7 Wildlife - Endangered Species - Biodiversity jobs

Overview World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world's leading conservation organizations, seeks an Outgoing Agreements Associate Specialist. Responsibilities Administers grant and consultant agreements, including: Drafting agreements, ensuring that pertinent Prime Donor provisions are included, as applicable. Contacting new consultants and grantees to gather documents such as payment details and tax forms. Preparing paperwork and routing agreement for approval, securing signatures and distributing documents to appropriate parties. Processing agreement payments in a timely manner and in accordance with WWF policies and procedures. Monitoring and clearing advances and recording expenses for conditional grants. Monitoring compliance with deliverable requirements, including following up on outstanding submissions. In coordination with PA, processing journal entries in Workday throughout the lifecycle of the agreement (e.g., agreement...

Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park provides the opportunity for one intern to gain experience in communications and outreach with two conservation programs of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI). Virginia Working Landscapes (VWL) is a community-based program that focuses on biodiversity and landscape conservation through ecosystem research, education, and community engagement. The Changing Landscapes Initiative (CLI) is a landscape ecology and conservation program bridging the gap between scientists and communities through a stakeholder-driven, scenario planning approach. The intern will primarily participate in VWL and CLI outreach and education efforts to engage the local community in program activities, and conservation topics in general, through science communication, writing for online (website, email, and social media) and print platforms,  The intern will also be able to learn about direct community engagement through virtual stakeholder meetings and...

CONSERVATION FELLOW GAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPLORE CAREERS IN NATURAL RESOURCES!   MCC’s Conservation Fellow (CF) program makes a measurable difference in conservation efforts while strengthening the experience of young adults. CFs serve a five-month term of service from May – September at partnering federal/state agencies, nonprofits, tribal offices, and other community-based conservation organizations across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Projects include: climate resiliency, habitat restoration, rangeland science, soil monitoring, invasive species treatment, developed recreation management, GIS mapping, stream and wetland restoration, cave and karst feature surveys, conservation education and outreach, volunteer management and more.   Along with serving their communities, CFs make tangible contributions to climate change solutions while developing professional skills that directly transfer to a career in the natural resources field....

LOCATION :  home office (California desert or Central Valley region) POSITION SUMMARY   This professional-level position is responsible for developing and implementing work plans for the California Renewable Energy Program with a focus on renewable energy project siting and planning within the California desert and Central Valley. The California Representative will serve as an energy planning and policy expert and liaison to other organizations, federal/state/local agencies, elected officials and their staff, the media and the general public. The position requires excellent communications and writing/editing skills to provide energy planning and policy analysis and to draft and revise documents and publications.   Assignments are results- or goal-oriented, requiring substantial discretion on the part of the position in determining how to design and implement program elements to meet the assigned goals (e.g., conservation of at-risk species through ecosystem and...

LOCATION :  Missoula, Helena, or Bozeman, MT (home office) POSITION SUMMARY   This professional-level position is responsible for overseeing and implementing Defenders’ strategic plan objectives to conserve wolves in the Northern Rockies. Priorities include: 1) improving state conservation and management of wolves in Montana and Idaho; 2) minimizing lethal control by reducing / preventing conflicts between wolves and livestock; 3) improving social acceptance of wolves through targeted advocacy, public outreach and education, and field activities. The Representative pursues conservation objectives through a variety of tools including advocating for science-based laws, policies and plans; strengthening and mobilizing public support; cultivating diverse messengers; promoting and supporting the implementation of predator-livestock conflict reduction strategies with partnering landowners and livestock owners / managers; and other means.    This position requires...