This is an ideal role for an educator who wants to make lasting improvements to the lives of children and animals around the world.

Reporting to the Director of Education at global animal welfare charity, Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), you will develop education content and resources that protect children from key zoonotic disease while encouraging more people to consider a career working with animals.

One child dies every 10 minutes from rabies. Most victims are under the age of 15. WVS established Mission Rabies in 2013, a campaign aiming to eliminate rabies by 2030. Rabies is 100% fatal, but entirely vaccine preventable. Children just need the right information to protect themselves. We have so far reached 6 million children worldwide, but there are so many more children living in rabies endemic countries worldwide. We need your help to develop engaging and fun content for children and teachers that will help us spread these life-saving messages to a wider geographic area. You will be working to support education leads in India, Malawi, Thailand, Cambodia and Ecuador – with an ambition to grow across Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and Latin America in the next 5 years.

Parallel to this, demand for vets is outstripping supply in our project areas by a factor of 2:1. This is not only bad for animals, but a massive concern for global public health. We have two programmes, Young Vets Club and the International Schools Initiative, which aim to encouraging children to pick a career championing animals. These programmes also focus on primary age children. We are looking for a trained teacher with a passion for producing educational resources about animal welfare/ public health to research and develop resources. We want someone who is excited about new technologies, digital access and their ability to transform education in the countries we’re working in. You’ll join a passionate team with a supportive, creative culture and ambitious growth plans.

This is a new role and offers a great opportunity for the right candidate. As an organisation we are embracing hybrid working, and homeworking/remote working within the UK could be considered for this role.

Applicants should be aware that there is an expectation that employees will attend our Dorset offices and travel as needed for this role. For this role, there may be an average of about 1 - 2 meetings per month that require travel – either to our offices or to other locations within the UK.

About Us

At Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) we champion animal welfare around the world. We send vets where they are needed most, provide expert veterinary training in hard-to-reach places, and ship urgent aid supplies worldwide, every day of the year.

We deploy teams of vets and vet nurses, send equipment and supplies to help struggling organisations on the front line of animal welfare, and train vets at our international training centres in India, Thailand, Malawi and the Galápagos Islands. We also work on strategic one health projects such as rabies elimination campaigns with Governments and NGOs all over the world.

Last year, WVS treated over 62,000 animals, trained over 1,000 vets, deployed teams of vets all over the world, and sent over 450 parcels of veterinary supplies to 175 charities in 70 countries.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Support Education Progamme Leads in India, Cambodia, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Thailand and Malawi (this list is likely to grow over the next 2 years) to develop curriculum linked resources (videos, lesson plans etc) focussed on specific campaigns related to rabies prevention, animal welfare and conservation.

Develop global educator training programme and support Director of Education to push this out to national level Ministries in target lower and middle income countries.

Support the marketing team to produce and review content for our Young Vets Club membership programme.

Work with marketing and tech team to produce online version of this programme.

Seek and grow partnerships with content platforms used by communities at risk in rabies endemic countries.

Review and develop existing International Schools Initiative aimed at linking international schools around the world.

Periodically review and refresh existing materials and resources.

Ensure continuing quality, freshness and accuracy and plan and implement any changes to ensure our resources are the best they can possibly be.

Keep abreast of developments in educational thinking and curriculum and guidance changes.

Be responsible for managing the different elements of your content creation, seeing the process through from idea conception to completion.

Assist with other tasks including research, events, and any other relevant activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

Experience in developing and successfully implementing professional development and learning experiences for educators, with experience of applying learning design.

Good working knowledge of education and challenges facing teachers and learners

Experience of building and maintaining networks, with the ability to influence and negotiate.

An interest and understanding of the digital world. Be a ‘digital native’.

Excellent copy writing and communication skills

Excellent project management skills, including the ability to plan and prioritise work, to meet deadlines, and to support allocation of work within a team of employees and suppliers.

A passion for animal welfare

A creative thinker with a structured approach and a strategic mind Embrace cultural differences, with an extra plus if you have experience from working in lower and middle income countries

A strong team player

Excellent attention to detail and pride in delivering high-quality work.

Proficient in Microsoft packages - Word, Excel, and PowerPoint The ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends occasionally when the charity requires.

Have passion and drive to create lasting positive impact The right to work in the UK.

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience in classroom teaching at primary school age.

Good commercial awareness and experience from product development in the education sector.

Acting as product owner or similar role.

Experience supported by a degree in the veterinary sciences or an equivalent qualification.

Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.