Asfi Academy Project Manager

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Position title**: ASFI Academy Project Manager

**Reports to**: Senior Vice President, Asia Sustainable Finance

**I. Mission of the Asia Sustainable Finance Team**

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the world’s largest and most experienced

conservation organizations with a global network of 6000 experts across 100 countries working on issues critical to global sustainable development, including food systems sustainability, climate change and the energy transition, and the conservation of freshwater, forest and ocean resources. Our approach is deeply rooted in science and our mission is to _stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which people and nature thrive._

WWF has identified the **finance sector **as a key driver of global economic activity with which we must engage to successfully deliver on our long-term conservation mission. Positioned at the cutting-edge of sustainable finance internationally, our global sustainable finance team of 80 experts - including 30 in Asia - is dedicated to supporting the finance sector to transition to a sustainable and resilient economy via working with key finance sector players including banks, investors, regulators, and stock exchanges, across six focus areas: standards, regulations, capacity building, research & tools, green financial solutions and engagement.

**II. Finance sector capacity building work in Asia: Past and future**

In Asia, a major focus of the WWF Asia Sustainable Finance team has been to support the finance sector to **build capacity on integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into risk assessment and strategic decision-making.** Between 2015 and 2020, the team trained approximately 5000 finance sector professionals across the region on best practices in sustainable finance, via over 120 in-person workshops or bilateral training sessions.

During 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted our approach to capacity building by developing a suite of e-learning courses, as well as a user-friendly learning management system (LMS) collectively known as the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) Academy. The Academy was officially launched in September 2021 with a preliminary suite of short, self-paced courses, in collaboration with the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS), the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF), Singapore Exchange (SGX), and the Life Insurance

Association of Singapore (LIA). The long term vision for ASFI Academy is that it becomes a go-to training resource for financial professionals in Singapore and the region, where they can access a comprehensive suite of accredited courses that reflect the latest developments in sustainable finance regulations, standards, methods and tools.

**III. Key responsibilities**

The **E-learning Project Manager** will support the Asia Sustainable Finance team to continue building relationships with key stakeholders in Singapore and regionally, will support ongoing e-learning content development, and will take the lead on the overall project management of ASFI Academy to ensure the long term success of the e-learning programme. This includes:

- **Stakeholder management**:

- _Distribution partners (existing and potential)_:

- The E-learning Project Manager will be the main point of contact with financial institutions, banking, investment and insurance industry associations, regulators/central banks, and stock exchanges involved in the distribution of ASFI Academy courses.
- They will work closely with the ASFI Manager and members of the Asia Sustainable Finance team to ensure coordination between ASFI Academy workstreams and other areas of work in which these external stakeholders are engaged.
- The nature of this work includes: Presenting ASFI Academy (courses and LMS package) to potential new distribution partners, negotiationf terms of use, supporting the MOA development and execution process, providing ongoing technical and administrative support re. the transfer of course assets to distribution partners, ongoing contract management, periodic reporting, etc.
- A critical success factor in this project will be working closely with these stakeholders to ensure buy-in for and adoption of the ASFI Academy curriculum across the region, and to ensure that the project solves a real need in the market.
- The geographic scope of the project includes: 1) Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Latin America; 2) the Philippines and Malaysia; and 3) Japan, and South Korea.
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Content development partners:_
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Vendors:_
- The E-learning Project Manager will be the main point of contact with all vendors hired to support ASFI Academy (e.g. LMS vendor, e-learning software vendor, translation vendors, communications vendors, content development consultants, etc.) and will ensure all aspects of the project are delive