Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Manager Partnerships
at Raising the Village
🏢 About Raising the Village
Sinergia Animal is a unique international animal protection organization that focuses exclusively on the Global South, where farmed animals face significant suffering. Their 'born and raised' approach in Southeast Asia and Latin America allows them to create culturally relevant, impactful programs like cage-free campaigns and plant-based meal replacements. Working here offers the chance to contribute to measurable impact affecting over 100 million animals annually in regions where animal advocacy is most needed.
About This Role
As Senior Manager Partnerships, you'll be responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships that advance Sinergia Animal's mission in the Global South, likely focusing on corporate outreach, NGO collaborations, or institutional relationships. This role is impactful because strong partnerships directly enable their cage-free commitments, plant-based meal programs, and investigations that improve welfare standards for millions of farmed animals. You'll be connecting organizations with Sinergia's proven, cost-effective programs to maximize animal protection in neglected regions.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve virtual meetings with potential corporate partners in Indonesia to discuss cage-free commitments, analyzing partnership metrics from Latin American programs, and collaborating with the investigations team to identify partnership opportunities based on recent findings. You'll spend time developing partnership proposals tailored to specific cultural contexts in the Global South and reporting on how collaborations are advancing Sinergia's goal of impacting 100+ million animals annually.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Raising the Village Is Looking For
- Has 5+ years experience in partnership development, corporate engagement, or business development within the nonprofit, animal advocacy, or international development sectors
- Demonstrates cultural competency and experience working with organizations in Southeast Asia and/or Latin America, understanding the unique challenges and opportunities in the Global South
- Possesses a track record of securing commitments or partnerships that led to measurable impact, ideally related to animal welfare, food systems, or corporate policy change
- Shows deep alignment with Sinergia's mission, evidenced by knowledge of effective animal advocacy strategies and commitment to working exclusively in the Global South
📝 Tips for Applying to Raising the Village
Quantify your partnership achievements specifically: Instead of 'managed partnerships,' say 'secured 3 corporate cage-free commitments affecting 500,000 hens annually' or 'developed NGO coalition in Thailand that expanded plant-based meal programs to 50 schools.'
Highlight any Global South experience prominently: If you've worked with organizations in Southeast Asia or Latin America, detail your cultural understanding and relationship-building approaches in those regions.
Reference Sinergia's specific programs: Mention how your skills align with their cage-free campaigns, Nourishing Tomorrow plant-based initiatives, or investigations work—show you've studied their model.
Demonstrate knowledge of effective animal advocacy: Reference metrics like cost-effectiveness or scale of impact, showing you understand what makes Sinergia's approach distinctive according to Animal Charity Evaluators.
Tailor your resume to partnership language: Use terms like 'stakeholder engagement,' 'memorandum of understanding development,' 'coalition building,' and 'corporate commitment tracking' that resonate with this role.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your specific experience developing partnerships in animal protection, food systems, or international development—particularly any work in the Global South', "Understanding of Sinergia's unique position as a Global South-born organization and why this matters for partnership effectiveness in their regions", "Examples of how you've measured partnership impact (e.g., animals affected, commitments secured, meals replaced) using quantifiable results", 'Alignment with their cost-effective, evidence-based approach as recognized by Animal Charity Evaluators and Centre for Effective Altruism']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Sinergia's specific country programs: Research their work in Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia, etc., noting any recent corporate commitments or investigations
- → Their recognition by effective altruism organizations: Understand why Animal Charity Evaluators and Centre for Effective Altruism recommend them, including their cost-effectiveness analysis
- → Recent campaigns like the EU-Mercosur Agreement concerns or Thailand's Supermarket Cage-Free Ranking 2025 to understand current priorities
- → Their partnership models: Look at how they collaborate with corporations (cage-free), institutions (Nourishing Tomorrow), and other NGOs
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying with generic partnership experience without highlighting animal advocacy, food systems, or Global South context
- Focusing on animal welfare in developed countries rather than demonstrating understanding of Sinergia's exclusive Global South focus
- Proposing partnership ideas that don't align with their evidence-based, cost-effective approach or existing programs (cage-free, plant-based meals, investigations)
📅 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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