Director – Animal Law Education & Scholarship Program

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Animal Legal Defense Fund

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Charity • Non-profit • Law

Animal Legal Defense Fund is a nonprofit organization acting as the legal voice for animals, focusing on protecting them from harm through litigation, legislation, and advocacy. They file high-impact lawsuits to protect animals, provide free legal assistance and training to prosecutors, and support legislation for better animal protection. Additionally, they offer resources and opportunities for law students and professionals to advance in the field of animal law. ALDF also focuses on various issues, including animal cruelty in research, captive animals, companion animals, and wildlife protection.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1979

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and manage program goals that will expand the field of animal law and advocacy by supporting students and legal professionals, developing scholarly resources, and driving strategic content creation. • Manage ALDF’s collaboration with law schools and other strategic partners, identifying additional collaborative opportunities. • Manage the outreach of ALDF as a leading expert resource in the field of animal law. • Manage and lead the staff of the Animal Law Education & Scholarship Program to ensure strategic objectives and tactical goals are achieved on schedule and within budget. • Facilitate and develop relationships with key supporters of ALESP and ALDF. • Formulate strategies and tactics to expand the field of animal law through educational opportunities for students and advancing legal scholarship. • Help cultivate the next generation of animal law advocates by providing comprehensive support, resources, and engagement opportunities for law students. • Lead programs and initiatives with ABA accredited law schools and oversee development of academic materials for advanced animal law courses. • Develop a comprehensive strategy for establishing collaborative relationships with law schools and other academic programs. • Facilitate networking opportunities for law students with practitioners and other experts. • Develop a centralized website that houses all relevant resources for law graduates, positioning ALDF as a trusted resource.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a management role at a nonprofit organization with a track record of modeling inclusive leadership for high performing teams. • Experience working in an academic setting preferred. • J.D., Ph.D., or other doctoral-level degree preferred. • Familiarity with and comfort in academic settings and the ability to successfully engage with administrators and faculty to develop, manage, and administer one-time and multi-year collaborative relationships that further ALDF’s mission and the cause of animal protection. • Experience writing, producing, or supervising academic scholarship. • Demonstrated competency in creating, leading, and managing programs and projects that span multiple disciplines, both internally and externally with third parties. • An understanding and demonstrated commitment to the mission of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. • A collaborative partnership and solutions-oriented collaborative mindset. • Exceptional leadership skills and experience expressing a vision for the organization and inspiring alignment to that vision. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. • Strong listening and relationship building skills. • Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities. • Empathetic interpersonal and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team-oriented environment and with external partners. • The ability to implement vision, think strategically, creatively problem solve, and exercise good judgment and self-control. • Commitment to working with integrity. • Experience with donor database systems and system implementation, as well as basic software applications, such as Microsoft Suite. • The ability to travel periodically for staff meetings and retreats (estimated 1-3 trips annually).

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health care, dental, life, and vision benefits (100% employer paid) • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Account (DCA) are also available. • 192 hours of PTO. • 19 paid holidays. • 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of continuous employment. • 401k plan with a 5% employer contribution after one year of employment. • 16 weeks paid parental leave. • Alternative work schedules (at manager’s discretion).