Partner Advocacy Manager

The Partner Advocacy Manager supports the Associate Director of Partner Advocacy in advancing AHS’s Operation Humane work through strong partner engagement, field presence, and operational support. This highly field-based role helps build and maintain relationships with animal welfare organizations and key stakeholders across Georgia and the Southeast while supporting access to AHS programs, services, and resources. The Partner Advocacy Manager is expected to be actively involved across Operation Humane activities, including partner relations, field responses, disaster work, coalition building, grants, trainings, convenings, and thought-leadership initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work alongside the Associate Director to build and maintain relationships with animal welfare organizations, animal control, law enforcement, veterinarians, community organizations, and other partners in Georgia and the Southeast.
• Assist the Associate Director with Operation Humane responses, including logistics, supply and resource coordination, partner communication, direct response support, and coalition building
• Serve as a contact for assigned partners and initiatives while supporting shared relationships across the Operation Humane team.
• Connect partners with AHS resources and services, including the Pet Food & Supply Bank, grants, transportation, veterinary support, trainings, and field-response resources. Promote cross-departmental visibility and access to AHS services, ensuring seamless support for all partnerships
• Identify partner needs, emerging trends, resource gaps, and opportunities and communicate them to the Associate Director and appropriate internal teams.
• Conduct routine visits to shelters, animal control agencies, rescue organizations, and other partner locations throughout the state to strengthen relationships and develop a firsthand understanding of partner operations, opportunities, and challenges.
• Support grants, partner communications, meetings, trainings, convenings, and other regional or statewide initiatives.
• Maintain accurate partner, program, and field activity records in Salesforce and other organizational systems.
• Work closely with the Investigators to connect partners with services, assist in coalition activities, and provide administrative support for meetings and responses

• Research regional needs and opportunities to broaden Operation Humane’s footprint beyond local communities
• Support the Associate Director in coordinating activities and communication among partner organizations to strengthen regional collaboration and operational effectiveness.
• Work closely with the Associate Director to ensure partner relationships receive consistent support while helping expand Operation Humane’s capacity to maintain meaningful statewide engagement.
• Other projects and/or duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of three to five years of professional experience in animal welfare, including experience within or working directly with animal shelters, animal control agencies, rescue organizations, community-based animal welfare programs, field services, disaster response, or comparable animal welfare operations.
• Demonstrated understanding of the realities and operational challenges facing animal shelters, animal control agencies, rescue organizations, and other animal welfare organizations.
• Experience developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with animal welfare organizations and community stakeholders
• Excellent ability to solve problems and come to appropriate conclusions based on thorough understanding of AHS policies and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to respond effectively in dynamic or rapidly changing environments and to assist with logistics, resource coordination, and problem solving.
• Discretion in handling confidential information
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build credibility with animal welfare professionals at different organizational levels and across organizations with significantly different resources and operating models.
• Ability to work independently in the field while maintaining close communication, coordination, and accountability with the Associate Director and broader Operation Humane team.
• Must be willing to travel within the State of Georgia frequently, with occasional out-of-state travel required
• Must have flexible hours, including some weekends and evenings
• Experience with Office 365 and Salesforce

Working Conditions

• Performs work in an office setting, in the field at partner organizations, and within the community
• Routine day and overnight travel
• Potentially subject to animal bites, scratches, and zoonotic disease exposures
• Frequent walking, standing, bending, and stooping
• Must be able to lift, push, and pull up to 25lbs, with reasonable accommodations