Specialist, Private Sector Engagement

Responsibilities

• Provides Strategic Support to SVP and VP of Private Sector Engagement. Delivers on special projects and strategic priorities (50% Time).
• Tracks and monitors key metrics for existing corporate partnerships, compiling reports and sharing insights with PSE team members to help influence decision making and strategic direction.
• Helps ensure smooth and effective operations of the PSE Team (50% Time).
• Plays a key role in developing tools, processes and presentations related to corporate sustainability performance, WWF corporate partnerships achievements, and WWF private sector influence.
• Ensures SVP and VP-preparedness for external and internal meetings by seeking input from technical and account leads, then compiling, drafting, and editing briefings, materials, analyses, reports, and presentations on different elements of WWF's private sector engagements.
• Supports relationship management with select corporate partners. Recommends strategies and processes to strengthen partner relationships.
• Supports engagement with high-level contacts of a complex and confidential nature both inside and outside the organization with mature discretion.
• Supervises the work of interns and other staff or consultants as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Key Competencies
• Results-oriented : Maintains a high level of organization and attention to detail to advance initiatives with reliable follow-through.
• Strategic analysis and critical thinking: Manages complex and sensitive initiatives. Absorbs and analyzes large amounts of information. Makes recommendations to effectively solve problems.
• Emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills: Moves priorities with effective collaboration, empathy and positive energy. Uses diplomacy to build consensus and support. Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity: Performs effectively and can adapt in ambiguous, dynamic environments. Navigates quickly shifting priorities and remains cool under pressure. Able to perform tactical, strategic, and operational tasks, and create clarity for others.
• Skills and Abilities
• Bachelor's degree required; Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as international environmental policy, natural resources, business, agriculture & rural development, environmental science, sustainable finance, or sustainable development preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years' professional experience required (or an advanced degree with 2 plus years' experience).
• Knowledge of corporate sustainability reporting, GHG accounting, or other sustainability performance measurement frameworks. Passion for and interest in leveraging the power of business, particularly corporate sustainability, to advance WWF's conservation mission.
• Proficiency in Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Word, Teams, SharePoint. Experience with Airtable, Monday.com and R-Studio/R-Script a plus.
• Exceptional

Additional Information

Major Function WWF's Private Sector Engagement (PSE) team partners with 100+ leading companies to deliver measurable environmental impact and business value - transforming supply chains, scaling nature-based solutions, eliminating plastic waste, and engaging employees and consumers worldwide. The Specialist will work closely with PSE Leadership to support the development and management of corporate partnerships, as well as related stakeholder engagement efforts, in order to advance WWF's conservation mission, maximize revenue and increase public awareness of WWF across the United States. This role focuses heavily on advancing sustainability through WWF's corporate partnerships, developing communications that reflect WWF's goals with the private sector, and providing research, strategic and organizational support for special initiatives and PSE leadership priorities.

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