Vacancy announcements -- WWF Coral Triangle Network
WWF,
the global conservation organization, is seeking to recruit a
LEADER, CORAL TRIANGLE NETWORK INITIATIVE
who will provide dynamic leadership to the WWF network in the development and implementation of this ambitious and high profile conservation initiative.
The key requirements are:
- An advanced degree in conservation, natural sciences, management, international development or a relevant field;
- Some technical proficiency in the field of conservation and fisheries management or natural-resource management;
- At least 10 years professional experience in a leadership role, preferably in the CT region, with demonstrated success in building and managing multi-disciplinary teams and large, multiple donor budgets;
- Excellent knowledge of the NI issues and context;
- Strong negotiating and lobbying skills learned in either NGO, governmental, or business environments;
- Experience in raising and mobilising funding;
- Proven success in leading large geographically wide-spread teams;
- Ability to work effectively in a matrix organisation;
- Excellent command of English; other languages relevant to places of Initiative implementation an asset.
The post will be based in the Coral Triangle region.
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and CV to Ms Shivani Wadhwa, Human Resources Department, at recruitments@wwfint.org . For further information on this position, please refer to the attached job description. For other job opportunities within WWF, please consult our web site at http://www.panda.org/jobs .
Job
description (PDF)
Application
deadline: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Human Resources
WWF International
1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 364 9111
Fax: +41 22 364 7850
WWF,
the global conservation organization, is seeking to recruit a
POLICY LEADER, CORAL TRIANGLE NETWORK INITIATIVE
who will lead strategic development and implementation of the international policy elements of WWF's Coral Triangle Network Initiative.
The key requirements are:
- A degree in conservation, natural sciences, management, international development or a relevant field;
- Relevant regional and global network of relations to enable policy elements for the delivery of NI goals;
- At least 10 years professional experience in a policy advocacy leadership role, with demonstrated success in engaging multi-lateral policy agencies around environmental sustainability issues.
- Excellent advocacy and communications skills;
- Excellent knowledge of the NI political and policy context;
- Strong lobbying skills learned in either NGO, governmental, or business environments;
- Experience in policy development and reform;
- Proven success in working with multi-lateral policy agencies;
- Proven experience of working with different cultures;
- Ability to work effectively in a matrix organisation;
- Excellent command of English; other languages relevant to places of Initiative implementation an asset.
The post will be based in one of the Coral Triangle countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Fiji).
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and CV to Ms Shivani Wadhwa, Human Resources Department, at recruitments@wwfint.org . For further information on this position, please refer to the attached job description. For other job opportunities within WWF, please consult our web site at http://www.panda.org/jobs.
Job
description (PDF)
Application
deadline: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Human Resources
WWF International
1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 364 9111
Fax: +41 22 364 7850
For
further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact
the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28,
CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169,
e-mail 
).
Posted 27 March 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
