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For 60 years, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has been a leading international NGO focused solely on Africa – working to conserve the continent’s unique wildlife asset. AWF recently launched its 10-year strategic vision (2020- 2030). In this context, AWF is creating a new position of Vice President, Communications and Marketing (VPCM) who will position AWF as a thought-leader and develop AWF as the go-to global organization for African conservation.
The Vice President, Communications and Marketing (VPCM) will be part of the Executive Leadership Committee (ELC) working closely with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief of Staff and other senior leaders of the organization to set and lead execution of organizational goals and priorities. The VPCM will build the visibility of AWF, manage the organization’s reputation, and promote AWF’s unique brand among target audiences in Africa and globally. The VPCM will also be responsible for reviewing and leading the implementation of AWF’s communications and marketing strategies and staff, including ensuring the division is collaborating with program and development teams in service to AWF’s strategic plan, tracking the division’s progress in achieving AWF’s strategy and representing the organization among priority communication and marketing targets that are key to mission success.
To do this, the VPCM will be responsible for the growth, development and management of a global team of marketing and communications specialists as well as fostering cross-team and cross-division communications to support program and other division’s needs. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned communications professional who is highly collaborative, and who brings passion, creativity, out-of-the box thinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and energy to build and lead a communications and marketing team that is considered best-in-class externally and valued as an amplifier of impact within AWF.
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Key Responsibilities
Communications & Marketing
Leadership
Board-support
Staff the Board Communication & Marketing Committee
Support the CEO and ELC colleagues to develop and manage key services and communications related to Board of Trustees (Present, Alumni, Emeriti)
In collaboration with CEO and ELC colleagues provide communications support to trustees in their role as AWF Ambassadors
Qualifications / Desired Skills
Advanced degree in a relevant field
Minimum of 15 years of experience marketing and communications
Job Type: Full-time
Full Time
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
$148k-235k (estimate)
02/28/2023
06/05/2023
awf.org
WASHINGTON, DC
<25
1961
KADDU SEBUNYA
$10M - $50M
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. Founded in 1961 at the height of the African independence movement, AWF (then known at the African Wildlife Leadership Foundation) was created to help newly independent African nations and people conserve their own wildlife. AWFs first approach was to train and educate African conservation professionals. AWF helped establish the College of African Wildlife Management, wildlife clubs in a number of African countries, and has sponsored dozens of African ...scholars in their pursuit of Masters and Doctoral degrees in conservation. For more than 50 years, AWF has been a key player in African conservation and sustainable development. AWF has defined large conservation landscapes that are essential to securing the future of Africas wildlife. Within these landscapes, AWF employs an integrated approach to conservation including land use planning, education and capacity building, development of conservation enterprise to improve livelihoods, and applied research.
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