2018WWF Asia Pacific Growth Strategy Summer Internships

Background

In 2014, Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and the WWF Asia Pacific Growth Strategy (APGS) established a multi-year initiative to provide summer placement opportunities for Yale FES and Yale SOM students at WWF offices in the Asia Pacific region.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is one of the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organizations, with a mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.WWF operates in 24countries in Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific Growth Strategy (APGS) started in 2008 with the aims of building financially stronger offices in the Asia Pacific; developing leadership, capacity in fundraising, self-generated income, collaboration and innovation to achieve WWF’s urgent conservation objectives.

The WWF Asia Pacific Growth Strategy Summer Internships program focuses on priority strategic growth projects, in particular corporate partnership and transformation. Yale SOM and FES students have completed placements in Australia, China, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore.

2018Internship Program

WWF Asia Pacific Growth Strategy is seeking to filloneinternship opportunityin the Singapore office.

CBEY and APGS will provide relevant information and onsite training/briefing in May 2018 in preparation for the internship. Interns will be supervised by senior WWF staff and CBEY will support the student during the placement. Interns are expected to write at least one blog for the CBEY website, and on conclusion of the placement, to prepare a written report on the outcomes, good practice approaches and learning from their work.

Placements will take place May – August 2018, flexible end dates to be negotiated with WWF APGS.

Key Responsibilities

Placement details for the participating WWF Country Office are listed below:

WWF Office / Expected duration / Project Scope
Singapore / 10 to 12 weeks / The intern will be working in the Corporate Partnerships Department primarily dealing with strategic philanthropy and marketing partnerships with transformational engagement. Focus will be on significant resource mobilization for priority, high impact and urgent conservation and transformational, sustainable projects across Asia and across various corporate industries. See more here:
Goals and objectives of the project:
  • Develop a corporate strategy that will enable WWF Singapore to reach out to more local companies for corporate collaborations. Focus within the industries below by gathering and mapping industry insights in Singapore. Key industries:
-Airlines and Airplane Production
-Shipping
-Retail
-Apparel & Textiles
-Automotive
  • Develop a pipeline of key and high impact conservation projects within Asia Pacific by liaising with various WWF offices that would fit the industry approaches.
  • Help to create meaningful corporate partnerships following WWF’s industry approaches to companies under the mentioned industries.

Submission Process

Please submit a resume and cover letter clearly stating:

  • Why you are interested in this specific placement
  • Your relevant skills and experience

by email to , with“WWF Summer Internship Application” in the subject line, with a copy to .

This internship is fully funded at $10,000.

Contact Information

  • Trin Custodio, Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific Growth
  • Heather Fitzgerald, Associate Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment

Position Application Deadline

  • Applications should be submitted by midnightNew York time, Monday, February 12th2018.
  • Interviews will take place via Skype on a rolling basis.

Note – there is an informational webinar on February 1, 2018 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm.

Register to attend at:

Application Qualifications

Desired AttributesThe following attributes are desired for these positions.

  • Business, Finance, Marketing or Strategy background
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently
  • Excellent analytical and appropriate technical skills for selected project
  • In-country skills and experience a plus