13 jobs found

Assistant Caregiver, Wellness Watkins Glen, NY Summary: Wellness Assistant Caregivers are part of a team of shelter workers who are assigned one of four animal care areas each day: barn cleaning, animal feeding and watering, shelter projects, or animal health care assistance. Animal Care workers must be able to complete any of the four areas assigned and complete all tasks assigned within these animal care areas. Assistant Caregivers should have a strong desire and ability to do hands-on shelter work and a personal commitment to rescuing and protecting farm animals. Assistant Caregivers are vital team members of our shelters, where providing quality animal care is the number-one priority. Responsibilities: Animal feeding and maintaining animal-feeding schedules Animal watering and maintaining animal-watering schedules Shelter cleaning projects as assigned Assisting with animal health care and health checks   Qualifications:...

Director, Content Remote; Los Angeles or New York City based preferred; remote from another state may be considered Summary: The Director of Content is the lead editorial voice on Farm Sanctuary’s busy in-house communications team working to amplify the issues and programming driving the Farm Sanctuary mission. The Director of Content is responsible for leading the ideation and creation of mission-aligned content designed to build audience and deepen engagement, and will provide strategic insight on communications-related challenges and opportunities that align with the organization’s mission and plan. As a member of the Farm Sanctuary team, you will promote animal protection, plant-based and vegan living, social justice, and environmental stewardship, and highlight the interrelated issues of oppression central to our food system. In collaboration with a highly creative and resourceful content team, you will convert followers to members, bolster...

Coordinator, Rescue and Placement Remote in United States   Summary: The Rescue and Placement Coordinator assists with the Rescue & Placement team’s response to animal-related requests, connects animal guardians with appropriate resources, and supports relationships and collaborations within Farm Sanctuary’s Farm Animal Adoption Network (FAAN). The Rescue and Placement Coordinator helps advance the team’s commitments to connecting animals in need with their best possible life , working to end the cycle of exploitation, practicing compassionate conversation, promoting organizational sustainability,  and fostering equity and social justice .   Responsibilities:   Respond to animal placement requests as assigned, offering placement/networking options for animals we cannot take, flagging situations where our direct assistance may be possible, and gently educating and encouraging behavioral change, when appropriate, with guardians who...

Position Objective: As the local outreach coordinator for TeachKind, you'll strive to make the world a kinder place by helping teachers, students, and schools learn how to help animals! Your focus will be on the areas in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina where PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) serves and you’ll work closely with this division at PETA. Whether it's creating lessons, reaching out to schools, conducting presentations for students or teacher workshops (virtual or in-person), or organizing events to promote empathy for animals, your work will make a huge impact on teachers, students, and school communities! TeachKind's work to foster compassion for animals in young people is growing every day, and we need someone with classroom experience and knowledge in humane education to help us build strong relationships with schools in the local communities we serve.   Primary Responsibilities and Duties: • Creating...

Position Objectives: • To advance animal rights and vegan initiatives by generating media coverage of PETA's campaigns • To coordinate outreach and correspondence with media representatives and establish long-lasting professional relationships to help ensure animal rights issues remain in the spotlight   Primary Responsibilities and Duties: • Prepare and service news releases for PETA campaigns • Develop targeted lists for issue and campaign coverage • Develop new pitch ideas and ways to revamp news releases and pitches in order to increase media coverage of PETA campaigns • Develop contacts and establish relationships with media representatives • Keep informed about PETA's work and media coverage • Keep informed about local and national news stories and track those that are relevant to PETA's campaigns • Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor   Requirements • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience working in a professional environment...

Organizational Description Woodstock Farm Sanctuary rescues farmed animals and gives them care and sanctuary, connects animals with people to advance veganism, and advocates for animal rights in alliance with other social justice movements. We welcome visitors to come and meet animals who are most commonly exploited, abused, and killed in animal agriculture. Our animal residents are given lifelong sanctuary and are treated with respect as individuals. By giving farmed animals the chance to live their lives with dignity and by sharing their stories, we advocate for veganism and aim to reduce suffering for all.   Grants and Foundations Coordinator The   Woodstock Farm Sanctuary Development Department is seeking a dedicated and organized Grants and Foundations Coordinator to join our team. The Grants and Foundations Coordinator will report to the Development Manager and will work closely with other members of the Development team, Executive Director, and administrative...

Position Objective: To provide a wide range of high-level support and advice to the president   Primary Responsibilities and Duties: • Research and assess situations, projects and developments in the U.S. and overseas involving potential or actual animal rights issues, and offer strategical and data-informed advice. • Assign tasks to other departments and supervise their progress, alert president to important developments • Conduct research and craft and draft correspondence and briefings on a wide range of animal rights topics and inquiries • Assist with investigations, events, meetings, and presentations, as required. • Interact professionally and diplomatically with PETA donors, celebrities, and others who contact the Office of the President • Assist various departments, such as PETA’s community animal project on occasion and in emergencies • Professionally advocate PETA's positions on issues • Perform any other duties as assigned by the president...

Position Objective: To use a variety of undercover investigative methods to conduct field investigations in PETA's focus areas, including the use of animals for food, clothing, experimentation, and entertainment   Location: Varies based on assignment   Primary Responsibilities and Duties: • Travel to different states and temporarily stay on location for various assignments for as long as necessary, sometimes several months at a time • Conduct assigned short- and long-term field observations from beginning to end, including the following duties: o Prepare for and research assignments, as directed by the vice president o Visit and/or obtain employment in various industries that use animals            o Submit daily log notes in a detailed and orderly fashion            o Use photography and videography to document conditions and use of animals as well as illegal, cruel, and/or improper conduct            o Behave legally and professionally and bring...

Position Objective: To use a variety of undercover investigative methods to conduct field investigations in PETA's focus areas, including the use of animals for food, clothing, experimentation, and entertainment   Location: Varies based on assignment   Primary Responsibilities and Duties: • Travel to different states and temporarily stay on location for various assignments for as long as necessary, sometimes several months at a time • Conduct assigned short- and long-term field observations from beginning to end, including the following duties: o Prepare for and research assignments, as directed by the vice president o Visit and/or obtain employment in various industries that use animals            o Submit daily log notes in a detailed and orderly fashion            o Use photography and videography to document conditions and use of animals as well as illegal, cruel, and/or improper conduct            o Behave legally and professionally and bring issues...

Assistant Caregiver, Wellness Acton, CA Summary: Wellness Assistant Caregivers are part of a team of animal care workers, with a focus on health care assistance, animal feeding, enrichment, and wellbeing. Responsibilities also include barn and water cleaning, animal transports, and various shelter projects. Wellness Assistant Caregivers must be able to complete all tasks within those responsibilities with the ability to expand into the other areas depending on interest and experience. Assistant Caregivers should have a strong desire and ability to do hands-on shelter work and a personal commitment to rescuing and protecting farm animals. Assistant Caregivers are vital team members of our shelters, where providing quality animal care is the number-one priority. Responsibilities: Animal feeding and maintaining animal-feeding schedules Animal watering and maintaining animal-watering schedules Shelter cleaning projects as assigned...

Facilities Manager Location: High Falls, NY  Organizational Description  Woodstock Farm Sanctuary rescues farmed animals and gives them care and sanctuary, connects animals with people to advance veganism, and advocates for animal rights in alliance with other social justice movements. We welcome visitors to come and meet animals who are most commonly exploited, abused, and killed in animal agriculture. Our animal residents are given lifelong sanctuary and are treated with respect as individuals. By giving farmed animals the chance to live their lives with dignity and by sharing their stories, we advocate for veganism and aim to reduce suffering for all.  Job Overview The Facilities Manager position is a full-time, year-round, exempt (salaried) job. The Facilities Manager will supervise a team of two Maintenance Technicians, and oversee the maintenance and ongoing build-out of a 137-acre property currently with more than 40 buildings (mostly barns and coops) and more...

Coordinator, Animal Welfare Watkins Glen, NY ***Application Deadline: February 10, 2023***   Summary: The Animal Welfare Coordinator will assist the Research and Animal Care teams in the implementation of Farm Sanctuary’s on-site animal welfare program elevating the needs and preferences of the individual animals with regard to their behavioral, emotional, and social lives. This program will provide positive welfare through animal learning opportunities, environmental enrichment, animal welfare assessments and individual welfare plans.    Responsibilities: Animal learning opportunities Use science-based, non-aversive, and force-free training techniques to provide the animal residents with agency in their daily lives and move towards cooperative veterinary care Enrichment program Work with Care staff to expand and manage the enrichment program, including daily provision and assessment of goal-oriented enrichment for all...

VAAR is seeking a dedicated, highly-organized, experienced, and compassionate Animal Caretaker to assist our team in the daily operations of our sanctuary and help the organization expand into projects that will prevent animal suffering in central Vietnam. Taking care of animals is much more than feeding them. A clean shelter is essential to ensuring the health of the animals, and as the Founder ran their own nonprofit veterinary clinic for several years, they will train you on how to maintain clinic standards. There is a lot of enrichment to be done for the animals each day, as well as shelter management to ensure we have a safe and secure environment for our rescues. When we have enough funding, we will re-start our mobile vet clinic for medical animal emergencies with local poverty-stricken families, as well as vaccination and sterilization community projects. Vietnam's borders are open and there are currently no COVID restrictions.   Job Description:...