Full-time | 40 hours per week | Vienna Headquarters, Austria

3.10.2025

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on www.four-paws.org.

Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

Your contribution will be

Supporting efficient people services for Austria-based international employees
Supporting the administration of Austrian benefits, grants/subsidies, work permits, etc.
Assisting colleagues across the organisation by consulting on requests and handling essential operational and administrative tasks.
Contributing to the payroll administration, maintaining and monitoring colleagues’ data in the relevant tools, and providing statistics
Supporting the development of consistent, high-quality service standards and efficient processes also on a global level, including guideline review and updates
Monitoring HR trends and regulations, sharing insights globally
Contributing to internal and cross-departmental projects

Your profile ideally illustrates

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both German and English
Experience in people operations or human resources administration
Experience using an HRIS (Human Resources Information System) to maintain and monitor HR processes, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and GDPR compliance
Basic knowledge of Austrian labour law and payroll accounting
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Excellent interpersonal, administrative, and organisational skills
Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS vision and mission

Our offer includes

The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
A multinational team
Flexible working times with the option of partial remote work
A dog-friendly workplace with a dynamic and pleasant work environment
Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
Wiener Linien annual ticket (or partial contribution to Klima Ticket) and pension fund after probationary period
PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your 25 days of annual leave
Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
The yearly gross salary range for this position is 36,500 EUR – 40,500 EUR (full-time base, consisting of 14 payments) according to our internal compensation scheme.

We reveal, rescue and protect unique animals from many different species through systems change and by creating species-appropriate environments at our sanctuaries!

We celebrate our colleagues' differences and strive to create an inclusive environment because we believe that only by working together, we can advance animal welfare worldwide. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strongly encourage candidates from all diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals with diverse lived experiences, racial identities, national origins, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and disability statuses to apply. We welcome everyone who wants to support our mission. Please contact careers@four-paws.org if you require assistance applying to this position.

All interested individuals are invited to submit their applications for the position. Please note that in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, having a valid work permit for the respective country or being eligible to obtain one is a requirement for this position prior to commencing employment.

Join our passionate team to make a difference for animals. Apply with your CV in English today.

Application deadline: 22nd of October 2025

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People Services Administrator - HR Operations (m/f/d)