Deputy Director Germany (m/f/d)

Your contribution will be

• Leading national operations together with the Director Germany: Managing Finance & Administration, HR, and Risk & Compliance functions; aligning Sanctuary strategies with the overall country strategy
• Driving Performance & Improvement: Setting and monitoring quantitative/qualitative metrics and standards; evaluating effectiveness and identifying opportunities to optimise operations
• Budgeting & Resource Management: Planning, controlling, and forecasting budgets and operational costs across divisions to ensure impact and efficiency
• Implementing policies & strengthening procedures: Ensuring national policies and procedures align with international standards; reviewing and optimising business processes
• Cross Entity Coordination: Supporting all German entities, promoting synergies, and streamlining processes and reporting together with the Director Germany
• Change & Communication Leadership: Communicating new directives to leadership and operations teams; acting as first point of contact during major changes, ensuring clarity, support, and morale

Your profile ideally illustrates

• Successful track record in leadership as well as senior operational roles with NGOs or corporate business
• Being a convincing and motivating leader within a fast-growing and diverse organisation
• Experience in fundraising, finance, and HR
• Thinking outside the box and having a solution-oriented mindset
• Experience in supporting transformation processes preferred
• Excellent as a persuasive and engaging communicator and motivator
• Fluent in German & English
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS' vision and mission

Our offer includes

• The opportunity to make a real contribution to global animal welfare and to actively shape the further development of FOUR PAWS
• A key role in the organisation with great professional freedom and varied activities
• An animal-friendly and pleasant working environment in a motivated team
• Modern management culture, as well as various development opportunities
• Fully financed Deutschlandticket
• Mental-health hotline, workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and family-friendly work arrangements, as well as 60/40 regulation to work in a home office
• An employer-financed workplace pension plan after 6 months of service
• PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your 25 days of annual leave
• Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
• The yearly gross salary range for this position is 99.960 EUR according to our internal compensation scheme
• A two-year fixed-term contract

We reveal, rescue and protect unique animals from many different species through systems change and by creating species-appropriate environments at our sanctuaries!

We celebrate our colleagues' differences and strive to create an inclusive environment because we believe that only by working together, we can advance animal welfare worldwide. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strongly encourage candidates from all diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals with diverse lived experiences, racial identities, national origins, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and disability statuses to apply. We welcome everyone who wants to support our mission. Please contact bewerbung@four-paws.de if you require assistance applying to this position.

All interested individuals are invited to submit their applications for the position. Please note that in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, having a valid work permit for the respective country or being eligible to obtain one is a requirement for this position prior to commencing employment.

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