Senior Program Officer, Resilient Rivers: Hydrology & Restoration

World Wildlife Fund (WWF); Washington; On-site; USD 87,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks a Sr Program Officer, Resilient Rivers to advance the CRRI and help ensure connected rivers are valued, protected and restored. The role provides technical analysis, project management, and cross‑team coordination across geographies.

Responsibilities include lead report writing, technical assessments, stakeholder engagement, fundraising support and monitoring and evaluation. Applicants should hold a hydrology-related degree, have strong GIS and writing skills, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Hydrology, Environmental or Freshwater Science or related field.
• 6 years professional experience or 3 years with an advanced degree in natural resource management, conservation, hydrology, water resource engineering, or landscape or regional planning.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative analysis of the benefits of freshwater protection and restoration.
• Excellent writing and public speaking skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and lead report writing, proposal development and resource mobilization with public and private sector partners.
• Lead technical assessments to underpin project and program development, focused on quantifying hydrologic benefits of freshwater protection and restoration.
• Liaise with Corporate Water Stewardship colleagues, Science, and Protected and Conserved Areas teams, and other WWF offices for technical, research, policy and other insights related to CRRI, freshwater protection mechanisms (including PFPs and OECMs), and freshwater restoration and resilience.
• Lead technical assessment, map making, knowledge management, reporting and M&E.
• Co-lead communications and outreach for the CRRI, writing about and presenting on CRR internally to WWF staff and externally at workshops and conferences, where appropriate.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Public speaking

Strong writing

Cross-cultural collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Hydrology, Environmental or Freshwater Science or related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

GIS

Python

Job description

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks a Sr Program Officer, Resilient Rivers to advance the CRRI and help ensure connected rivers are valued, protected and restored. The role provides technical analysis, project management, and cross‑team coordination across geographies.

Responsibilities include lead report writing, technical assessments, stakeholder engagement, fundraising support and monitoring and evaluation. Applicants should hold a hydrology-related degree, have strong GIS and writing skills, and