PETA India seeks a motivated candidate to fill the position of Animal Rights Campaigns Chief in Pune. The candidate must be vegan (or at least vegetarian) and have knowledge of animal rights issues and public relations. Must be personable, outgoing and diplomatic, and familiar with public relations and media. Candidates must have superior communication skills, familiarity with campaign strategies, and care about animal protection. Excellent English writing skills a must, plus ability to read and write Hindi fluently.

Basic qualifications:
-Vegan as a way of life
-University degree
-Very fluent in spoken and written English
-Existing contact network
-Managerial experience

Personal profile:
-Committed to animal protection
-Leadership ability
-Highly organised, structured way of working


Job responsibilities:

Administrative
-Oversee and ensure the quality of the following:
-Purchases
-Office upkeep
-Administrative staff
-Vendor negotiations and approvals
-Travel-related issues, including obtaining the best value for the money
-Inventory of audiovisual equipment, costumes, stationery, printed material and T-shirts

Campaigns:
-Oversee the following:
-Demos, from conceptualisation until completion
-Media approach and follow-up
-Preparation of agendas for different campaigns
-Ensuring compliance with agendas
-Investigations
-Industry reports
-Working with other groups (national and international)
-Assisting and liaising with other activists/groups
-Archiving of campaign-related correspondence, videos and photographs

Human Resources:
-Oversee the following:
-All employee-related interactions
-New employee selection
-Staff interaction (to keep them motivated and focused)
-Ensuring human resources policy is being followed and all employee records are maintained
-Being accessible to staff

Accounts:
-Oversee and enforce the following issues:
-Daily bookkeeping
-Monthly bank reconciliations
-Monthly statements are sent to the US
-Preparation and maintenance of the budget
-Audit preparation
-Audits
-Donation tracking and issuance of receipts

Compliance
-Ensure compliance with the ROC
-Ensure internal bookkeeping (MOM, AGM, etc)
-Ensure FCRA compliance
-Ensure municipal, state and central government compliance

Legal Matters
-Oversee, with the help of legal advisors, the following:
-Court cases
-Follow-up and interaction with government at the centre, state and municipal levels
-Looking over leases and other legal documents

Media
-Oversee the following:
-News releases
-Letters to the editor
-TV, print and radio interviews
-Ensuring a positive public presence for PETA India
-Seizing every opportunity to advance PETA India's position

Celebrity and VIP:
-Cultivation, meetings and follow-up
-Photo-shoot arrangements

Youth:
-Oversee PETA's youth department, petaDishoom

Affiliates:
-Ensure compliance with PETA US affiliate SOPs where applicable
-Keep the founder or her designees regularly updated on all matters of importance
-Work with PETA affiliates on campaigns where applicable

Fundraising:
-Cultivate, interact and maintain good relations with donors
-Ensure all fundraising and direct mailers are in compliance with country requirements/work
-Work with the PETA Foundation's fundraising department to draft proposals

Other:
-Oversee and approve all correspondence
-Ensure timely and courteous responses to information e-mails, letters, and telephone calls
-Ensure all animal emergency calls are attended to, at all times of day and night, without delay
-Personally attend to all celebrity and VIP animal emergency calls
-Be available for emergencies, media, and staff 24 hours a day
-Obtain and review weekly reports from all departments
-Weekly reporting to the founder
-Pitch in where needed, no matter how small or menial the job may seem
-In case of redundancy or illness, do whatever is necessary
-Keep India directors updated on achievements
-Report to the founder and director of PETA India directly
-Set and ensure compliance with SOPs

Indian citizens only, please.

We offer competitive benefits. Please submit resume and cover letter to: JenniferBelchambers@peta.org