Animal Welfare Issues Team Guide (m/f/d) - #2733802

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on www.four-paws.org.

Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

Your contribution will be

• Leading a team of experts, specialists, and coordinators for animal welfare issues
• Monitoring external trends, campaigns and developments in the animal welfare landscape to ensure FP projects and campaigns remain up to date
• Anticipating impacts, identifying opportunities and informing strategic decision making
• Representing FOUR PAWS Germany externally, with focus on the area of responsibility
• Ensuring team effectiveness across various animal welfare projects and campaigns
• Training colleagues on how to contribute their substantive and strategic input to newly developed campaigns and projects
• Coordinating and overseeing the achievement of relevant strategic actions
• Collaborating with international colleagues from the campaign and strategy teams
  
  

Your profile ideally illustrates

• Relevant professional experience, in developing and managing of campaigns on NGO programs, in collaboration with cross organisational, international teams
• Experience with involvement in social movements and independent organisations of campaigns
• Strategic sensitivity in implementing effective campaigns
• Leadership experience
• Joy of in-depth topic research and familiarity with various analytical methods and strategy development
• Being a persuasive communicator with a great understanding of and sensitivity for different stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both German and English
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally when required
• High social competence in a multicultural environment as well as cross-departmental team spirit and networking skills
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS vision and mission
  
  

Our offer includes

• The opportunity to make a real contribution to global animal welfare
• An animal-friendly and pleasant working environment in a motivated team
• Modern management culture as well as various development opportunities
• Fully financed Deutschlandticket
• Mental-health hotline, workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and family-friendly work arrangements as well as 60/40 regulation to work in home office
• An employer-financed workplace pension plan after 6 months of service
• Limited contract of 2 years
• PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your 25 days of annual leave
• Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
• The yearly gross salary for this position is 67.135,38 EUR according to our internal compensation scheme
  
  

We reveal, rescue and protect unique animals from many different species through systems change and by creating species-appropriate environments at our sanctuaries!

We celebrate our colleagues' differences and strive to create an inclusive environment because we believe that only by working together, we can advance animal welfare worldwide. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strongly encourage candidates from all diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals with diverse lived experiences, racial identities, national origins, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and disability statuses to apply. We welcome everyone who wants to support our mission. Please contact [email protected] if you require assistance applying to this position.

All interested individuals are invited to submit their applications for the position. Please note that in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, having a valid work permit for the respective country or being eligible to obtain one is a requirement for this position prior to commencing employment.

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