Fundraising Assistant - Public Fundraising

Are you a donor-focused dog lover? Do you want to make a difference?

We are looking for a supporter-centred person to join our wonderful public fundraising team to support with our ambitious growth in 2025 and beyond. This includes supporting the team in building and solidifying out face-to-face fundraising activity and income while continuing to deliver excellent supporter care to our donors and our incredible fundraisers.

About this job: 

In this varied and interesting role, you will:

• Manage the fundraising inbox and provide effective and efficient support to the public fundraising team.
• Create and manage materials for our face-to-face fundraisers, across Door, Street and Private Sites.
• Work together with our fundraising partners to ensure high levels of compliance and the best possible experience for our donors.
• Carry out administrative tasks, such as updating records on the database, reporting to our fundraising partners, and managing our events calander. 
• Visiting our face-to-face fundraisers on the field.
• Attending agency meetings and events, with occasional out-of-hours and overnight trips.

About you:

With experience or knowledge in a fundraising, supporter services, or customer service role you will be a skilled communicator and have an ability to prioritise and manage several different projects at one time. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a background in face-to-face fundraising.

You will be expected to attend meetings in our London office and occasional evening events around the country, on average once per month. Travel and accomodation costs will be covered. 

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 Public Fundraising team is part of the Individual Giving department in the Fundraising and Marketing Directorate. The IG department brings in approximately £88m per annum through regular giving, one off gifts, prize led fundraising, community and events and legacy and in memory. Our collective ambition is to build on our already successful portfolio of fundraising products and grow and diversify our income by 25% over the next five years, through engagement and value exchange.