People Facts
WWF SPPO currently has over 100 staff, 96% are Pacific Islanders hailing from PNG, Solomons, Tonga, Cooks and Rotuma.
Odilia Ngatama is our Human Resources Manager based in Port Moresby
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On the Ground
Our people, on the ground are what make our organisation what it is today. Many of our staff exhibit daily WWF's values of passion, perserverence, challenging and most especially, inspiring.
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Commitment
The core of the South Pacific Programme Office is the Secretariat, guiding support to conservation activities, setting standards, maintaining financial accountability, communications and administrative procedures. The programmes based in the Secretariat are Finance, Human Resources, Administration, Communications, Capacity Building and Sustainable Livelihoods, Regional Policy, Climate Change and the Regional Marine Programme. Each programme has a manager or coordinator who is responsible for day-to-day management and administration of activities, infrastructure, staff and funds. As part of a decentralised leadership base, each programme in Cooks Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has a Country Managers who are responsible for the day-to-day managements and administration of their programmes.
WWF SPPO employs over 100 staff in various regions throughout the South Pacific.
Fiji Country Programme Office works in Suva, not far from the Secretariat. It employs 9 staff, most of whom work in Suva, or in field offices in Vanua Levu.
Around the Region
Papua New Guinea Country Programme is the largest programme and has a structure which comprises the Country Manager, Conservation Manager and 6 Project Managers. The Translfy Ecoregion and BSSE Coordinators are also based in PNG. Overall, the four PNG offices employ 34 staff. The Solomon Islands Country Programme has offices in Gizo and Homiara headed by a Country Manager and Conservation Manager. The Cook Islands project office is based in Rarotonga.
WWF Network
The WWF Network, which contributes expertise and funding to the international conservation programme, and carries out conservation activities in more than 90 countries, ranging from practical field projects and scientific research to advising on environmental policy, promotion of environmental eductation, and raising public understanding of environmental issues. Our partnerships within the network are growing as is the maintenance of existing relationships a priorty for WWF SPPO. SPPO is in the process of forming a partnership with WWF France for an MOU with the New Caledonia Programme and French Polynesia.