Project Coordinator – Conservation

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, coordinating, and monitoring day-to-day project activities and deliverables.
• Support the preparation and updating of project timelines, workplans, and budgets.
• Collect, consolidate, and incorporate feedback and comments from stakeholders on selected deliverables as required.
• Facilitate coordination among internal teams to ensure alignment during planning and delivery.
• Support stakeholder mapping and engagement requirements.
• Liaise with stakeholders as required to ensure alignment during the project lifecycle.
• Help ensure stakeholders’ and donors’ requests are addressed in a timely manner (in coordination with the Project Manager).
• Assist in tracking project indicators, milestones, and deliverables to ensure progress against the workplan.
• Prepare weekly project progress updates and share them with the Project Manager.
• Support the preparation of reports, including donor reports and quarterly project reports.
• Track and manage new requests or emerging needs and flag them to the Project Manager.
• Assist in drafting Terms of Reference (ToRs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and related documentation.
• Support logistics for meetings, workshops, events, and field visits, including invitations, materials, agendas, minutes, follow-up actions, and documentation.
• Assist with administrative tasks such as invoice processing and contract follow-up.
• Coordinate with the Communications and Outreach teams to share project updates, communications, and engagement materials.
• Maintain project documentation, including reports, presentations, and communication materials, and ensure proper filing on SharePoint.
• Support general communications with internal EN-WWF teams, stakeholder members, and external partners.

Requirements

• Ideally 3 years of experience supporting projects or programmes in diverse fields.
• Proven experience in multi-stakeholder coordination and community engagement.
• Understanding of ecotourism and climate initiative projects.
• Fluency in English (essential).
• Fluency in Arabic (highly desirable).
• Strong organizational, coordination, and planning skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented, and able to work independently and within teams.
• Passion for environmental conservation, rural development, and climate action.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the environmental sector.
• Familiarity with the UAE’s environmental landscape and conservation initiatives.
• Knowledge of project management tools and software.

Benefits

About the Company

Emirates Nature is a UAE environmental non-governmental charity, established in 2001 under the Honorary Founder and President H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan as a legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed’s vision for the United Arab Emirates. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the Ruler’s representative in the Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of Environmental Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) Board of Directors.

We operate with offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Fujairah and are governed by a local board of directors.

Emirates Nature works in association with WWF, one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. Emirates Nature-WWF has been active in the UAE for two decades and is renowned for its commitment to biodiversity conservation, habitat protection, sustainable development, and community engagement. Some of our flagship projects include marine conservation initiatives to protect coral reefs and marine species, wildlife conservation programs focusing on endangered species such as Arabian oryx and sea turtles, habitat restoration projects in critical ecosystems, and sustainable development initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change impacts and promoting eco-friendly practices across various sectors.