Animal Welfare Issues Coordinator - Stray Animal Care (m/f/d)

Limited contract | Full-time | 40 hours per week | Vienna Headquarters, Austria

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.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

• Contributing to the implementation of stray animal care programmes globally, both focusing on animal welfare and human behaviour change
• Collaborating with internal teams to develop content that supports internal and external awareness and engagement around the stray animal care programmes
• Providing support to external project teams on tools as needed, to be used for the external optimisation of stray animal care programmes
• Supporting the tracking, evaluation and reporting on key milestones and activities​
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge related to animal welfare issues, to ensure FOUR PAWS stays abreast of emerging issues and techniques
• Supporting research projects, including examining investigative content related to animal welfare/cruelty cases as needed​

Your profile ideally illustrates

• Several years of professional experience working for an (international) NGO is an asset
• Fluency in English is essential; any other language (such as French, Spanish or Arabic) is an asset
• Holding a relevant degree in human behaviour change or similar is an asset
• High intercultural competence and ability to collaborate effectively across diverse global teams
• Team player with structured, communicative, proactive working style
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS’ vision and mission

Our offer includes

• The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
• An international, dynamic work environment
• Flexible working times with the option of partial remote work
• A dog-friendly workplace
• 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 41,000 - 46,000 EUR (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 today.

Application deadline: 21.02.2026