Policy and Advocacy Specialist

Vor 5 Tagen

Wien, Österreich FOUR PAWS Vollzeit

Animal Welfare. Worldwide.:
Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

Your contribution will be:

- Contributing to the global affairs strategy in collaboration with relevant internal and external stakeholders

- Developing and reviewing advocacy material, such as policy briefs, reports, fact sheets and other publications based on scientific research addressing policy makers, institutions, experts and other key stakeholders

- Monitoring external developments, expert publications, progress in the political and policy arena on the key asks tied to animal welfare in order to capitalise on opportunities when relevant

- Establishing and maintaining contact with relevant stakeholders to gain allies and gather information that helps update policy proposals

- Organising virtual and in-person advocacy events and meetings

- Representing FOUR PAWS in meetings with relevant stakeholders and relevant international fora

Your profile ideally illustrates:

- Several years of relevant professional policy and advocacy experience (preferably in the field of animal welfare, One Health, environmental policy) in national, regional or international policy making fora (UN level)

- Masters degree in relevant science or arts disciplines including animal welfare, environment, health, veterinary sciences, policy or law

- Very good understanding of the dynamics and mechanisms at national, regional (e.g. EU, ASEAN) and international (e.g. WHO, WOAH, FAO, UNEP, G20) levels

- Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with experts, stakeholders working with relevant institutions and decision-makers at the highest level

- Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English including presentation skills, proficiency in additional UN languages is advantageous

Strong project and organisational skills with the ability to multi-task across different functions

- Ability to motivate and influence an international team, partners and allies to work together to achieve the programme objectives

- Proficient in Microsoft Office 365: Sharepoint, Powerpoint, Word, Excel

- Willingness to travel internationally as and when required

- Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS vision and mission

Our offer includes:

- The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
- An international, dynamic work environment
- Flexible working times with the option of partial remote work
- A dog-friendly workplace
- Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
- Wiener Linien annual ticket (or partial contribution to Klima Ticket) and pension fund after probationary period
- PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your 25 days of annual leave
- Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
- The yearly gross salary range for this position is EUR 41,000 - EUR 46,000 (full-time base, consisting of 14 payments) according to our internal compensation scheme

Application deadline: 6th of January 2026

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