Head of Policy and Advocacy

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Brooke family on a permanent basis as Head of Policy and Advocacy. Our dedicated Policy and Advocacy Team work on a wide and demanding portfolio, delivering impactful campaigns for working equids by extending our reach and influence through inspiring advocacy and strategic engagement.

You will lead and develop Brooke’s policy and advocacy strategy internationally with a focus on key institutions, government leaders, and other NGOs, and through supporting Country Programme Advocacy Leads. As one of Brooke’s primary external ambassadors, you will be representing Brooke to external constituencies, giving high profile presentations and speeches at conferences, leading the development of major advocacy campaigns and ensuring the effective coordination of the advocacy, public engagement and programmatic teams.

You will lead a high performing team, moulding both individual plans and team plans for performance management and accountability. You will contribute to the development of Brooke’s next Strategy post 2027, seeing the bigger picture and translating key advocacy asks into executable strategies for achieving impact.

Criteria

We are looking for an individual who has a real commitment to lasting change and to the vision and mission of Brooke.  You will need to have extensive practical knowledge and experience of engaging with strategic policy makers at a Global Institutional Level, with proven expertise in developing/implementing advocacy strategies. You must have excellent networking and representational skills and the ability to inspire others to improve their performance through reflective learning and communication. In order to excel in this post, it is essential you possess the ability to work and travel independently and to deliver on an agenda which you would have ownership for.

About Brooke

Brooke is an international animal welfare organisation dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules and the communities that de­pend on them. Working across South Asia, Africa and Central America we reach over 1.4 million animals and 1.1million owners annually, with millions more benefiting as our work ripples through whole communities and countries. Our global strategy is built on the three pillars of transforming equid welfare in communities, building sustainable animal health systems, and advocating for lasting change. We have more than 600 staff members across the globe, including vets, animal welfare experts, human behaviour change practitioners and development specialists

Working equines are the engines that power the developing world as they transport people, food, water and goods, as well as labouring in arduous industries such as coal mines and brick kilns. It is estimated that 100 million working equines support around 600 million people. These animals suffer due to the scale of their workloads and inadequate care and services. Our charitable ac­tivities not only improve the lives of animals, they also contribute to improvements in the livelihood of owners and their families.

First round Interviews to be held in first week of April