OWA Asia-Pacific Corporate Strategy Lead, Animal Nonprofit

WHO WE ARE

The Humane League (THL) is a global nonprofit ending the abuse of animals raised for food. THL fosters a high-energy culture of teamwork and mission-driven problem solving, and we have earned recognition as Top Charity from Animal Charity Evaluators for all of their rating periods. Over the past few years, we’ve grown to a staff of 100+ talented individuals dispersed around the world. At THL, how animals are treated in the food system is at the forefront of our everyday work. As such, many of our staff are vegan by personal choice, and all of our THL-hosted events offer fully vegan menus. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

The Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a program of The Humane League, is a global coalition of approximately 90 animal protection organizations across 70+ countries united in a common goal: to end the abuse of chickens worldwide. For the past several years, we have focused our efforts on eliminating battery cages by securing cage-free policies from major retailers, restaurants, and manufacturers. OWA groups share tactics and resources to secure as many wins for animals as possible, specializing in institutional campaigning that can be tailored to our members’ unique circumstances and challenges.

As the OWA Asia-Pacific Corporate Strategy Lead, you will provide guidance on corporate campaigning and corporate engagement for the OWA in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. You’ll be responsible for building relationships with OWA member groups and providing advice and training in order to develop their knowledge and skills in corporate advocacy, which will translate to them securing impactful corporate commitments for animals. We want you because you are an experienced advocate and strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills. You are excited about collaborating with organizations across the Asia-Pacific region to maximize impact for animals, and you have a deep determination to remove the worst forms of animal suffering from companies’ supply chains. This position reports directly to the OWA Asia-Pacific Regional Manager.

This is a full-time, remote position. This position requires domestic and international travel, equivalent to 5 or more trips per year, and requires a valid, up-to-date passport. To enable collaboration with other global team members, this role may require hours outside of 9am-5pm at least two working days per week. More details can be provided at the interview stage.

While some experience with corporate advocacy work is required, we strongly encourage all candidates interested in the position to submit an application. There may be opportunities for on-the-job training if needed.

This position can be based in Vietnam, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia or Singapore. The successful candidate must be authorized to work in one of these countries and reside in that country while undertaking this role.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide guidance on corporate engagement and/or campaigns to OWA groups in the Asia-Pacific region, and collaborate with groups to troubleshoot issues.
• Support OWA groups to adapt campaign tactics to different local and regional contexts in the Asia-Pacific region. Co-lead regional campaigns with OWA groups.
• Lead in-person and virtual training for OWA groups on corporate engagement and/or campaigning.
• Build strong relationships and trust with OWA groups, alongside a reputation as a sharp strategic thinker and strategist.
• Develop resources and training materials in order to empower OWA groups.
• Attend high-value corporate meetings and campaign actions.

In addition to the above essential job duties, other duties may be assigned as business needs arise. These may include non-essential, marginal job duties.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience:

  Previous experience with successful corporate engagement and/or pressure campaigns, including strategy development and execution.

• Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving:

  Leads problem-solving efforts and the development of campaign strategies. Ability to identify opportunities, innovate new tactics, evaluate options and potential outcomes, and anticipate obstacles to secure animal welfare commitments from companies. Escalates issues to senior leaders when necessary, seeking additional perspectives and expertise to guide complex, often high-stakes decisions.

• Initiative, Proactivity, and Adaptability:

  Actively seeks creative solutions to address challenges. Adapts readily when faced with setbacks, viewing obstacles as opportunities for innovation. Ability to work with a great deal of independence and a strong sense of ownership over goals.

• Verbal and Written Communication:

  Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats with stakeholders across a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Adapts communication style to suit different audiences’ needs. Ability to lead successful training sessions, acting as a subject matter expert and explaining ideas clearly and concisely.

• Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills:

  Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability and desire to collaborate with audiences with a variety of different levels of knowledge and experience. Actively contributes to the achievement of team goals, coordinating collaborative efforts and working with colleagues to collectively overcome challenges. Ability to build positive relationships and resolve conflicts.

• Time Management and Prioritization:

  Excellent time management and prioritization skills. Ability to handle competing demands and prioritize effectively.

• Global Perspective:

  Approaches work with a global perspective, taking into consideration the diverse experiences of stakeholders across many different cultures, languages, and political systems. Embraces differences and collaborates with OWA groups to adapt strategies to regional and local contexts, prioritizing global impact.

• Mission Alignment:

  Deep commitment to THL’s mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food. Strong familiarity with the animal protection movement, or other advocacy movements, in the Asia-Pacific region.

Please submit applications and all supporting documents in English.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary information for the listed countries currently being reviewed. At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and nondiscriminatory work environment for all employees. At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and nondiscriminatory work environment for all employees. As part of our commitment to transparency, we have implemented a job architecture framework, which levels all of our roles according to size and complexity, as well as a compensation step system, which allows us to determine fair salaries for all staff. We also look at market data for each country that we operate in, to allow us to create specific salary bands per country. This work is time consuming and involves a cost to THL. Therefore, when expanding into a country for the first time, we only undertake this work towards the end of the recruitment process, when we know where our ideal candidate is based. In addition, we have adopted a no negotiation policy for salaries. To determine a job's level, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including a job's size and complexity, required experience, knowledge, and/or skills, internal comparability, and market data. Candidates whose experience places them at step 5 or above of their job level within our compensation structure will be awarded a “senior” title designation. These practices are aligned with our organizational values and will help us ensure we maintain clear, consistent, and transparent HR processes.

THL offers a unique and competitive benefits package. Each country will be provided with benefits that are applicable and relative to the location they are in. Therefore, your exact benefits package will be shared with you at the time of offer. However, as an idea, some of the benefits that are currently offered to our global team are:

• Unlimited paid time off
• The last Friday of every month off as a THL ‘Public Holiday’ called ‘Mend Your Heart Friday’
• Enhanced sick pay
• Generous bereavement leave
• Generous personal emergency leave
• Sabbatical leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement contributions
• Internet allowance

For candidates outside the United States, The Humane League will not be your direct employer. The successful candidate will enter an employment agreement with a local Employer of Record with whom The Humane League partners.

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