Location: Homebased with occasional travel for meetings

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £27,466.16 per annum

Contract: Fixed term for 6 months

Please note, we are recruiting for two positions, one in our Acquisition team, and the other in Retention.

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

Will you join us and make life better for cats?

Responsibilities of our Individual Giving Assistant

This role is crucial in supporting the delivery of Cats Protection’s Individual Giving programme by making our wonderful supporters feel valued and helping to generate over £21 million a year in sustainable income for Cats Protection.

In the Retention team role, you will primarily work on Cats Protection's cash, regular giving, and cat pen sponsorship programmes for existing supporters.

In the Acquisition team role, you will work primarily on Cats Protection’s TV and digital acquisition activity to recruit new supporters.

In both roles, you’ll play a key part in helping to deliver projects and campaigns from concept to delivery, ensuring communications are delivered on time, to the agreed audience, within budget and to the highest quality.

You will support in managing relationships with various external agencies, ensuring Cats Protection receives the best possible service. You will also liaise with a number of internal departments to ensure they are briefed on Individual Giving activity.

About the Individual Giving Team:

We sit within the Marketing & Income Generation directorate

Our team is responsible for the recruitment and retention of individual supporters to generate over £21 million each year and provide leads for the other teams in the directorate

We currently have a team of 13 working across Acquisition and Retention on our Cash Appeals and Raffles, Membership, Sponsorship, Lottery and regular giving programs using Mail, Face to Face, DRTV, email, Digital, Social and other paid media

What we’re looking for in our Individual Giving Assistant

Experience of working within a team in a similar role (e.g. Fundraising / Marketing), ideally in a charity working with agencies

Experience of assisting with the organisation of projects/activities or schedules

Experience of admin activities such as invoicing, collating information for reports, and minute-taking

Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines

Competent level of IT literacy including Office applications

An understanding of GDPR principles

What we can offer you:

range of health benefits

26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service

Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate.

If successful, your recruitment journey will include:

1. Anonymised application form

2. Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

Please email recruitment@cats.org.uk if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey

We operate a bias-free application process in our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. To assess your application quickly, fairly and objectively, please fully complete the qualifications and work history sections of our online application form.

Redacted CVs may be accepted by exception.

We believe being an inclusive, diverse organisation - where we welcome diversity of thought, value individuals' experience and can reach and partner all areas of society - is crucial if we're to help more cats. Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.

There’s a place for everyone at Cats Protection and we encourage applications from talented people across all communities.

Cats Protection is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. You may be subject to a criminal record check if required for the role.

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