This is an exciting time to join the movement building team at WWF as we push for a positive future for nature and people. We are harnessing the energy around an unparalleled opportunity to reach and inspire communities around the UK whilst also shaping our expanding movement building work.
2021 offers an historic opportunity to secure action and commitments from world leaders to reverse the devasting decline in biodiversity and restore nature. But we cannot do this alone. We need millions demanding change, taking action and driving campaigns to influence the actions and decisions of businesses and politicians. This is where your skills as a hands-on Community Manager are needed.
As a member of the WWF-UK Movement Building team, you will work on a funded project to increase community engagement with non-traditional and hard to reach audiences. This will involve working with existing groups and local community networks to co-create projects and generate opportunities for communities to work together to shape their vision for their area’s future. As Community Manager, we will look to you to lead and develop mobilisation strategies, as well as build partnerships with local action groups and support them to co-design exemplar projects to ensure their voices heard by those in power. You will also take responsibility for daily and weekly goals, mobilisation delivery, resource and training. Important will be the ability to monitor effectiveness, adapt plans as required and develop the ongoing journey for engaged groups to achieve WWF’s wider objectives.
You must have substantial experience of mobilising activists as individuals and/or within campaign or community groups. You will demonstrate an understanding of how they operate, their needs and the constraints they face as well as organising principles. You will used to communicating and building strong relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds and differing needs too. Comfortable developing training programmes for volunteers, you will be effective at capacity building and working across multi-cultural and diverse communities.
A strong project manager, you will be good at building relationships, planning and willing to take initiative when needed. An inspirational, positive and innovative individual you will understand how to mobilise people from different backgrounds, beliefs and, most importantly, locations.
If you have the expertise to deliver impactful mobilisation plans and communications, we would love to hear from. Please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.
Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you. Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.
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Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us.
This is a unique opportunity to use your skills in developing and managing significant projects or programmes to save the planet. We have recently received funding to lead a project to engage European youth with sustainable diets. Eat4Change is a collaboration with several WWF Network offices and the youth-run non-profit organisation AISEC. We need you to help deliver this vital project to reduce the environmental impact of food consumed in Europe and help achieve Sustainable Development Goals and climate change treaties.
As Project Manager you will manage the development and delivery of our Eat4Change strategy. Leading a small team, you will ensure activities are delivered against agreed schedules, milestones and objectives. In addition to creating work plans you will take overall responsibility for project progress. You will also produce project documentation and monitor budgets as well as provide regular project and financial reporting. Whether commissioning research and managing relationships with external contractors or building the project’s profile, you will play a key role in ensuring that Eat4Change is a success.
You must have an extensive background in project or programme management and experience of strategic planning and project development. Skilled at managing multiple stakeholders, you will be effective at prioritising and executing projects effectively. This will include experience of reviewing and monitoring project plans and budgets. Results orientated, you will also be comfortable managing and motivating a project team.
In addition, you will possess excellent communication, problem solving and influencing skills. Able to work on your own initiative, you will be delivery focused with a passion for quality. Experience of working in youth engagement and movement building as well as of working on EU funded projects would be highly desirable.
If you have the expertise we need and are excited about helping build a movement in defence of nature please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting why you are interested in this role and why you believe you are suited for the role.
Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you. Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.
Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.
This is a unique opportunity to exercise your passion for campaigning, advocacy or public affairs and understanding of the global environmental agenda to influence the work of WWF in the UK. As a voluntary member of our Programme Committee, you will play your part in directing the work of the world’s largest independent conservation organisation.
As a Programme Committee Member, you will provide expert advice to the WWF-UK Board of Trustees on the current effectiveness and future strategic direction of our policy, advocacy and campaign goals. We want you to provide independent scrutiny of our goals to ensure that their activities are soundly conceived and efficiently managed, reflect the strengths and comparative advantages of WWF-UK and place communities and human rights at the heart of our strategy. Your remit will include taking an oversight role in considering whether the current strategic plan is delivering on its agreed success metrics and raising the bar on ambition.
Naturally, you will demonstrate a commitment to, and understanding of, the activities of WWF as well as an interest in and passion for conservation issues and the global environmental agenda. Members of Programme Committee have a variety of skills so at this time we are looking in particular for candidates with expertise in Campaigning, Advocacy or Influencing and Public Affairs or Public Policy Development. You will also have a strong track record of achievement in these areas from either the public, private, academic or voluntary sectors.
Strategically aware, you will possess the ability to process detail and get to the heart of an issue. As a volunteer it will be necessary to devote the necessary time and effort to Programme Committee duties (this will be a minimum of 5 days a year).
If you are able to add value at a high level and help define the future direction of our impact goals, we’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to improving diversity, equality and inclusion at WWF-UK, so we ask you to complete an online application form that will ensure the recruitment process is non-biased. Please highlight in your application what makes you the perfect fit for the role and what sets you apart from the competition.
Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well, you. Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.
This is a unique opportunity to exercise your passion for rights-based conservation and understanding of the global environmental agenda to influence the work of WWF in the UK. As a voluntary member of our Programme Committee, you will play your part in directing the work of the world’s largest independent conservation organisation.
As a Programme Committee Member, you will provide expert advice to the WWF-UK Board of Trustees on the current effectiveness and future strategic direction of our conservation goals. We want you to provide independent scrutiny of our goals to ensure that their activities are soundly conceived and efficiently managed, reflect the strengths and comparative advantages of WWF-UK and place communities and human rights at the heart of our strategy. Your remit will include taking an oversight role in considering whether the current strategic plan is delivering on its agreed success metrics and raising the bar on ambition.
Naturally, you will demonstrate a commitment to, and understanding of, the activities of WWF as well as an interest in and passion for conservation issues and the global environmental agenda. Members of Programme Committee have a variety of skills so at this time we are looking for candidates with expertise in rights-based conservation and/or the conservation-development nexus. You will also have a strong track record of achievement in these areas from either the public, private, academic or voluntary sectors.
This is an incredible opportunity for someone with good project management skills to gain valuable career experience while helping to save our world. As a member of the world’s leading independent conservation organisation, you will be joining a committed group of people working to find solutions to the pressing environmental problems facing all life on our planet. We are currently looking for a Project Coordinator to join the team that works to attract, engage and inspire members of the public to join us and financially support our work.
As Project Coordinator in our Individual MArketing and Legacies team, you will enjoy two main responsibilities. Firstly, supporting and working alongside Campaign Managers within the Supporter Engagement unit with our business-as-usual activity. This will include overseeing the logistical and operational aspects of campaign setup, stakeholder communications and monitoring progress. You will liaise with supplier partners and make sure that the efficiency of campaigns is optimised too. We will also look to you to adapt and improve current ways of working to maximise success. Secondly you will be responsible for the coordination of key fundraising projects within the Engagement unit and across the wider Supporter Income and Engagement department.
Important in this role will be the ability to help design, mould and drive our internal management processes, transforming the way we work as a team, improving how we communicate, helping us to be more proactive and forward looking in our day-to-day activities.
Used to working with project management methodologies and processes, you will have operated as an account or project manager in a service organisation or within a fundraising/charity environment. You will excel at managing relationships with stakeholders and external partners and enjoy working across teams. You will also have up to date knowledge of relevant fundraising regulatory and quality standards.
Good at prioritising and planning you will work well as part of a team and will have a flexible attitude. A good communicator you will be computer literate and a possess well developed interpersonal, motivational and influencing skills.
If you can provide an outstanding project management resource to support the Engagement unit in the delivery of supporter-facing campaigns, we would love to hear from you, please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV and complete the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.
If you are a strong programme manager with the skills to support the delivery of strategies in an international context this is an amazing opportunity to use your expertise to save our world. As a Senior Programme Advisor with the world’s leading independent conservation organisation, you will deliver high impact programmes in Asia in partnership with WWF network offices to achieve strategic programme goals.
Join us and you will work to ensure that programmes in Asia (with India as a fucus) are strategic, ambitious, effectively planned, budgeted and managed to deliver maximum impact. This will include collaborating with colleagues to develop strategic plans, develop fundraising proposals and shape communication and advocacy messages. You will help develop powerful evidence-based stories and narratives to engage our supporters, businesses, media and new audiences too. Important will be the ability to act as the programme spokesperson as well as sharing learning and supporting capacity building.
This will have given you the ability to work as part of a team or partnership to support the delivery of strategies in an international context.
You will have considerable experience of developing, managing and monitoring the delivery of conservation and/or development programmes internationally, ideally covering Asia (with India as preference). You will possess good technical knowledge on key, relevant international conservation and development issues, including Asian domestic and international footprint. Skilled at thinking critically, you will be good at influencing others and able to work in a flexible, adaptable manner. You should also have experience of supporting teams remotely and the ability to build lasting relationships with stakeholders, taking into account multi-cultural sensitivity and experiences.
If you have the skills to help build a movement in defense of nature please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration.
Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you. Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.
Are you a talented communications all-rounder who loves helping organisations to build their long-term reputations?
Do you have the ideas, energy and skills to help us tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges? With nature in free fall and climate change accelerating, WWF is working on solutions to these huge challenges and delivering projects that will restore and conserve our natural world.
We now need a Director of Corporate Communications to join our senior leadership team. This role will help make our voice the loudest, most respected and reliable in order to save our world and provide a future where people and nature thrive.
As Director of Corporate Communications, you will help set the overall tone and style for communications as well as develop and set out our story to support the delivery of our organisational strategy.
You will lead editorial, internal and partnership communications and be responsible for delivering effective communications strategies to key audiences.
This will involve improving messaging for internal and external audiences and increasing creativity and innovation within editorial and internal comms driving transformation and engagement.
You will provide strategic communications advice for our key corporate partnerships and lead the partnership communications team. You will act up for the Executive Director of Communications when and where necessary too. For this senior level role, you must have a record of developing communications strategies for different audiences, supporting organisation programmes and managing reputational issues at the highest level.
You will have excellent written skills, a good understanding of content gathering, brand as well as digital engagement. Quick to spot an opportunity, you will have a history of producing and implementing bold ideas and be used to exploiting insight to shape communications for specific audiences.
As a strategic thinker, you will excel at developing and motivating high performing teams too. Critically you will possess well developed interpersonal skills and a passion for our mission.
If you have the experience in corporate communications and the skills to do this job we would love to hear from you. Please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV and complete the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.
This is an incredible opportunity to use your experience of developing multi-channel, integrated communications strategies to help the world’s leading independent conservation organisation and the UK’s largest nature conservation charity help save UK nature and the planet.
The Wild Isles project, built around a landmark natural history TV series to be broadcast in early 2023, is a unique partnership between WWF, the RSPB and Silverback Films. The project is aimed at inspiring people in the UK, particularly younger generations, to value and protect UK nature, and our world. It will encompass a full programme of activity incorporating public engagement, supporter growth, campaigns, advocacy and programmatic work. As Strategy & Communications Lead, you will be hosted at WWF, working across both organisations to collaborate with colleagues and our partners to ensure the project is developed and delivered effectively.
Join us and you will embed the right governance structure to keep the programme, and the projects within it, on track, on budget and aligned with our strategic priorities. Leading a small team, you will nurture key relationships, design marketing plans, oversee brand development and produce stakeholder reporting. You will also introduce key processes and tools for successful partnership management and governance. You will represent the programme at a senior level to internal and external audiences too. Important will be the ability to foster a collaborative team culture which empowers team members to make impactful things happen, within this ground-breaking partnership.
Experienced in developing multi-channel, integrated communications strategies, you will be used to managing external-facing, complex high-profile projects with big budgets. Comfortable forging partnerships with media organisations, broadcasters, production companies and charities to maximise impact, you will also excel at senior stakeholder management. Effective at managing resources, you will be a flexible thinker who is not afraid of bringing big ideas to the table. You will possess strong strategy, communication, influencing and problem-solving skills too. Experience of working with big brands and funders would be an advantage.
If you have the expertise to make this unique and critical project a success, we would love to hear from, so please visit our website via the link and complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting why you are interested in this role as well as why this role is for you.
In order to protect nature we need to take on the big issues facing our planet. We're facing up to challenges such as the urgent threat of climate change and the biodiversity crisis. 2021 will be a significant year for action on climate change with the rescheduled UN climate summit (COP26) taking place in Glasgow. This is seen as the deadline for countries to commit to delivering on the Paris Agreement and the world’s last chance to limit global warming to 1.5C. There is a real opportunity for Scotland to play a role on the global stage!
COP26 offers WWF the opportunity to leverage significant wins on climate and nature in Scotland and as COP26 Co-ordinator (Scotland), you will have a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver key aspects of our work programme in 2021. Co-ordinating activities in the lead up to COP, alongside a counterpart at WWF-UK, you will work with external stakeholders supporting WWF Scotland’s involvement to ensure WWF’s voice is heard.
A passionate supporter of environmental and conservation issues and with a good understanding of Scottish politics, you will have experience of leading complex, multi stakeholder projects and matrix working. Organised, with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, you will be capable of working collaboratively and in partnership, and comfortable liaising with government officials, other NGOs and businesses.
Most importantly, you will have clarity of focus and be able to see the bigger picture and make the links between your work and wider WWF objectives.
If you have the skills set to provide the support and drive required to help us build a movement in defence of nature, please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up-to-date CV and complete the Supporting Statement to highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.
Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you. Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection, and shared purpose. We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.
Passionate about nature you are looking for an opportunity to use your solid admin skills to support a truly worthwhile cause. Look no further than this exciting role with WWF UK, the world’s leading independent conservation organisation. We are focused on tackling the urgent triple challenge of our time: stabilising our climate and reducing biodiversity loss while fixing the food system to feed a rapidly growing global population. Join us as Philanthropy Coordinator and you will help save our planet by helping fund critical conservation, drive positive environmental change and inspire people to engage with our mission.
As Philanthropy Coordinator you will provide vital administrative support to the team focussed on developing relationships with supporters giving significant donations. Your remit will include overseeing key activities such as annual communications, guest list development for events, thanking and banking and updating the supporter database. You will also be involved managing organisational systems and processes, coordinating donor event and meeting logistics as well as helping create content for donor communications. You will assist with research projects and produce regular reporting too.
For this role, you will possess excellent organisational and administrative skills and the ability to balance competing requirements. You will have good computer skills too, including a sound working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and ability to use relevant in-house and custom systems and databases to generate reports. Customer focused, you will be used to prioritising your work and enjoy working as part of a team. A good communicator, you will also be detail orientated. Knowledge of the philanthropic sector and of the fundraising mechanisms would be an advantage.
If you are passionate about the fight to save our natural world, we would love to hear from you, please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.