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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Communications Intern for the Spring 2020 semester.
The Markets Institute at WWF is a thought leadership platform committed to identifying global issues and emerging trends that affect the most critical threat to our finite planet - the production and consumption of food. 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. Using multiple lenses to look at global challenges and laterally connect the dots, we empower partners with insights as well as pilot solutions to avoid risk, stay ahead of the curve, and proactively drive change at the speed of life.
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World Wildlife Fund-United States (WWF US), one of the world’s leading environment organizations, seeks a Senior Vice President, Climate Change to lead its dynamic and growing body of work to fight the climate crisis. Climate change threatens to compound the other threats that confront nature and to undermine human welfare. Without immediate and concerted action to both decarbonize economies and adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change, the loss of biodiversity will continue unabated and people reliant on nature and nature’s services for their well-being will face severe, and for many, catastrophic consequences.
WWF’s climate goal is to foster climate-resilient, low carbon development pathways. We seek to mobilize and strengthen climate mitigation and adaptation action at all levels, from individual citizens and rural communities, to the largest multinational corporations and the US Federal Government. Our efforts are bolstered by WWF’s reputation and deep field experience in the arenas of nature conservation and sustainable development; its global reach and engagement with governments and national and international policy processes; strong relationships and credibility with the private sector; thought leadership grounded in the best available science; and its unparalleled outreach capabilities through traditional and social media.
Organizational Background
Founded in 1961, WWF is a huge network of non-governmental environment organizations, with 6,500 staff operating in more than 100 countries, some 6 million members, and 22 million Facebook and 14 million Twitter followers worldwide. WWF’s efforts are grounded in its work with local communities, businesses and governments and other actors to conserve and restore nature and secure sustainable development for people in priority places around the world. We also work extensively with major private and public institutions to reduce the impacts of climate change, infrastructure projects, unsustainable food production, and consumption on nature and people. In 2016, WWF launched a new global strategy to help the nations, states, and cities of the world achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement, and Convention on Biological Diversity. WWF works through strong country programs, linked through global practices, to drive local innovation and large-scale solutions that seek to safeguard nature and nature’s contribution to people.
WWF-US, the largest organization within the WWF global network, works with partners across the United States and other countries to advance the WWF mission. WWF-US plays a pivotal role driving conservation and development action in the broader WWF network, collaborating closely with WWF offices around the world. It also hosts the network’s Science and Markets programs and administers field offices in Latin America (excluding Brazil), Nepal, Bhutan, and Namibia. WWF-US has just over 1,000 staff located throughout its domestic and international offices, with 2019 total revenues and support of over $325 million. President and CEO Carter Roberts leads the Senior Management Team out of the WWF-US Washington, DC headquarters.
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The Country Director provides vision and leadership for the WWF Country Office in Bhutan and effective high-level representation of WWF with key audiences in the country and the region. Leverage WWF Network’s capital and capacity to strengthen and empower the country office on its conservation delivery, resource mobilisation, and enhancing WWF’s positioning and recognition as one of the leading conservation organization in the country.
The Country Director manages, takes responsibility and gives strategic direction to all activities of WWF presence in Bhutan to ensure that WWF’s Mission is aligned with Bhutan’s conservation policies and strategies are successfully accomplished, ensuring, accountability, operational excellence, effective risk management and compliance with WWF's policies, procedures, standards and local requirements.
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The Systems Administrator provide technical support regarding desktop environment, systems deployment, and infrastructure operations. Design, build, implement, and troubleshoot a variety of information systems. Provide technical support on existing and emerging technologies, planning and execution of technology projects, execution of technology related tasks and initiatives. Research and report on new technologies and how they provide value to the organization.
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The Media & External Affairs team at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks an Earth Hour Intern to manage all outreach and tracking for Earth Hour, focusing on reaching out to landmarks, cities, and universities to increase “lights out” participation numbers for Earth Hour 2020. The intern will also assist in communications tasks as needed, including drafting materials and developing media lists.
Every year millions of people around the world participate in WWF’s flagship Earth Hour campaign. During Earth Hour, individuals, businesses and cities turn off their lights for one hour to show their commitment to protecting nature.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a WILDLABS Intern.
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For more than 50 years, The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been protecting the future of nature. The world’s leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and more than five million supporters globally. WWF’s Science program ensures that organizational strategies, policies and actions across our Network are driven by the best science, that WWF is a global voice for science leadership and innovation, and that conservation implementation is evidence-based. Together, under the Chief Scientist’s leadership we ensure the rapid delivery of science to support solutions that result in meaningful outcomes for people and the planet. You can be part of a vibrant workplace that welcomes diverse perspectives, talents and contributions, and where a focus on impact is a way of life.
Provides confidential administrative and operational support to the executive for all aspects of the Science program using extensive knowledge of WWF’s policies, organization, and a high level of technical skill. Responsible for the coordination of executive and administrative functions on behalf of the executive and leadership team. This position operates with considerable independent judgment and initiative, partnership with leadership, and contributes to the efficient and smooth functioning of the program and the positive culture of the team.
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The Country Director provides vision and leadership for the WWF Country Office in Namibia and effective high-level representation of WWF with key audiences and WWF’s Network to build strength and support for the country office on its conservation delivery, increasing WWF’s positioning and recognition as the leading conservation organization in the country.
The Country Director manages, takes responsibility and gives strategic direction to all activities of WWF presence in Namibia to ensure that WWF’s Mission and Namibia’s integrated strategy are successfully accomplished, ensuring, accountability, operational excellence, effective risk management and compliance with WWF's policies, procedures, standards and local requirements.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Analytics Intern. The candidate will use a variety of data mining/data analysis methods and tools to complete analysis of WWF’s website visitors and WWF’s marketing campaigns.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks a Development Officer, Central Region. For almost 60 years, WWF has been protecting life on our planet – including our own. As the world’s leading conservation organization fighting to restore species and places, WWF works in 100 countries supported by more than one million members in the US and five million globally. Based out of the Chicago office, the Development Officer will play a key role in expanding major gifts fundraising in the 23-state central region, working closely with program and development colleagues in WWF’s Washington, DC headquarters.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Prospect Management Associate Specialist in our Washington, DC office. Under the direction of the Deputy Director for Prospect Management, the Prospect Management Associate Specialist is responsible for implementing the prospect management system for relationship managers who work with WWF’s corporate and government constituents to align with WWF’s overall prospect management system. Once the system is implemented, the PM Associate Specialist will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, monitoring and continuing operation of the prospect management system for the Private Sector Engagement and US Government Relations teams. The Prospect Management Associate Specialist plays a critical role in analyzing prospect portfolios and providing accurate reports regarding the status of the portfolios, contacts, movement through solicitation cycles, and related prospecting activity.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks an Integrated Marketing Associate Specialist at our Washington, DC office. The Integrated Marketing Associate Specialist is a key member of World Wildlife Fund’s Marketing team. This position is responsible for helping to deliver effective online campaigns to drive advocacy results and donation revenue to help WWF fulfill its mission. The Associate Specialist’s work will include assisting with online advertising, email acquisition, advocacy, and data analysis –across a range of channels such as social media, search and display advertising, SMS, and email marketing.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks an Implementation Manager, Food and Freshwater. As part of the food and freshwater team, this leader will support bilateral corporate and multi-stakeholder engagement to advance high impact initiatives and drive food and water stewardship approaches in priority areas; advises corporate partners on how to strengthen food and water stewardship by creating engagement strategies, milestone plans and developing toolkits, templates and modeling for corporate implementations.
This candidate will also foster wider uptake of implementation of stewardship strategies by influencing platforms and works collaboratively through the WWF network, US office and external partners to drive toward conservation outcomes.
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Research Internship - Monitoring deforestation and forest degradationBackground
Deforestation and forest degradation continue to be critical topics in the global environmental, biodiversity conservation and climate change agendas. Despite increasing commitments from governments and non-state actors, and several innovative initiatives implemented on the ground, forests continue to be degraded and lost at an alarming rate.
Understanding the factors explaining the different trends (e.g. slowdown, stabilization, expansion) of deforestation is critical to inform debates on the effectiveness of current solutions, particularly those associated with policy regime changes, and corporate efforts to delink deforestation from their supply chains, often with the support of conservation NGOs. Furthermore, there is a need to place greater emphasis on forest degradation, and its interactions with deforestation, to assess whether deforestation is an unavoidable consequence of forest degradation, or whether deforestation-free initiatives are simultaneously contributing to improved forest quality – this in the context of wider debates on climate change mitigation, and strategies for protecting forest ecosystem services.
This internship will support WWF’s ongoing efforts to analyze the state, threats, drivers, and responses related to managed forest. The candidate will be working with the WWF Forest Team in Washington, DC to collect, review and synthesize spatial and non-spatial datasets on the state of forests, as well as drivers and responses related to deforestation and forest degradation, in select geographies.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Supply Chain Intern.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization,seeks a Senior Director of Strategic Philanthropy to serve as a primary relationship-builder with high-net worth donors and prospects to secure essential resources for WWF’s vital goals.
For almost 60 years, the World Wildlife Fund has been protecting life on our planet—including our own. As the world’s leading conservation organization fighting to restore species and their habitats, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by more than one million members in the United States and close to five million globally.
In 2014, WWF adopted a new global strategy that focuses on strengthening local communities’ ability to directly conserve the natural resources they depend on and that are coming under increasing threat from global warming, deforestation, and other dangerous trends. WWF helps transform both markets and policies to reduce the strain caused by commodity production and consumption and ensure the value of nature is reflected among community, government, and business decision makers.
WWF’s work attracts passionate high-net-worth donors, and the development team establishes close working relationships with these highly energized individuals. The organization seeks a highly-motivated relationship builder to serve as Senior Director of Philanthropy, a key role on this team.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Communications Director, Forests based in Washington, DC. This position will lead the development and execution of short- and long-term external communications strategies that help WWF reach the conservation goals and objectives it has set for the forests goal. Recognized at WWF-US and in the WWF network as the communications expert for the forests goal. Serves as the first point of contact on internal and external communications inquiries related to the forests goal.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Global Food Lead Scientist, location flexible.
Never has the planet faced environmental threats of the scale and urgency that we see today. But we also find ourselves in a unique time of extraordinary opportunity for change. Following the establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate agreement reached in Paris, humanity has committed to accelerate a transition toward a more sustainable, ecologically sound and habitable future. The pace and scale of this transition will dictate success or failure. As the world’s largest conservation organization, WWF is determined to capitalize on this momentum. In that context, we are reinventing our practice of conservation, pursuing measurable results and thought partnerships that help shift humanity to a more sustainable footing.
The global food systems are essential to sustain the human population but they have big and varied impacts on the natural environment: 40% of land and 70% of freshwater is consumed for agriculture — the leading cause of deforestation and habitat conversion, the cause of 70% of human-linked biodiversity loss, the source of 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, and the leading cause of fisheries collapse, the destruction of seascapes due to unsustainable fishing practices, and the creation of freshwater and ocean dead-zones through overuse of fertilizers and chemicals.
With the population set to rise from a current 7.5 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050, it is estimated that with business as usual, food production will need to double to cater to the rise in population as well as incomes that in turn change consumer preferences and diets. In this context, WWF is prioritizing the work with the food sector and developing strategies that focus on more sustainable production, landscape protection, reduction of food loss and waste, and sustainable consumer choices for healthy diets.
As the Global Food Lead Scientist (Lead Scientist), you'll use your expertise and professional network to provide thought leadership through forward-looking research, science direction for goal setting, scientific analysis in support of strategy development, and the management of internal and external science talent to support the Global Food Practice team in advancing an ambitious agenda. As part of the Global Science Team, you will bridge the technical and conservation practice worlds as you synthesize information from a wide range of food, agriculture, nutrition, and environment disciplines for their creative application to the global nature agenda. You will lead matrix teams of internal and external partners to break down complex problems into manageable steps to drive conservation outcomes. This is an unparalleled opportunity for a dynamic, strategic thinker who is passionate about WWF's mission and has demonstrated success in leading rigorous scientific research to support issues related to the impacts of production, distribution and consumption of food.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Director, Conservation Leadership and Education for Nature Program at our Washington, DC office. The Director provides oversight and management for the Conservation Leadership function and strategy and the operation of our signature Russell E. Train Education for Nature (EFN) program. Leads the capacity development strategy as part of the Global Science vision and mission and our Strategic Engagements delivery of outreach, communications, and capacity plan. Represents WWF globally on leadership, capacity, and diversity and inclusion in conservation. Provides research and analysis for capacity needs and opportunities directly and through partnering with universities and research institutions, in collaboration with our global lead scientists. Oversees the strategic direction of the Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program, fundraising for and executing fellowship and grant programs strategically targeted to harness and support science capacity development in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Have you ever dreamed of making an impact on the future of one of only four remaining intact temperate grasslands in the world, home to bison, black-footed ferrets, an array of grassland birds, and diverse communities? World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global conservation organization, seeks an Office Administrator for its Northern Great Plains (NGP) Field office in Bozeman, Montana. WWF’s program leads innovative work with public agencies, tribal nations, ranchers and other partners to create a sustainable future for the Northern Great Plains. Its two main goals are to sustain and enhance biodiversity across the Northern Great Plains and to restore two flagship species—bison and black-footed ferrets—where possible within the region. The Office Administrator is a critical member of the team responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of the field office. This position plays an integral role in coordinating office operations, planning WWF events and field tours, and providing donor management support. In addition, the role provides scheduling and travel assistance to senior management and supports field staff as needed. The Office Administrator interacts with all members of the team, as well as major donors, regional partners and WWF US headquarters personnel in Washington, DC. The position works with independent judgment to ensure administrative information is well organized, deadlines are met, and problems or inconsistencies are raised and addressed.
This is an excellent role for an individual who enjoys supporting others by ensuring that smooth and efficient processes are in place, and who places high value on attention to detail, organization and project management. The Northern Great Plains Program is seeking a seasoned administrator, someone who has a solid base of experience, yet who is excited to learn and develop within a large and fast-paced conservation organization. The ideal candidate is interested in the unique challenges presented by supporting a field office. This person is comfortable wearing multiple hats and jumping in to get the job done when needed. We are looking for someone who can think on their feet and isn’t daunted by problem-solving on the fly. Candidates must be highly organized, exceptionally detailed oriented, able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks, competent with computers, and able to maintain a positive attitude in a dynamic environment. The Office Administrator reports to the Finance and Operations Lead.
