Application Guide
How to Apply for Director of Partnerships Core & Global Growth
at Raising the Village
🏢 About Raising the Village
Sinergia Animal is a unique international animal protection organization that exclusively focuses on the Global South, where farmed animals face significant suffering. As a 'born and raised' organization in this region, they have deep cultural understanding and local partnerships, making their cage-free campaigns, plant-based meal initiatives, and undercover investigations particularly effective in countries where animal advocacy is often under-resourced.
About This Role
As Director of Partnerships Core & Global Growth, you'll lead strategic partnerships to expand Sinergia Animal's impact across new regions while strengthening existing programs. This role involves securing corporate commitments for cage-free policies, developing alliances with financial institutions to influence animal welfare standards, and driving the growth of their plant-based meal replacement initiatives—directly contributing to their goal of impacting 100+ million animals annually.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves strategizing with global teams on partnership opportunities for cage-free expansions in Southeast Asia, analyzing data from existing programs to identify growth areas, and developing proposals for financial institution engagements. You might coordinate with investigation teams on corporate transparency campaigns, review partnership metrics against Sinergia's impact goals, and prepare presentations for effective altruism stakeholders highlighting program cost-effectiveness.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Raising the Village Is Looking For
- Proven experience in partnership development within animal advocacy, corporate social responsibility, or international NGOs, with a track record of securing cage-free commitments or similar corporate policy changes.
- Deep understanding of animal welfare issues in the Global South, particularly in Southeast Asia and Latin America, with cultural sensitivity and experience working across diverse regions.
- Strategic thinker with data-driven approach to measuring impact, able to leverage Sinergia's impressive metrics (190+ cage-free commitments, 4M+ plant-based meals replaced) to build compelling partnership proposals.
- Strong network within animal protection, effective altruism, or sustainable finance circles, with ability to engage stakeholders like Animal Charity Evaluators and Centre for Effective Altruism who have endorsed Sinergia's work.
📝 Tips for Applying to Raising the Village
Quantify your past partnership achievements using Sinergia's metrics framework—e.g., 'secured X corporate commitments impacting Y animals' or 'developed partnerships replacing Z animal-based meals.'
Demonstrate specific knowledge of Sinergia's programs by referencing their cage-free work in Thailand, Nourishing Tomorrow plant-based initiatives, or financial institution campaigns in your application materials.
Highlight any experience with undercover investigations or corporate transparency campaigns, as these are core to Sinergia's methodology and mentioned in their recent posts about the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Show understanding of effective altruism principles, as Sinergia is recognized by Animal Charity Evaluators and Centre for Effective Altruism—reference cost-effectiveness and neglected areas in your application.
Emphasize your ability to work across the Global South, including Southeast Asia and Latin America, with examples of navigating cultural contexts in animal advocacy or partnership building.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Your specific experience with cage-free corporate campaigns or plant-based meal initiatives, linking directly to Sinergia's 190+ commitments and 4M+ meals replaced metrics.", "How you've built partnerships in the Global South, demonstrating cultural competence and understanding of animal welfare challenges in Southeast Asia/Latin America.", "Your strategic approach to growth, referencing Sinergia's expansion goals and how you'd leverage their existing impact (100M+ animals annually, 9 countries) to develop new partnerships.", "Alignment with Sinergia's 'born and raised' Global South identity and their focus on cost-effective interventions, as validated by their effective altruism endorsements."]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Sinergia's specific cage-free campaigns in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, including their 2025 supermarket ranking and methodology.
- → Their Nourishing Tomorrow program details and how they've achieved 4M+ plant-based meal replacements—understanding their partnerships with institutions, schools, or corporations.
- → The EU-Mercosur agreement animal welfare concerns they've highlighted, to understand their policy advocacy approach and international trade considerations.
- → Their financial institution campaigns and how they engage banks/investors on animal welfare standards in the Global South.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Generic animal advocacy experience without specific examples from the Global South or measurable impact metrics similar to Sinergia's (commitments secured, animals impacted, meals replaced).
- Focusing on partnership experience in North America/Europe without demonstrating understanding of cultural, economic, and advocacy differences in Southeast Asia/Latin America.
- Overlooking Sinergia's effective altruism alignment and cost-effectiveness focus—failing to reference their Animal Charity Evaluators endorsement or discuss resource optimization.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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