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Careers with Born Free

We employ a wide variety of staff with a range of expertise. Our policy, rescue & care, education and conservation staff are hard at work taking action for wild animals in need. They are supported by colleagues with extensive experience in administration, finance, marketing, and fundraising.

Our administration and finance departments provide membership support and process donations. Our communications, PR and fundraising teams develop our campaigns and handle our communications, while our partnerships team works with corporate partners and sponsors.

All current vacancies will be displayed on this page with details of how to apply.

Born Free is an equal opportunities employer.

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Director of Programmes

Full time: 35 hours per week

Salary: £70,000 – £80,000

Location: Home working with regular attendance at the Born Free Foundation offices in Horsham, UK. Frequent travel required to visit the field teams and projects overseas, and regular travel to attend national and international conferences to represent the charity.

Born Free Foundation is looking for a Director of Programmes to lead the Foundation’s extensive programmatic activities and lead the organisation as part of the charity’s Executive Management Team.

This important, new role will provide strategic oversight and direction of our programmatic activities, ensuring they have maximum and sustainable impact. This role has responsibility for leading a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural programmatic team of approximately 115 staff across the UK, Kenya and Ethiopia, alongside working with key partner organisations in South Africa, India, and Cameroon who help deliver our Tier 1 projects.

Born Free has contracted with OxfordHR to facilitate the recruitment process for this role. Please refer to the brochure in the link below for the full job description, candidate profile and details of how to apply. We will only accept applications submitted to OxfordHR. Individuals must have the right to work in the UK.

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