Associate Project Manager - Conservation Outreach - Emirates Nature-WWF

As an Associate Project Manager Conservation Outreach the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing volunteer programmes citizen science projects leadership training and community consultation that contribute to ENWWFs conservation portfolio and are immersed and aligned to the organisations conservation goals.

He/She will support the development and implementation of inspirational relevant sciencebased and communityled nature conservation programmes and adapt them for different audiences including rural communities and youthfocused approaches. These programmes should be tightly monitored and adapted to ensure maximum impact.

The Associate Project Manager Conservation Outreach planning stakeholder management community management marketing and communications support. He/She will be expected to be a leader of our community to achieve measurable transformative impact at scale.

The successful candidate will work closely with other units (Strategic Partnerships Marketing & Communications Special Projects etc.) to ensure smooth operations and successful integration with the broader organizational goals. He/She will drive our communities towards action. Additionally he/she will support with the management a team of coordinators interns freelancers consultants and volunteers and ensure full compliance with the policies and procedures of the organization.

• Drive the vision for transformative community engagement for conservation impact and resilient rural communities.
• Manage the capacity building process internally and externally around citizen science voluntourism and rural community engagement. Ensure accurate data collection and adherence to protocol compile citizen science and impact data.
• Participate in conservation portfolio activities to ensure immersion on projects and better understanding of project goals.
• Work on the development of volunteer and community outreach concepts and workplans for the ENWWF community (including youth and schools).
• Manage the logistics preparations & needs for the successful delivery of activities in collaboration with vendors and partners.
• Contribute to admin tasks formal and informal correspondence fieldwork planning and permit applications.
• Responsible that vendors and project teams are following strict Health and Safety standards & manage the risk management for these activities.
• Develop content & accompanying materials.
• Contribute to impact reporting and M&E.
• Enhance the scalability of volunteer activities across all ages and through communities and link with behaviour change and citizen science campaigns.
• Support with the creation toolkits and with the organisation of workshops meetings trainings and majlis.
• Work with the team to achieve a seamless volunteer experience.
• Keep abreast of international best practices and regional activities to ensure that the solutions that ENWWF offers are always relevant.
• Identifying scope of work creation of vendor proposals and engagement with vendors for contract development and deliverables.
• Lead on procurement keep track of expenses and invoices and support budget management.
• Drive volunteer and community engagement rewards & creation of a communities of action.
• Collaborate with the communications and marketing team to develop content specific for different audiences.
• Effectively train mentor and supervise Freelance instructors consultants Interns ambassadors and volunteers to assist in advocacy and delivery of activities.
• Maintain an effective working relationship and foster collaboration with strategic partners and rural communities and ensure that there is effective coordination of all activities in support of joint objectives.
• Support the creation and execution of an activities calendar to maintain engagement.
• Manage digital tools and their evolution.
• Deliver a seamless chain of communication and support with enquiry handling and communications with the community.
• Work with the Communications and Digital teams to develop messaging and social media content for outreach initiatives.
• Lead the outreach teams Arabic communication and generate content from onsite events and activities.
• Report on volunteer satisfaction and community insights as well as brand sentiment for adaptive management & contribute to impact reporting and M&E for membership products.
• Represent ENWWF in meetings and government led workshops to the extent possible.
• Identify strategic opportunities and support with fundraising.

Experience

• Experience and background in environmental sustainability ecology nature conservation or similar.
• Interest and knowledge of local biodiversity and its conservation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and connections within rural communities.
• At least 10 years of experience and a strong working background in project management outreach activities citizen science field volunteering or similar.
• Data literate and reliable with accuracy of data.

Education

• Degree in Environmental Science Ecology or relevant field.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic is highly desirable.

Emirates NatureWWF Focus: Acts as a member of Emirates NatureWWF placing higher priority on Emirates NatureWWF goals than own goals and anticipating the effects of own areas actions on others to ensure holistic Emirates NatureWWF outcomes.

External Orientation: Looks outwards ensuring WWF stays relevant continues to anticipate and adapt to external environmental and global trends.

Delivering Quality Outcomes: Establishes stretch goals plans using best judgment and takes responsibility for planning to and delivering on outcomes.

Building Working Relationships: Builds collaborative relationships through the understanding and development of others and own ideas.

Communicating Effectively: Uses appropriate means of communication to convey messages seeks input from others and ensures understanding.

Leading Change: Encourages and seeks out innovative solutions and brings people on a journey constructively and empathetically.

• Ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively generating innovative ways to drive nature conservation.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to perform under pressure.
• Ability to influence persuade and obtain consensus to achieve results.
• Energetic creative and confident public speaker.
• Proven stakeholder management and relationshipbuilding skills.
• Demonstrable ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Proactive and proficient at multitasking and analytical skills.
• Produce highquality products/services with attention to detail.
• Supportive constructive and open to influence when dealing with others.
• Friendly open and sensitive to the satisfaction of others.
• Experience using social media for brand awareness and impressions. Excellent knowledge of Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Google and other social media best practices.

Internal Liaising in close collaboration with Marketing & Engagement and Conservation

Please send your application consisting of a cover letter explaining why you are the right candidate to work with ENWWF and your CV with the subject Application for Associate Project Manager Conservation Outreach to the attention of Ms Magdalena Tayoun on confidential before 30th June 2024.