Regional Director, Asia Pacific

Posted on_ October, 29 2024_

LOCATION: Singapore, other locations with WWF Asia or Pacific country offices can be considered.

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What we do
We are an independent conservation organisation, striving to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife. From individuals and communities to business and government, we are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030. Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable.

WWF Asia Pacific Mission

Role purpose

The Regional Director, Asia Pacific (AP) will lead the strategic planning and future institutional development of WWF in Asia Pacific and enable the AP Country Offices to play a leading role in the WWF Network. At the same time, the Regional Director will seek to fulfil the organisation's mission of ‘people living in harmony with nature’ by ensuring the relevance of WWF’s conservation work to people and development in the AP region, The Regional Director will also provide strong people leadership, and deliver operational excellence combined with effective implementation of conservation strategies and initiatives.

Major

**Responsibilities**:
Leadership and Strategy

Provides effective leadership and line management for all members of the senior leadership team in Asia Pacific, including the AP Country Offices, and leadership at the highest organisational level.
Leads the development and implementation of the AP region's shared vision and strategy, ensuring all staff in AP are supported to contribute to WWF’s Global Goals.
Provides overall direction and leadership in executing WWF’s strategic objectives to deliver conservation impact.
Builds a culture of performance, positivity, creativity, and work ethic within all offices in the AP region.
Builds a purpose-driven culture and commitment to seeking an engaged workforce at regional and country levels, driven by staff engagement survey results and action plans.
Ensures WWF in the AP region has a solid long-term organisational development strategy and is financially strong to deliver on its conservation agenda.
Role models the WWF organisational values and sets the ‘tone at the top’ in providing inspirational leadership to the region.

Conservation and Impact

Provide line management and institutional support to ensure strategies, initiatives and programmes deliver the greatest impact towards WWF's Global Goals.
Support the implementation of effective impact, monitoring and reporting systems.

External Engagement

Oversees WWF policy and advocacy efforts in the AP region and contributes to global advocacy efforts impacting conservation in the region by ensuring the development of sound advocacy strategies and practice; and lobbying at the highest level to advance WWF conservation goals.
Ensures effective communications, in partnership with Country Offices, with governments, international organisations, other non-governmental organisations, industry, and the public to maintain and develop a strong profile of WWF and its activities, as well as leveraging opportunities between national, regional and global levels.
Identifies and pursues crucial opportunities for joint action with other conservation groups in the Asia Pacific region to lead unified conservation agendas.
Secures key partnerships and high-level political commitment within and outside the Asia Pacific to deliver conservation impacts, such as the Asian Development Bank, ASEAN, etc., and governments in the region, and business leaders to ensure optimal communication and mutually beneficial relationships.
Initiates and leads strategic regional partnerships with governments, corporates, civil society, etc. relevant to WWF’s institutional vision and global initiatives in the Asia Pacific, thereby strengthening WWF’s profile, reputation and credibility in the region and influencing policies.

Asia Pacific Regional Team Management

Leads the development of a highly effective, entrepreneurial, and impact/performance-driven Asia Pacific regional leadership team.
Ensures that Country Office strategic plans are developed and fully realised and performance is monitored and actioned.
Work with the Regional Leadership Team to ensure timely Country Office performance and KPI reporting, high-quality periodic discussions with Country Office Directors and Senior Management Teams to review performance, and clear next steps and actions are followed through.

Country Office Management

Ensures that WWF conservation projects and programmes that are implemented are aligned with its social policies, clearly upholding the human rights of people and communities.
Line manages Country Offices, and builds strong and high-performing Country Offices i