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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Program Analyst Intern working with WWF’s Food and Agriculture program.   The production and consumption of food constitutes the biggest environmental threat to our planet. Eliminating waste and shifting consumption patterns represents our biggest opportunity to establish sustainable and regenerative food systems. Addressing food waste is critical – from field - to fork - to landfill. WWF’s Food Waste program is focused on institutional engagement and behavior change with private and public-sector partners. Our goal is to increase the speed and scale of solutions that make a more sustainable future possible. We accomplish this by convening science-based, multi-stakeholder groups to build awareness and consensus around urgent issues and trends and develop approaches to advance innovation and accelerate change at scale. This internship provides an opportunity for an undergraduate student to learn more about environmental sustainability, specifically food waste prevention and recovery, by working on an initiative that is focused on analyzing global solutions related to food system efficiency and consumption.   This internship will work directly with the WWF Food Waste program team and will support ongoing research efforts with specific focus on the school Food Waste Warrior program, our hospitality and restaurant industry programs, the food retailing industry, and may also support farm level work in support of our No Food Left Behind series. This position will be a great educational experience and may help pilot interventions with private sector partners that attempt to find food waste prevention best practices.  

At World Wildlife Fund, our mission is to create a world where nature and people thrive. Through our work, we strive to address the greatest threats to life on this planet, protecting our natural resources, wildlife and places and supporting the local and global communities that rely on them. To support our work in a complex and interconnected world, we are looking for a Senior Director of Enterprise Risk Management.   Major Functions The Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Management, is responsible for promoting and supporting a culture of strategic risk management in WWF-US. The Senior Director (SD) is responsible for establishing a smart, dynamic enterprise risk management strategy that can guide decision making across the organization and drive innovation.   The SD will provide guidance and advice on risk management to teams across the organization; ensure issues raised through WWF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework (ESSF) in landscapes overseen or supported by WWF-US are addressed and fully resolved; oversee the Internal Audit function; partner with HR, IT, Legal and Finance staff responsible for managing personnel and financial risks; and work with the Executive Team and the Board to ensure that programmatic risks are being appropriately tracked and monitored.   The Senior Director reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a U.S. Government Relations Fall 2020 Intern. The U.S. Government Relations unit of the World Wildlife Fund is seeking part-time to full-time interns for policy research, analysis, and outreach. Given the diversity of issues that the USGR staff covers, research and analysis may entail working with legislation, regulations, and potentially court cases. Additionally, research, analysis, and support may include assessment of government agencies' roles, policies, and positions on issues relating to WWF's mission, or writing of brief materials about U.S. government agencies. Outreach may entail covering congressional hearings and markups, and preparing and attending congressional, administration, and/or NGO coalition briefings. Subject matter will cover many of the issues in which WWF is involved, including biodiversity conservation (e.g., endangered species and habitat protection), natural resource management (e.g., fisheries, forestry, and agriculture), environment and security, climate change, and energy.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Lead Specialist, Safeguards. The role will manage the safeguards unit that ensures WWF’s Environment and Social Integration Policies and Procedures (SIPP) is applied thoroughly and effectively to all WWF GEF (Global Environmental Facility) projects totaling 70 Million USD and Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects totaling 35 Million USD. Responsible for ensuring compliance of institutional standards and policies and responsible for WWF’s strategy on environment and social risk mitigation as a donor and ensuring project sustainability.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Program Manager for our Sustainable Ranching Initiative at our Northern Great Plains (NGP) Program office in Bozeman, MT office. The Program Manager will oversee the Sustainable Ranching Initiative in the NGP with the goal of avoiding the conversion of grasslands to croplands across the region by enhancing the environmental, economic, and social viability of grass-based enterprises. This entails developing and maintaining relationships with landowners, as well as engaging with other public and private sector partners, to accelerate improved management on ranchlands, support rural communities, and enhance a grass-based economy. The Program Manager will do this by: leading a team of 2-4 employees; developing and prioritizing strategies to meet the program’s objectives; measuring progress toward program goals; designing and implementing a variety of programs focused on improving ranch management (environmentally, economically, and socially); developing and scaling financial solutions to maintain grass-based enterprises; and maintaining and building community resilience.

The Program Officer would work primarily to manage corporate engagement across Freshwater & Food priority initiatives such as textiles, cotton and sustainable agriculture in priority geographies.  This role will work closely together with key partners to proactively scope new and strategic opportunities for corporate engagement in prioritized geographies and sectors.  The incumbent will conduct research, analysis and initial scoping of potential partners, platforms and opportunities that align with WWF technical offerings and strategic priorities.  The Program Officer will also serve to link the Corporate Water Stewardship - CWS partnerships and activities with other Freshwater & Food initiatives and priorities, as well as with those of WWF more broadly.  The incumbent may also support the management, oversight, reporting and knowledge management of specific projects and portfolios within the CWS team as needed.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Chief of Party, Biodiversity Conservation to be based in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Plastic and Waste Senior Program Officer at our Washington, DC office.    The Sr. Program Officer serves as part of Private Sector Engagement’s (PSE) Sustainability Research and Development (SR&D) team. Responsible for activities related to developing and managing projects that support WWF’s work with companies, especially on topics related to material science and plastic. Manages the development of research, materials, projects, consultants and communications related that support WWF’s goals with the private sector, and supports relationship management of corporate plastic platforms. Acts as a key technical resource for WWF’s No Plastic in Nature initiative.