External Affairs Manager at World Animal Protection

Type of contract: 2- Year Fixed Term
Salary: Starting salary is 665,000 ZAR per annum with the
possibility of 787,500 ZAR based on an assessment of skills
and experience at interview stage
Closing date: 28th April 2023
Interview dates: 9th & 11th May 2023

World Animal Protection is looking for an External Affairs Manager to provide expertise and deliver our strategic global campaigns, lead and support the tactical delivery of stakeholder engagement and influencing at International and Regional levels.

This is an exciting role where the successful candidate will develop and deliver inspiring and innovated advocacy strategy and act as interface between the programme teams and external stakeholders, predominantly Governments and International institutions such as the United Nations, and the G20.

What will you be doing?

Within the scope of the role, you will be responsible for the following:
 

• Providing strategic input in the formulation of campaign advocacy objectives and being accountable for their delivery.
• Carry out stakeholder mapping, advocacy and engagement at global level in coordination with our strategic approach.
• Campaign external affairs including specific input into campaign strategy development & delivery and specific implementation outside of local capability
• Ensuring campaigns are informed by and capable of achieving global strategic objectives associated with stakeholder engagement, external affairs and movement building

Who are we looking for?

Someone who meets the following criteria:

• You must have experience working with or lobbied Governments in Brazil / South Africa
• You must have international experience with global or regional institutions
• Experienced and highly motivated policy, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement specialist, with a proven track record in developing and delivering stakeholder engagement approaches to achieve specific outcomes
• Knowledge and experience of influencing, lobbying and advocacy, working with decision makers and understanding the way in which they influence national policy agendas and in turn how national policy agendas can influence global processes
• Experience in the design and development of impactful stakeholder engagement approaches that have achieved change.
• Strong communicator, and able to constructively engage external and internal stakeholders, to develop and deliver project solutions.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills in English.
• Experience of creating and managing small budgets.
• Flexible to undertake domestic and international travel.

To achieve our aim of making World Animal Protection a Diverse and Inclusive employer, we particularly welcome applications from individuals of traditionally under-represented communities and backgrounds.

At World Animal Protection we recruit with our values & behaviours in mind. Please bear this in mind through your application journey. These are:

Global: We make decisions & act with a global mindset
Diverse and Inclusive: We actively encourage and promote diversity, ensure all voices are heard and included and are committed to equal opportunities for all
Collaborative: We work together and co-create to achieve lasting change
Agile: We make change happen in a fast-moving world
Growing People: We continually learn and develop
Accountable: We are role models. We take responsibility for our actions and encourage others to do the same
Courageous: We push boundaries, take risks and set ambitious targets