Public Outreach Manager

The Humane Society International (HSI), an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s most effective animal advocacy organization, is seeking a Public Outreach Manager for India. In this position you will lead the public outreach vertical of the plant-based program in India and manage the staff working on the campaign and planning the expansion of the program.

Responsibilities:

Program Management:
• Develops long-term and short-term goals for the plant based public outreach program in India;
• Identify viable, and potential geographic areas of work and species of importance for expansion of the program;
• Identifies and develops partnerships with government entities, non-government organizations and individuals to accomplish the goals of the program;
• Fosters and maintains working relationship with key government stakeholders at district, state and central government levels;
• Serves as a point of contact for partner organizations and oversees execution of the program as per the organization goals;
• Develops plans and executes collaboration with District Administration, State Public Health Department, Hospitals, educational institutes and others to institutions to promote plant based commitments;
• Develops and designs tools and and training material as may be required to achieve the objectives of the program including monitoring and evaluation of the same;
• Collaborate with the communications team of HSI/India to develop and publish program materials;
• Plans for the procurement and distribution of any materials and equipment required to promote plant based food in India;
• Develops and submit program reports as may be required

Managing Staff:

• Manages the plant based public outreach team and ensures that staff achieve their goals, including providing staff with guidance and advice, training, performance management, leadership development and career development;
• Assesses hiring needs for the program and assists the Director, Operations in developing job descriptions, as needed;
• Develops projects for interns and volunteers and supervises the implementation of the projects;

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree or equivalent work experience required;
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in animal protection work required preferably in farm animal protection work;
• Management/supervisory experience strongly preferred;
• Proven experience in project and people management;
• Experience in preparing content, specifically, the ability to extract key messages and information and compress them into prose that fits the requirements of various digital/social formats;
• Ability to lead and guide staff to meet department and organizational goals. Strong knowledge of staff management practices. Flexible, willing to learn, and anticipates the needs of self and staff;
• Ability to set a positive tone for employees during the day;
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with frequent deadlines; high energy, self-motivated and proactive;
• Ability to manage issues requiring problem resolution and conflict management with excellent interpersonal and intervention skills;
• Attention to detail and commitment to excellence, demonstrated by the delivery of quality and timely outcomes;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking and negotiation skills;
• Ability to quickly absorb and communicate complex subject matter to a variety of audiences;
• Ability to work patiently and astutely with different stakeholder groups and in multicultural and multilingual environments;
• Ability and willingness to travel, as needed;
• Strong interest in animal protection issues preferred.