Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer to join our Digital Community Fundraising team. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £38,195.90 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Please note, this role is based remotely with occasional travel & overnight stays, the ideal candidate will live within a 2-hour commute of central London.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021, we helped 137,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 375 cats a day!

The Digital Community Fundraising team is a new team sitting in the Community & Events department within the wider Marketing and Income Generation directorate. Working collaboratively with other areas of the directorate, this new team will pave the way for digital community fundraising at Cats Protection. A very exciting opportunity for the right candidate to help shape the portfolio and team.

Responsibilities of our Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer

As Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer, you will be responsible for managing, developing, and delivering the digital community fundraising programme, supported by the Digital Community Fundraising Manager, to acquire, convert and retain engaged community supporters. Working across multiple channels, you will increase sustainable net income through a diverse and innovative product pipeline with a particular focus on DIY fundraising, integrated community campaigns, social fundraising and streaming and gaming for good.

What we’re looking for in our Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer

• Proven experience of digital fundraising and marketing, ideally working with external agencies within the third sector
• Proven experience of product development, innovation and testing new products and propositions
• Experience in a community fundraising environment and of developing excellent supporter journeys and experiences
• Proven track record of achieving income against agreed financial targets
• A good working knowledge and experience of websites, email marketing, social media content development and advertising
• Successful management of sizeable expenditure budgets

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £38,195.90 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Senior Digital Community Fundraising Officer and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Please note any applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date: 28th March 2023

Virtual interview date: 3rd & 5th April 2023

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.