Director, Strategic Planning

Posted on_ February, 27 2025_

LOCATION: This role can be based in WWF International Hubs. The vacancy being posted is a WWF International vacancy, even though the position might be hosted in a local office, WWF International still exclusively handles their own vacancies, for this reason please do not contact the local offices.

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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.

1 MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT
- Enable the WWF mission through driving a strong, inspiring, compelling, and strategic communications approach to ensure and support conservation impact in line with the strategic priorities of WWF International.
- To drive strategic communications to the Network, Governing bodies, International Secretariat, and leadership supporting WWF International's strategic priorities.
- To drive the strategic alignment of articulating consistent external positions on emerging issues across the network.
- To ensure a coherent ‘One WWF, One Voice’ by integrating and supporting the communications, media, and brand functions across WWF International and supporting these services to the network (offices in over 90 countries).
- To engage targeted audiences across the globe to accelerate conservation impact, influence decision-makers, and build the WWF brand.
- To facilitate and coordinate the development and alignment of a global communications strategy.
- To provide common technology platforms Network-wide to enable communication with key audiences.
- To provide a Centre of Excellence to the Network and convene the Communications Community in terms of communications practice.

2 MAJOR FUNCTIONS
- Provides vision and strategic direction to communications teams, and the WWF Network, to maximize conservation impact through robust strategic planning and coordination.
- Accountable for dynamic forward planning; including the allocation and coordination of departmental resources according to key workstreams, portfolio priorities, schedules, and budgets, working closely with departmental leaders
- Ensures real-time resource capacity overview and project pipeline for the full department; works with communications teams to capture and respond to changing needs, consequential adjustments, and emerging opportunities.
- Responsible for project management and delivery of integrated workstreams with effective workflow traffic control and WWF International channel optimization.
- Leads business partnering within Global Communications to cultivate strong relationships with internal clients for effective collaboration and problem solving.

3 Major

**Responsibilities**:

- Cultivate a culture of collaboration, high performance, and accountability within the team while, in collaboration with P&C colleagues, seeking to support continuous professional development.
- In collaboration with the Senior Director, Stakeholder Relations and the Director, Organizational Communications, and with oversight from the Global Director Communications, establish organizational communications priorities to inform an agreed operating plan, and agree multi-disciplinary work steam teams to fulfil its desired outcomes.
- Accountable for the optimization and strategic use of resources to ensure delivery of communications demands from key stakeholders and the Network.
- Effectively manage Business Partners as a focal point of entry for stakeholders across WWF International and the Network in order to interpret and manage communications needs, through the development and maintenance of trusted relationships and thought partnership.
- Advise the Global Director, Communications on demand planning, resources, and surge events to ensure a proactive approach to organizational communication needs.
- Oversee the communications production hub to ensure effective external channel management, content creation, and analysis.
- Co-create and continuously refine work stream communications plans, working closely with the Senior Director, Stakeholder Relations and Director, Organizational Communications, with oversight from the Global Director, Communications.
- Coordinate across the Communications department and work streams to ensure that the changing communication environment is considered in all strategic planning efforts.
- Working with budget holders, ensure effective management of the departmental budget, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to achieve strategic goals.
- Monitor and report on key performance indi