World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Program Officer at our Washington, DC office. The Program Officer serves as part of Private Sector Engagement’s (PSE) Sustainability R&D team. Responsible for activities related to developing and managing projects that support WWF’s work with companies. Manages the development of research, materials, projects, consultants and communications that support WWF’s goals with the private sector.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Establish and maintain productive relationships with corporate partners, universities and academic institutions, and NGOs representatives. Manage corporate partner relationships and projects, and position WWF as a trusted partner and expert on commodity based sustainability issues.
- Manages the development of materials, analyses, reports, presentations, etc. and acts as technical expert on WWF private sector engagements.Responsible for acquiring and gathering data relevant to specific conservation projects from conservation peers, governmental agencies, and universities.
- Serves as PSE R&D team technical expert on WWF private sector engagements. Works with PSE relationship manager to ensure compliance with deadlines and serves as key content lead for commodity risk assessment tools like Supply Risk Analysis and the WWF Water Risk Filter.
- Conducts research related to agriculture supply chains and opportunities for corporate stewardship and sustainability; trains and manages interns or other staff; supports on quality control and peer review of secondary research
- Represent WWF at relevant events and meetings related to sustainable business partnerships. Participates in stakeholder and partner group meetings.
- Proactive and positive attitude are a must; experience problem-solving, balancing competing priorities, and mediating conflict helpful
Educational Background:
A Bachelor’s degree is required with a minimum of 2-4 year’s experience; Master's is preferred
Skills/Experience:
- Manages interns
- Leads research projects and assists with proposal development
- Manages R&D projects with companies,
- Supports PSE relationship with goal team (i.e. R&D support for goal team)
- Works internally with:Legal- review DOEs
- Goal Teams
- Understanding of issues related to sustainable agriculture is essential
- Specific technical skills related to Excel, ArcGIS, and Powerpoint are helpful
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Feb 20 2018
Active Until:
Mar 20 2018
Hiring Organization:
World Wildlife Fund
industry:
Nonprofit