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About Soi Dog Foundation: 

Soi Dog Foundation is the largest animal welfare organisation in Asia dedicated to helping stray dogs and cats. Soi Dog Foundation sterilises, vaccinates, administers medical treatment, shelters, promotes adoption of stray dogs and cats in Thailand, and runs education programmes on animal welfare. Soi Dog Foundation is also actively working to end South East Asia’s dog meat trade, and is expanding within South East Asia, having recently opened an operation in Vietnam.

Soi Dog’s Mission Statement is: “To improve the welfare of dogs and cats in Asia, resulting in better lives for both the animal and human communities, to create a society without homeless animals, and to ultimately end animal cruelty”. Its core values are compassion, honesty, integrity and transparency.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title and Summary: The role of Adviser – Social Media and Content Management is to work as part of the Fundraising team to optimise Soi Dog’s presence on digital platforms (currently mainly Facebook) for the purposes of fundraising, adoptions, awareness, and outreach.

Key Responsibilities: The Adviser – Social Media and Content Management will be responsible for the following functions:

-Social Media

-Schedule regular posts on the Soi Dog Foundation Facebook page

-Answer all private messages in a timely manner, providing sender with email addresses, web links, and other information as needed

-Monitor comments on posts, responding to important questions and/or feedback as appropriate

-Stay up to date with changes in social media trends as much as feasible

-Monitor Facebook Insights to assess performance and reach of content

-Assisting the Manager: Communications and Content Management with writing fundraising copy for Facebook posts, modifying existing photo templates as needed, and ensuring UTM parameters are used where relevant

-Monitoring of other Soi Dog Foundation Facebook groups/pages, to ensure that Soi Dog is not inaccurately represented

Content Management

-In collaboration with the rest of the team and under supervision of the Manager: Communications and Content Management, write content and posting on platforms for third party fundraising (individual fundraisers)

-Provide coverage for e-mailing preparation (Mailchimp), with some general understanding and knowledge of HTML formats

-Maintain close working relationship with the rest of the team and across teams to keep up to date with latest campaigns, media releases, etc.

-Explore opportunities to improve and enhance supporters’ journey by using other platforms for engagement (e.g. Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, You Tube)

-Support the preparation of copy for newsletters, donor communications, website and landing pages

-Provide support to the Director of Fund Development with preparation of documentation and reports for various audiences

-Support the Donor Relations unit with high volume enquiries coming from outside by ensuring consistency of messaging, prompt service, and updating of regular information bank.

-Identify and develop new content opportunities (and ways to repurpose existing content), tools and features to engage the Foundation’s online audience, as well as staying abreast of new technologies, trends and strategies

-Provide leave coverage as required

Department and Supervisor: The Adviser – Social Media and Content Management is a member of the Fundraising Team at Soi Dog Foundation, reporting to the Manager: Communications and Content Management.

Skills and Qualifications:

-Native English speaker

-Excellent writing skills, including proofreading and editing

-High level of attention to detail

-High level of computer literacy

-Familiar with various social media platforms

-Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word; familiar with Google Drive and Google Docs

-Experience with a content management system such as Drupal would be an advantage

-Project management, scheduling, and organisation skills

-A passion for animals and animal welfare

-Previous fundraising or non-profit experience would be an advantage, but not essential

Location This position is based at the Soi Dog Foundation shelter in Mai Khao, Phuket, Thailand.

Type of Employment: This is a full time position.

Benefits: 

-Five-day working week, Monday to Friday, 08h00 to 17h00

-19 days annual leave rising to 25 days with service

-Annual bonus

-Provident Fund

Soi Dog is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexuality, religion or disability. Soi Dog Foundation does give preference to Thai candidates for jobs in Thailand.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email your CV with a covering letter detailing why you think you would be appropriate for this role, to hr@soidog-foundation.org to reach us by 10/July/2016.

Short-listed candidates will be notified by email.