Complaints Manager

Team: Customer Complaints

Location: Homebased with travel for meetings & events

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £41,363 per annum

Contract: Permanent  

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 Complaints Manager:

• The Complaints Manager will be responsible for embedding Cats Protection’s new charity-wide ‘Complaints Policy & Procedure’.
• Cats Protection is serious about creating a cultural change as part of its 10-year strategy that positions the organisation as customer-centric, putting customers at the heart of everything we do, anticipating needs and building life-long relationships that mean we can be there for all cats. This is not possible without improving our existing complaints processes so anyone who complains to Cats Protection receives superb customer & supporter service

About the Customer Complaints team:  

• We sit within the Marketing & Income Generation directorate
• This new team will oversee the day-to-day complaints against Cats Protection. The team will also support Cats Protection’s Subject Matter Experts in handling specialist, technical complaints through regular training on delivering an excellent service, expert advice on triaging complaints, monitoring complaint reporting and learnings to internal and external stakeholders to pinpoint improvements.
• We currently have a team of 3

What we’re looking for in our Complaints Manager:

• Extensive experience in overseeing the management of the complaints process and complaint responses, ensuring an effective resolution and high level of customer service delivered, preferably in a not-for-profit and/or multisite organisation
• Proven experience of working in a customer-focused and professional environment managing operational processes effectively
• Proven experience or working with stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership with confidence and integrity
• Experience of managing databases & systems for data entry and generation of reporting, managing the roll out of a new system would also be preferable

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
• and much more, which you can learn about 

Interested? Here’s how to apply:

Please contact for a copy of the job description

Application closing date: 8th January 2025

Virtual interview date: 23rd – 28th January 2025

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.