Posted on February, 27 2025

Want to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the Earth? Working at WWF could be your opportunity of a lifetime.

All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realisation that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge. Our people come from hugely diverse backgrounds and with a variety of expertise, ranging from HR and finance to advocacy and conservation science. We welcome applications from anyone who believes they can help us create a better future for people and wildlife.

What we do

We are an independent conservation organisation, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and government, we are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030. Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable.

1 MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT

• Enable the WWF mission through driving a strong, inspiring, compelling, and strategic communications approach to ensure and support conservation impact in line with the strategic priorities of WWF International.
• To drive strategic communications to the Network, Governing bodies, International Secretariat, and leadership supporting WWF International's strategic priorities.
• To drive the strategic alignment of articulating consistent external positions on emerging issues across the network.
• To ensure a coherent ‘One WWF, One Voice’ by integrating and supporting the communications, media, and brand functions across WWF International and supporting these services to the network (offices in over 90 countries).
• To engage targeted audiences across the globe to accelerate conservation impact, influence decision-makers, and build the WWF brand.
• To facilitate and coordinate the development and alignment of a global communications strategy.
• To provide common technology platforms Network-wide to enable communication with key audiences.
• To provide a Centre of Excellence to the Network and convene the Communications Community in terms of communications practice.

2 MAJOR FUNCTIONS

• Provides vision and strategic direction to communications teams, and the WWF Network, to maximize conservation impact through robust strategic planning and coordination.
• Drives the development and monitoring of holistic strategy and ensures effective planning application; management of macro departmental communications objectives and tracking of performance to ensure organizational goals are consistently pursued.
• Accountable for dynamic forward planning; including the allocation and coordination of departmental resources according to key workstreams, portfolio priorities, schedules, and budgets, working closely with departmental leaders
• Ensures real-time resource capacity overview and project pipeline for the full department; works with communications teams to capture and respond to changing needs, consequential adjustments, and emerging opportunities.
• Responsible for project management and delivery of integrated workstreams with effective workflow traffic control and WWF International channel optimization.
• Leads business partnering within Global Communications to cultivate strong relationships with internal clients for effective collaboration and problem solving.

3 Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Cultivate a culture of collaboration, high performance, and accountability within the team while, in collaboration with P&C colleagues, seeking to support continuous professional development.
• In collaboration with the Senior Director, Stakeholder Relations and the Director, Organizational Communications, and with oversight from the Global Director Communications, establish organizational communications priorities to inform an agreed operating plan, and agree multi-disciplinary work steam teams to fulfil its desired outcomes.
• Accountable for the optimization and strategic use of resources to ensure delivery of communications demands from key stakeholders and the Network.
• Effectively manage Business Partners as a focal point of entry for stakeholders across WWF International and the Network in order to interpret and manage communications needs, through the development and maintenance of trusted relationships and thought partnership.
• Advise the Global Director, Communications on demand planning, resources, and surge events to ensure a proactive approach to organizational communication needs.
• Oversee the communications production hub to ensure effective external channel management, content creation, and analysis.
• Co-create and continuously refine work stream communications plans, working closely with the Senior Director, Stakeholder Relations and Director, Organizational Communications, with oversight from the Global Director, Communications.
• Coordinate across the Communications department and work streams to ensure that the changing communication environment is considered in all strategic planning efforts.
• Working with budget holders, ensure effective management of the departmental budget, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to achieve strategic goals.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators across workstreams, ensuring completion of the overall strategic objectives.
• Other activities as requested by the Global Director Communications.

4 PROFILE

Required Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent work experience;
• 12 years’ experience in communications strategy and strategic planning, with a proven track record of leadership preferably in the private sector or a political environment;
• Experience of working in a complex international environment;
• Proven experience with managing complexity and multiple demands effectively;
• Core experience in the development, oversight and implementation of communication strategy and creative production, with business development mindset where communications directly contribute to business objectives;
• Demonstrated experience with analytics and analysing data;
• Exceptional organizer and project manager
• Results-oriented with a hands-on style;
• Strong diplomacy, influencing, and persuasion skills;
• Capacity for working in a pressured and fast-moving environment.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Proven experience in strategic communications planning and creative production;
• Strong leadership and an ability to think strategically; creatively and laterally;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent Interpersonal and diplomatic skills; good team player;
• Strong project management skills, results orientation;
• Perfect command of English is required. Knowledge of other languages is an advantage.
• Embraces the WWF mission and values of the organization: Courage, Integrity, Respect & Collaboration.

5 WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Internal

Interacts frequently at senior level with colleagues at WWF International as well as focal points within National Offices and Country Offices.

External

Branding, marketing, and communication experts, design and advertising agencies, market researchers, and professional organizations concerned with communications.

HOW TO APPLY

Only one single document can be uploaded through our platform. Upload your covering letter and CV as one file.

Deadline for applications: by 20 March 2025

If you do not hear back from us by 20 April, it means that unfortunately you have not been selected for an interview.

Work permit restrictions may apply.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

WWF is an equal opportunity employer and committed to having a diverse workforce. WWF promotes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, or veteran status. In the administration of its employment policies and practices, WWF does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status, matriculation, political affiliation.