Senior Coordinator, Safeguards and Human Rights - Woking, United Kingdom - WWF-België

Description

Posted on 25 August 2023_


LOCATION:
Woking, UK

Want to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the Earth? Working at WWF could be your opportunity of a lifetime.

All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realisation that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge.

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.

Mission

WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

To support our commitment to embedding human rights and respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities across WWF's portfolio, WWF International established a Safeguards and Social Policies Team in 2019.

Led by the Senior Director, Safeguards and Human Rights, the team has oversight responsibility over WWF's Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework (ESSF) and Statements of Principles for Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Indigenous Peoples (SOPs, replacing the Social Policies, effective 1 July The team has a global mandate in providing network services as part of WWF International's Secretariat function, and sits within the Global Operations Division.

WWF International is currently recruiting for a Senior Coordinator & Knowledge Manager, E&S Safeguards and Human Rights.

Joining an existing team of six this is a key role that provides foundational support in relation to the implementation of the ESSF and SOPs.

Major Functions

Major


Responsibilities:

• Manages the administration and operational coordination of the Senior Director and team, ensuring deadlines and commitments are met
• Manages AirTable and from this and other sources, to compile status reports, and similar for review and subsequent distribution
• Organises and minutes regular ESSF calls (team, practitioners, Accredited Safeguards Experts, working groups and others)
• Supports the Senior Director in managing the team's financial health, for example by budget monitoring, consultant contracting and invoicing
• Coordinates and tracks the compliance steps of the safeguards process (e.g. review of screens, mitigation frameworks/plans, quality assurance and GMS reviews, and other items as may be required).
• Serves as team focal point for the WWF International Grants Management System (GMS), and assists the team to navigate, act on and monitor tasks assigned in GMS, coordinates and provides feedback to staff responsible for managing GMS, and communicates updates to the team.
• Coordinate, monitor, act on and/or assist ESSF Regional Heads with the management of safeguard related grievances received via the WhistleB system.
• Regularly reviews the ESSF internal website and ESSF presence in Workplace, and the ESSF external website to ensure its content remains current and accurate
• Provide support for meetings, training courses, conferences or other events, and coordinates and prepares required documents, presentations, and briefing packs
• Assists the team in coordinating processes, convening safeguards practitioners, compiling case studies, developing and disseminating tools for ESSF and SOP implementation
• Collaborate with the team, Communications and ICT staff as relevant, to develop and maintain document depositories, databases, asset nests, and online portals to meet the information and learning needs of safeguards practitioner communities.
• Organises and tracks requests, agendas, meetings seeking to streamline the Senior Director's workload and ensure timely responses to invitations and similar
• Organises travel for the Senior Director and team, including flights, accommodation and other logistics; coordinates and prepares documents related to travel such as visas and expense reports; keeping Climate Friendly CO2 info uptodate.
• Draft and/or assist the Senior Director to prepare reports and presentations for senior management (Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, Network Executive Team, Conservation Quality Committee, WWF International Executive Team).
• Liaise with staff on whom successful ESSF and SOP implementation depends, including organisational functions in WWF International, and relevant staff in network offices.
• Undertakes other tasks as assigned by the Senior Director.

Required Qualifications

• Secretarial/Administration diploma or equivalent.
• Relevant experience as a senior/executive assistant and/or pro