Lead ?Programme Development, Advocacy & Partnerships

Job Description

India?s rapid economic growth is leading to new and increased developmental opportunities and challenges at multiple levels. As one of the largest conservation organizations in the country, WWF-India seeks to leverage these opportunities and address these challenges both through enhancing biodiversity conservation, and reducing humanity?s environmental footprint. WWF-India?s Sustainable Business Programme is aimed at working with business and industry in improving environmental and social outcomes. These engagements help corporates (1) understand the impact of their business/ financing and supply chains on critical natural habitats, such as deforestation, extractives, fossil fuel emissions, and (2) find solutions that mitigate business risks and enhance business opportunities that promote positive conservation outcomes, such as sustainable finance, water stewardship, climate innovation, DCF (deforestation and conversion free) supply-chain of deforestation risk soft-commodities, energy transition, renewable energy usage, plastics management, decarbonization of industry. The programme focuses on working around strong levers to materialise transition, such as science-based policy awareness and capacity building, market transformation, and sustainable finance. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual with inherent sensitivity towards the conservation of nature to join as Lead ? Programme Development, Advocacy & Partnerships . The role involves programme development, stakeholder and policy engagement, , partnership development, and program management to accelerate corporate sustainability and advance WWF?s conservation goals. Location: New Delhi (On Site) Travel: ~20% Job Profile: Programme Development & Management Lead proposal development and donor engagement to expand WWF-India?s corporate stewardship portfolio Manage projects to ensure timely delivery of outcomes, technical quality, and effective reporting Track progress against project objectives and KPIs, ensuring alignment with WWF?s conservation goals Business Engagement & Market Transformation Lead corporate engagement across key sectors to advance climate action, net-zero commitments , ESG integration , industrial decarbonization , and sustainable supply chains , thereby strengthening the climate orientation of businesses Promote market transformation through strategic partnerships , advocacy , and innovation Provide technical inputs to integrate biodiversity, water, and climate considerations into business operations Apply frameworks like SBTi, SBTN, RE100, Net zero and tools like the Biodiversity & Water Risk Filters to assess corporate risks and guide sustainability action Represent WWF-India in multi-stakeholder coalitions (e.g., India Green Steel Coalition (IGSC) , India Sustainable Palm Oil Coalition (I-SPOC) ) to drive systemic change Policy Engagement