Back Desk Officer (Vienna, m/f)

FOUR PAWS is an international animal welfare organisation with headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and has offices in 10 other countries. Founded in 1988, the organisation pleads for animal welfare through sustainable campaigns and projects. FOUR PAWS focuses on animals that are directly under human influence, for example stray dogs and stray cats, laboratory animals, farm animals, wild animals and companion animals kept in inappropriate housing. FOUR PAWS aims to help animals in need directly and quickly.

We are searching  for a positive thinking, highly motivated personality with great affinity to animal welfare as soon as possible:

Back Desk Officer (m/f)

Fulltime / Vienna Headquarters

Main duties:

• Serving as the back desk information hub for the first level support via email and telephone as well as personal interaction for FP animal welfare and organizational inquiries
• Being responsible for the rapid switching on incoming emails and calls to the appropriate units to assist needy animals
• Providing information concerning FP animal welfare projects and campaigns and supporting the field organization and content
• Providing operational and administrative support to the teamleader
• Being responsible for the smooth flow of the daily operations with regards to all relevant requests and tasks in the back desk office
• Responsible for the service and maintenance of the FOUR PAWS company cars

Requirements:

• Adequate completed education in the field of business economics
• Experience in the field of team assistance and/or office administration
• Good MS Office skills
• Very good written and oral German and English
• Team player with high social skills, reliability and flexibility
• Pro-active and self-organizing person
• Great affinity to animal welfare and Four Paws values and issues
• Driving license B

What we offer:

• A dynamic and pleasant working environment in a highly motivated team
• A fully integrated and respectful partnership within an international organization
• Work experience in Headquarters of an international organization as a long term employment
• An attractive working place with technical advanced infrastructure located close to the center of Vienna

We offer you a minimum gross salary of EUR 26.800,-- per year, depending on your qualifications, skills and professional experience.

Are you looking for such an opportunity?

We look forward to meeting you!

Please send your application in English or German, preferably via email, to

VIER PFOTEN Stiftung für Tierschutz

Sabine KÜHNEL, Lead Animal Welfare Support Austria

www.vier-pfoten.org, Email: backdesk@vier-pfoten.org