Country Director, WWF Mesoamerica at WWF in Ciudad de Guatemala

Job description

Major Function  The Country Director provides vision and leadership for WWF Mesoamerica (Guatemala, Honduras and Belize) and effectively represents WWF with key stakeholders, partners, and internationally audiences. Leverages the WWF Network’s resources and capacity to strengthen and empower the country office to deliver high-impact conservation results that contribute to WWF’s global goals and priorities, mobilize human and financial resources to advance WWF’s mission, and enhances WWF’s positioning and recognition as a leading conservation organization in the region. The Country Director provides effective leadership in guiding the strategic direction of WWF Mesoamerica through three connected pillars: Conservation Impact, ensuring that WWF’s Mission is aligned with the national context and conservation policies of Guatemala, Honduras and Belize; an Organizational Culture of integrity, inclusion and accountability in alignment with WWF Values; and Operational Excellence, managing the organization as a Center of Excellence in accordance with WWF’s management approach. This position is fully accountable for risk management and compliance with WWF standards and policies, donor requirements and local laws. The Country Director makes sure these risks are identified early, reduced and reported. The Country Director reports directly to the Senior Vice President, Country Offices and LAC Secretariat, and is accountable for the overall performance, strategic direction, and operational effectiveness of WWF Mesoamerica. Key Responsibilities The Country Director leads the strategic planning, implementation, and adaptive management of WWF Mesoamerica’s integrated strategy. This includes fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, transformation, and functional integration to position the WWF Mesoamerica office as a center of excellence. By promoting an integrated strategic plan and collaboration across functions, the Director ensures the delivery of high-level conservation impact and contributes to advancing WWF’s Global conservation goals, maximizing the impact of our work in Mesoamerica. Builds and maintains a positive organizational culture that aligns with WWF values and principles, and promotes transparency, open communication, and collaboration throughout the organization. Leads WWF Mesoamerica´s organizational development process to consolidate and strengthen organizational capacities in line with WWF Mesoamerica’s strategy. Identifies and develops talented team members to lead critical strategic business functions. In coordination with the SVP, US Country Offices and the network, the Country Director is responsible for leading the resource mobilization and fundraising strategy with multilateral financing Institutions, bilateral and multilateral agencies, WWF national organizations, government agencies, foundations, corporate, and private donors. The Country Director builds and secure a diversified funding pipeline that keeps the office financially sustainable and supports both its conservation priorities and its day-to-day operations. Ensures the Country Office is accountable and able to identify, monitor and manage organizational risk.  Ensures that WWF US, procedures and standards for operational, financial, personnel and administrative systems and outputs are effectively implemented by WWF Mesoamerica. Establishes and oversees a monitoring and evaluation system to measure the performance of the country office towards its strategic plan, and reports regularly to the Senior Vice President, US Country Offices. Ensures ethical and sound financial management practices for the WWF Mesoamerica offices and the successful and timely delivery of project work.  Ensures timely and accurate technical and financial information from WWF Mesoamerica to donors, WWF-US, WWF-International and all relevant parts of the WWF Network according to agreed standards. Ensures that WWF Mesoamerica cooperates with financial, o