Deputy Director Germany

• Leading national operations together with the Director Germany: Managing Finance & Administration, HR, and Risk & Compliance functions
• aligning Sanctuary strategies with the overall country strategy
• Driving Performance & Improvement: Setting and monitoring quantitative/qualitative metrics and standards
• evaluating effectiveness and identifying opportunities to optimise operations
• Budgeting & Resource Management: Planning, controlling, and forecasting budgets and operational costs across divisions to ensure impact and efficiency
• Implementing policies & strengthening procedures: Ensuring national policies and procedures align with international standards
• reviewing and optimising business processes
• Cross Entity Coordination: Supporting all German entities, promoting synergies, and streamlining processes and reporting together with the Director Germany
• Change & Communication Leadership: Communicating new directives to leadership and operations teams
• acting as first point of contact during major changes, ensuring clarity, support, and morale

• Successful track record in leadership as well as senior operational roles with NGOs or corporate business
• Being a convincing and motivating leader within a fast-growing and diverse organisation
• Experience in fundraising, finance, and HR
• Thinking outside the box and having a solution-oriented mindset
• Experience in supporting transformation processes preferred
• Excellent as a persuasive and engaging communicator and motivator
• Fluent in German & English
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS’ vision and mission

Experience in supporting transformation processes preferred

• Fully financed Deutschlandticket
• Mental-health hotline, workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and family-friendly work arrangements, as well as 60/40 regulation to work in a home office
• An employer-financed workplace pension plan after 6 months of service
• 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