Head of Conservation, WWF DRC

Mission of the Department

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the conservation organization, has a large and growing conservation programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), implementing a large number of projects under four main strategic pillars, namely Forest and Agriculture, Wildlife and Protected Areas, Energy and Infrastructure and Governance, the latter being crosscutting. The Head of Conservation will ensure WWF DRC’s vision is implemented by attaining its conservation objectives.

Major Functions

The Head of Conservation supports the delivery of transformational and lasting conservation impact by building and leading WWF DRC’s Conservation Programme, ensuring coherent integration of thematic and geographical programmes as presented in the Country Strategic Plan. He/She provides advice to the DRC Country Director on pertinent conservation issues in the country. (S)He leads the tactical direction of DRC’s Conservation Agenda in partnership with key international, governmental and local partners. As the Conservation Governance Practice focal point for WWF DRC, he will lead the empowerment of Congolese local civil society to take ownership of the future of the natural capital management. By doing so, he will support the further embedding of WWF DRC in the DRC civil society, thus, enhancing it relevancy in the Conservation and Development work in the country.

Working closely with the Country Director, S(he) supports the engagement with multilateral and bilateral institutions to influence the policies around key conservation areas. (S)He also mediates the WWF network’s engagement (through Practices) to maintain the alignment of WWF DRC critical contributions to the WWF Global Goals.

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