ThaiNGO

Division/Department:   Plastic

Reporting to: WWF Thailand Conservation Director in coordination Plastic Smart Cities Regional lead

Base Location:   Bangkok (Travel 35% - domestic/international)

Background and Purposes:

From its origins as a small group of committed wildlife enthusiasts, WWF has grown into the World’s most respected independent conservation organization – supported by 5 million people and active in over 100 countries on five continents.

Over this time, WWF's focus has evolved from localized efforts in favors of single species and individual habitats to an ambitious strategy to preserve biodiversity and achieve sustainable development across the globe. For decades, WWF has been a leader in developing transformational partnerships with leading organizations both from the public and the private sectors.

WWF Thailand is actively contributing to the objectives of the Global Policy Pillar of the network’s No Plastic in Nature Initiative.  Strategically located in Bangkok where the ASEAN Secretariat, UNEP Secretariat, COBSEA as well as other regional organizations are located, WWF Thailand plays a significant role in coordinating and liaising with these regional organizations, while at the same time engaging the national governments, through its various relevant ministries, to advance the policy ask of WWF.

Details on Unit and Department:

WWF’s No Plastic in Nature initiative was founded in 2018 and its goal is to stop leakage of plastic by 2030. The initiative is organized by 3 Pillars: Policy, Markets and Cities, and Global Plastics Campaign providing cross-cutting support to all three workstreams.

Cities Pillar - With institutional funding and charitable giving, WWF Thailand is working on Cities projects in plastic hotspots in South East Asia with a key focus on city policy, collection and waste management. To date, the pillar has raised close to $30M USD to work on projects in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Hong Kong.

Policy Pillar - The global plastic policy work is one of the three key pillars of the global WWF “No plastics in nature” initiative developed by the Oceans and Markets Practices, collaborating closely with the WWF International Campaigns Team. The global plastics policy pillar will develop and advocate for policy solutions at the global level that can deliver the WWF vision of no plastic leakage into nature by 2030.  The main long term goal is to establish a new legally binding treaty to eliminate plastic discharge into the oceans, securing commitments by at least 50 countries to sign the agreement by 2021 that is ratified and enters into force by 2025.

The Plastic Smart Cities of WWF-Thailand is implementing in 4 pilot cities: Hatyai, Surat Thani, Patong and Hua-Hin to develop and adapt scalable action-programs to stop plastic waste pollution and transit to a circular economy. The key objective is to reduce plastic waste leaking into nature by 30% in 2021 through strategies: (1) Policy, (2) Corporate Engagement, (3) Education and Communication and (5) Citizen Science.

Role overview:

This person will be expected to lead and oversee the No Plastic in Nature Initiative for WWF Thailand. The position will be based in Bangkok, Thailand and report directly to WWF Thailand Conservation Director and in coordination with the Regional Plastic Cities Coordinator and Regional Plastic Policy Coordinator to uphold the No Plastic in Nature Pillar Strategies. This will include but not limited to the following activities:

• Support related plastic project design and strategy development and implementation in Thailand to ensure the success of No Plastic in Nature Initiative which includes above mentioned 4 Pillars: Plastics Smart Cities Pillar, Plastic Policy Pillar, Plastic Markets Pillar, and Plastic Campaigns.
• Manage and support the WWF Thailand Plastic team to ensure efficient and smooth delivery of plastic related projects across Thailand.
• Manage grant reports for multiple plastic project donors in WWF Thailand including coordinating the financial reports and drafting narrative reports.
• Work in cooperation with other Project Leads in WWF Thailand office to find synergies and collaboration on plastic related projects.
• Ensure the right environment is created to successfully implement action plans within pilot cities in Indonesia.
• Ensure proper sharing and participation of WWF Indonesia Plastic project best practices and lessons across networks and teams.
• Engage and lead on partnerships with external partners and stakeholders as well as with city leaders as needed for plastic projects in WWF Thailand.
• Coordinate the No Plastic in Nature delivery team across WWF Indonesia and supporting to establish team structures and responsibilities.

Required Qualifications, skill and Competencies:

• Minimum Masters level degree and/or 6-8 years of experience in relevant management with knowledge/experience in waste management/circular economy.
• Experience in delivering complex development projects with cities, specifically in Thailand and understand complex government structure.
• Finance and budget administration, program monitoring and evaluation and reporting.
• Experience working in NGO or relevant development agency including meeting Government Aid donor requirements.
• Fluent in Thai and proficient in English.

How to apply:  Interested candidate, please submit your 'resume and motivation letter' stating your expected salary to hr.th@wwf.or.th by 4^th October 2019 Tel: +66 (0) 2 618 4303-5 #413
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Otherwise, your resume will be filed into our candidate database for future reference and consideration