The internship: 

WWF is part of the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD), a blended finance facility which is funded by Dutch government and EU. Together with Dutch development bank FMO, Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and SNV we mobilise private sector funding at scale, with a focus on climate change adaptation and nature. It targets sizable impact companies that seek to improve the wellbeing, economic prospects and livelihoods of vulnerable groups – particularly women and children – and enhance the health of critical ecosystems – from water basins to rivers, tropical rainforests, marshland and mangroves. DFCD’s activities will also help protect rural and urban communities from the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and benefit depleting biodiversity in areas that provide people with water, food, medicine and economic opportunity. DFCD’s focus is on OECD DAC Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and other Netherlands development cooperation priority countries.

Within DFCD, the Origination Facility is managed by WWF-NL and SNV collectively. The Origination Facility is positioned exclusively for project identification and (pre-)feasibility development activities. The Origination Facility will provide grant funding and TA and support projects in becoming viable investment cases for the two DFCD Investment Facilities or third-party investors.

We want all the companies we support within DFCD to receive funding for growing their impact. Therefore, WWF is building our own impact investor ecosystem with many different investors, aiming to attract investments into our selected businesses, additional to funding from FMO and CFM.

Activities of the internship: 

WWF is looking for an Intern Impact investor relations who can directly support the Impact Relations Lead in building an active and engaged investor network for DFCD.

• Support the Investor Relations Lead in developing & optimizing our investor information and relationship system as a tool for community building and conversion.
• Join (online) meetings with impact investors around the world.
• Dilligently coordinating & following up on introductions with investors. 
• Screen investors based on desk research and available databases and integrate these into our investor relations system (CRM).
• Support in organising investor meetings & events.

Profile of the student: 

• Affinity with impact investments
• Excellent in communication
• Result oriented
• Very accurate and detail oriented
• Pro-active & commercial attitude
• Curious, eager & persistent
• Tech savvy (experience with CRM systems is a pre)

Period: 1 September 2025 - 1 February 2026 (5 months). The student works 2-3 days per week of which at least 1 day in the Dutch WWF office. 

Allowance: €550 per month on a full time basis (incl. travel costs and expenses). 

Interested Please send your CV and motivation letter before 30 June to Natascha Zwaal (nzwaal@wwf.nl) and Gert van Veldhuisen (gveldhuisen@wwf.nl).