At WWF Switzerland 180 employees and a large team of volunteers are dedicated to the issues of nature conservation and environmental protection. They follow the goal of protecting biological diversity, encouraging the sustainable deployment of resources and promoting an ecological lifestyle. As Switzerland’s largest environmental organisation and as an important part of the global WWF network, we are offering you the chance to bring about change and make a real difference.

Our long-standing CEO will be retiring in spring 2012. We are therefore looking for a new

CEO WWF Switzerland

to assume this position from this time. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategy, programmes and diverse projects of WWF Switzerland both in Switzerland and abroad. You will work to ensure that all of the organisation’s activities are performed as effectively and efficiently as possible. On the basis of defined objectives, you will motivate both your employees and the 24 cantonal sections supported by approximately 1,000 volunteers. Your responsibilities will also include representing the programmes and political concerns of the WWF in public as well as to the authorities, the media, the business community, benefactors, other foundations and NGOs, and within the international WWF network.

We are looking for somebody who has demonstrated her or his management skills in successfully solving complex tasks. She or he should also have excellent social skills, possess good stamina and an excellent ability to integrate, and have above-average communication skills. In-depth business knowledge, experience in the area of marketing and an aptitude for dealing
with different sections of society are also required. An impressive media presence and fluent oral and written skills in at least German, French and English complete your profile.

If this highly challenging yet interesting position appeals to you, please send your application via e-mail to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees by 8 December 2011: robert.schenker@wwf.ch.

Information can be obtained from the current incumbent: Dr. Hans-Peter Fricker, tel. +41 44 297 21 21.