Global Campaigns Manager – Fish Welfare (16 month FTC)
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Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global farm animal welfare organisation campaigning to bring an end to factory farming and to implement the highest animal welfare standards in Europe and beyond. We lead a growing worldwide movement of people concerned about how industrial agriculture mistreats animals, wastes precious resources and utterly fails to meet the needs of the planet’s inhabitants.
Location: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain or Poland (Hybrid flexible working available, with at least 2 days per week in a CIWF office location, or fully remote in one of the listed country locations)
Job Type: Fixed term for 16 months - Full-time, with possibility of extension dependent on funding
Salary: *£35,000 to £38,000 (Depending on on Skills and Experience)
About us
With headquarters in the UK and offices in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and the USA, we are the leading animal environmental organisation working towards a nature positive, compassionate and free of animal cruelty world. Our campaigns focus on fixing the broken food system, ending factory farming, and delivering a world that is nature positive for animals, people and planet. Our supporters and partners throughout the world help us deliver on our mission.
About the role
We are therefore looking for an experienced Campaign Manager with an innovative, strategic approach to run our aquatic animal welfare campaigns. We need you to lead, manage and coordinate all aspects of the campaigns to achieve species specific requirements for fish welfare during rearing, transport and slaughter in the EU animal welfare legislation.
The campaigns will involve building the case for high standards of aquatic animal welfare, raising the media profile of the issue, developing and mobilising support amongst relevant stakeholders; from citizens to consumers to food companies and politicians.
We are looking for an experienced and highly creative campaigner who will work across our exciting aquatic animal welfare programme, joining our creative and impactful aquatic animal welfare team. The work will be taken forward through team-working with relevant departments at Compassion and coordinating the work with partner organisations. Note) you don’t need experience working on aquatic animals, but that would be a bonus!
Key responsibilities for the Campaign Manager role include:
- Construct an imaginative and effective aquatic animal campaigns, inspiring colleagues, members of the public and other organisations to take action to achieve our objectives.
- Develop effective working relationships with all members of the Campaigns, Fundraising, and Food Business Teams and our European offices in order to be able to plan, implement and manage successful campaigns.
- Liaise effectively with our Supporter Engagement Team to ensure that we provide an excellent service to our supporters.
- Build and maintain good working relationships with other stakeholders, including other organisations working on aquatic animal welfare and the media.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have sound knowledge gained in a similar position with a proven track record of leading and implementing a successful campaign along with a good knowledge of EU political institutions. It is also desirable that you have a knowledge of aquatic animal welfare issues. Strong organisational skills and good attention to detail are also key requirements for this position.
Compassion in World Farming International is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and lived experience, and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other.
Applications:
Closing date: 28th August 2024
*Please note that the remuneration quoted is for a UK based employee. This may be adjusted for other European countries as appropriate and in line with our country office benchmarking.
Please complete the online application form and upload your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification detailed in the Job Description.
No Agencies please.