Communication

Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) Seeking Communication and Membership Assistant

Communication and Membership Assistant for the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA)

Washington DC

Temporary/Seasonal

GLOBAL CONSERVATION

Job Description

Reporting: reporting to David Meyers, Executive Director, CFA

Objectives: The CFA Communication and Membership Assistant is essential to ensure effective communication among members of the Conservation Finance Alliance and the CFA Secretariat, specifically in support of CFA programs and membership outreach. This role is critical to help with information sharing and logistical support for the CFA Secretariat.

Principal Responsibilities:

  • Developing, writing and sending CFA’s monthly newsletter to the members and newsletter recipients; actively soliciting news items from members for inclusion, and updating the CFA website and CFA’s social media accounts with newsletter elements. 

  • Monitoring the CFA Secretariat email account and responding to member emails or forwarding communications to appropriate CFA Working Group Chairs, Secretariat and Executive Committee members

  • Maintaining and updating the member database, including adding new members

  • Maintaining and upgrading the CFA websites including conservationfinancealliance.org (includes cfalliance.org), and conservationfinance.info:

    • Updating the websites content including the library, tool kits, conservation finance guide, and more as requested by the CFA Executive Director, Working Group Chairs and CFA Secretariat.

    • Updating the news section, events calendar, experts database, and other sections on a regular basis.

    • Updating and creating new web pages or websites as requested by the Executive Director.

    • Remaining in regular contact with the Executive Secretariats of RedLAC, CAFÉ and APNET as well as the Conservation Finance Network to identify content-sharing and cross-posting opportunities

  • Scheduling, organizing and providing logistical and technical support for webinars including assuring that presenters are comfortable with the technology and have shared presentations with the webinar host (Secretariat). Recording and posting all webinars online.

  • Supporting CFA task forces and Working Groups including but not limited to: establish and maintain list servers, scheduling meetings, sending meeting announcements, recording meeting, taking notes during calls, and disbursing meeting minutes following review from CFA Secretariat.

  • Reaching out to members and partners to solicit topics for knowledge sharing including documents, publications, relevant webinars, conferences, and more.

  • Schedule and assure logistics and communications for quarterly Executive Committee virtual meetings including preparing minutes from meetings

  • Schedule and assure logistics and communications for semi-annual Steering Committee virtual meetings including preparing minutes from meetings.

Qualification/Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree, strong research and writing skills a must

  • Previous social media and website experience and ability to communicate well with a globally-located, culturally-diverse team desirable

  • Understanding and familiarity with biodiversity conservation implementation and policy a plus

  • Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills, including responsiveness to multiple, simultaneous projects and demands; ability to set and follow priorities and meet deadlines

  • Ability to work independently and without daily instruction and monitoring 

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of products, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

  • Additional skills - Website creation and management (experience with Squarespace preferred), email communications tools including MailChimp.

To apply see the Jobs pages at WCS and search for Communication and Membership Assistant.