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  • Posted: Jan 31, 2020
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    The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever.
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    Writer & Editorial Associate

    Description

    Are you a careful and engaging writer adept at translating sometimes complicated concepts into compelling feature articles and other content appropriate for global audiences? Can you put yourself in readers’ shoes and inspire them to read further and take action? Are you exacting about factual accuracy? Do you have a keen editorial eye? Most importantly, do you care about the future of wildlife? The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is seeking an enthusiastic and qualified candidate to support our writing and brand awareness efforts and further AWF’s position as Africa’s conservation leader.

    You will play a key role in developing content for AWF publications, focusing on writing original stories, copyediting others’ stories, and proofreading. Your goal will be to help ensure the breadth and impacts of AWF’s work are communicated to important audiences, including members and major donors.

    Responsibilities 

    • Conceptualize, research and write feature articles, news briefs and other content for AWF publications including wildlife tourism magazine installments and AWF annual report.
    • Liaise with field and program staff members to keep abreast of important organizational news, especially related to conservation impacts, successes, and challenges.
    • Share developments, successes, challenges and other AWF news to AWF internal audiences via a variety of channels and your own reports to the team.
    • Review and edit articles, news stories and other content submitted by the organization’s stakeholders with an eye for accuracy, audience appeal, and adherence to editorial and brand guidelines.
    • Help plan and maintain an editorial calendar to ensure AWF marketing team coverage of programs and projects.
    • Help populate internal knowledge database related to AWF programs and impacts as well as frequently cited facts about species, wildlife threats, etc.
    • Reflect a strong brand voice and help ensure AWF upholds its reputation as the authority on African conservation.
    • Work closely with Marketing Team colleagues on projects as assigned.

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree with 2+ year(s) of experience
    • Excellent writing, copyediting and proofreading skills
    • Demonstrated commitment to accuracy and editorial quality
    • Strong research skills and ability to translate complex ideas and issues into easily understood messages
    • Ability to manage multiple projects while adhering to deadlines
    • Willingness to pitch in on a variety of tasks as part of a dedicated team
    • Keen interest or experience in Africa’s wildlife/land/people

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    Media Specialist

    Description

    The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is the primary advocate for the protection of wildlife and wildlands as an essential part of a modern and prosperous Africa. Founded in 1961 to focus on Africa's unique conservation needs, we articulate a uniquely African vision, bridge science and public policy and demonstrate the benefits of conservation to ensure the survival of the continent's wildlife and wildlands.

    AWF has just completed a 10-year strategic vision and three-year operational plan. The plan includes a detailed and ambition strategic communications plan to achieve the following goals:

    1. Brand positioning: AWF brand is positioned as a homegrown voice of African conservation on the global stage, the engine to grow African conservation leadership, and as influential in sustainable development plans and projects.
    2. Narrative shift: Conservation viewed as integral to sustainable development in modern Africa.
    3. Behavior change: Behaviors change to better support wildlife and wildlands conservation.
    4. Capacity building: Build conservation practitioners’ (AWF’s and partners’) capacity for strategic communication.
    5. Marketing and fundraising: AWF donors and supporters (current and prospective) in authentic relationship with the organization.

    The Media Specialist is a key member of the Public Relations & Corporate Communication Unit, reporting to the Director, Public Relations & Corporate Communication. This team, together with Program teams and the Marketing & Creative team, will execute this ambitious plan. Specifically, s/he will play a critical role in leading AWF’s media relations activities. The Specialist also works closely with the CEO to build his brand, by securing key media placements and supporting him in research, messaging and the development of positions, papers, speeches and opinions to advance African leadership in conservation and the mission of AWF

    Responsibilities

    • In coordination with line manager, develop organizational media plan in coordination with various country office teams (Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Kenya, US, UK, Belgium, and China) and in accordance with AWF’s overall organizational strategy.
    • Lead media relations activities across Africa, including fielding incoming press calls, providing media with requested information in a timely fashion.
    • Proactively develop relationships with media (including reporters, producers and editorial writers), building their understanding and knowledge of AWF and our unique value proposition. Build and update media lists.
    • Pitch and place stories. Schedule interviews and prepare spokespeople for interviews.
    • Draft, edit and distribute high-quality media relations and other communications materials, including news releases and statements, op-eds, letters to the editor, editorial memos, talking points, and other relevant content.
    • Plan and execute events such as press conferences, media briefings and editorial board meetings.
    • In collaboration with the line manager, develop a media culture within AWF, ensuring that all relevant senior staff are trained, practiced, and ready for interviews and other media opportunities.
    • In collaboration with the line manager, develop and execute media plans for major AWF events across Africa, in Europe and in China as needed. Support US team as requested/needed for the same.
    • Listen, monitor and track news globally as it relates to conservation and development across Africa, ensuring the PR & Corporate Communications and team is aware of developing stories
    • Posts news releases to the AWF News Center
    • Consistently coordinates with stakeholders across the organization to ensure the media tracking and analyses are informing and enhancing our communications needs
    • Work collaboratively with Country Office teams and Field Communications team to provide media training and support with communications planning and in the execution of those plans.
    • Serve as key member of the youth team, advising on media strategy to grow youth engagement with AWF and conservation across the continent.
    • Support Corporate & Foundation team in identifying, cultivating and landing strategic media partnerships to amplify and build AWF brand.
    • Work with Director to develop CEO’s personal brand, and refine his executive presence and voice.
    • Research key relevant issues – independently and as directed by Director, Public Relations and Corporate Communications (and CEO) - to inform AWF and CEO positions, talking points, speeches, social media, etc.
    • Write opinion pieces, speeches, and talking points for the key, strategic events for the Chief Executive Officer
    • Work on other special projects as assigned by Director, PR and Corporate Communications

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public policy, international development, international relations, or another relevant field.
    • Minimum of 6 years’ experience in strategic communications/public relations, preferably functioning as either a key spokesperson for an international organization or a senior staff for a local, national and international media.
    • Strong networking and interpersonal skills with proven people, leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
    • Proven ability to effectively train executive communication skills, and to enhance both name and brand recognition of an international organization.
    • Exemplary writing, editing, and proofreading skills necessary for a variety of related activities including speeches and presentations, press releases and media advisories, and other official communications and inter-agency/organization correspondence.
    • Ability and willingness to work collaboratively with organizational peers and other teams.
    • A global perspective with a focus on Africa, conservation, and economic development.
    • A passion for AWF’s mission: ensuring wildlife and wildlands thrive in modern Africa.
    • Knowledge of French and/or other relevant languages a distinct and preferred advantage.

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    Media Specialist

    Description

    The Media Specialist is a key member of the Public Relations & Corporate Communication Unit, reporting to the Director, Public Relations & Corporate Communication. This team, together with Program teams and the Marketing & Creative team, will execute this ambitious plan. Specifically, s/he will play a critical role in leading AWF’s media relations activities. The Specialist also works closely with the CEO to build his brand, by securing key media placements and supporting him in research, messaging and the development of positions, papers, speeches and opinions to advance African leadership in conservation and the mission of AWF

    Responsibilities

    • In coordination with line manager, develop organizational media plan in coordination with various country office teams (Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Kenya, US, UK, Belgium, and China) and in accordance with AWF’s overall organizational strategy.
    • Lead media relations activities across Africa, including fielding incoming press calls, providing media with requested information in a timely fashion.
    • Proactively develop relationships with media (including reporters, producers and editorial writers), building their understanding and knowledge of AWF and our unique value proposition. Build and update media lists.
    • Pitch and place stories. Schedule interviews and prepare spokespeople for interviews.
    • Draft, edit and distribute high-quality media relations and other communications materials, including news releases and statements, op-eds, letters to the editor, editorial memos, talking points, and other relevant content.
    • Plan and execute events such as press conferences, media briefings and editorial board meetings.
    • In collaboration with the line manager, develop a media culture within AWF, ensuring that all relevant senior staff are trained, practiced, and ready for interviews and other media opportunities.
    • In collaboration with the line manager, develop and execute media plans for major AWF events across Africa, in Europe and in China as needed. Support US team as requested/needed for the same.
    • Listen, monitor and track news globally as it relates to conservation and development across Africa, ensuring the PR & Corporate Communications and team is aware of developing stories
    • Posts news releases to the AWF News Center
    • Consistently coordinates with stakeholders across the organization to ensure the media tracking and analyses are informing and enhancing our communications needs
    • Work collaboratively with Country Office teams and Field Communications team to provide media training and support with communications planning and in the execution of those plans.
    • Serve as key member of the youth team, advising on media strategy to grow youth engagement with AWF and conservation across the continent.
    • Support Corporate & Foundation team in identifying, cultivating and landing strategic media partnerships to amplify and build AWF brand.
    • Work with Director to develop CEO’s personal brand, and refine his executive presence and voice.
    • Research key relevant issues – independently and as directed by Director, Public Relations and Corporate Communications (and CEO) - to inform AWF and CEO positions, talking points, speeches, social media, etc.
    • Write opinion pieces, speeches, and talking points for the key, strategic events for the Chief Executive Officer
    • Work on other special projects as assigned by Director, PR and Corporate Communications

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public policy, international development, international relations, or another relevant field.
    • Minimum of 6 years’ experience in strategic communications/public relations, preferably functioning as either a key spokesperson for an international organization or a senior staff for a local, national and international media.
    • Strong networking and interpersonal skills with proven people, leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
    • Proven ability to effectively train executive communication skills, and to enhance both name and brand recognition of an international organization.
    • Exemplary writing, editing, and proofreading skills necessary for a variety of related activities including speeches and presentations, press releases and media advisories, and other official communications and inter-agency/organization correspondence.
    • Ability and willingness to work collaboratively with organizational peers and other teams.
    • A global perspective with a focus on Africa, conservation, and economic development.
    • A passion for AWF’s mission: ensuring wildlife and wildlands thrive in modern Africa.
    • Knowledge of French and/or other relevant languages a distinct and preferred advantage.

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    Manager, Strategy Development

    Description

    This position will lead AWF’s strategic development framework at country and landscape levels. It will first address the rationale behind the need for strategies, ensuring that strategy documents help guide AWF’s decision-making abilities in terms of conservation impact, resource requirements, and implementation planning while at the same time help countries to deliver on their development aspirations and align to the Sustainable Development Goals and African Union’s Agenda 2063. The position will also be responsible for outlining the process for country and landscape strategy development within the organization and ensure that any strategies developed adhere to the defined process as well as AWF’s strategic vision 2019-2029 and its goals.

    This is an exciting and dynamic role for the right individual. A strong ability for rigour, widely knowledgeable- capable of facilitating processes that bring in a diverse range of views, building consensus among teams, patience, the ability to listen, and a sense of humor will be critical success factors for this role. The Manager will interact with individuals at all levels and departments of the organization, in a unique and high-profile role firmly placed at the core of AWF’s strategic decision-making process.

    Key Duties & Responsibilities

    Strategy Process Definition and Development

    • Work with strategic teams across the organization up to and including Conservation Science, Species Protection and Planning teams to design framework, templates, and processes for the development of geography-specific strategies (countries and landscapes) for AWF, and ongoing processes for ensuring strategies are updated, current, and revised for changing contexts.
    • Assess and understand key questions that should be answered in the development process for strategies. Strategies should become a key component of the organizational investment/decision-making process, and help guide allocation of resources within the organization.
    • With support from the VP-Strategy & Knowledge Management, present strategy model and process to senior leadership for approvals;
    • Work closely with the Country Directors and technical leads to develop criteria for strategies and strategic investment decisions to be presented to, and approved by SMC;
    • Train staff on the process and use of strategies in country program and landscape/field implementation and everyday decision-making.
    • Work closely with the Senior Manager Knowledge Management to articulate and establish measurable goals, objectives, and metrics for assessing, reporting, and improving impact at country and landscape levels.
    • As part of an adaptive management process, recommended improvements to AWF’s Strategic Conceptual Models, based on programmatic monitoring, evaluation and learning.
    • Provide inputs, analysis and statistics for quarterly, annual and other reports to management, ensuring the data quality and integrity of all information being reported out.
    • In close consultation with the supervisor, align departmental goals, processes and resource allocation with the organizational strategy.
    • Working closely with Senior Conservation Scientist, support the planning, implementing and managing proposed recommendations and projects based on prevailing circumstances.
    • Establish review process for regularly checking strategies against developments in countries/landscapes and in AWF and facilitate country and landscape teams to undertake informed adaptive management of the strategies.
    • Work with communications team to establish internal and external communications around the strategies and ensure key audiences are aware of and using the strategies.

    Strategy Development for Landscapes and Countries

    • Working with senior leadership, develop prioritized list of strategies required by AWF and timeframe for completion. The strategy “needs list” should be a living list of priorities, revised and updated to reflect current contexts.
    • Lead process for development of specific strategies, working with Country Directors and other departments to research, assess and define strategies, as per the agreed-upon process. These will be based on best available scientific fundamentals, including AWF’s SWOT/ GAP analysis and evidence-based approaches to mitigate identified/ emerging threats, establishment of conservation & livelihood strategies, and incorporate other areas influencing implementation such as development and economic context, Costing & financing, policy, fundraising, operational context, and risk. Strategies should also articulate desired outcomes, vision of “success” for a given landscape or country.
    • Support the participatory development of long-term landscape and country strategies and facilitate the strategic planning process to ensure that this process is timely, focused, and value adding. S/he also ensures that the strategy planning process highlights existing development/conservation/business issues, making certain that these issues are thoughtfully addressed by the laid-out plans.
    • Oversee the development and implementation of strategies for countries/landscapes to guide AWF’s approach to engagement, ensuring that each geographic area is guided by an organization-approved strategy.
    • Lead periodic review process of existing strategies, ensuring that strategies are current; where significant revision of strategies is required, ensure adequate internal buy-in and SMC approval.

    Requirements

    • Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, with emphasis on strategic management, Conservation Economics, or Conservation Planning, or other relevant education.
    • At least 4 years of work experience in a strategy position within a fast-paced and dynamic business environment in relation to strategy development; experience working in a conservation environment will be an added advantage.
    • Excellent understanding of business/organizational operations and procedures in sub-Saharan Africa especially in ecological, environmental, and/or development issues.
    • Experience in developing and managing corporate/organizational strategy strategies, with direct exposure to top management strategy formulation and decision making.
    • Ability to think strategically, with creative, pragmatic and participatory approaches to forward planning.
    • Demonstrated skills in working across departments within organizations, balancing a wide-ranging set of viewpoints, and building consensus among diverse groups of stakeholders.
    • Understanding of basic financial principles, budgeting, and cost analysis for organizations.
    • Fluency in written and spoken English is essential. Fluency in written and spoken French is a very significant advantage.
    • Excellent communicator with interpersonal skills, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity and ability to engage variety of people in the course of delivering an assignment, gathering and sharing information from others throughout the organization and maintaining strong relationships with country programs and field implementation teams, technical experts, managers and leadership.
    • Willingness to travel, sometimes to remote locations within Africa.
    • Interest in AWF’s mission and understanding of issues faced by AWF in delivering its mission. Familiarity with contemporary conservation issues in Africa, will be a distinct asset.

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