World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Science Specialist, Great Plains Program.
Location: The strongly preferred local but open to a regional remote (Eastern Montana, Northwest South Dakota, or Eastern Wyoming.)
Major Function
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Science Specialist to support the achievement of our Great Plains Program goals. This position will be responsible for coordinating a new 2-year project demonstrating landscape scale conservation across 40 million acres in southeast Montana in collaboration with NGOs, landowner-led collaboratives, government agencies, and Native Nations. The Science Specialist will lead engagement with partners in the region to generate support for a shared conservation vision and measuring progress toward it. This will include data collection, analysis, and management to examine the impact conservation efforts have on people and nature of the region. The Great Plains Program consists of three main areas of focus, the Great Plains Wildlife Initiative, the Sustainable Ranching Initiative, and the Science Program. The Science Specialist will report to the Science Program and support the other two initiatives.
Salary: The expected compensation range for this position is $67,000 to $83,600
Key Competencies
Interpersonal Communication and Collaboration - Outstanding written and verbal communication skills are required, including effective and comfortability speaking in group and one-on-one settings with the ability to communicate the value of landscape scale conservation and collaboration. Solution-Oriented, Strategic Collaboration - Background in community-based engagement coordinating/organizing/motivating a group of people toward a common goal is essential, in this case toward a common goal of sharing data among grassland conservationists.Initiative - Uses judgment to make decisions and do things without needing to be told what to doAnalytical Thinking - Does the candidate display a proclivity towards proactive thinking and creative, outside the box thinking?Required Skills and Experience
Coordinate with conservation NGOs, government agencies, landowners, managers, and other entities focused on grassland habitat and wildlife conservation.Manages and coordinates ecological and socioeconomic data collection and consolidation from Great Plains Program projects, with partner organizations, and from publicly available data sources and inputs data into a central data platform.Drafts, reviews and edits written program materials communicating progress to partners and funders.Aids in development of annual meeting with partners including developing agendas and coordinating logistics.Serves as the main point of contact with other WWF initiatives (Food and Markets, Freshwater, Wildlife) to ensure internal coordination.Co-manages interns as needed to ensure active learning and support functions.Performs other duties as assigned.To Apply:
Submit cover letter and resume through our Careers Page, Requisition #25042Due to the high volume of applications we are not able to respond to inquiries via phone
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.