World Wildlife Fund-United States (WWF-US) seeks a Director to help drive its work on mobilizing private finance for nature-based solutions (NbS).
WWF’s newly formed Nature Finance and Investment (NFI) team is focused on mobilizing large-scale financing for nature through nature markets, impact investing, debt capital markets, and public policy and investment. As a member of NFI, the Director will work with internal and external partners to develop and deliver WWF’s bankable NbS portfolio, with a focus on leveraging carbon markets for nature.
The Director will initially focus on originating and bringing to market bankable NbS through WWF’s Nature-based Solutions Origination platform (NbS-OP), a joint program of NFI and the WWF Forests and Freshwater Team. Through the NbS-OP, WWF uses its global reach, landscape knowledge, and diverse partnerships to identify and develop landscape-level NbS interventions that address threats and drivers efficiently; incorporate transparent and equitable governance and benefit-sharing mechanisms; and set the bar for durable impacts for climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development. In addition, the Director will work with NFI leadership to further develop and execute WWF’s strategy and business model for leveraging nature markets to mobilize finance for its conservation objectives around the world.