About the Role
FOUR PAWS is seeking a dedicated individual to lead and optimize fundraising efforts for FOUR PAWS UK, contributing to the organization's global animal welfare mission. This role involves managing the fundraising portfolio, engaging with donors, and ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
Responsibilities
- Leading and coordinating FOUR PAWS UK fundraising plans, ensuring alignment with the overall organisational strategy
- Optimising and managing FOUR PAWS UK fundraising portfolio across relevant fundraising streams
- Spearheading integrated ways of working to deliver the best possible fundraising and supporter engagement results, collaborating with other departments and international
- Monitoring donor behaviour, market trends, and sector developments to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and strengthen fundraising strategies
- Managing and controlling the fundraising budget, ensuring cost efficiency and effective use of resources
- Ensuring fundraising systems and technical solutions are aligned with global standards and platforms, while maintaining compliance with data protection requirements for donor and prospect data
- Representing FOUR PAWS UK externally in matters related to fundraising
Requirements
- Proven experience in data-led fundraising, development, or a comparable revenue-generating role, ideally within the non-profit sector
- Strong experience in Leadership Giving, particularly working with corporate partners, foundations, and trusts, and the ability to build and manage relationships with senior external donors
- Experience in budget management, financial planning, and cost control
- Strong understanding of donor engagement, fundraising trends, and supporter relationship management
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills
- Full professional proficiency in English
- Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS’ vision and mission
- 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.
- FOUR PAWS UK is currently unable to accept applications from those who require visa sponsorship.
Skills
- Data-led fundraising
- Leadership Giving
- Corporate partnerships
- Foundation and trust engagement
- Budget management
- Financial planning
- Cost control
- Donor engagement
- Fundraising trends
- Supporter relationship management
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
- Relationship-building
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Partial remote work
Salary/Compensations
- Minimum gross annual salary starts at £60,000
Benefits
- Opportunity to contribute to global animal welfare
- Part of a multinational team
- Flexible working times
- Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
- Contributory workplace pension with Standard Life
- Promoting diversity and inclusion
- PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year
- Birthday leave
About the Company
- FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them.
- FOUR PAWS stands up for animal welfare worldwide by empowering everyone to contribute their unique and authentic experiences and to show compassion for animals, people, and the planet.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a workplace built on equity, inclusion, and belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities who share our passion for creating a better world for animals.
