Position title: Assistant Manager (Marine), Conservation and Science
Reports to: Conservation Programme Manager/Director Conservation and Science
About WWF-Singapore
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:
The Assistant Manager provides support and assistance to the Conservation and Science Department of WWF-Singapore on multiple projects, activities and tasks as required. The post-holder works across the organisation – including with Operations, Growth and Partnerships and Communications, and with local and overseas partners.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Lead in and provide support and assistance in the identification, establishment and day-to-day management of predominantly coastal and marine field projectsin the region and Singapore.
• Designing and implementing budgets for projects.
• Review technical progress and financial reports from implementing project teams (overseas and in Singapore), and coordinate and attend updates with project partners. Record and distribute project updates internally.
• Supporting in creating content for social media and other channels to communicate about projects
• Support other teams including education, fundraising and communications work with content identification, content creation, editing and fact checking with science-based research as required.
• Prepare reports for local and overseas projects upon completion.
• Undertake and/or participate in research projects as/when required.
• Represent the department in cross-programme management teams and discussions with local and regional partners as required.
• Organise and coordinate meetings and workshops with internal staff, external colleagues and partners.
• Represent WWF at meetings, workshops, public speaking opportunities, media engagement and working or focus groups locally and internationally as required.
• Reach out to and maintain relationships with partners such as government agencies, NGOs, private sector stakeholders and donors as required.
• Conduct local citizen science and/or public outreach and training e.g. guided walks, talks, data collection as required.
• Comfortable working with volunteers and interns
• Generate and analyse data and descriptive statistics in relation to a) work relevant to conservation activities and b) project activities.
• Identification of funding opportunities (in collaboration with growth and partnership team colleagues) and assistance in writing funding proposals.
• Periodic after working hours and weekend work is to be expected (time-off in lieu will be given)
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by the line manager.
• Some overseas travel to project sites will be expected.
Required qualifications and skills:
• Bachelor’s degree and above in environmental sciences, biology, geography or related fields preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sustainability, conservation and related topics.
• At least 3 years of project management experience in conservation, sustainability, natural resource management or related fields.
• At least 1 year of field experience in marine conservation/research projects.
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Good people management, engagement, and networking skills.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information from various departments and stakeholders and present information in a structured and consistent way.
• SCUBA diving certification and fluency in other Southeast Asia languages is a plus.
You need to:
Be a self-starter with a high level of drive.
Be open to exploring unfamiliar subjects and areas of work.
Be able to work independently and with teams, according to task requirements. Have great organisational skills, attention and dedication to details.
Be able to handle coordination of various stakeholders on complex projects.
Have good interpersonal skills and be able to follow-up on engagements in a timely and effective manner Manage projects and collaborations with external partners where there are multiple and competing priorities.
Adhere to WWF’s values, which are: Courage, Integrity, Respect and Collaboration.
This job description covers the main tasks. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organisational needs.
