Associate Specialist, Freshwater Communications

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World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC, USA
Full-time

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Deputy Program Officer for the Freshwater team in our Washington, DC office.  The Freshwater team has four primary initiatives that work to ensure the conservation of water for people and nature – Free-Flowing Rivers, the Pantanal Challenge, Corporate Water Stewardship, and Water in North America, specifically work on the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo river basin.  The Deputy Program Officer would support key communications, development, outreach and partner engagement across the Freshwater team.

The Associate Specialist, Freshwater Communications, assists the Freshwater Team in the development and dissemination of communications that advance some of WWF’s top goals. This position plays a critical role in bridging freshwater conservation activities with the brand’s public-facing outlets, including the website, social media channels, media, and donor-communications.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Support day-to-day communications activities for all freshwater initiatives
  • Participate in the creation and maintenance of freshwater-related content, including web and social pieces, on-boarding materials for new team members, and promotional collateral for other internal WWF colleagues as well as external partners
  • Manage data systems/design/delivery for internal and external outreach
  • Support communication, planning, and logistics between the Freshwater team and Development, Private Sector Engagement, and Multilateral teams that drive resource mobilization
  • Support development and execution of special communications/outreach projects and partnerships
  • Perform other duties as assigned
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s Degree Required in environment, communications or related area
Skills/Experience: 
  • 2+ years relevant experience
  • Detailed organizational skills, ability to prioritize, and commitment to meet deadlines
  • Ability to write, edit, and distill volumes of technical content into easy-to-consume formats
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills, experience working on matrixed teams
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook required
  • Adobe Creative Suite experience preferred
How to Apply: 

https://careers-wwfus.icims.com/jobs/2214/associate-specialist%2c-freshw...

Job Function: 
Communications & Public Education

Organization Info

World Wildlife Fund

Overview
Headquarters: 
Washington, DC, United States
Website: 
worldwildlife.org
Founded: 
1991
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Environment
Animal Advocacy / Shelters
International
Mission: 

For 50 years, 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 close to 5 million globally.

WWF's unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, involves action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature.

Programs: 

WWF works to: 

  • Conserve the world's most important forests to sustain nature's diversity, benefit our climate, and support human well-being
  • Safeguard healthy oceans and marine livelihoods
  • Secure water for people and nature
  • Protect the worlds most important species
  • Drive sustainable food systems to conserve nature and feed humanity
  • Create a climate-resilient and zero-carbon world, powered by renewable energy

These things are not just “nice to have". . . they are “need to haves." They are the things that make it possible for us to live. And so, to ensure our very survival, they must be kept safe.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Oct 24 2018
Active Until: 
Nov 24 2018
Hiring Organization: 
World Wildlife Fund
industry: 
Nonprofit