Team Lead Animal Welfare Supporter (m/f/d)

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on www.vier-pfoten.at and www.four-paws.org.

Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

Your contribution will be

• Leading, empowering and strengthen the Front and Back Office team, ensuring high performance and service quality, including donor support and handle requests from supporters
• Ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of daily administrative and operational processes
• Being responsible for a well-organized office operation and administrative day-to-day business at the headquarters office
• Serving as a key interface between departments, fostering effective cross-functional collaboration
• Leading contract-related processes and negotiations with confidence and professionalism
• Being responsible for budget planning, cost control, and invoice approval

Your profile ideally illustrates

• Experience in team leadership, with a strong background in office administration and organisation
• Completed commercial education, including proficient use of MS Office
• Very good communication skills in German (C2) and English (B2) (written and spoken)
• Team player with high social skills, reliability and a solution-oriented approach
• Pro-active and self-organising person with hands-on mentality and positive mindset
• Driving license B and willingness to drive
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS vision and mission

Our offer includes

• The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
• A multinational team
• A dog-friendly workplace with a dynamic and pleasant job environment
• Collaboration with an organisation that tries to reduce its ecological footprint
• Flexible working times with the option of partial remote work
• Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Wiener Linien annual ticket (or partial contribution to Klima Ticket) and pension fund after probationary period
• 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 EUR 54,000 - 59,000 (full-time base, consisting of 14 payments) according to our internal compensation scheme.

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.

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.

Join our passionate team to make a difference for animals. Apply with your CV in English or German today.