Director, Resilience Builder - 26051

World Wildlife Fund•Washington, DC

74d•$124,000 - $178,300•Hybrid

About The Position

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Director to support strategic planning, communication, research and analysis, and implementation of program activities for existing and new partnerships and projects in collaboration with other WWF teams and field offices. The Director will 1) contribute to strategic planning and development of emerging resilience practices, 2) manage implementation of key projects including capacity building and training initiatives, 3) support ongoing Environmental and Disaster Management (EDM) programmatic activities related to integrating environment and disaster risk reduction (DRR) into conservation programming and partnerships, and 4) provide technical support for disaster and crisis response including assessment, analysis, project design, communications and fundraising.

Requirements

10 + years’ experience with an advanced degree, including experience in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and/or disaster recovery and reconstruction.
Strong project management skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, including effective public speaking and the ability to communicate complex issues both verbally and in written form.
Ability to effectively prioritize and produce high-quality work under time constraints.
Excellent organizational and project leadership skills.
Excellent training and capacity building skills.
Proven ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a matrixed team environment.
Strong research and analytical skills.
Ability to operate with independence, under pressure, and to meet deadlines and commitments.
Familiarity with Microsoft office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), preference for GIS skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills including knowing when to use courtesy, tact and/or diplomacy to effectively communicate with all constituents.
Preference given to candidates who are multilingual; French/Spanish.
Demonstrated success with fundraising, budgeting, and monitoring donor compliance.
Background in community-based engagement is essential and experience in the conservation sector is a plus.
Committed to building and strengthening a culture of inclusion within and across teams.
Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values: Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration: Demonstrates courage by speaking up even when it is difficult, or unpopular. Builds trust with colleagues by acting with integrity, owning mistakes, and holding oneself accountable. Welcomes other points of view and ideas, recognizing and embracing different and contrary perspectives with kindness, curiosity, and encouragement. Makes conscious efforts to promote cooperative practices, behaviors, and ways of working across many groups and individuals.

Nice To Haves

Preference for GIS skills.
Preference given to candidates who are multilingual; French/Spanish.
Experience in the conservation sector is a plus.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Environment and Disaster Management (EDM) team to set strategic direction and support emerging resilience practices related to conservation programming.
Lead project management including work planning, monitoring and evaluation, and communications related to new and ongoing projects and grants.
Work closely with project personnel, grantees, consultants, and program staff to coordinate implementation, communication, and reporting for current work streams.
Support WWF teams in crisis affected countries and integrates disaster analysis services to inform resilience planning, disaster risk reduction (DRR), restoration, and reconstruction across new and existing initiatives.
Stay current with emerging practices and review academic literature and evolving practices and monitors and analyzes new technical information, policies, tools, and global trends related to integration of environment, DRR, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and resilience.
Design and develop training tools and materials and leads DRR and resilience training sessions.
Document learning from projects to improve project programming, training and communications.
Contribute to programmatic fundraising including preparing and/or finalizing project proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and administrative information for contracts and to ensure compliance with donor requirements.
Travel up to 30% time to project sites to provide relevant technical training and capacity building.
Regularly presents program updates internally to WWF staff and externally at workshops and conferences, where appropriate.
Interact daily with other program staff and departments to advise and coordinate project activities or to obtain and disseminate information.
Interact regularly with representatives of WWF-International, other WWF offices and associate organizations, grantees, and consultants. Communicate with representatives of conservation organizations, universities, NGOs, corporations, and/or government agencies.
Other duties as assigned.