Manager, Strategic Planning and Finance - 25016

World Wildlife Fund • Washington, DC

315d • $98,000 - $140,900

About The Position

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world's leading conservation organizations, seeks a Manager, Strategic Planning and Finance. The Manager of Strategic Planning and Finance on the Earth for Life team leads cross-organizational teams through development of conservation plans, financial models, and sustainable financing components of Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) and other WWF-US priority initiatives. This position plays a critical role in ensuring appropriate interaction and understanding between technical experts and senior leadership through working on concurrent projects based in different countries, developing and managing working relationships with WWF staff, partner organizations and consultants, and providing strategic technical guidance to international counterparts. As part of WWF's broader Conservation Finance Community of Practice, the Manager will collaborate with finance professionals from across the organization on the development, design, and implementation of priority initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in a management, finance or conservation-related field preferred.
• At least eight years of experience in management consulting, business, finance, or conservation; project management and financial modeling experience required; some experience with developing countries preferred.
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead teams to produce high-quality results.
• Able to lead group discussions with individuals working in different roles and countries; capable of training and guiding team members with a high degree of cultural sensitivity.
• Practical for-profit or NGO consulting experience, and/or advanced organization management, problem solving and/or strategy development skills.
• Excellent communication skills including workshop facilitation and training skills and experience required.
• Solid writing and editing skills.
• Excellent quantitative, analytical, verbal and written communication skills; detail-oriented.
• Must be client-focused, and enjoy problem solving and working with teams.
• High degree of flexibility, and ability to work against deadlines and under frequently-changing circumstances.
• Tactful, organized, persistent, comfortable with occasional ambiguity, sense of humor.
• Fluent in English; fluency in Spanish preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Internet research.

Responsibilities

• Leads stakeholder collaboration, working closely with other WWF departments/offices and conservation NGOs, governments, and donors using sound rationale to clarify and build consensus on scope, conservation and community goals, activities, and financing needs for PFPs and other priority initiatives.
• Leads efforts to identify, prioritize, design and implement sustainable financing mechanisms (e.g. taxes, fees, royalties, etc.) for priority initiatives.
• Leads development of key technical components for bilateral, multilateral, and private donor funding proposals and communications - systematically evaluating opportunities and targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive results.
• Trains counterparts based abroad to manage processes related to conservation planning, financial planning, and development of sustainable financing mechanisms.
• Incorporates lessons learned and best practices into WWF guidance and training materials.
• Supervises WWF-US technical staff working on sustainable financing initiatives, mechanisms and vehicles, and provides oversight and management of consultants and interns.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Salary range: $98,000 to $140,900
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Master's degree