Farmed Animal Science Fellow
One-year position: $70,000/year, plus benefits
Temporary, Full-Time | Washington, DC preferred
Advanced degree and two years’ experience preferred
Expected Start: Fall 2024
The Animal Welfare Institute – a DC-based national advocacy organization dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people – seeks to hire a Science Fellow for our Farmed Animal Program who shares our vision of a world where no animal suffers because of humans. This one-year position may be extended for a second year after a successful year.
About AWI: Working at AWI, you will join more than 30 highly motivated staff and consultants working in our headquarters in Washington, DC, and remotely across the United States and Canada. For 73 years, we have advanced our mission through strategically crafted political and legal advocacy, educational programs, litigation, research, and engagement with policymakers, scientists, industry, educators, other NGOs, the media, and the public. We are a national nonprofit dedicating more than 90 percent of our budget to programs and campaigns that protect animals everywhere: in agriculture, in commerce, in our homes and communities, in research, and in the wild. AWI is committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, and creating a culture that values differences and where all employees thrive.
Why this position matters: This is a new role that expands our Farmed Animal Program and presents an exciting opportunity to enhance our existing scientific expertise. You will help develop and implement innovative legal, policy, and administrative efforts to protect aquatic and terrestrial farmed animals at the local, state, national, and international levels. You will use scientific principles and evidence to advance the Program’s mission to reduce animal suffering on farms, during transport, and at slaughter, as well as to combat deceptive animal product labeling practices and promote more humane food choices. You will spend approximately half of your time helping the Program expand our work related to the farming of aquatic species, and half assisting with our existing terrestrial farmed animal campaigns. You will report to the Program’s Acting Director & Senior Attorney, and work with the rest of the Program’s staff as an integral part of an experienced, close-knit, and collaborative team.
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