53 Jobs for the Animal sector

Who We Are

Animal Equality is an international animal protection organisation working with society, governments and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals. Animal Equality has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil and India.

Animal Equality releases investigative materials from inside factory farms and slaughterhouses, exposing the conditions that farmed animals face around the world. We publish our findings on television, in newspapers and online. We routinely secure mainstream media coverage, including on the BBC, ITV, Sky News, The Times, The Guardian, The New York Times and many more.

Animal Equality also advocates for political change. Our current campaigns include a UK ban on foie gras imports, increased enforcement of existing animal protection laws, legal protections for farmed fish, and Government subsidies for transitioning towards a plant-based food system.

We focus on farmed animals because of the scale and severity of the issue. More than a billion animals are confined and killed for human consumption every year in the UK. Farmed animals also often suffer in some of the worst ways: pigs typically endure painful mutilations; many chickens die of heart attacks; fish are confined in underwater cages, and some farmed animals are victims of deliberate abuse and neglect. But the problem is solvable! By utilising effective campaigning strategies, Animal Equality is having an impact for animals around the world and building a future where all animals are respected and protected and are no longer exploited for human consumption.

Animal Equality UK’s current key campaigns include:

• Strengthening enforcement of animal protection laws
• Halting the expansion of Scotland’s salmon farming industry
• Achieving a ban on foie gras imports
• Securing species-specific slaughter legislation for fish
• Inspiring the public to eat plants, not animals

About the Role

Animal Equality’s campaigns have driven Parliamentary debates, legal victories, corporate commitments, and major media coverage and inspired thousands of people to change their diets and take action for farmed animals.

We are seeking a dynamic, disciplined, and highly motivated Campaigns Officer to play a central role in growing our activist movement and delivering bold, high-impact campaigns across the UK and internationally.

This role is fundamentally about building people power. You will be responsible for significantly expanding our activist base – both online and in person – mobilising supporters into sustained action and organising impactful demonstrations that influence companies, governments, and public opinion.

The Campaigns Officer will regularly travel across the UK and internationally to organise and lead peaceful demonstrations, ensuring Animal Equality remains a visible, strategic, and compelling presence at key decision-making moments. You will be expected to travel frequently across Europe, sometimes at short notice; reasonable travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the organisation, as well as a daily stipend for plant-based subsistence. While not common, occasional evening or weekend work may be necessary to support campaigning activities. Any additional hours worked and agreed with your Manager can be reclaimed as TOIL.

Working closely with colleagues across departments and countries, you will help transform public support into coordinated action that drives measurable change for farmed animals trapped in the animal agriculture system.

Location: Remote in the UK. Must be able to travel to London team meet-ups once a month (at your own cost) and travel frequently across Europe.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 5pm on Friday, 18th September 2026.

Branch Manager
RSPCA Finchley, Golders Green, Hendon & District Branch

Salary: £32,000–£35,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Location: Hybrid, with regular travel across the branch area including East Finchley and North Finchley shops

About the role

At the RSPCA Finchley Branch, we are seeking a practical and organised Branch Manager to support the delivery and development of our local animal welfare services and the oversight of our retail operations through the line management of Shop Managers.

This is a strategic role with a hands-on focus on operational delivery, responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations across animal welfare, retail operations through the line management of Shop Managers and volunteer activity. Working closely with Trustees, the postholder will help ensure that services are delivered effectively, safely and in line with our charitable objectives, with a clear focus on achieving positive outcomes for animals and the community.

The role is hybrid, combining remote working with regular travel across the branch area, including visits to our charity shops in East Finchley and North Finchley, as well as occasional in-person meetings and operational activity where needed to deliver the Branch outcomes in line with the agreed objectives and priorities.

In this role, you will

You will be responsible for the effective delivery of animal welfare outcomes across the branch, ensuring animals are safely supported from intake through to rehoming, while also supporting the RSPCA Inspectorate. Alongside this, you will oversee day-to-day branch operations, including managing a small team of staff and volunteers, overseeing the performance of the branch’s retail activity through the line management of Shop Managers to contribute to sustainable income.

Working with the Chair and the relevant Trustee portfolio lead, including the Treasurer, to ensure financial oversight, governance and compliance and to deliver the agreed objectives, and working with veterinary partners, staff and volunteers, other RSPCA branches as well as other charities, you will ensure that services are delivered consistently, responsibly and in line with the branch’s priorities.

About you

You will be comfortable working in a role that combines strategic and operational responsibilities, and able to organise your workload effectively. You will have experience of coordinating services or operations and managing both staff and volunteers, achieving results through effective line management, and bring a genuine passion for animal welfare and a commitment to achieving positive outcomes through well-organised and consistent delivery. You will also have a calm and practical approach, with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with staff, volunteers and the local community, and a strong commitment to delivering meaningful and lasting outcomes for animals.

What we offer

This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting animal welfare in the local community, with the ability to make a direct and meaningful impact through the delivery and development of branch activities.

The position offers a salary of £32,000 – £35,000 per annum (depending on experience)

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Flexible working hours, to be agreed in line with the needs of the role
Supportive working environment with close engagement with Trustees

Additional information

Regular travel across the branch area and beyond is required, and occasional evening or weekend work may be necessary.
A full, clean driving licence is essential for this role.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining your reasons for applying and how you meet the essential criteria set out in the job description.

Compliance Administrator

These are exciting times for the charity and we have an excellent opportunity for a professional and flexible Compliance Administrator, to join the busy Legal and Governance Department.

Position: Compliance Administrator

Location: East Devon/Hybrid (site attendance currently estimated to be 1 day per week)

Hours: Part-time, 25 hours per week

Salary: £26,715 per annum pro rata (actual £19,082)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026. Please note this role may close earlier than advertised so apply as soon as possible.

About the Role

As Compliance Administrator, you will provide full administrative assistance to the Compliance Team, responding to queries and communicating with internal and external stakeholders in a professional and customer service orientated manner.

Your principal duties and responsibilities will include:

• Managing and triaging the Compliance Support Desk, allocating queries to appropriate advisers and proactively monitoring and chasing responses to ensure timely resolution.
• Supporting the administration of Subject Access Requests (SARs), including coordinating with advisers to confirm scope, managing communication with data owners, tracking statutory deadlines, and conducting initial document searches in preparation for redaction.
• Assisting with CCTV compliance processes, including maintaining logs and ensuring appropriate documentation of assessments.
• Providing administrative support for risk management activities, including maintaining risk registers, coordinating updates and supporting risk review processes.
• Supporting the administration of insurance claims, including coordinating documentation and liaising with internal stakeholders and external insurers.
• Administering the policy management system, including issuing review reminders, tracking approvals, and ensuring timely publication of policies on internal platforms.
• Coordinating quarterly insurance review meetings, including scheduling and recording accurate minutes and action logs.

About You

You will have:

• Previous experience of working within a busy administrative role. 
• Experience of providing administrative support within a compliance, governance, risk, data protection, insurance, or policy environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills with a proven ability to successfully interact with people at all levels.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Outstanding organisational and planning skills and able to maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail whilst dealing with a number of conflicting demands and deadlines. 
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Competent IT skills (proficient in use of Microsoft Office 365).

Benefits include:

• Competitive pension.
• Life assurance – 2 x annual salary
• 31 days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service pro rata
• Wellbeing team.
• Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.
• Long service awards.
• Healthshield plan
• Free parking.
• Life assurance.
• Subsidised restaurant and shop.

About the Organisation

Join one of the UK’s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide, working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.

The Charity is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

You may also have experience in areas such as Compliance Assistant, Compliance Administrator, Administrator, Administration, Admin Assistant. 

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP

Assistant Finance Business Partner

We have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and professional Assistant Finance Business Partner with outstanding data knowledge, interpersonal and diplomacy skills, and a strong customer service ethic to join the busy Finance Team.

These are exciting times for the charity and for the finance team as it starts to transition to a new finance system.

Position: Assistant Finance Business Partner

Location: East Devon/Hybrid (site attendance currently estimated to be 1-2 days per week)

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week, 08.30-16.30, Monday-Friday

Salary: £34,425 per annum

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract starting on 2 November 2027

Closing Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026. Please note this role may close earlier than advertised so apply as soon as possible.

About the Role

As Assistant Finance Business Partner (Income), you will support the provision of comprehensive performance analysis of fundraising activities. Responsible for maintaining strong relationships with income generation managers, you will improve the impact and understanding of financial reporting on charity performance.

Your principal duties and responsibilities will include:

• Management of all aspects of fundraised income reporting including the collation and analysis of high volumes of complex data.
• Contributing to the provision and presentation of high-quality management accounting data, reports and advice relating to Fundraising and associated cost centres, to stakeholders across the sanctuary.
• Contributing to the transition from old to new finance system.
• Management of the integrity of software systems interface between the Donor Database (CRM income processing system) and finance systems ensuring reconciliation processes are maintained effectively, exception reporting is monitored and suitable action taken when necessary.
• Management of the General Ledger and Project Ledger connected with fundraising appeals, ensuring data is accurate, up to date and consistent.
• Contributing to the smooth running of budgeting and forecasting processes and the production of detailed annual budgets, ensuring alignment with financial accounting systems and processes.

About You

You will have:

• Qualified AAT or part qualified CIMA.
• Able to demonstrate competent experience in the analysis, interpretation and reporting of high volumes of complex financial data.
• Extensive experience in a management accounting role, together with a documented CPD track record.
• Experience of working in and development of a computerised accounting system.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft applications, particularly Excel including demonstrable working knowledge of dealing with high volumes of complex data using formulae and pivot tables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to flex and adapt communication to suit a wide range of audiences.
• Able to establish, build and maintain successful collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits include:

• Competitive pension.
• Life assurance – 2 x annual salary
• 31 days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service.
• Wellbeing team.
• Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.
• Long service awards.
• Healthshield plan
• Free parking.
• Life assurance.
• Subsidised restaurant and shop.

About the Organisation

Join one of the UK’s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide, working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.

The Charity is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

You may also have experience in areas such as Finance, Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner, Finance Lead, Finance Officer, Accountant, Accounts, Business Accountant.

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and successful fundraising, engagement and communications team, helping to drive forward an organisation that is seeking to grow and develop to meet a changing conservation environment for whales and dolphins.

We are looking for someone that can lead a team but will also be a fundraiser in their own right, willing to initiate and take on projects. They need the experience to drive the strategic direction, innovation, and operational excellence needed to grow fundraising income, strengthen brand awareness and deepen engagement with donors and supporters.

The successful candidate will be an important part of WDC’s senior management team, working closely with the CEO and other senior colleagues to lead the organisation into its next stage of development, building resilience and impact in all that we do.

Digital Marketing Coordinator (PETA France)

Your writing engages and inspires. You are creative, innovative, and digitally savvy, with a strong instinct for what performs well online. You know how to create compelling social media content, build engaged audiences, and use digital platforms to start conversations that inspire people to take positive action for animals. You are comfortable editing short-form video, following social media trends and influencer culture, and reacting quickly to relevant cultural moments. If you are passionate about animal rights and excited by the challenge of making PETA France’s social media presence more creative, timely, and effective, PETA would love to hear from you.

Objective:

To inspire millions of people to take positive action for animals through compelling social media content, digital storytelling, online engagement, and blog posts.

Contract Type:

Contractor

Location:

Remote, preferably based in Paris

Pay:

€20 per hour

Primary Duties:

• Develop original, creative, and compelling content for social media, including posts, captions, graphics, short-form videos, stories, reels, and platform-specific content.
• Monitor social media trends, influencers, cultural moments, and breaking news, and suggest timely ways for PETA France to respond in a way that challenges speciesism and advances animal rights.
• Edit short-form video content for social media, adapting materials for platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X.
• Identify opportunities to work with, engage, or respond to influencers, creators, and public figures relevant to PETA France’s campaigns.
• Facilitate online conversations about animal rights, vegan living, cruelty-free fashion, and PETA’s campaigns in a confident, informed, and engaging way.
• Plan, write, and build new blog posts on PETA France’s website, focusing on vegan food, cruelty-free fashion, animal rights news, and campaign priorities.
• Research campaign-related information for web features, social media posts, influencer engagement, and digital campaign materials.
• Track and analyse web traffic, social media performance, video views, engagement, and campaign results, adapting strategies based on findings.
• Partner closely with PETA France's campaigns and press teams to maximise the online impact of campaigns, investigations, media moments, and other projects through creative content, timely social media engagement, and digital storytelling.
• Work with international PETA entity teams to share ideas, adapt campaign materials, and help ensure that digital campaigns are timely, creative, and effective.
• Help coordinate and attend Paris-based events when needed, such as demonstrations, actions, and celebrity photo shoots.
• Monitor social media outside standard working hours when necessary, including evenings or weekends during urgent campaigns, breaking news moments, or major campaign launches.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Native or near-native French speaker with at least conversational English
• Excellent French writing skills and an understanding of what resonates with people online
• At least two years of professional experience in running social media accounts on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and an understanding of the unique benefits and challenges of each platform
• Proven ability to deliver creative, engaging, and compelling digital content
• Comfortable editing short-form video for social media and adapting content for different platforms.
• Knowledge of animal rights issues and commitment to and enthusiasm for PETA’s objectives
• Extremely social media-savvy, with a strong awareness of platform trends, influencer culture, memes, cultural moments, and emerging formats.
• Good eye for design and confident user of Canva or photo and video editing tools
• Strong understanding of how to use timely, provocative, and creative content to challenge speciesism and promote animal rights
• Strong analytical abilities and experience measuring the effectiveness of social media, video, web, or digital campaigns.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a large workload and shifting priorities.
• Willingness to monitor and respond to social media activity during evenings or weekends when necessary.
• Strong work ethic with a focus on efficiency and exceptional attention to detail
• Proactive attitude and the ability to think creatively and come up with new ideas for promoting PETA’s core mission
• Knowledge of animal rights issues and commitment to and enthusiasm for PETA’s objectives.
• Proven ability to work independently as a contractor while collaborating effectively with colleagues across teams and countries
• Adherence to a vegan lifestyle strongly preferred.

General Manager
Salary: £61,400 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full-Time 37.5 hours per week (5 days from 7)
Location: WWT Slimbridge, GL2

We are seeking an outstanding leader to manage and drive the performance of our award winning visitor attraction and wetland nature reserve in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. Slimbridge is where wetland conservation began some 80 years ago with the founding of WWT – the wetland charity.

About The Role

This is a genuine opportunity to shape this amazing attraction, not just run it. Reporting into WWT’s central operations leadership, you will take full responsibility for the day to day operations leading a dedicated team of more than 60 staff and 250 volunteers to deliver our ambitious financial, visitor engagement and conservation objectives for the centre. In addition you will lead an exciting master-planning process working in collaboration with colleagues in the operations directorate, central leads and centre staff to deliver a plan that sets the site up for success over the next decade and unlocks significant funding.

WWT Slimbridge offers an amazing day out and a wonderful introduction to wetland wildlife and it is your responsibility to provide an unforgettable experience on each and every visit. Visitors can experience the spectacle of tens of thousands of wild birds, immerse themselves in wetlands teaming with life and get close to some of the world’s most amazing wetland birds and mammals. The site features adventure and water play areas, canoe safari, interactive exhibits and walk-through aviaries in addition to over 800 acres of wetland reserve with wildlife viewing hides, including a three-storey tower with magnificent views of the Severn Estuary.

The role has responsibility for all aspects of the site - working closely with the centre’s senior leadership team you will deliver excellence across the areas of trading and admissions, visitor experience and engagement, learning and marketing, living collections and the wetland reserve - a Ramsar wetland site, Special Protection Area (SPA) and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on account of its internationally important wetlands. WWT's charity headquarters are also based at the Slimbridge site, and you will work closely with the team, jointly contributing to the delivery of WWT’s Wetlands are the way 2030 strategy.

About You

To be a success in this role you must be an experienced and professional manager and a great leader, comfortable with both operational delivery, visible on the floor leadership and the ability to input strategically at the highest level. You should be strong on financial and business numeracy, comfortable owning the P&L and able to deliver against ambitious and motivating targets while maintaining day-to-day performance.

You will have impeccable standards for cleanliness, health & safety and the visitor experience and a track record for building team performance and morale.

It is a busy and varied role and we are looking for someone with a wealth of experience and proven track record in a similar visitor attraction environment and you are now looking for your next role to be part of an organisation that has a very special place in people’s hearts.

Essential criteria:

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• Demonstrable and successful operations experience within a large visitor attraction or similar operation
• Demonstrable leadership skills, able to positively lead, motivate and continually develop teams and individuals, including volunteers
• Demonstrable ability to create a positive work culture in line with an organisation’s agreed values and behaviours, work collaboratively at all levels and lead by example
• Demonstrable and successful people management with experience in recruitment, training, motivation and performance management
• Demonstrable experience of identifying and developing commercial opportunities
• Demonstrable experience of the development and implementation of financial management plans, work programmes and budget controls
• Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering a masterplan or strategic plan and project management experience

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme

This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days from 7.

Closing Date: Monday 14th September 2026
N.B. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications from candidates who meet the required skills and experience. We therefore encourage early applications.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

No agencies please.