World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Talent Acquisition Graduate Intern.   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.   Internships at WWF WWF’s internship program vision is 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 The intern will assist the Talent Acquisition team with daily administrative tasks, full cycle internship recruitments, collaborate with teams in coordinating programming for WWF’s summer 2022 interns and support the talent acquisition process for the internship program.

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.   WWF’s internship program vision is 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.   World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Climate-Business intern to join the Climate & Business team this summer to contribute to our work. This work includes helping companies to set and implement Science-Based Targets (including Net Zero), navigate the complexities of climate-related claims, explore opportunities to go beyond these targets and invest in nature-based solutions, and to support ambitious climate-related policy. The team works with businesses both one on one and through the Climate Business Network CBN), a global collaboration of 23 Fortune 500 companies. The intern will be integrated into the Climate & Business team, with the opportunity to participate in our monthly calls with corporate sustainability teams, as well as monthly CBN community calls. This will provide the candidate with significant exposure to key issues of corporate climate engagement.  

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Director, US Climate Policy Action.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world's largest conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Director, Internal Audit & Operational Risk. This position is responsible for providing overall leadership and direction for the strategic implementation of a comprehensive program of internal audit and operational risk that adds value and improves the operations of the organization by identifying and mitigating risks. The Senior Director is responsible for providing vision and operational guidance to the Internal Audit department in helping ensure WWF’s program and operational risks are identified and mitigated in a timely manner. The Senior Director, Internal Audit & Operational Risk, is responsible for providing the Audit Committee, Board of Directors, and management with ongoing assessments of the organization’s risk management, financial, operational, and compliance processes, practices, and related controls. The Senior Director will also be responsible for overseeing the establishment of a strong grantee audit monitoring program. We prefer that the incumbent be based in Washington, DC but other locations in the United States will be considered.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks an Education Content Intern to support WWF’s Wild Classroom’s goal to inspire, engage and increase the environmental literacy of children along with raising awareness for WWF’s conservation priorities. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Oceans Market Intern.   The internship provides an opportunity for an undergraduate level student to support various projects on the Seafood Markets and Oceans Markets team. They will support the Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Participant Program and lead the processing of contracts and renewals and support the build out of communications materials. The intern will also support various other private sector engagement projects. S/he will liase with internal and cross functional teams to implement the program.  The intern will have the opportunity to learn about seafood conservation as well as private sector engagement.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Program Officer (SPO) who will support the day-to-day implementation of WWF’s corporate and sub-national climate work, with a specific focus on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), environmental justice, and just transition through our leading multi-stakeholder climate partnerships: America is All In (“All In”) and the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC). With guidance and support from the Director, US Climate Policy Action and the Director, Climate and Renewable Energy, the SPO will support All In and RTC’s external community and stakeholder engagement. The SPO will also support implementation of intentional strategies to strengthen the diversity of stakeholders within the two partnerships and equity within the programmatic strategies of the two initiatives. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Policy Lead, No Plastics in Nature    Focused on developing, coordinating, and advancing policy positions related to addressing plastics pollution and waste management systems to help WWF effectively define and achieve its long- and short-term objectives, including external advocacy efforts.  This will be accomplished in part by working in close partnership with other WWF teams, in particular, the Private Sector Engagement team. Works in conjunction with other members of the PGA team, to ensure internal and external coordination regarding other WWF policy priorities and advocacy outreach to US government partners. As appropriate, works closely with WWF field programs, conservation science, communications, activism, and resources departments, as well as U.S. government officials and other NGO policy teams, to shape WWF policy on plastic pollution, waste management, and efforts to promote a circular economy and environmental justice related to plastic production and waste management. In consultation with the Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy, contributes as needed to achieve a core set of conservation objectives through U.S. Government action by implementation of those strategies in certain issue areas as defined.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a SAS System Administrator.   The SAS System Administrator will configure, administer, secure, and manage WWF’s entire SAS platform as well as liaise with SAS serving as WWF’s primary point of contact and point of escalation for service and software issues. This role will also serve as the primary Linux administrator for WWF, recommending and executing approved server configuration changes related to functionality and security, patching Linux servers, and ensuring sufficient server up-time. The SAS System Administrator will work closely with the Director of CRM, the Analytics Team, Marketing and Membership, and IT Network Services to administer and support the SAS Platform.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Chief of Party, Guatemala Prosperous and Resilient Landscapes.   WWF is seeking a COP to lead the anticipated USAID Prosperous and Resilient Landscapes project. This project will increase the prosperity and resilience of rural communities in Guatemala by investing in sustainable management practices that reduce land-based greenhouse gas emissions and improve livelihoods, especially for forest dependent communities, indigenous peoples, women, and youth. The project will work to strengthen forest conservation and integrated fire management, apply climate-smart livestock practices, implement landscape restoration activities, and improve and expand agroforestry systems and sustainable soil management practices.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks Technical Experts.    WWF is seeking Technical Experts (multiple openings) for long-term positions for the anticipated USAID Prosperous and Resilient Landscapes project. This project will increase the prosperity and resilience of rural communities in Guatemala by investing in sustainable management practices that reduce land-based greenhouse gas emissions and improve livelihoods, especially for forest dependent communities, indigenous peoples, women, and youth. The project will work to strengthen forest conservation and integrated fire management, apply climate-smart livestock practices, implement landscape restoration activities, and improve and expand agroforestry systems and sustainable soil management practices.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Natural Capital Postdoctoral Fellow.   As the Global Science Research Fellow, you will work with Nature-based Solutions Measurement and Evaluation Team (NbS M&E Team) and country teams to evaluate the contributions of nature to people associated with our conservation strategies and management. You will use a variety of qualitative and quantitative assessment tools, including modeling tools using remotely sensed data and information about benefits as defined by local communities,  to evaluate the benefits over the life of the project.     As the Global Science Research Fellow, you play a key role in the Natural Capital Project partnership, an effort to map, measure, and value nature's contributions to people using a diverse portfolio of modeling tools. You will be expected to collaborate with researchers from the Natural Capital Project and leverage the deep knowledge of the partnership to design and implement a research program to evaluate nature’s contributions to people across the Bezos Environmental Fund project sites. You will report directly to the WWF Chief Scientist. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Director, Oceans Futures.   Major Function World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a senior director, oceans futures, to lead the development and execution of strategies on innovative oceans conservation programming to address new and emerging systemic issues leading to declines in ocean health. This role designs and implements programming, manages staff and projects, build budgets and fundraising approaches, and contributes to collaborative resource mobilization for WWF’s oceans priorities. The senior director is also a member of the Oceans Leadership Team. 

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Program Officer, Corporate Climate Engagement.   Major Function World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Program Officer, US Corporate Climate Engagement, to join our dynamic and influential team based in Washington, DC office. With guidance and support from the Deputy Director, Corporate Climate Engagement, the Program Officer supports key WWF initiatives, including the new Climate Business Network and the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which work with businesses and their supply chains to accelerate climate action. Our work includes helping companies to: set and implement SBTs (including Net Zero), explore opportunities to go beyond these targets and invest in nature-based solutions, navigate the complexities of climate-related claims and to support ambitious climate-related policy.  

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Donor Communications Project Management Specialist.   Major Function The Donor Communications and Stewardship (DCS) team helps cultivate, solicit and steward WWF's prospects and donors. This includes developing communications and stewardship strategy by audience, creating promotional/informational materials, and producing concepts, proposals for high-end prospects and stewardship reports for individual donors. The Donor Communications Project Management Specialist position performs a variety of complex project management duties, while managing a small portfolio of donor communications and stewardship projects. The specialist plays a critical role in managing the workflows of all donor communications and stewardship projects, from initiation to close, liaising with communications teams across WWF, and ensuring work is completed thoughtfully, thoroughly, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of both internal and external stakeholders. The position will be a key contributor to a dynamic and creative donor communications and stewardship team at WWF.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks an Associate Specialist, Web Design & Technology.   Major Function Supports management of WWF’s website, mobile apps, and supplemental websites to educate the general public and niche audiences about WWF’s work, increase engagement and action, and raise unrestricted funds for the organization. Handles internal requests, develops new web pages and updates, uses web analytics to inform content and design decisions, provides quality assurance reviews, and manages domains.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Manager, Ocean Markets.   Major Function The Manager-Oceans Markets leads the development and execution of new engagement with sectors impacting nature positive seascapes and ocean productivity and resilience, including but not limited to coastal development, marine renewables, shipping, and plastics.  The Manager will build multiple programs targeted at creating market-based engagement with industry to mitigate impacts of these sectors on our oceans and seeking to strive for nature positive business.  In addition, this position will manage 2-3 oceans corporate partnerships while implementing strategies for cross-partnership impact and outreach. This position will be responsible for managing current partnerships, as well as heavily focused on building new ones. The Manager-Oceans Markets will be responsible for planning, managing, communicating, implementing, monitoring and improving program priorities and activities as associated with the noted major areas of focus.   As a Senior level contributor in Oceans Markets the Manager presents and represents WWF in different Oceans Markets forums and meetings with partners, corporate representatives, country directors and donors (WWF, Network, national and global stakeholders). The Manager of Oceans Markets will be required to liaise internally and externally across the WWF network to find alignment and opportunity in our new sector engagement.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Director, Total Rewards.    Major Function Plans, directs, implements, and manages the competitive, equitable, efficient, and compliant operation of all total rewards activities which include, but are not limited to WWF’s health and welfare plans, job family and compensation structure, annual merit increases, and rewards and recognition program.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Manager, Benefits and Wellness.    Major Function Manages WWF-US’s benefits and wellness programs, continually assessing WWF’s programs to ensure market competitiveness and to ensure the programs meet WWF’s needs and are consistent with our overall organizational philosophy.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Administrative Assistant.   Major Function The Senior Administrative Assistant is based out of our Washington, DC office and is responsible for a variety of standard and frequently complex administrative duties. The Senior Assistant also supports accounting tasks and special projects to ensure the smooth functioning of department or program using administrative skills, organizational skills, and a detailed knowledge of the organization and its programs and policies. Communicates on a daily basis with the department staff, staff from other departments, as well as external partners, such as donors and government agencies, to coordinate activities, and obtain and disseminate information