Wildlife Asia is looking for help to create an event like no other! We are looking for talented, self-motivated, and creative individuals for the following roles:

1/ Full-time/part time – Wildlife Asia Management Executive

Wildlife Asia requires someone ideally with management/event management or business background to help with the day-to-day management of the company and share responsibility of key areas of communications and sponsorship management.

See #1-2 below for full details.

2/ Volunteers – approx 10

Volunteers can help in any of the roles detailed below (#1-4). Each role will require a different amount of commitment. Volunteers can take on more than one area of responsibility if they are up to the challenge!

NB: a/ in lieu of a full-time member of staff for the above, the responsibilities for #1-2 can be shared between a number of volunteers.
b/ Wildlife Asia can provide free fundraising training for volunteers, courtesy of Ewing Communications.

Requirement for all volunteers and staff working for Wildlife Asia

Anyone who works for Wildlife Asia may be required to deal with senior leaders in government, the private sector, the international television industry and the NGO community. It is thus essential that Wildlife Asia staff and volunteers have the right level of maturity, are comfortable with this kind of responsibility and are able to represent Wildlife Asia accordingly.

Though a deep understanding of the issues is not required, it is expected that volunteers will have a keen interest in conservation & environmental issues, and will be willing to learn more about the issues that pertain to Wildlife Asia during their time with the company.

 1/ Marketing & Media Relations / Communications Executive

Role: To further develop relationships with existing contacts in the Media and NGO sectors (such as Asia News Network, Inter Press News Service 'IPS', Media Corp, WWF etc), and to research and nurture new contacts.

Aim: to i/ communicate the important of the Wildlife Asia film festival and associated initiatives to relevant parties (see below); ii/ establish a diverse range of avenues to promote the festival and reach out to potential delegates, via websites, printed press, radio, newsletters (of membership-based org's), etc... 

Potential contacts fall roughly under two categories:

a/ Media. Including: news agencies (e.g. Reuters); news organisations (e.g. ANN) ; environmental media organisations/groups (e.g. Beijing Earthview Education and Research Center  http://www.earthview.org and Int'l Federation of Env. Journalists http://www.ifej.org/)

b/ Conservation/environmental NGOs. E.g.: membership based orgs such as The Nature Society (Singapore) - to reach out to members; and NGOs such as WWF etc - to reach out to their staff.


2/ Sponsorship & Funding Executive

Role: i/ To research potential sponsors and other sources of funds (e.g. foundations) and in some cases make initial approaches (in coordination with Wildlife Asia’s Directors); ii/ After successfully engaging sponsors - to assist in managing relationships with them; iii/ To help liaise with existing sponsors.

Aim: To develop meaningful and lasting relationships with sponsors & help make Wildlife Asia a valuable event for all supporters – ensuring they come back time and time again!

NB: it is not the sole responsibility of the fundraiser to find all the money – this is a primary responsibility of Wildlife Asia’s Directors.


3/ Festival Event Producers

Role: To take responsibility to coordinate key festival events - e.g. booking panelists/trainers beforehand (this task to be shared with other WA staff); preparing material for panelists/trainers; and managing the events on the day - ensuring panelists/trainers arrive on time etc... 

a/ Seminars
b/ Workshops
c/ youth events
d/ Opening Ceremony
e/ Wild Night at the Zoo


4/ Lion Awards Producers

Role: To take responsibility to coordinate Lion Awards – roles can be split thus:

a/ Producer - can be shared between two people

b/ Short-list panelists - ideally 4 or more people to help split the task of shortlisting. These people should have experience in TV production and/or conservation/environmental issues.

If you are interested in any of the above positions please contact:

Chris Dickinson - Executive Director, Wildlife Asia Ltd

T: (+65) 6747 5789 M: (+65) 9040 4469 E: chrisd@wildlifeasia.org