Vacant Positions at World Animal Protection

What you will be doing

• Leading the coordination and delivery of civil society and grassroots engagement across priority geographies and campaign areas. 
• Developing and implementing strategies that strengthen civil society engagement and contribute to campaign impact. 
• Building and maintaining strategic partnerships, coalitions and alliances that support organisational priorities. 
• Identifying opportunities to increase influence, relevance and collective impact through stronger stakeholder engagement. 
• Providing guidance and best practice on movement building, coalition development and grassroots engagement. 
• Monitoring external developments, stakeholder relationships and engagement opportunities that could influence campaign success. 
• Representing World Animal Protection with civil society organisations, networks, coalitions and other external stakeholders. 
• Leading, motivating and developing a team of Civil Society Engagement Leads to deliver high-quality outcomes and maximise impact. 

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. 

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. 

Application Deadline October 27, 2026

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What you will be doing

• Partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver internal communications that support organisational priorities and objectives; translate organisational strategy, change and transformation and impact into communications that resonate with global audiences. 
• Supporting the development and delivery of communications plans for key organisational initiatives and programmes; providing practical communications advice and support to stakeholders across the organisation. 
• Creating clear, engaging and high-quality content including producing written and basic video materials. 
• Managing the global internal content calendar across a range of internal communications channels. 
• Supporting the planning and delivery of global internal events and townhalls. 
• Managing and continuously improving internal communications channels; gathering feedback, insight and data to improve communications effectiveness and colleague engagement. 
• Championing inclusive, ethical and purpose-led storytelling across internal communications. 

What we are looking for

• Experience in internal communications, employee engagement or organisational communications in complex or changing environments. 
• Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for different audiences creatively. 
• Good experience creating graphics and recording and editing videos. 
• Experience using content management systems and email/marketing platforms. 
• Experience developing and delivering internal employee events or townhalls. 
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills; strong relationship-building and influencing skills. 
• An understanding of global organisations and how to balance local relevance within global frameworks. 
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. 
• Sound judgement and the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with colleagues. 

Application Deadline October 27, 2026

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What you will be doing

• Identifying innovation opportunities that can strengthen organisational effectiveness, delivery models, growth potential and strategic impact. 
• Working with colleagues across teams and functions to surface challenges, opportunities and unmet needs and transform them into clear and actionable propositions. 
• Supporting the development of new approaches, concepts and initiatives by assessing their strategic relevance, operational implications, risks and potential value. 
• Contributing to the identification and early development of emerging market, partnership and organisational improvement opportunities. 
• Consulting with stakeholders to understand the practical, strategic and operational realities that influence innovation and change. 
• Assessing innovation proposals and improvement ideas, identifying weaknesses and recommending practical refinements. 
• Helping improve how the organisation develops and manages innovation by identifying barriers, gaps and improvement opportunities. 
• Providing analysis, insights and recommendations that support stronger organisational decision-making and innovation capability. 

What we are looking for

We would love to hear from you if you bring: 

• Experience in strategic innovation, business improvement, organisational development, strategy or a related analytical field. 
• Strong ability to apply conceptual frameworks and sound judgement to the development and assessment of new ideas and organisational approaches. 
• Experience working across functions to identify needs, capture opportunities and develop proposals for innovation or improvement. 
• Strong stakeholder consultation skills and the ability to understand the strategic, operational and practical realities of different contexts. 
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and written communication skills. 
• Experience assessing current ways of working and recommending practical improvements that deliver value. 
• The ability to manage complex work independently while maintaining strong collaboration with colleagues. 
• A good understanding of how innovation, strategy, planning and organisational performance interact in practice. 

Application Deadline October 28, 2026

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What you will be doing

• Designing and delivering organisational development interventions that strengthen organisational effectiveness, leadership capability and team performance.
• Partnering with leaders and People Partners to diagnose organisational challenges and identify practical, evidence-based solutions.
• Leading workforce and succession planning approaches and developing skills and capability frameworks aligned to future organisational priorities.
• Supporting organisational design initiatives, career pathways and internal talent mobility approaches.
• Embedding practical change management approaches and supporting organisational readiness and change impact assessment activities.
• Coaching leaders and People teams to strengthen confidence and capability in leading change.
• Using workforce and organisational data to identify trends, risks and capability priorities, and to inform organisational planning and decision-making.
• Collaborating across Talent, Transformation and People teams to ensure organisational capability approaches are integrated, scalable and sustainable.

What we are looking for

We would love to hear from you if you bring:

• Experience in organisational development, change and/or transformation within a complex or international organisation.
• Experience leading or supporting complex organisational change initiatives.
• Strong change management capability, including planning, stakeholder engagement and implementation.
• Experience designing and embedding organisational frameworks, including workforce planning and skills frameworks.
• Strong organisational diagnosis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate insight into practical solutions.
• Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work credibly with senior leaders.
• Excellent analytical and data-literacy skills and the ability to generate insights that support decision-making.
• Experience collaborating across global and cross-functional teams and working effectively in complex, fast-changing environments.
• Previous experience in an international NGO, a CIPD qualification or experience using psychometric tools would be advantageous but is not essential.