Programs Manager Jobs

Programs Manager
Type of contract: Permanent
Location: US, remote working or New York office
Salary: $78,488 - $85,215 per annum
Closing date: August 21, 2023
Interview dates: May 22, 2023

World Animal Protection is seeking candidates with strong experience in videography, content creation, documentation, and storytelling to help us mobilize the public to take action and rewrite the story for wild and farmed animals.

The Programs Manager will identify opportunities to document exploitative practices and the conditions for animals in specific venues in the US. This person will also build partnerships with sanctuaries and other areas where animals are thriving to share the positive stories of protected animals. The Programs Manager will also spend considerable capacity monitoring and staying attuned to developments in technology and research to identify emerging innovations that could serve as solutions that directly replace current the behaviours and practices that exploit animals. The role will work with the Campaigns Managers and Senior Campaigns Manager to identify those innovative solutions that World Animal Protection should direct resources, messaging, and other strategies in support of their further development and adoption. This individual will be a self-starter with the ability to independently identify and develop strategic projects. This role will require the expertise to further develop, adapt, and grow the role to best fit the needs of the campaigns.

Who are we?
World Animal Protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. We expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. For over 70 years, we’ve been rewriting the story for animals.

Working across almost 50 countries with offices in 12, we’re the only animal welfare organization with UN Consultative Status, enabling us to engage with and influence global decision-makers. We prioritize animals in farming and wild animals exploited for use in entertainment, as pets, and in fashion.

What will you be doing?

• Comply with the organization’s policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of campaign areas utilizing the information gained and analyzed through locally relevant field work and progress in innovative solutions.
• Performance management & reporting against planned activities and objectives.
• Develop robust plans to document via video, photography, interviews, and online research the conditions and experiences of individual animals who are suffering for food, fashion, entertainment, or pet store sales in the US.
• Maintain knowledge of specific cases, venues, and areas where animal exploitation is occurring and identify strategic opportunities to document and expose the cruelty and harms to the public.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Fundraising and Communications teams internally as well as with external partners, identify opportunities to tell the stories of individual animals.
• Coordinate with other team members in effectively responding to specific, timely instances of animal exploitation, harm, or suffering in the US and abroad.
• Connect with external groups, institutions, publications, and events to stay informed about emerging innovations in technology, business, or culture that may serve to replace current behaviors or practices that use and exploit animals.
• Working with the Campaign Managers, Senior Campaigns Manager, and Director of Programs, identify and implement areas of potential field work in the US that will expose or further illuminate the exploitation of wild or farmed animals.
• Oversee and monitor the work of external partners, such as academics, journalists, and local advocates, in documenting local animal exploitation.
• Prepare internal and external materials, such as memos, reports, video, and exposés sharing the findings of field work, results of research, or updates from events relevant to the strategic direction of World Animal Protection’s campaigns.
• Assist in gathering video, photography, qualitative content, and other documentation of animal exploitation.

Who are we looking for?

Someone who meets the following criteria:

• Ability to travel extensively, including internationally.
• Experience in developing and conducting animal cruelty investigations, field-based research, or similar field work.
• Team player with excellent project management and coordination skills and ability to develop and maintain good working relationships across internal departments and teams.
• A self-starter who is passionate about our mission and eager to drive change.
• Demonstrated knowledge of systems-thinking and systems-based approaches.
• Demonstrated success working in a flexible, remote working environment.
• Experience in project management and delivering against measurable benchmarks.
• Ability to multi-task, problem solve, and prioritize projects, with a proven track record of managing multiple projects that deliver desired outcomes.
• Ability to communicate technical information and academic findings into accessible summaries of key findings.
• Videography and drone experience is a plus
• Proven analytical and decision-making skills and ability to assimilate and analyze information quickly and accurately to effectively inform campaign tactics and strategies.

To achieve our aim of making World Animal Protection a Diverse and Inclusive employer, we particularly welcome applications from individuals of traditionally under-represented communities and backgrounds.

At World Animal Protection we recruit with our values & behaviours in mind. Please bear this in mind through your application journey. These are:

Global: We make decisions & act with a global mindset
Diverse and Inclusive: We actively encourage and promote diversity, ensure all voices are heard and included and are committed to equal opportunities for all
Collaborative: We work together and co-create to achieve lasting change
Agile: We make change happen in a fast-moving world
Growing People: We continually learn and develop
Accountable: We are role models. We take responsibility for our actions and encourage others to do the same
Courageous: We push boundaries, take risks and set ambitious targets