Specific duties will include:

• Project and relationship management support – Helping to lead relationship and project management activities with external stakeholders for the team’s major initiatives (peer NGOs, government agencies, teachers, schools, and major food businesses). This will include playing an active role in meetings with WWF staff and external partners, and helping to drive progress on action items.
• Content development – Conducting internal research and literature reviews, supporting the writing and research of any external facing reports for publication or project deliverables (such as presentations, reports, talking points, blog posts, case studies, digital content, and social media copy).
• Data analysis – Analyzing data from multiple sources including weights & measures from food waste pilot programs.

• Seeking candidates with a Master’s Degree or current enrollment in master’s program in a related field.
• Able to commit to 35 hours/week for at least 6 months (with opportunity for extension to 1 year)
• Experience in and/or passion for creating a more circular and sustainable food system
• Relationship/external facing experience preferred to help support relationship and meeting management with key external stakeholders
• Data analysis experience preferred
• Proactive and creative problem-solving
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Strong research and analytical skills, as well as attention to detail are obligatory
• Ability to work productively on both independent research assignments and as part of a team
• Must have very strong proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), and creating customer-facing presentations
• Fluency in English is required (Spanish a plus, but not required)
• Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values:
  • COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.
  • INTEGRITY – We live the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability, and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.
  • RESPECT – We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.
  • COLLABORATION – We deliver impact at the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation

Team Culture:

We value career-growth and give our team members the space, responsibility, and creative freedom to grow in their career and develop the skills and projects that they value. As a new team member, you’ll be able to jump in and participate from day 1 as a core part of the team, working to solve ambiguous and difficult challenges across a diverse set of partners and stakeholders. We believe that people thrive when they can bring their whole selves to work, their sense of humor, and their true personality. Furthermore, we greatly value and respect our personal and family time, and cultivate a team culture where all team members can do so. We strive to create an environment where new ideas that challenge or add to our team culture and the way we work are welcome.

Applicants who are transitioning into this field, pursuing higher education degrees, or coming from nontraditional career paths are all encouraged to apply.

With regards to our values and commitment to DEI, the following are excerpts from WWF Freshwater & Food’s statement on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:

• Diversity is an essential element to a thriving, functional ecosystem, just as it is to humanity—diversity enables innovation, complexity, beauty, wonder, and resilience.
• The long history of discrimination, prejudice and exploitation of differences, in the United States and around the world, has led to deeply embedded injustices and inequalities in structures, institutions, and mindsets (both conscious and unconscious) that must be acknowledged and addressed to advance justice and equity today.
• We commit to a culture of learning and growth, in which we strive to understand and address our intrinsic biases and inspire our colleagues to do the same. This commitment includes being self-reflective, open to respectful and constructive feedback, and eager to learn about areas of growth and improvement. We commit to fostering space internally to facilitate courageous conversations in a safe, compassionate, and respectful way.
• We commit to leverage our position as conservationists and conveners to elevate, make space for, and emphasize historically underrepresented voices and perspectives with humility, openness to learning and recognition of complexity and nuance, especially related to culture and power dynamics.

Location:

US Remote (though being located in DC area a plus) – WWF employs interns in all states with the exception of: Alabama, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Wyoming.

Compensation:

Paid – $25 per hour

WWF is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and requires all US-based staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. WWF will consider requests for accommodation from the vaccine requirement based on disability, medical contraindication, sincerely held religious belief, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

To Apply:

• For those interested in applying to this position, please include a cover letter on how this specific FLW position would support your career ambitions, as well as a short (max 5 pages) writing sample.
• Submit cover letter and resume through our Careers Page, Requisition #IN-24025
• Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to inquiries via phone

As an EOE/AA employer, WWF will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status. WWF values diversity and inclusion and welcomes diverse candidates to apply.