Director, Great Plains Science

Responsibilities

• Key Competencies:
• Leadership/Management - is needed to lead, develop, and support a high-performing science team while setting clear priorities, clarifying workplans and expectations, providing feedback, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the team's work is aligned with the Great Plains Program strategic plan.
• Research/Analytical Thinking/Intellectual Curiosity - is needed to ensure the Great Plains Program is guided by rigorous science, strong ecological and social monitoring, adaptive learning, and the ability to synthesize complex scientific information into practical conservation strategies.
• Strategic Planning and Implementation - is needed to translate science priorities into actionable strategies, budgets, timelines, and measurable outcomes that support intact grassland protection, improved ecological function, and wildlife restoration across the Great Plains.

Additional Information

Major Function The Science Program Director will oversee the Science program whose purpose is to ensure WWF's Great Plains (GP) Program is guided by robust science to 1) sustain and expand intact grasslands, 2) enhance the ecological function of prairie ecosystems, and 3) restore keystone and endangered wildlife, while ensuring WWF continues to be a leader in grassland conservation science. This work entails managing a staff of 2-4 science specialists and senior specialists; developing and maintaining key partnerships in the science community; engaging with public and private sector partners; prioritizing strategies to meet overall program objectives; measuring progress toward program goals; designing and implementing a variety of programs focused on improving grassland conservation; fundraising for program goals and objectives; and managing project workflows that involve numerous other internal WWF teams.

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