Wildlife Campaign Manager

Job Title: Wildlife Campaign Manager

Office: Africa Regional Office

Reporting to: Programme Director (Africa)

At the World Society for the Protection of Animals, we have worked to expose animal cruelty and prevent animal suffering for more than 30 years. Working with individuals, organisations and governments across the globe, our campaigns range from ending the mass suffering of industrially farmed animals to protecting animals in disasters. Consultative status with the United Nations means we have a unique international platform to prove that the lives of animals are inextricably linked to our own, and now more than ever is the time to stop their suffering.

Animal welfare is not a ‘stand-alone’ issue; it impacts on and is affected by climate change, food security, development and poverty issues and WSPA is setting its sights on building partnerships with INGOs, businesses and government organisations that work in these fields . We are recruiting staff who are experienced in developing networks at the highest level across a range of disciplines and can see the connections between animal welfare and wider sustainability issues.

Our successes to date and ambitious plans for the future are supported by hundreds of thousands of people, governments, international institutions and businesses in almost every country. We have a clear strategy to ensure we influence major decisions makers across Africa to understand and improve welfare for all animals and we are determined to see progress and improvements across the continent.

Our Africa regional office in Nairobi has recently opened and builds on our successful work in Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Namibia and Uganda and other African countries. Working with our International office based in London, we are expanding and investing in the development of a regional structure to maximise opportunities for Africa working across all areas of our global strategy. The Africa team will also work with regional colleagues in Europe, North and South America, and Asia Pacific to realise our ambition of a joined-up organisation: One WSPA.

Main Purpose of Role

This post will support the Programme Director in the development of WSPA's regional wildlife strategy, and will design and implement campaigns and projects in Africa that progress this area of work towards meeting its objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Programme Director in developing and delivering the wildlife campaign strategy, in line with WSPA's global strategy

• Carry out project planning, oversight and coordination, in line with WSPA's project management approach, ensuring that the programme is making progress toward its objectives
 

• Provide technical leadership in major project components; policies and legislation, development of wildlife management strategies & plans, support community-based projects; institutional strengthening and training

• Deliver high quality wildlife campaign related activities through effective project implementation and administration, using a participatory and adaptive approach, to create demonstrable animal welfare development advances

• Build WSPA’s profile by ensuring that WSPA plays a key role in global wildlife animal welfare campaigns working with both internal and external stakeholders

• Monitor and evaluate WSPA Africa’s wildlife campaigning work so that the organisation continuously learns and develops new projects and networks

• With support from WSPA, ensure that projects are in compliance with donor regulations.

• With the support of the Finance and Administration Manager, ensure campaign and project work is carried out with adherence to WSPA's financial policies and procedures.

• Develop effective working relationships with WSPA’s international, regional and country offices
 

Person Specification

• Strong working knowledge of wildlife ecosystems and natural resource management principles, preferably gained through working in a similar role.

• Understanding and experience in dealing with various forms of wildlife utilisation enterprises in Africa

• Demonstrable experience of developing campaign or programme strategies and turning them into action

• Significant project management experience, gained through managing multiple projects ideally across different locations

• Proven experience of delivering campaigns and related activities which have resulted in significant impact and / or brought about change

• Proven experience of building, developing and maintaining effective external stakeholder relationships, including with governments, civil society, local communities and donors

• Experience of working with monitoring, evaluating and impact assessment tools and frameworks

• Experience of working in an international NGO environment ideally within an environmental, conservation or animal welfare organisation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with global teams

• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload effectively, work to multiple deadlines & effectively manage internal stakeholder contributions

• English is the working language at WSPA, although knowledge of another language would be beneficial
 

To apply please send your resume and a covering letter which includes your salary expectation torecruitment@wspa-international.org . The job is full time and permanent.