Full-Time Director of Open Wing Alliance
Job Description
As the Director of Open Wing Alliance (OWA), our global coalition working to end the abuse of chickens worldwide, you will be accountable for overseeing the coalition’s member support and recruitment strategies, managing member support staff, and publicly representing the OWA. This position reports directly to the Vice President of Global Programs.
This is a full-time remote position. This position requires domestic and international travel, this is equivalent to approximately 3-6 trips per year. We are only able to consider applicants who reside in the United States or United Kingdom and whom possess work authorization in these countries.
We will be recording a Q&A video to answer questions about this role. Please submit your questions on this Google Form by Monday, August 7, 2023 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. A recording of the webinar will be posted here by Wednesday, August 9th, 2023.
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Develop and execute member support strategies for the OWA coalition, including various events, training sessions, webinars, programs, and resources.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive recruitment, retention and growth strategy for the OWA coalition.
- Oversee coalition operations and communications adapting and implementing effective internal and external communication protocol and structure as needed.
- Manage the collection, organization, and maintenance of documentation and data on OWA member groups.
- Hire, manage, develop, and mentor the member support team, providing vision, leadership, coaching, training, and accountability.
- Lead the development of team meetings, goals, and metrics to evaluate success in member support.
- Foster positive relationships among member groups, mediating disagreements when necessary.
- Collaborate with the Development team on fundraising efforts by preparing updates, drafting proposals, and presenting to and meeting with donors.
- Assist the VP of Global with department-wide initiatives to improve internal communication and collaboration.
- Represent and speak on behalf of The Humane League and the Open Wing Alliance at international conferences and networking events.
- Other duties as assigned.
The ideal candidate will possess most, if not all the following qualities, skills, and characteristics:
- Experience: At least 7 years of experience in business leadership roles, operations and strategy with a minimum of 4 years experience with management of staff and team.
- Organization: Ability to use time, energy, resources, etc. in an effective way to achieve goals often prioritizing and reprioritizing to manage workload Able to oversee and structure complex projects, plan backward, and ensure quality end-products are delivered on or ahead of schedule.
- Inclusive Leadership & Management: Committed to diversity, equity and inclusion inviting diverse perspectives and creating an atmosphere where people feel their opinions and contributions matter. Leading with integrity and mutual respect and inspire trust and confidence with a wide range of people representing various backgrounds and levels of experience. Approaches work from a global perspective, keeping in mind the unique opportunities and challenges that arise as we work across so many cultural landscapes. You will supervise a team of highly determined staff members, appropriately structure jobs so that staff members can succeed, coach and develop staff members, and act from the perspective of an organizational leader that empowers their team.
- Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving: Capable of supporting and leading innovation in the department, look at consequences, implications, interdependencies, and indirect effects, all in both the short and longer-term. Look beyond the immediate goal or issue and with the greater context, not just the content of the moment with ability to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Ability to devise creative, pragmatic solutions and strong systems to help us move forward on difficult challenges and exercises excellent judgment in assessing trade-offs and finding strategic third way approaches or mitigations, and can prioritize solutions for maximum impact.
- Effective Communication: You are able to convey information clearly, accurately, and appropriately to different audiences including staff, donors, volunteers and the public across various cultural and linguistic backgrounds, through verbal, written and nonverbal modes to ensure the intended message is understood. Ability to safeguard confidential information and perform with a high level of discretion, professionalism, and integrity. Must be able to anticipate, diffuse and resolve disagreements, confrontations, tensions and complaints in a practical and constructive manner in order to achieve results
- Tech-savvy: Comfort and proficiency with contemporary software applications. Able to quickly learn new software, including project management systems and CRM platforms.
This position will close on Monday, August 21, 2023 at 12:00 EST.
The initial application review will happen after the application closing date above. Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified via email with further details on the status of your application. If a candidate is moved forward, the interview process will be as follows:
- Work Simulation Exercise (completed remotely)
- First Interview (via video call)
- Final Interview (via video call)
- Reference Check
The compensation range for this role is $99,703.00 – $121,859.00 USD or £54,126.00 – £66,154.00 GBP. At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and equitable work environment for all employees. As part of our commitment to transparency and equity, we recently 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 account for an individuals total years of related experience when determining their compensation. In addition, we have adopted a no negotiation policy for salaries. To determine a jobs 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. To determine final compensation, experience will be measured by considering prior work in jobs or activities that are related to the role at THL. These new practices are aligned with our organizational values and will help us ensure we maintain clear, consistent, transparent, and equitable HR processes.
Employees enjoy full medical coverage, optional dental and vision packages, a 401(k) retirement plan, pet care & Rx discount plans, working from home, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees, paid holidays, flexible vacation time, professional development, and the supportive environment at The Humane League!
Employees in the United Kingdom will enjoy annual leave starting at 25 working days off per year, sick pay, pension, internet allowance, insurance, and other special leave policies.
At The Humane League (THL), animal welfare 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.
The Humane League is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with laws and in furtherance of our commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.
The Humane League is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. We trust individuals to self-identify and ask for the accommodations they need. An example of an accommodation might be extra time to complete a work simulation exercise, among many others. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please complete this form to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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