Animal Jobs in Greater London

We love Dogs, do you? Would you like to work for Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Supporter Relations Officer to join our team, based at one of our 23 rehoming centres. The Role of the Supporter Relations Officer is primarily to promote the work of Dogs Trust to key audience groups. They provide first-class customer care for all Dogs Trust supporters, but particularly potential and existing legacy pledgers.

About this job:

As Supporter Relations Officer, you’ll:

• Promote the work of Dogs Trust to key audience groups in their catchment area and to support them accordingly.
• Provide a vital link to the community, stewarding supporters wherever they may be on their Dogs Trust journey by handling local supporter legacy and Canine Care Card enquiries, as well as in memory donations.
• Spending time in the community, visiting local businesses and people, as well as organising community talks to relevant audience groups.
• Organise supporter events and tours at the rehoming centres throughout the year.
• Organise and attend events with the Dogs Trust Village.

About you:

The successful candidate will have experience in a public facing role and a passion and commitment to the work and aims of Dogs Trust. They will be a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and the ability to develop and prioritise their own workload, working well under pressure and to deadlines.

About Dogs Trust:

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

About the team:

The Individual Giving department is part of the Fundraising and Marketing directorate and brings in approximately £88m per annum through regular giving, one off gifts, prize-led fundraising, community and events and legacy and in memory. They report to Regional Supporter Relations Managers and, ultimately, the Head of Community Supporter Experiences.

What you need to know:

As the role is primarily customer-facing, the SRO is based at the rehoming centre. However, they spend a portion of their time in local communities. This role involves frequent travel, both locally and across the UK, including some overnight stays, as well as weekend and evening work. A full UK manual driving licence is essential. Please note that working days for this role are Monday and Tuesday.

This challenging role will support the delivery of Cruelty Free International’s public affairs strategy.With a focus on promoting the organisation’s political objectives to governments, parliamentarians, and political institutions in the UK and European Union. With an emphasis on the UK, by helping to develop and maintain professional relationships with key decision-makers and their staff, your strong research, communication, and organisational skills will enable you to help the organisation make the most of any advocacy opportunities that may arise, and to keep key 3 stakeholders well informed about Cruelty Free International’s political objectives both internally and externally. Overall, the Public Affairs Officer – UK & EU role will play an essential role in delivering the organisation’s public affairs agenda in the UK and European Union, and in doing so will make a substantial contribution to the cause of ending animal testing.

Digital Product Manager
Contract:  Permanent, full time, 35 hours over 5 days         
Salary:  £40,000 plus £3,954 London Weighting Allowance   
Location:  Hybrid – 2 days a week at Horseferry Road, Westminster, SW1P 2AF 
Closing date:  Wednesday 7 August 2024
Interview date:  w/c 12th - 19th August
 
Exciting Digital Product Manager Role - join us on a mission to help pets and people!

More about the role

As our Digital Product Manager, you'll oversee the Blue Cross website, collaborating closely with the Senior Digital Product Manager and the digital content team to create an exceptional platform for our supporters and service users.

You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive team who are passionate about making a difference. 

You’ll have the chance to make a real impact, develop your skills, and work on exciting projects.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the product owner for the Blue Cross website and content management system (CMS), optimising to improve accessibility, drive engagement and generate income.
• Managing website requests and issues, working with people from across the charity to understand their challenges and advise on potential solutions.
• Coordinating our Agile product management process, liaising with developers to implement our website roadmap using backlog refinement, story writing, sprint planning, UAT, etc.
• Owning and developing the product lifecycle including testing ideas in a user centric and insight driven way.
• Working with the wider digital team to deliver our search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy, with a specific focus on technical SEO.
• Managing our third-party web development partner alongside the Senior Digital Product Manager and Head of Digital Marketing.
   

About you

We’re searching for someone who’s passionate about using their digital skills to help animals. You’ll have a proven track record in digital product management and a deep understanding of web development. You’re a problem solver, with a knack for finding innovative solutions.

You’ll be confident working with different teams, communicating complex ideas clearly, and always putting the user first. You’ll have demonstrated ability to manage complex digital projects using Agile methodologies and tools like Jira and Trello. Proven experience of optimising websites through content management systems such as Drupal is essential.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience in digital product management
• Strong understanding of web development and content management systems (CMS), ideally Drupal
• Experience in Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and project management tools (Jira, Trello)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Experience in user-centred design and research
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• It would be great if you also have:
• Experience working on business or non-profit websites (desirable)
• Experience using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager
• Knowledge of search engine optimisation (SEO)
• Knowledge of digital accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

How to apply 

Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Wednesday 7 August 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. 

Blue Cross benefits

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it weren’t for their amazing efforts and commitment, we wouldn’t be able to make the difference that we do today. In return, we want to provide you with the best working environment we can. 

With a wide range of perks aimed at enhancing your life both inside and outside of work, you'll thrive in a supportive and rewarding environment.

Our generous benefits package includes:

• Enhanced annual leave entitlement: 30 days plus bank holidays 
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution 
• Life assurance 
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
• Free access to GP via MetLife
• Recognition scheme
• Annual volunteer days 
• Claim for professional fees
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers. 

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website. 

Working within the Engagement & Communications team, you will contribute to the success of fundraising at Cruelty Free International and its affiliated group of companies’. Using your knowledge and expertise, you will work to increase our individual giving income by being responsible for in-house fulfilment and response handling for our direct mail appeals. 

This is an exciting new role, contributing to the development and implementation of our new income generation strategy. Reporting to the Fundraising Manager, this role will work closely with colleagues across the organisation including those in PR, marketing, data, and finance to deliver engaging communications to our offline audience. 

Working alongside the Fundraising Manager you will use your excellent copywriting and creative skills to develop fundraising appeals for the organisation that inspire our donors to contribute financially to our organisation. 

Working closely with our data and administration teams you will maintain effective response handling, ensuring donations are processed in line with best practice guidelines, donors are thanked promptly and supporter records on our CRM are maintained and updated. 

Between mass mailings you will work closely with the wider engagement and communications team to deliver outward-bound communications tasks, such as ongoing targeted telephone fundraising campaigns, calling potential and existing supporters to acquire new donors and reactivate lapsed donors. Using your excellent communication skills to increase engagement, income and drive long-term relationships.

You will have excellent time management skills and be an enthusiastic self-starter with a hands-on approach, capable of working independently or as part of a multi-disciplined team. Your fundraising knowledge and experience will help advance animal protection on the international stage.

This is an exciting and challenging position, which will be pivotal in growing the acquisition programme as part of our 5-year strategy. Working closely with the rest of the A&W team and wider stakeholders, such as the Communications team, media and creative agencies, you'll help to optimise acquisition activity as we scale up investment in this area. This is an opportunity for someone to help make a real difference to a varied programme using a test and learn approach.

In addition to leading DRTV, this role also involves delivering a variety of other important activity as required, such as inserts and welcome journeys. There are opportunities to turn your hand to a range of channels and product promotion as we aim to scale up channels such as inserts.

Criteria

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised individual with excellent communication and analytical skills. You’ll enjoy looking for ways to optimise all elements of campaigns from creative, content and media testing and able to act as a key point of knowledge in this area. Experience of DRTV is required, with an understanding of individual giving fundraising KPIs, including in relation to: DRTV, print, telemarketing, email and landing pages. You will be confident working with data with attention to detail and accuracy, from briefing data criteria for emails to using excel to review and share results. You will also be able to engage wider stakeholders in our acquisition testing plan development, providing clear regular communication to update on progress and learnings.

Most importantly, you’ll be keen to deliver insight and audience-led, best in class fundraising campaigns to help Brooke realise an ambitious acquisition growth programme.

At Brooke, we celebrate diversity and the creative new ideas it brings. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, in particular global majority candidates, candidates from a social mobility background, disabled and neuro-diverse candidates, and candidates under 25 as these groups are currently under-represented at Brooke.

We are aware that studies have shown that women and global majority candidates are less likely to apply for a role if they feel they do not meet the full criteria of the job description. If you feel you meet the majority of the criteria, we would love to hear from you.

We offer a variety of flexible working options to best support our staff and to ensure our working practices are as inclusive as possible.

Interviews to be held Monday 12th August 2024

People Administrator

Salary: Grade B, £23,088 - £25,133 per annum pro rata, dependent on experience, plus 8% pension contribution
Contract: Fixed Term until 31 March 2025
Location: Home based with occasional travel within the UK
Hours of work: Full time (37 hours per week)

Anticipated start date: end of August/early September 2024

We are going through an exciting period of change within our People Services Team, and we are looking for a skilled administrator to join us on a temporary fixed term contract to support the team through this period of transition.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day administrative tasks within the team. Your role will include a variety of HR and administrative duties as well as supporting the full recruitment process.

This role would ideally suit an individual who has had previous exposure working within a fast-paced HR/People team environment providing administrative support.

To be successful in this role, you will be able to deliver excellence through your accuracy and attention to detail, be passionate about supporting people, and enjoy working collaboratively within a small team.

If you are excited about the prospect of working for a leading wildlife charity, please read through the job description and person specification, to see if you have the right skills to join the team.

For the right candidate, we may consider part time working of a minimum of 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working over 5 days.

Butterfly Conservation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We are dedicated to encouraging a supportive and inclusive culture. Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments, we can make to help you in your application or with our recruitment process.

Candidates must have the right to work and be resident in the UK.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early before the advertised closing date and time.

No Agencies please

REF-215 750

WECare’s Head of Fundraising is responsible for supporting the Fundraising team in their efforts to raise funds. We have lots of exciting projects and expansion in the pipeline. We need a Head of Fundraising  who can come on this journey with us and help the charity grow whilst maintaining our core values and standards.

Who we are:  

WECare Worldwide is a UK and Sri Lankan registered charity set up by veterinary surgeon Janey Lowes. Our mission is to provide international standard veterinary care for less fortunate animals around the world, starting in Sri Lanka. The WECare Team is made up of passionate, dedicated and brilliant individuals who know how to work hard and enjoy ourselves while we do it. We aim to change the outlook for street dogs worldwide, with 75% of the globe’s dog population going without access to healthcare. We want to plug that gap and provide them with a whole lot of love while we do it!

Key responsibilities:

1. Fundraising Strategy Development:

• Develop and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies to achieve organisational fundraising goals.

• Design and establish fundraising structures, policies, and processes to streamline fundraising efforts and ensure compliance with regulations.

• Identify new fundraising opportunities and innovative approaches to expand the donor base and increase revenue streams.

2. Donor Engagement and Relationship Management:

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with individual donors, corporate partners, and potential supporters.

• Implement strategies to enhance donor engagement and retention, including the development of stewardship programmes, and  ensure ongoing engagement, retention, and the growth of regular givers.

• Lead the planning and execution of fundraising campaigns and events, ensuring seamless logistics and maximising donor participation.

• Research and identify potential grants and trust funders to diversify funding sources.

3. Communication and Outreach:

• Create and distribute quarterly newsletters and appeal email campaigns to engage supporters and donors.

• Develop and maintain relationships with current sponsors, partners, and key donors.

• Oversee the 'Sponsor a Dog' programme, ensuring its effectiveness in donor engagement and revenue generation.

• Optimise the new supporter journey and create promotional materials in line with current brand guidelines.

• Identify, actively seek, and manage media opportunities, including TV, radio, and social media partnerships.

• Secure support from UK/ Sri Lankan  businesses and establish official partnerships where possible.

4. Fundraising Management:

• Manage fundraising events, including securing sponsorship and maintaining strong relationships with venues and their staff.

• Support WECare fundraisers with all needs associated with their efforts.

• Develop grant applications and supporting documentation.

• Manage the production of fundraising materials and advertisements.

• Oversee the development of merchandise ranges and play a key role in the sales process.

Key Attributes:

• Must have experience in working remotely and setting up fundraising functions

• Must have a positive, can-do attitude even in the most difficult of moments.

• Must have experience in fast-moving, high-stress work environments.

• Strong interpersonal and management skills, with a passion for making WECare the very best it can be.

• Approachable team leader and strong team player, with the ability to work well under pressure.

• Self-motivated and able to learn and take initiative.

• Organised and trustworthy.

• Resilient and willing to take on a challenge.

Are you a business focused and enthusiastic recruitment professional? Are you looking to enhance your skills in a passionate and fast paced environment?

We are recruiting for an experienced and enthusiastic Resourcing Officer to join our busy team. 

About the role:

As our new Resourcing Officer you'll:

• work closely with hiring managers to agree and implement recruitment plans, ensuring processes run smoothly and that successful hires are made
• draft and place adverts using a variety of platforms
• develop effective interview and assessment tools, taking part in interview panels and ensuring there is a positive candidate experience throughout. 
• monitor recruitment activity, providing reports as required

About you:

To be successful in this position you will have previous experience in recruitment, ideally in an in-house setting.  You will have up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and best practice, amazing communication skills, and you will be a proactive and enthusiastic team player. 

You need to be conscientious, very well organised, flexible, friendly and discreet, with a genuine interest in and commitment to Dogs Trust’s ethos and aims.  

In this post there may be a requirement for travel throughout the UK.

About Dogs Trust:

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

HR is a growing team of over 30 friendly, hardworking colleagues delivering a first-class service to the organisation and its 1,400+ employees in more than 70 workplaces.  We work across all HR activities including recruitment, pay and benefits, payroll, learning and development and employee engagement, as well as providing pragmatic and principled guidance on people issues.

In return for all of this, we have a comprehensive benefits package, which includes excellent annual leave and pension allowances, and you will you join a team of highly professional and driven colleagues in a brilliant upbeat and collaborative environment, all with a genuine passion for dog welfare.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you complete an application form and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive enough suitable interest, so to avoid disappointment early application is encouraged.

Are you passionate about creating engaging visual content and enjoy working with images, and videos, especially of people and dogs? Do you have a knack for creating compelling graphics and films that inspire? If so, this opportunity might be perfect for you!

Our Internal Communications team are looking for a proactive and imaginative person to produce outstanding creative assets, with a strong emphasis on video production and graphics. You will excel at storytelling and enhancing internal communications campaigns. The ideal candidate will have experience in filming, editing, and commissioning videos, creating graphics and infographics along with a proven ability to produce other visual content that boosts awareness and engagement.

About this job:

As Multimedia Officer, you will:

• Create engaging internal visual content, including video, graphics/infographics, posters, presentations, screensavers and images to support and create more engagement in internal projects. 
• Create high-quality video content for Dogs Trust’s internal channels; plan video shoots and manage all aspects of post-production including sign-off and approval from relevant teams where needed. 
• Document our internal events through photography and video recording.
• Contribute content to our intranet, reporting on analytics for user engagement, demonstrating impact and effectiveness of visual content. 

About you: 

With demonstrable experience of planning, project managing and delivering video and photo shoots, you will have excellent media editing skills, ideally using Adobe Creative Suite. Creative in bringing ideas and advice to internal projects you will have experience creating and editing graphics for print and digital content and have expertise in working with an internal communications team or in producing colleague-facing content.

About Dogs Trust:

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

About the team:

Communications and Digital plays a central role at Dogs Trust. We help people know, love and understand the charity and take action to support the charity’s work. We use our understanding of Dogs Trust and audience need to produce impactful and creative on-brand communications, liaising with the media and celebrities, and engaging directly with our supporters. We also play a crucial role in evolving the digital supporter experience and use our internal communications expertise to communicate key messages to employees across Dogs Trust.

In return for all of this, as part of team Dogs Trust we have a comprehensive benefits package, which includes excellent annual, leave, Perkbox and pension allowances, and you will you join a team of highly professional and driven colleagues in a brilliant upbeat and collaborative environment, all with a genuine passion for dog welfare.

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with an international animal charity to recruit their new Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships.

As the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships you will pro-actively develop and implement a strategy to grow fundraised income from major donors, corporates and trusts and foundations. You will also manage the legacy marketing programme.

Key responsibilities will include;

 Leading on the development and operational delivery of the philanthropy and fundraising partnerships strategy across high value income streams.

• Leading on maintaining relationships with existing high-value donors and funders, through exemplary stewardship

• Overseeing the continued development and growth of a global legacy programme, including the production of legacy mailings, telemarketing, offline and digital advertising.
• Developing and managing a yearly activity plan for the Philanthropy and Fundraising Partnerships team within and agreed budget

• Providing supportive and dynamic line management for members of your team, including facilitating regular supervision meetings and supporting personal development and training

 This position would ideally suit a candidate with;

• Excellent knowledge of high-value donor, trusts, corporate and legacy fundraising strategies and activities.
• Comprehensive understanding of fundraising techniques, including audience and donor segmentation, analytical modelling and the use of insight to drive performance.
• Demonstrable experience of managing fundraising or income-generating campaigns, nationally and internationally, including in coalition with other organisations where applicable
• Experience of managing and overseeing high-value giving, legacies, trusts, statutory and corporate fundraising programmes and activities, to maximise income.
• Experience of developing new products/activities and taking them to market.
• Knowledge of global animal welfare, within an international development context would be beneficial

This position can be hybrid or largely remote with travel to the London head office as required.

Applications for this position will be reviewed and interviewed on a rolling basis so please apply now for more information and next steps.

For more information about this position and next steps please apply here now.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Digital Fundraising and Marketing Manager

Hours and Contract: Full time – 34.5 hours per week, permanent contract
Location: Hybrid/ London Head Office and remote
Salary: Circa £40,000 (dependent on experience)

Do you get excited by digital fundraising and marketing, and have the skills and experience to give us that leading edge? If so, this is a great new challenge for you! In this role, we would be looking to you to maximise income generation and support for SPANA, as you develop and deliver work that will shape and grow SPANA’s online presence as the charity pursue its transformative mission.

The opportunity

The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) is the charity for the working animals of the world. Since 1923, working through a series of global projects and partnerships across 23 low-income countries, SPANA has supported the welfare of working donkeys, horses, camels, oxen and other working animals in communities that depend on them for water, transport, agriculture, and their very survival. 

Your key responsibilities include:

Digital Programme management

• Develop, implement and optimise innovative multi-channel digital strategies that drive online visibility and performance on platforms such as web, e-mail, organic social and paid media.
• Develop, implement and optimise effective digital campaigns to target audiences to meet fundraising KPIs, enhance brand awareness and drive new leads.
• Create compelling digital content – including e-mail campaigns, landing pages, social media posts and paid media ads – ensuring assets are tailored to respective channels and target audiences.
• Implement SEO strategies to improve online visibility and drive organic growth. Ensure all digital content is SEO optimised and complies with brand guidelines.
• Manage external web agencies and oversee the development and maintenance of the SPANA website.
• Work collaboratively with the Digital Engagement Manager to build and maintain an integrated digital activity calendar, house style and overarching digital strategy.
• Lead the charge in shaping SPANA’s online presence and driving strategic online growth.

Programme support and administration

• Work with colleagues to ensure digital activities comply with all aspects of fundraising and data regulation, including in relation to marketing preferences and GDPR. 
• Provide advice and support to colleagues across SPANA on making digital activities as efficient and effective as possible in achieving strategic objectives.
• Work with the Head Marketing & Digital to set and manage annual digital budgets.
• Provide support for digital team colleagues during absences.
• Provide social media monitoring and out of hours cover where necessary.
• Stay informed of upcoming trends and developments within the field of digital marketing and make recommendations accordingly.

In return, SPANA can offer:

• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. Further leave will accrue after two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Company pension scheme (SPANA will contribute 10% of salary, if you contribute 5% of salary)
• Hybrid working with London Head Office (Borough High Street) attendance subject to business need - on average approx. 1 day a month (travel expenses not included)
• Health Cash Plan with Medicash which includes access to virtual GP appointments and a member’s discount portal.
• Group Life Insurance scheme, which provides coverage at 3x your annual salary.
• Group Income Protection scheme, designed to provide income if illness or injury prevents you from working for a period of time.
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme including face-to-face counselling.
• Paid Volunteer Day
• A career path that can grow with the organisation.
   

Next steps:

If you can demonstrate the relevant skills and experience, and have the right to work in the UK, and would like to be considered for this role, please apply with your CV, together with a covering letter, outlining why you feel you would be suitable for this position.

Prompt response is encouraged as applications will be reviewed as and when received.

This position will close once a suitable candidate is identified.

REF-215 728

Communications Officer

Hours and Contract: Full time – 34.5 hours per week, permanent contract
Location: Hybrid/ London Head Office and remote
Salary: Circa £33,000 (dependent on experience)

 
We’re looking for a brilliant, proactive and resourceful Communications officer who is passionate about raising awareness and support for a leading working animal charity. We are looking for someone resourceful, tenacious and empathetic, who can pro-actively deliver and support communications and campaigns projects and activities, ranging from press releases and digital content to publications and media content. You should be creative and passionate about delivering impactful work, with a proven ability to be highly organised and manage your own workload.

The opportunity

The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) is the charity for the working animals of the world. Since 1923, working through a series of global projects and partnerships across 23 low-income countries, SPANA has supported the welfare of working donkeys, horses, camels, oxen and other working animals in communities that depend on them for water, transport, agriculture, and their very survival. 

As part of the charity’s ambitious strategic development plans, SPANA is recruiting a Communications Officer. In this role, you will proactively develop and drive work to generate awareness and support for SPANA, and ensure working animals are represented in the global news agenda. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented Communications Officer professional, who has a strong knowledge of and commitment to working animal welfare. You will join a fast-paced, agile, and dynamic organisation that is building its global reach and impact to meet the growing need for its support.

Your key responsibilities include:

Media and PR

• Deliver local, national and international PR (both online and offline), supporting awareness-raising, global programmes, emergency, fundraising and advocacy activities and campaigns. 
• Implement media plans in line with the global fundraising, marketing and communications strategy and in support of communications KPIs. 
• Organise PR engagements and activities for media and other stakeholders as required.
• Produce and distribute press releases, articles, statements, case studies, Q&A sheets, position statements, briefings, press packs and other media materials.
• Identify opportunities for, and support the development of, appropriate content (video, imagery etc) for media release.
• Oversee the production of video news releases or other content for broadcasters and digital media, assisting and supporting the content team in editing footage.

Communications and campaigns

• Work with the Communications and Campaigns team and colleagues to plan and implement strategic communications designed to grow awareness and understanding of the charity’s work and support income generation activities. 
• Work with Global Programmes staff to identify and realise potential stories of geopolitical importance (e.g. conflict and security, climate, food security, gender issues). 
• Work with the Global Programmes team to realise opportunities arising from advocacy work. 
   

Brand and content

• Write copy for SPANA publications, marketing materials and digital channels, such as the website and social media. 
• Work with the Senior Content Officer, in-country teams and freelancers, to develop, catalogue and select content (photography, video, case studies).
• Oversee the production of promotional materials as required. 
• Proof copy and review materials against brand guidelines on behalf of staff from across the charity. 

 
Other 

• Stay up to date with the latest developments in PR and communications.
• Contribute to SPANA content on third-party sites (e.g. Wikipedia).
• Monitor sector activity and advise key staff of relevant developments.
• Work as part of a team, supporting each other to achieve deadlines and team goals. 
• Uphold and promote SPANA’s values.
   

Your knowledge:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent or with comparable press, journalistic or communications on-the-job experience. 
• Knowledge of charity/not-for-profit communications.
• Excellent knowledge of the UK media environment, including print, broadcast and digital.
• An understanding international development issues, the importance of working animals and livestock in that context, and the international agencies and NGOs working in this field
• Professional qualifications and training in communications or journalism (desirable). 

Your experience: 

• Experience of working in a busy press or communications environment, including interacting with national media.
• Expertise in managing both reactive and proactive media relations.
• An experienced writer, with the ability to produce engaging, persuasive copy that is tailored to the needs of particular audiences.
• Experience of digital communications, including writing for the web.
• Experience of media contacts databases, such as Gorkana/Cision.
• Experience of working with content management systems (desirable).
• Experience of promoting income-generation activities (desirable).
• Experience of project management and delivering projects on budget and within deadline.
• Experience planning media trips and activities, including internationally (desirable). 
   

Your skills:

•  
• A proven ability to identify, develop and place a PR story.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills.
• An ability to communicate clearly with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work on balancing the competing demands of multiple projects, each with tight deadlines.
• Good numerical skills and the ability to analyse campaign results.
• An ability to create accessible and impactful media material from complex data and reports.
• IT literate, including Microsoft Office. An ability to rapidly adapt to new software, including media contacts databases.
• French speaker (desirable).

In return, SPANA can offer:

• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. Further leave will accrue after two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days.
• Company pension scheme (SPANA will contribute 10% of salary, if you contribute 5% of salary)
• Hybrid working with London Head Office (Borough High Street) attendance subject to business need, on average approx. 1 day a month (travel expenses not included)
• Health Cash Plan with Medicash which includes access to virtual GP appointments and a member’s discount portal.
• Group Life Insurance scheme, which provides coverage at 3x your annual salary.
• Group Income Protection scheme, designed to provide income if illness or injury prevents you from working for a period of time.
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme including face-to-face counselling.
• Paid Volunteer Day
• A career path that can grow with the organisation.
   

Next steps:

If you can demonstrate the relevant skills and experience, and have the right to work in the UK, and would like to be considered for this role, please apply with your CV, together with a covering letter, outlining why you feel you would be suitable for this position.

Prompt response is encouraged as applications will be reviewed as and when received. 

This position will close once a suitable candidate is identified.

REF-215 724

Are you a procurement professional who loves dogs, and is looking for a new challenge?
We’re recruiting for a Procurement Officer who will play a key role in the development and operation of our new procurement function, which has been introduced to meet the growing need for cost-effective, sustainable, and strategic operations.

About this job:
As Procurement Officer, you’ll:

• play a crucial role in sourcing the best products and services for our needs while ensuring maximum value for money, with a particular focus on IT procurement,
• develop and deliver high-quality and cost-effective procurement and contract management services, and work closely with teams across the organisation to implement this,
• build strong relationships and negotiate with suppliers and vendors,
• monitor and analyse spending to identify opportunities for cost-saving.

About you:
To be successful in this role, you’ll need some experience of working in a procurement function, working across a number of different categories (including IT). You’ll need excellent communication skills, with some experience of negotiating with suppliers. Attention to detail and accuracy is an important part of this role, as well as strong problem-solving skills, underpinned by a focus on cost-effectiveness. A genuine passion for dogs and animal welfare is essential.

About Dogs Trust:
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

To apply for this position please visit our website. Our application process requires you complete an application form and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive enough suitable interest, so to avoid disappointment early application is encouraged.

Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust.  We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.

We’re looking for an experienced individual to join our Philanthropy & Partnerships team as Prospect Research and Donor Development Manager. You will join us working 35 hours per week on a 9 month fixed term contract and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £46,581.14 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Since 1927, Cats Protection has helped thousands of cats each year, across the UK. As a community of volunteers, employees, supporters and partners, we’ve improved the lives of millions of cats and transformed the way millions of people see and care for cats.

This is an exciting role that will be responsible for leading our brand-new Philanthropy and Partnership’s Research and Engagement Team.  This team is responsible for ensuring direct fundraisers are equipped to make compelling asks and steward donors. They cover prospect research, KPI and pipeline reporting, high value events, stewardship and engagement asset creation, and cross team operational support.

Responsibilities of our Prospect Research and Donor Development Manager:

As Prospect Research and Donor Development Manager you will be responsible for developing and managing Cats Protection’s prospect research and high value donor development programme, including pipeline development, portfolio management, supporter stewardship and proposition creation. A key focus of this role will be to identify funders, advise on their capacity to support the charity’s work and assist in the development of strategic corporate, major donor and foundation relationships that deliver agreed income targets and achieve the organisations ambition for Philanthropy & Partnerships income streams.

What we’re looking for:

• Significant experience of prospect identification and qualification
• Line management experience
• Experience of database management and using a fundraising CRM system
• Demonstrable knowledge of the UK philanthropy and partnerships landscape
• Knowledge of the range of prospecting and donor engagement tools available in the marketplace

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £46,581.14 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits including private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Through our values and behaviours we help people see the world through cats’ eyes. Together we can make a difference.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Closing date: 30th July 2024

Virtual interview date: TBC

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.

Please emailif you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.