ANIMAL PLACE

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Job Title: Program Director (hybrid)

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Program Director to join our team, who will oversee all the education and advocacy programs: compassion campaigns, social media, events, outreach, volunteers, and interns. Our ideal candidate is skilled in project coordination, writing, editing, and managing a team.

Responsibilities

Management

●     Supervise employees in the Program Department; remote and on-site

●     Provide leadership and vision to ensure program effectiveness

●     Hire, train, lead, and motivate program staff

●     Develop annual team goals with the associated budget for sustainable revenue and operational expenses

●     Meet weekly with the Executive Director to report and strategize

Campaigns

●     Oversee Food for Thought program, Animal Place’s oldest and most comprehensive advocacy campaign for veganism 

●     Oversee monthly and/or quarterly compassion campaigns for education and advocacy

●     Engage in policy and advocacy to advance Animal Place’s mission

●     Monitor the effectiveness of each campaign and report results-driven data

Marketing and Communications

●     Develop a social media plan for outreach, marketing, awareness and measure the effectiveness of content for each platform

●     Supervise website content creation and ensure content is kept up to date. Monitor and make sure that Animal Place’s websites are running efficiently and securely

●     Oversee the production of our newsletter from content, copy editing, design, and print

●     Work with staff to develop content, edit and monitor the effectiveness of weekly e-news communication to supporters and provide final approval  

Events & Outreach

●     Develop annual calendar and budget for events

●     Explore, develop and implement educational events, webinars, fundraising events & activities 

●     Develop timeline and implementation for each event

●     Ensure projected attendance, income and expenses are met for each event

●     Cultivate a volunteer team to help with multiple projects and ongoing animal care

●     Oversee offsite tabling events specific to Animal Place and Rescue & Adoption Center

●     Plan conference attendance, tabling, and speaking opportunities

Qualifications

●     A strong commitment to Animal Place’s mission of veganism and animal rights

●     Three + years of experience in nonprofit management, developing team member skills and creating a cohesive and positive work environment

●     Team player and interested in working collaboratively

●     Ability to strategize, solve problems, and take the initiative

●     Proven organizational skills and attention to detail

●     Able to meet deadlines and balance multiple projects

●     Comfortable learning multiple systems for CRM, project management, volunteers, and payments

●     Excellent written & verbal communication, including the ability to motivate people to take action

●     Ability to multi-task with flexibility to pivot

●     Extensive familiarity with farmed animal issues and veganism

●     Public speaking skills preferred

●     Vegan

Animal Place, located in Grass Valley, CA, is a 501(c)3 with a mission to provide refuge for unwanted farmed animals, to further their welfare through education of the public, and to foster ethics of compassion and responsibility towards nonhuman animals by advocating a vegan lifestyle.