Professional Education Officer

Animals Asia is devoted to ending bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals across Asia. We are committed to ending the suffering of animals throughout Asia by promoting compassion and respect for all animals, while striving to create long-term and sustainable change. Animals Asia is currently seeking to recruit a qualified candidate for the position Professional Education Officer with details as follows:
Position: Professional Education Officer
Employment type: Full-time
Contract duration: One-year contract, extendable based on performance with initial 2-month probationary period
Work location: Ha Noi
Role Purpose: To lead the delivery and development of high-impact animal sentience and welfare training for professional educators in Vietnam, and support educators to integrate these concepts into their teaching and research. Deliver educational resources to students and the public.
Responsibilities:
Program Delivery and Training
● Oversee the department's professional education delivery program in Vietnam.
● Coordinate and support department staff to deliver engaging and practical training sessions, workshops, and materials for educators and academics on animal sentience and welfare.
● Monitor, collect data on, and evaluate the outcomes and impact of training programs.
● Provide specialist expertise and content support to the Students & Public Education team for activities in schools, communities, and universities.
● Develop and deliver educational activities for school-aged children and university students in schools, communities, and universities to raise awareness of elephant sentience, welfare, and conservation, and to build support for ending the use of elephants in riding tourism.
● Organise World Elephant Day awareness events to broaden the public perception on elephant sentience, welfare & conservation;
● Assist other departments in delivering social media activities and awareness campaigns on elephant and animal sentience & welfare;
Administrative, Operational and Strategic Support
● Provide regular reports on program delivery progress and impact.
● Collaborate with the Media team by providing specialist content for public communication campaigns.
● Supply project updates and impact reports to the Supporter Engagement team for funding communication.
● Assist the Department Director in preparing detailed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
● Contribute to the development and execution of annual project funding plans and the Department's strategic objectives.
● Perform other duties as assigned by the Department Director and other Education team members.