What we are looking for
We would love to hear from you if you bring:
- Demonstrated experience managing and engaging civil society stakeholders across multiple geographies.
- Experience developing and strengthening strategic partnerships, coalitions and networks.
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to lead multicultural and multifunctional teams.
- Experience motivating and managing teams to deliver ambitious outcomes.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills, including experience representing an organisation externally.
- Experience identifying, developing and influencing strategic partnerships that advance campaign objectives.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills and experience securing agreement across multiple stakeholders.
- Experience managing projects and budgets within complex programmes of work.
- Experience working across different countries and cultures, particularly in the Global South.
- Professional fluency in English and either Spanish or Portuguese, with strong written, verbal and presentation skills. Fluency in both Spanish and Portuguese would be highly desirable.
- A strong commitment to animal welfare and the mission and values of World Animal Protection.
- Experience working in an international NGO, matrix organisation or supporting growth and fundraising strategies would be advantageous but is not essential.
Why join World Animal Protection?
This is a unique opportunity to help shape how World Animal Protection works with civil society around the world. You will play a key role in strengthening movements, partnerships and coalition-based approaches that drive meaningful change for animals, while working alongside passionate colleagues and partners across multiple regions.
Benefits
- Annual Leave - All staff are entitled to 25 days of annual leave per calendar year. In addition, there are 2 Global Wellbeing midyear closure days and 3 additional days to be taken at the end of the calendar year (Christmas festivity), as determined by World Animal Protection. For part-time staff, holiday entitlement is prorated accordingly
- An increase to annual leave through length of service - 1 additional day leave after each years' service up to max 5 days.
- Long service milestone after 10 years and every 5 years thereafter – 1 additional day will be awarded to the employee
- Pension - World Animal Protection Africa has a Pension Scheme, employer contributes 6% and the employee contributes 4%.
- Group Life Cover - All employees are covered under GPA/WIBA cover.
- Medical Insurance Cover – World Animal protection has a medical insurance cover for its employees that covers; Inpatient/outpatient/maternity/Dental/Optical & counselling service.
- Opportunity to flex public holidays to an alternate day that better suits an employee and their beliefs.
- A range of 'Inclusivity Benefits': to aid belonging and inclusion at work, and to give our employees support in the moments they most need it:
- Study leave - 4 days
- Maternity leave – 3 months
- Paternity Leave – 2 weeks
- Adoption leave – 26 weeks
- Jury service leave
- Bereavement/Compassionate Leave (10days)
- Pregnancy Loss leave – 10 days per year
- Armed forces leave
- Carers/Dependent Leave (3 days)
- Disability Leave (10 days)
- Menstrual and Menopause Leave (12 days)
- Fertility Treatment Leave (5 days per cycle, up to max 3 cycles)
- Gender Affirming Medical Leave (20 days)
- Companion animal bereavement Leave (2 days)
- Employees are entitled to 2 days Volunteer Leave (pro-rata) a year to volunteer for a cause that matters to them
- Flexible working options
- We offer a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme from an independent provider of employee support services. The EAP is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is accessible by telephone, email or online and is available in many languages. The service is there to help with a wide range of work, family and personal issues.
- Where job vacancies occur, we encourage internal applications, we have a good track record of offering existing staff promotions.
About World Animal Protection
At World Animal Protection, we are a global organisation dedicated to ending the exploitation of animals. For over 75 years, we have been at the forefront of animal welfare, exposing cruel systems, promoting animal-friendly alternatives, and influencing policy change. We aim to create a world where animals live free from cruelty and suffering.