Partnerships Manager

Reports to: Director of People & Operations

Target start: February/March 2027

Purpose: Build AAA's presence on the ground: the locally led communities, partnerships and relationships that feed our talent funnel and support our programmes.

Responsibilities

• Help identify and recruit local leaders to establish and run Effective Animal Advocacy (EAA) groups in priority countries.

• Work with group leads on local outreach, community building and adapting our messaging to local contexts.

• Build and maintain partnerships with universities, professional associations, existing organisations and other recruitment channels.

• Coordinate on-the-ground support for our in-depth programmes, including local research and logistics, working with group leads.

• Support due diligence and local intelligence gathering through Effective Animal Advocacy (EAA) group leads, including farm visits and stakeholder interviews where relevant.

• Work with the Communications Manager on outreach in priority countries.

Essential

• Experience building communities, networks or partnerships, ideally in more than one country.

• Strong relationship-building skills with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Based in Africa, with strong understanding of at least one of our priority regions (esp. Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Northern Africa, South Africa).

• Interest in effective animal advocacy.

• Ability to travel for several weeks per year.

Desirable

• Existing networks in animal advocacy, effective altruism, or adjacent fields in Africa.

• Experience supporting or running volunteer-led or locally led groups.

• Arabic (strong plus, particularly for North African group building), French, or another regionally relevant language.

• Comfort with data tools and AI-supported workflows.