Medior Advisor Food and Agriculture

Do you want to work together with inspired colleagues to create a world in which nature and people thrive? And help build a ‘nature positive’ impact in biodiverse priority landscapes around the world by mobilising people to act? That is what you will do when you work at WWF-Netherlands (WWF-NL).

WWF-NL is a professional and dynamic organization with an informal working culture based in Zeist, the Netherlands. The organisation consists of four departments: Engagement, Organization & Talent Development, Finance & Operations and Conservation. In this light, WWF-NL’s Conservation department is looking for a

Medior Advisor Food and Agriculture

(32-40 hours per week) 

How we produce and consume food is the single biggest threat to nature today. But the food system also holds the key to a nature-positive future. By working with nature, not against it, we can stop deforestation and conversion of habitats for food production, bring biodiversity back into farming landscapes and build more resilient food systems in the face of current and future crises. Do you share our ambition to transform the food system at scale and with the urgency required for it to operate within the planet’s boundaries, within our lifetimes? Are you ready to dedicate your knowledge, energy and experience to help us achieve this? Then we are looking for you! 

In this role you contribute to realizing nature-positive agriculture (e.g. agroecology) in the most biodiverse landscapes around the world, and support structural transformations at the food system level to enable this, such as combatting deforestation and promoting plant-based diets. The position improves effectiveness of WWF landscape programmes through thematic expertise, drives concepts for food system change across multiple landscapes and leverages impact by influencing Dutch and global stakeholders (e.g. policy and businesses). The Advisor reports to the Head of the Unit Food. 

Roles and responsibilities  

• Contributing to the implementation of the Unit Food strategy, both independently and in (multidisciplinary) teams with colleagues within WWF-NL, other WWF offices and partner organizations; 

• Providing thematic expertise and programme support to relevant WWF landscape programmes; 

• Contributing to the alignment and integration of food in conservation strategies such as human-wildlife coexistence, inclusive conservation, climate and green finance; 

• Commissioning and supervising studies and assignments that support our work; 

• Supporting lobby, advocacy and corporate engagement and contributing towards the development of policy briefs and position papers; 

• Contributing thematic expertise towards corporate partnerships, proposal development, fundraising and communication, as needed; 

• Building a network of relevant stakeholders in the Netherlands and internationally; 

• Representing WWF-NL and the Food Unit in relevant networks and meetings. 

 We are looking for an expert at the nexus of food and conservation who understands the relationship between food and itsrelated threats and opportunities for nature. A strategic thinker who can translate this understanding into interventions and activities for nature-positive agriculture in WWF priority landscapes, international value chains, consumption and at the global food system level, with the Netherlands as an important stakeholder. A flexible team player who is committed to our goals and dedicated to continuously developing themselves and our strategy, to ensure that WWF-NL’s work remains relevant and has maximum conservation impact.