Vegan Education/Animal Rights Advocacy Officer

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Job Title: Vegan Education/Animal Rights Advocacy Officer
Organisation: Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary
Location: Kells, Co Meath
Hours: This is a full time 5 day week post (approximately 39 hours per week)
Salary Rate: €36,700 per year
Contract Type: 1-year contract

Start date: As soon as possible

Duties include:
Intensive collaboration with the animals at Eden to understand their personalities and needs to inform the advocacy and education work
Vegan education with the public
Researching and writing submissions to key public consultations
Representing Eden at relevant educational events
Researching for written online articles on animal rights, veganism, intersectionality, and multi-species justice

Communicating with the public

Skills, Experience & Attributes

Essential: A passion for anti-speciesist animal rights and a shared vision for the complete abolition of human use of other animals

Demonstrable knowledge of, and interest in, farmed animals living on vegan sanctuaries

An ability to recognise the individual personhood of other animals and to communicate their uniqueness

An ability to convey the philosophy of antispeciesism and animal rights in a simple, coherent, uncompromising and eloquent manner
An ability to convey the distinction between animal welfare and animal rights, a plant-based diet and the philosophy of veganism
Strong interpersonal skills
Experience working as part of a busy team
An appreciation of intersectionality and multispecies justice
Demonstrable organisational, time management and workload prioritisation skills
An ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally
A flexible and positive attitude to the role

Full driver’s licence and own transport

Desirable: An ability to understand and reference research in communications

A third level qualification
Previous publications (journals, relevant research papers or articles, book chapters etc)
Knowledge of how animal agriculture contributes to the climate crisis and loss of biodiversity, as well as an appreciation of how the climate crisis impacts other animals
Experience in animal rights campaigning and vegan education
Experience public consultation submission writing

Experience in event organisation

Conditions of Employment
The successful candidate is required to be resident in Ireland and eligible to work in Ireland.
Our office is located on our sanctuary in Kells, Co Meath
Regular meeting attendance required
The role requires occasional travel and occasional weekend or evening work.
Work related expenses are reimbursed by the sanctuary.
Pension auto-enrolment (1.5% employer contribution)
Statutory annual leave and public holidays

Cycle to Work scheme

How to apply
  1. Please email your CV and a Cover Letter to info@edenfarmedanimalsanctuary.com
  2. Please put “Vegan Education/Animal Rights Advocacy Officer” in the email subject line.
  3. In your cover letter please outline your motivation for this position
  • Sector:
Career Level
  • Not Required

Candidate Requirements

Essential
  • Minimum Experienced Required (Years): 1
  • Minimum Qualification:Level 7 (incl Diploma & Ordinary Bachelor Degree)
  • Specialising In: animal rights advocacy, vegan education
  • Languages: English C2-Master (Fluent)
Desirable
  • Ability Skills:Communications, Interpersonal Skills
  • Competency Skills:Collaboration, Flexibility, Initiative, Networking
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