WWF Overview
For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, WWF works in more than 100 countries, connecting cutting-edge conservation science with the collective power of our partners in the field – with one million members in the United States and five million supporters globally, as well as partnerships with communities, companies, and governments.
At WWF, we are working to create an organization where the richness of all our unique views, experiences, and backgrounds combine to create the most sustainable and inclusive conservation outcomes possible, bringing the greatest benefit to the planet and every person who lives on it.
Across the many cultures and individuals that represent WWF, we are unified by one mission, one brand, and one common set of values: Courage, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.
BRIDGE is WWF’s summer internship program. Launched in 2021, it is a paid internship opportunity aimed at a pool of talented undergraduate and graduate students who could bring fresh thinking and innovation to the environmental sector. In particular, WWF aims to employ interns who have not previously had a breadth of professional experience and have not previously considered conservation as a career pathway.
Position Summary
The intern will be responsible for developing a WWF GEF Agency impact tracking tool and an overview of impact to date
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) funds the Rio Conventions (CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD) and other environmental agreements. GEF funding flows through 18 accredited agencies, which support projects approved by country governments. WWF has been a GEF Agency since 2013. WWF has secured a strong position within GEF, mobilizing approximately $355M through the WWF-US GEF Agency, in over 40 projects, with $1.47B in co-financing, since 2013.
The intern will collaborate with the GEF Agency team and extended team - around 15 staff members - and will particularly collaborate with the team members responsible for portfolio tracking, M&E, and communications.
Internship Description:
Review and understand the GEF and WWF GEF approach to results-based management Assess different approaches for portfolio-wide impact tracking and identify (with the team) the best tool to use (e.g. XL, monday.com, Sharepoint, Smart Simple). Develop a tracking tool for ongoing use, that can show yearly impact at the individual project, regional, thematic, and portfolio-wide level. Pull core indicator targets and other key data (e.g. co-finance, budget spent) from project documents, and targets achieved from yearly project progress reports, for all projects in the portfolio and enter into the tracking tool. Set up systems and train the team for ongoing impact data entry. Aggregate the impact across the portfolio, identify trends (e.g. thematic, regional), and summarize impact from the portfolio in graphics, tables and a narrative. If time permits, engage with the team in project development.
Minimum Requirements:
Pursuing a graduate program in Data Science, Analytics, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Biodiversity or Development,
Those studying outside these areas are still highly encouraged to apply. Must be an actively enrolled student and not received degree at time of internship start date (June 16, 2025).
Experience and interest in monitoring, evaluation and impact tracking. Teamwork skills. Ability to review large documents and identify key information. Attention to detail.