Director of Programs
Location
Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full Time
Experience
2-15 years
Compensation
$25K - $80K per year
Posted
1d ago
Summary and responsibilities
Role overview
Summary
This role involves overseeing the implementation of scalable, cost-effective, and evidence-based programs in India, with a focus on improving farmed fish welfare. The Director will lead the Programs Department, managing the team, setting goals, and planning budgets, while also contributing to organization-level leadership and public representation for Fish Welfare Initiative.
Fish Welfare Initiative is hiring a Director of Programs to oversee our growing Programs team and execute scalable, cost-effective, and evidence-based programs. We are additionally seeking someone who can be a co-leader of our organization and take on founder-level responsibilities.
If you are extremely organized, excited by travel and life in India and possibly other countries, and driven to reduce the suffering of farmed animals, this could be the perfect role for you.
Requirements
Experience: Minimum of two years of leadership experience. Relevant experience includes running a charity (particularly from Ambitious Impact program) or an evidence-based global health program (e.g., recommended by GiveWell).
Language: Fluent in written and oral English.
Location: Excited to spend significant time living in rural India or our other countries of operation, particularly in the first few years.
Key Responsibilities
1 - Oversee the Implementation of our Program(s) in India
Program selection: Drawing on R&D findings, decide which interventions move forward as programs, and flag when existing programs should be sunset or restructured.
Design, delivery, and scale: Shape new programs from the ground up, redesign existing ones, and bring them to scale — with the goal of improving the lives of thousands of farmed fishes cost-effectively.
Impact: Measure and report what FWI's work is achieving. Commission or run studies as needed.
2 - Lead the Programs Department
Staff: Build and manage the Programs team. Over time, the team will likely include several Program Leads, each running a large-scale program.
Goals: Set the department's annual goals (OKRs) and steer the team toward them.
Budget: Plan annual (or longer) budgets, and ensure the money is well spent.
3 - Organization-level Leadership
Culture: Embody FWI's values day to day, and help build a workplace where others can too.
Leadership decisions: Join leadership meetings and support key organizational decisions.
Public representation: Speak for FWI beyond your department — in talks, blog posts, and newsletters.
Benefits
Generous paid time off (up to 40 days personal leave)
Parental leave
Flexible hours
Opportunity to work for a cause you believe in
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2-15 years
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$25K - $80K per year
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Company
Fish Welfare Initiative
Team size
Growing team
Location
Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Fish Welfare Initiative is an animal welfare organization that focuses on one of the most numerous and neglected groups of farmed animals: fishes. We work to improve farmed fish welfare by developing and implementing scalable, cost-effective, and evidence-based interventions. Our core program, the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture (ARA), partners with fish farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India to improve water quality and reduce stocking densities. Our Research & Development (R&D) department designs and tests new interventions that can become future programs. FWI is currently in an intervention-development phase: running ARA while investing heavily in R&D. We expect one of our ongoing studies—most likely feed fortification—to reach the pilot and scaling stage within the next year, and bringing that work to scale would be a central part of your role.
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Director of Programs
Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India • Full Time