Impact Finance Lead, Sustainable Debt

• Compensation: USD 87,400 - USD 109,200 - yearly

Since our founding in 1961, WWF has been committed to protecting nature and its resources. We understand that nature is our planet’s greatest asset, intrinsically linked to human survival — and that it needs our help.
Our work to reverse nature loss and conserve biodiversity has never been more urgent.

As the world’s leading conservation organization—with offices on six continents and in nearly 100 countries—our global reach includes the world’s most critical forests, river systems, wetlands, savannas, and ocean habitats. By conserving these places and supporting sustainable livelihoods within them, we can keep the Earth in balance for people, wildlife, and the planet.

Major Function

Situated within WWF’s Nature Finance and Investment (NFI) team, the Senior Specialist, Sustainable Debt supports the design, development, and implementation of WWF’s sustainable debt work to mobilize financing from debt markets for nature and conservation priorities. Reporting to the Senior Director, the Senior Specialist provides technical, analytical, coordination, and relationship management support across sovereign and corporate sustainable debt opportunities, including debt conversions, sustainability-linked loans, sustainability-linked bonds, and related instruments.

The role helps advance transaction pipelines, supports due diligence and stakeholder engagement, contributes to the development of science-based conservation and financing frameworks, and coordinates across WWF teams, Country Offices, financial institutions, donors, and external partners to ensure high-quality execution aligned with WWF priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Support and Implementation
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  Supports the development and implementation of WWF’s sustainable debt portfolio to mobilize capital for conservation outcomes. Contributes to transaction origination, structuring, due diligence, preparation, and implementation of WWF-supported sustainable debt initiatives, including debt conversions, sustainability-linked bonds, sustainability-linked loans, and related instruments, in close collaboration with NFI colleagues, WWF US teams, external partners, and Country Offices across the global network.
• Corporate Debt and KPI Support
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  Supports WWF’s ability to provide credible, science-based key performance indicators (KPIs) and conservation guidance for corporate debt instruments that advance high-priority sustainability outcomes. Conducts research, prepares analyses, supports engagement with private sector firms in relevant sectors, and helps coordinate inputs from WWF technical teams and external advisors.
• Transaction Execution Support
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  Supports the parallel execution of multiple sustainable debt opportunities by coordinating workplans, tracking milestones, preparing materials, and synthesizing technical and financial information.
• Project Coordination
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  Maintains project management tools, pipeline trackers, budgets, meeting notes, and internal reporting products for the Sustainable Debt pillar. Coordinates across internal teams and external partners to support timely delivery of agreed activities, deliverables, and follow-up actions.
• External Engagement
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  Supports WWF’s engagement with governments, corporates, financial institutions, multilateral and bilateral partners, donors, legal advisors, technical experts, and civil society organizations. Prepares briefing materials, talking points, presentations, and follow-up documents for meetings and external engagements led by senior team members.
• Resource Mobilization Support
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  Supports donor and investor engagement by preparing concept notes, proposals, pitch materials, background research, and reporting inputs…