West Coast Food for Thought Coordinator

Organization Description: Animal Place is a nonprofit animal rights organization promoting the complete protection of farmed animals and veganism. We operate several facilities throughout California. Our 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley, CA, serves as a permanent safe haven for farmed animals as well as an education and advocacy center. In conjunction with the sanctuary, Grass Valley is also home to our 15-acre residential internship property and a 7-acre onsite guest house. The Rescue & Adoption Center is situated on 12-acres in Petaluma, CA, and provides a temporary home for adoptable farmed animals with a special emphasis on chickens from the egg industry. If you are unfamiliar with Animal Place, visit our website at www.animalplace.org before applying.

 

Food for Thought Program Description: Animal Place’s Food for Thought Program (FFT) encourages nonprofit animal welfare organizations to extend their compassion to all animals by adopting a vegan or vegetarian menu policy. The policy states that organizational funds will only be spent on vegan or vegetarian foods at their sponsored events and fundraisers. Adopting a policy aligns an organization’s menu with their mission of saving animal lives. The program is run by a remote team of part-time Coordinators located throughout the United States. Please thoroughly review the program website before applying: www.foodforthoughtcampaign.org

 

Job Status: Part-time employee, 20hr/week, $15-$16 per hour depending on experience, vacation and sick time accrued hourly

Supervision: Reports to Food for Thought Campaign Manager

Location: Remote, must live in a state in the West Coast Region: CA, OR, WA

 

Job Description: Food for Thought Coordinators are responsible for establishing and expanding the Food for Thought Program within their assigned region. Coordinators encourage and assist relevant nonprofits in adopting a vegan or vegetarian menu policy, develop content for the FFT website and social media, and network with animal welfare organizations at conferences and other events.

 

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a database of potential participating organizations
• Maintain clear, organized records within a shared Google Drive and Salesforce account;  follow standardized rules of record-keeping and up to date information
• Conduct research on target organizations’ staff, board members, supporters, and relevant internal policies
• Introduce and present the FFT Program to appropriate staff members at organizations by email, telephone, video calls and occasionally in person
• Professionally and convincingly discuss veganism and animal rights to organizations in service of the FFT Program
• Travel, table, and speak on behalf of the program at relevant festivals, conventions, and conferences
• Travel to the annual FFT staff retreat
• Set and meet outreach goals and deadlines
• Develop content for the FFT website, quarterly e-newletter, and Animal Place social media that furthers the goals of the program
• Co-manage FFT social media accounts
• Teleconference weekly with Campaign Manager and a team of 2 other Coordinators
• Work collaboratively on program materials and strategic planning
• Lead projects and take direction from other Coordinators on projects
• Understand Animal Place’s policies and positions regarding key animal protection issues; appropriately and accurately represent those policies when interacting with the public or otherwise representing Animal Place
• Perform other duties and functions as assigned by Campaign Manager

 

Qualifications

• Able to work independently and as part of a small team with regular communication and rotating project-based leadership
• Comfortable with collaborative teamwork and editing by committee 
• Excellent organizational skills: can set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track activities
• Excellent oral and written communication skills: able to communicate effectively with colleagues and senior management, able to skillfully represent the program to other nonprofit professionals in a variety of settings
• Comfortable leading difficult conversations with prospective program participants
• Understand the needs and concerns of animal groups
• Computer and social media savvy; experience with Google Drive, SquareSpace, Salesforce, Asana, Slack, Facebook, Instagram, Pardot or other email marketing software is essential.
• Flexible schedule to accommodate travel to out-of-state conferences (2-4 per year) and the annual staff retreat
• A personal computer and phone are needed with consistent and reliable internet access/phone service
• Nonprofit, campaign or advocacy experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Passionate about expanding veganism
• Ready to help change attitudes and behaviors of others to move our world towards kindness and compassion for all
  

How to apply: Send your résumé and cover letter with the subject line: FFT West Coast Coordinator to [email protected]

 

Please thoroughly review the FFT website before applying: www.foodforthoughtcampaign.org

 

Animal Place is fully committed to equal employment opportunity, and company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, gender, religion, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, ancestry, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. 

 

 

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