Specialist, WildfireNew

The World Economic Forum seeks a Wildfire Specialist in Geneva for a temporary role supporting its Global Wildfire Leadership Network. The position coordinates network operations and member engagement, captures and shares knowledge, delivers wildfire events, and maintains programme infrastructure, workplans, indicators and reporting so partners can build wildfire resilience.

• Coordinate day-to-day network management including workplans, calendars and member engagement
• Support member onboarding and ongoing member-journey delivery
• Coordinate community calls and peer sessions and capture knowledge and follow-through
• Support delivery of wildfire events and communications plans
• Plan event sessions, speaker coordination, briefing packs and follow-up actions
• Maintain contact lists, calendars, workplans and impact indicators for programme reporting

• Bachelor's or master's degree in environmental science, sustainability, resilience, public policy or a related field
• 2-5 years of relevant experience in programme delivery, partnerships, networks or nature and climate initiatives
• Fluency in English
• Strong project-management and operations skills

• Background in climate, nature or sustainable finance
• Additional languages

• Network coordination
• Member engagement
• Wildfire resilience
• Event delivery
• Programme operations
• Stakeholder communication

• CRM

• No fixed closing date published; deadline is an estimated refresh window
• Temporary contract from October 2026 to September 2028