Civil Society Engagement Manager

Join us in creating a better world for animals At World Animal Protection, we work as one global organisation to create lasting change for animals through collaboration, partnership and collective action. We are looking for a Civil Society Engagement Manager to lead and strengthen relationships with civil society organisations, grassroots movements and key external stakeholders that can help accelerate our campaign impact across priority geographies. This role plays a critical part in helping World Animal Protection build and sustain the relationships, coalitions and networks needed to influence change. Working closely with campaign, research, advocacy and engagement colleagues, you will identify strategic opportunities, strengthen partnerships and ensure our campaigns benefit from diverse voices, shared expertise and collective action. You will lead a globally distributed team and help embed best practice in civil society engagement across campaigns and projects, including strengthening our ability to engage effectively with stakeholders in Latin America. 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. Why join World Animal Protection? This is a unique opportunity to help shape how World Animal Protection works with civil society around the world. You will play a key role in strengthening movements, partnerships and coalition-based approaches that drive meaningful change for animals, while working alongside passionate colleagues and partners across multiple regions. 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.