- Take the lead on the compliance and technical review process of safeguards screens, plans, frameworks across all stages of the safeguard process (screening, mitigation planning, adaptive management) ensuring compliance with ESSF requirements and network standards;
- Design and review safeguards compliance and/or assurance documentation, and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of processes and systems;
- Work as part of the Accredited Safeguards Expert (ASEs) community in the WWF Network, taking on the responsibilities delegated to ASEs (as relevant to accreditation level);
- Build and strengthen the ASE, global and regional safeguards practitioner communities. Deliver training and other forms of capacity building, and the dissemination of lessons learned and good practices;
- Support Regional Heads in the safeguards aspects of regional quality assurance processes, in compliance reviews and providing recommendations to project proposals, contracts and other items as may be required;
- Support Regional Heads to provide technical guidance and capacity building to country focal points and implementing teams;
- Design ESSF and SoPs related guidance and technical support materials, such as guidance, tools, and knowledge materials;
- Mainstream and embed the ESSF and SOPs across conservation portfolios within the geographies covered by the Safeguards team at WWF International.
- Master's degree (or equivalent) in natural or social sciences, economics, Indigenous People's studies, development studies, or relevant fields;
- Minimum 5 years proven international experience in implementing E&S safeguard systems preferably in the conservation sector;
- Demonstrated knowledge of conservation priorities and issues and the intersection with human rights, Indigenous Peoples' rights, local communities' rights in complex, multi-actor settings;
- Experience in developing and/or delivering safeguards training to practitioner-level audiences, including with designing supporting tools, training packs and good practice guides.
- Experience of working in an international organisation, including INGOs, multilateral or bilateral development agencies that operate with safeguard systems or similar;
- High degree of cultural sensitivity and ability to navigate complexity;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including review of technical documents and preparation of presentations for virtual and in-person meetings;
- Fluency in French is highly desirable;
- Clear understanding of risk-based approaches to managing projects and programmes;
- Strong organisational skills, results-driven;
- Creativity, dynamism and diplomacy;
- Identify and align with the core values of the WWF organisation: Courage, Integrity, Respect & Collaboration.
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Beschreibung
LOCATION: Flexible - subject to WWF International ability to contractWant to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the Earth? Working at WWF could be your opportunity of a lifetime.
All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realisation that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge.
Our people come from hugely diverse backgrounds and with a variety of expertise, ranging from HR and finance to advocacy and conservation science. We welcome applications from anyone who believes they can help us create a better future for people and wildlife.
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.
Duration of the contract: 2 years fixed-term
Preferred location: Nairobi, (Kenya); Zeist, (NL); Woking (UK); or Vienna (Austria)
1 MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT
WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. To support our commitment to embedding human rights and respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities across WWF's portfolio, WWF International established a Safeguards and Social Policies Team in 2019. Led by the Senior Director, Safeguards and Human Rights, the team has oversight responsibility over WWF's Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework (ESSF) and Statements of Principles (SoPs) for Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Indigenous Peoples (SoPs, replacing the Social Policies, effective 1 July The team has a global mandate in providing network services as part of WWF International's Secretariat function, and sits within the Global Operations Division.
2 MAJOR FUNCTIONS
The Safeguards Expert will oversee the implementation of the Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework (ESSF) and Statements of Principles (SoPs) across regions (Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe) covered by the Safeguards team at WWF International. This role will focus on strategic development of safeguards compliance processes , technical guidance, and capacity-building initiatives to ensure the effective integration of safeguards measures.
3 MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
4 PROFILE
Required Qualifications.
Required Skills and Competencies.
5 WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal:
Director, Safeguards and Human Rights Interacts regularly with Regional Heads, Safeguards; Regional, National and Country Office Technical Leads and Safeguards focal points; QA and Risk functions; Conservation Division and Communications Leads; Accredited Safeguards Experts and safeguard practitioner communities.
External:
Consultants under contract; WWF partners; peer and civil society organisations.
