluation (TE) upon completion of project implementation. The following terms of reference (TOR) set out the expectations for the TE for the project “Integrated Ridge to Reef Management of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion (MAR2R)” hereafter referred to as the “Project”. The technical consultant selected to conduct this evaluation will be referred to as “evaluator” throughout this TOR.   The Project seeks to support regional collaboration for integrated ridge to reef management of the MAR ecoregion by demonstrating its advantages and improving regional, national, and local capacities for integrated management and governance of its freshwater, coastal, and marine resources. The project has four interrelated components designed to scale up existing baseline programs to address key threats and barriers to the integrated management and conservation of the MAR: - Strengthen resource governance and regional collaboration for integrated ridge to reef management; - Integrated ridge to reef management of watersheds and freshwater resources; - Integrated ridge to reef management of coastal and marine resources; and - Project monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge sharing. See the WWF GEF project website for additional details and project documents.   SCOPE AND Objectives for the evaluation WWF is seeking an independent consultant to undertake a Terminal Evaluation of the Project. The scope of the TE will cover the GEF financed components.  The objectives of this evaluation are to examine the extent, magnitude and sustainability of any project impacts to date; identify concerns as well as best practices; assess progress towards project outcomes and outputs; and draw lessons learned that can both improve the sustainability of benefits from this project and aid in the enhancement of future related projects. The evaluator is expected to frame the evaluation effort using the seven (7) core criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, results/impact, sustainability and adaptive capacity. Particular emphasis will be placed on effectiveness, efficiency, results/impact and sustainability. Definitions of each of these criteria will be provided as well as summary table templates and a report outline (See annexes A - C).

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Human Resources Business Partner.   Major Function The HR Business Partner (HRBP) position is responsible for aligning P&C and Organizational objectives with employees and leadership in designated business units. The position serves as a consultant to management on people & culture-related issues. The role assesses and anticipates HR-related needs, communicating proactively with our P&C department and the business unit's management, and seeks to develop integrated solutions. The position formulates partnerships across the P&C function to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization.