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About the Role

The Albert Schweitzer Foundation seeks a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organization through its next phase of development. The CEO will have overall operational responsibility for strategy implementation, maximizing the foundation's impact by aligning leadership, culture, resources, and external relations with its vision. This role involves leading the C-level team and three department heads of an organization with approximately 40 employees, strengthening the foundation for future demands, and representing it externally.

Responsibilities

Overall responsibility for strategy implementation with clear priorities, measurable milestones, and impact-oriented steering.
Ensuring central activities, resources, and decisions consistently contribute to maximum impact for animals.
Responsibility for strategic resource allocation, high impact per euro spent, and organizational development.
Leading and developing the C-level and department heads as a strategically aligned and collaboratively working leadership unit.
Establishing a shared leadership culture with clear roles, supported decisions, constructive feedback, and high accountability.
Strategic personnel development to ensure the foundation is resilient, professional, and capable in the long term.
Sovereign representation of the foundation to key decision-makers in business, politics, philanthropy, civil society, media, and other NGOs.
Building and maintaining strategic relationships that strengthen the foundation's goals and open new avenues for action.
Promoting effective collaborations, especially where they increase the overall impact for animals.
Trustful collaboration with the board in a clearly defined role distribution.
Transparent communication regarding strategy, impact, resources, risks, and organizational development.

Requirements

Deep identification with the mission: Understanding of animal welfare and the food transition, effective levers, and a genuine, long-term commitment to the mission.
Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in strategic leadership roles, preferably in NGOs, foundations, animal welfare, advocacy, or other purpose-driven organizations. Alternatively, comparable experience from business, politics, or consulting.
Several years of experience in leading managers, leadership teams, or interdisciplinary organizational units.
Completed university degree (e.g., Business Administration, Political Science, Social Sciences, Communications, Law, Economics, Organizational Sciences) or comparable qualification.
Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate an ambitious overall strategy into clear priorities, decisions, and implementation.
Experience in organizational and strategic personnel development.
Entrepreneurial thinking and action, combined with strong value orientation, resource awareness, and a clear focus on impact.
High resilience, problem-solving skills, and a strong agency mindset: taking responsibility, acting, and empowering others.
Reflective use of AI tools in daily work.
Experience with project management tools such as Asana, monday.com, Jira, or similar applications for transparent steering of strategic initiatives, responsibilities, coordination, and progress within the leadership team.
Sovereign communication in German at C2 level and English at C1 level.
Strong identification with the vision, mission, and culture of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation.

Skills

Strategic leadership
Impact orientation
Learning ability
AI tool utilization
Project management tools (Asana, monday.com, Jira)
Strategic thinking
Organizational development
Personnel development
Entrepreneurial thinking
Problem-solving
Resilience
Communication (German C2, English C1)

Location

Berlin

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in strategic leadership roles
Several years of experience in leading managers, leadership teams, or interdisciplinary organizational units

Education Level

Completed university degree (e.g., Business Administration, Political Science, Social Sciences, Communications, Law, Economics, Organizational Sciences) or comparable qualification.

Salary/Compensations

€85,642.20 - €109,528.80 per year

Benefits

Permanent C-level position
35-40 hours per week
High social impact and strategic design opportunities
Structured transition with former CEO remaining as President
Professional team with collegial and open exchange
Value-oriented organization
Family-friendly, flexible working hours
Hybrid work model
Dog-friendly offices with "dog-free" areas for allergy sufferers
Benefit cafeteria model (financial advantages, Deutschlandticket, or additional vacation days)
Company pension plan
Subsidies for health services
Active promotion of further education and training

About the Company

The Albert Schweitzer Foundation for our fellow creatures' vision is a world where no animal suffers for food production.
Their mission is to collectively raise animal welfare standards and reduce the consumption of animal products.
Their work focuses on the areas of economy, law, and politics.
They engage with stakeholders at all levels to promote respectful treatment of animals and facilitate transitions away from previous patterns of action.

Equal Opportunity

Diversity enriches our work and leads to better decisions. Therefore, we expressly welcome applications from people with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds.