Title: Director, Conservation Areas
Job Family/Level: Program / Director
Reports to: Senior Director, Conservation Areas
FLSA Status: Exempt
Last Reviewed: November 2022
Major Function
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, is making a concerted effort to promote inclusive conservation in the context of the 2030 area-based conservation (ABC) targets, which are scheduled to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in December 2022. Towards this goal, WWF-US has established the Conservation Areas Initiative (CAI). The CAI is founded on a set of new principles which support scaling up our efforts to work with teams in priority places to enhance ABC for nature and nature’s services to people for current and future conditions. This important work takes a science-based approach and includes enhanced governance equity and improved management effectiveness of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs); renovation of degraded areas; redesign of both landscapes/seascapes and individual areas; and rights-based expansion to new areas. Throughout this work, WWF ensures an inclusive, equitable approach that respects the rights and aspirations of Indigenous peoples and local communities. The programs promote sound governance practices, support populations in reaping enhanced benefits from their localities while adapting to changing conditions such as climate change and withstanding unwelcome external threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services. Combining this area-based effort with complementary work on durable finance including Project Finance for Permanence, the CAI team is promoting long-term financing for networks of protected areas and OECMs.
WWF-US seeks to recruit a Director to lead a global project on OECM awareness raising and capacity building, as well as to support the implementation of local-to-national activities with WWF offices and other diverse partners as part of the CAI. This will include working closely with WWF-US goal and influence teams, place-based programs, and staff in other WWF offices.
Key Responsibilities
Skills, Abilities and Experience
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To Apply:
As an EOE/AA employer, WWF will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status. WWF values diversity and inclusion and welcomes diverse candidates to apply.