Senior Executive, Engagement and Outreach

**Position title**: Senior Executive, Engagement and Outreach

**Reports to**: Head, Education & Outreach

**Singapore**: Singapore

**About World Wide Fund for Nature, Singapore (WWF)**:
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organisations. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. As one of WWF’s international hubs, WWF-Singapore supports a global network spanning over 100 countries. WWF Singapore works closely with local stakeholders towards a greener and more sustainable Singapore and the region around us. We work to address key conservation areas, such as climate change, sustainable finance, deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, marine conservation, and sustainable production and consumption, through collaboration, education and outreach efforts involving the community, businesses, and governments. For more information, please visit wwf.sg.

**Major Functions**:
**Major Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Envision, develop and execute public engagement activities to appeal to a wide demographic in Singapore including the general public, schools and community groups.
- Monitor and administer all engagement requests from WWF internal teams, prioritize and manage a calendar of engagement activities and coordinate their execution.
- Lead our Green Cities Programme Team and support the Illegal Wildlife Trade Programme team as needed.
- Support our existing online Cyber Spotters Programme, including volunteer recruitment and training, data analysis, collaborate with relevant organisations.
- Recruit and train volunteers to support team needs (e.g. nature guiding, citizen science surveys, support at our outreach events)
- Recruit, train and supervise freelance staff and vendors as needed.
- Develop and upkeep engagement resources and collaterals to maintain accuracy and relevance for training of volunteers, freelancers and staff.
- Conduct indoor and outdoor training in a variety of settings such as large and small group facilitation and active and hands-on engagements for a broad range of target audience.
- Conduct nature guiding and biodiversity monitoring.
- Track multiple budgets and project proposals; maintain a list of service providers to execute an efficient fulfillment system.
- Manage risks to ensure smooth day to day execution of all programmes, projects and events. This includes maintaining a professional network of connections.
- Manage financial commitments and accounting for programme.
- Manage, track and ensure all partnership and donor commitments are met.
- Produce timely reports, as required to be presented to management and donors.
- Manage and safeguard intellectual property rights of proprietary materials and processes; and maintain accurate records and feedback (e.g. testimonials).
- Conduct literature review and data mining from websites or documents.
- Manage relationships with WWF international colleagues and partners for programme execution as needed.
- Liaise with the media in partnership with the communications team when required.
- Initiate and maintain good working relationships with key stakeholders such as education practitioners, partner and government organisations, advocates, mentors etc.
- Perform other related duties as needed to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the Education and Outreach team.

**Profile**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Studies, Sustainability, Science Communication or related fields
- At least 2 years or more working experience in a similar capacity
- Familiarity with local biodiversity
- Experience in collection, analysis and evaluation of data
- Understanding of, and/or experience in, public engagement, community outreach, or support related topics.
- Proficient with design platforms such as Canva and Adobe Illustrator/ Adobe Photoshop
- Keen interest in sustainability and environmental issues
- Experience managing events, campaigns and communications & marketing
- Experience in managing staff, volunteers, interns and vendors
- Knowledge and experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
- Proven success in the development and execution of strategies and project plans.
- Knowledge and experience of the not-for-profit sector is advantageous
- Able to work on weekends when necessary (off in lieu provided)

**Required Skills and Competencies**:

- Be a self-starter with a high level of drive, able to manage the job independently and proactively
- Strong people skills both in-person and online to support community building and engagement.
- Good organisational skills with a high degree of attention to both details and deadlines.
- Advanced written and verbal English skills, along with the maturity to work in a global, multi-cultural environment.
- Ability to hire, train and supervise freelance staff as well