Senior Manager - Climate Adaptation

WWF India is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to deliver on WWF India’s climate adaptation initiative, looking at the landscape in a holistic manner integrated with climate information, and support conservation strategies. The broader objective is to understand the climate change impacts on key landscapes of WWF-India and facilitate discussion on those aspects in the policy transformation process, as well as to integrate risks from climate change into WWF’s own field interventions.

The Job Profile:

• Provide expertise on climate change adaptation issues that have an impact on the people and wildlife in priority ecosystems and landscapes of WWF-India, as well as build understanding and awareness of these among key stakeholders and decision-makers;
• Enhance understanding and build capacity within WWF-India on climate change adaptation;
• Assist in developing the adaptation portfolio, by developing proposals and concepts as well as consultations for raising funds;
• Initiate discussions with relevant stakeholders in the states to facilitate mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in policies and plans and develop into new programmes;
• Strengthen networking and build collaborations with relevant stakeholders, including research institutions working in this domain;
• Act as the focal person to coordinate with the WWF International network on climate change adaptation;
• Offer informed policy advise on climate finance, mainstreaming climate change adaptation into governance mechanisms;
• Engage and build constituency with private sector and multi-lateral / bilateral donors in building the climate change adaptation portfolio;
• Work closely with the other teams across WWF India and build synergies and enable embedding of climate informed programme planning and development of climate informed conservation strategies.