Civil Society Engagement Manager

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