The Specialist, Talent Mobility supports the design, coordination, and continuous improvement of talent mobility processes across the WWF Network. The role ensures mobility assignments, including internal moves, secondments, temporary assignments, and cross-Network placements, are managed effectively, transparently, and in alignment with leadership development priorities.
Working closely with the Leadership Development Manager, the role helps integrate mobility into talent pipelines, leadership development programmes, and broader organisational capability-building efforts. Building and managing a competency inventory to facilitate mobility and succession across the organisation.
Mission of the Department
To build a thriving, future-ready WWF workforce by ensuring that people at all levels have the skills, capabilities, and development pathways needed to deliver the WWF Strategy.
- Embed WWF’s core values and standards to strengthen the culture and create the right working environment across the Network.
- Develop and maintain P&C standards, policies, systems, and platforms that attract, develop, and retain the right people for the organisation.
- Create the conditions for high performance, ensuring that staff can perform at their fullest potential and maximise their contribution to WWF’s conservation goals.
Major Functions
- Support the design, coordination, and continuous improvement of talent mobility processes across the WWF Network.
- Ensure mobility assignments (internal moves, secondments, temporary assignments, and cross-Network placements) are managed effectively, transparently, and in alignment with leadership development priorities.
- Integrate mobility into talent pipelines, leadership development programmes, and broader organisational capability-building efforts.
- Build and manage a competency inventory to facilitate mobility and succession across the organisation.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and implementation of WWF’s talent mobility strategy and frameworks as required.
- Coordinate the end-to-end management of mobility assignments, such as developmental assignments, ensuring consistency and compliance with policies.
- Maintain mobility tools, guidance materials, templates, and communication resources.
- Provide advice and support to managers, Senior Business Partners, and employees on mobility pathways, policy interpretation, and development considerations.
- Monitor and track mobility activity and outcomes; analyse trends to inform recommendations for improvement.
- Collaborate with the Leadership Development Manager to integrate mobility opportunities into leadership programmes and talent development journeys.
- Support talent review, succession planning, and workforce planning processes with mobility-related insights.
- Contribute to mobility-related continuous improvement projects, system enhancements, and process simplification, policy updates.
- Act as a focal point for mobility queries across the WWF Network, ensuring high-quality service delivery and stakeholder engagement.
- Ensure mobility practices reflect WWF’s values and commitment to equity, transparency, and inclusion.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organisational Development, Business Administration, International Relations, or a related field.
- 4–6 years of experience in HR, talent management, organisational development, and mobility.
- Experience supporting HR processes or talent development programmes in multicultural, international environments.
- Experience with mobility policies (e.g. secondments, temporary assignments, internal moves) is an asset.
- Professional and technical credentials and certifications related to HR Mobility are an advantage.
- Overall capacity to maintain and develop databases, business aspects and considerations in system development.
Required Skills and Competencies
- Strong understanding of HR processes, talent development, and mobility principles.
- Ability to analyse mobility and workforce data and provide evidence-based insights.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple simultaneous processes.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across diverse cultures and geographies.
- Ability to build trusted partnerships and support managers in making development-oriented mobility decisions.
- High cultural sensitivity and commitment to transparency, fairness, and inclusive talent practices.
- Proactive, adaptable, and solutions-oriented.
- Strong service orientation and attention to detail.
- Able to work independently and collaboratively in a matrixed environment.
- Fluency in English; knowledge of additional languages is an asset.
- Embraces the WWF mission and values of the organisation: Courage, Integrity, Respect & Collaboration.
Working Relationships
Internal
- Leadership Development Manager (direct report line)
- Wider People & Culture teams (Senior Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, OD, DEI, P&C Operations)
- Divisional leaders and managers
- Country Office People & Culture teams and mobility focal points
- Staff participating in or managing mobility assignments
