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Join us in our mission to advocate excellent standards of horse care to the general public, smaller sanctuaries, and providers of Equine Welfare Interventions. As a vital member of our team, you'll strive to ensure that all horses and ponies in our various loan schemes receive top-quality care tailored to their individual needs. Additionally, you'll play a crucial role in managing and supporting our Sanctuary’s Welfare Outreach and Advice Team on a day-to-day basis.
About the Role
This is a hybrid role with a base at Honeysuckle Farm, Haccombe-with-Combe, Newton Abbot and has core hours of 37.5 per week (plus out of hours on call Rota and occasional overnight stays for up to three nights planned in advance. TOIL provided)
Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK.
Salary Band: F.1 £30,090
About The Mare and Foal Sanctuary
The Mare and Foal Sanctuary is the largest equine welfare charity in the South West peninsula dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of horses and ponies who have suffered neglect, abuse and trauma. We also deliver a range of Equine Assisted Services with our rescued horses and ponies. The Mare and Foal Sanctuary has five sites across Devon, a clear five-year strategy and is ambitious for the future.
What You'll Be Doing
In this role, you'll be the face of equine welfare, liaising with the Head of Equine Welfare to address national and local welfare issues. You'll uphold the Sanctuary's reputation by promoting exceptional standards and best practices, while providing guidance and support to the general public on equine care concerns. Responding promptly to welfare issues, you'll investigate thoroughly, record evidence accurately, and take appropriate action.
Your responsibilities will also entail overseeing the team's provision of outreach education on equine care and welfare, managing emergency welfare advice, and collaborating with authorities and other welfare organizations. Additionally, you'll be responsible for attending court hearings to provide evidence when necessary, and ensuring your team assists with welfare lifts.
What You'll Bring
We're looking for someone who is confident in dealing with diverse situations and individuals, always prioritizing kindness, care, and knowledge. You should have a thorough understanding of national regulations and laws related to equine welfare and possess good computer skills, including the ability to handle photographic and video evidence effectively. A clean driver's license and the willingness to drive larger vehicles and tow trailers are essential for this role.
Values and Attitude
At The Mare and Foal Sanctuary, we value kindness, care, and knowledge above all else. Through our managing and supporting performance policy, we actively encourage behaviours that reflect these values in everything we do.
Why Join Us
By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of horses and ponies in need. You'll work alongside dedicated colleagues who share your passion for equine welfare and be supported in your professional development through relevant training and seminars. Together, we'll continue to enhance and promote the Mare and Foal Sanctuary's reputation, making a positive impact in the community and beyond.
Please apply with covering letter. Closing Date for applications is Friday 29th March
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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love dogs & cats? Passionate about animal welfare? Do you want to fundraise for projects that deliver sustainable and measurable results
Dogstars' dedicated veterinary team in Sri Lanka has sterilised over 70000 dogs on board a mobile solar-powered surgery suite. But it's not just dogs at Dogstar; we have sterilised 10,000 cats. In 2023, we opened a dedicated feline-only spay-neuter clinic supported by its own Cat Taxi service. In 2024, we have launched in-house training programs for Sri Lanka Veterinary professionals.
We seek a passionate, dynamic, and experienced Head of Fundraising to join our UK team in supporting this vital work and our expansion plans to help even more dogs and cats across Sri Lanka.
Position: Head of Fundraising (Remote Working)
Responsible to: CEO
Location: Remote
Role Type: Full-time - 35 hours per week
Key Responsibilities:
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Develop a comprehensive digital fundraising strategy to support Dogstar Foundation’s mission and growth objectives.
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Identify, cultivate, and manage relationships with donors and key stakeholders through digital platforms.
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Utilise data analytics to drive fundraising strategies and optimise digital campaigns for maximum impact.
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Led the digital fundraising team, setting clear objectives and monitoring progress towards achieving fundraising targets.
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Ensure a seamless donor experience across all digital channels, fostering long-term engagement and support.
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Keep abreast of digital fundraising trends and technologies, adapting strategies to remain competitive and innovative.
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Align fundraising campaigns with broader organisational messaging and branding.
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Prepare and manage the fundraising budget, allocating resources efficiently to maximise returns.
Requirements:
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Proven experience in a senior fundraising role, with a strong background in digital fundraising strategies and campaigns.
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Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful fundraising strategies that meet or exceed targets.
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Excellent understanding of digital marketing tools and platforms, including social media, email marketing, and online donation systems.
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Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and guide a remote team towards achieving fundraising goals.
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Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the capacity to engage effectively with donors, stakeholders, and team members remotely.
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Strategic thinker with a data-driven approach to decision-making and problem-solving.
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Attend 1-2 face-to-face team meetings in London yearly
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A passion for animal welfare and a commitment to the aims of Dogstar Foundation.
Benefits:
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Nest Pension
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Flexible working hours in a fully remote environment.
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Holiday Entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays. This increases by one day per year for the first five years.
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Opportunities for professional development and growth within a globally recognised non-profit organisation.
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Being part of a dedicated team that makes a tangible difference in the lives of dogs and cats.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Major Gifts Fundraising Manager
We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive and professional individual with outstanding written and influencing skills to join the busy Fundraising Department.
These are ambitious times for the Charity as they have recently launched a new strategy that sees exponential growth and impact across the world.
Position: 1636 Major Gifts Manager
Location: Sidmouth/hybrid (onsite attendance at the Devon site currently anticipated to be 1-2 days per month)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week, 08.30-16.30, Monday-Friday
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 14 April 2024
Interview Date: Sidmouth, Devon on Wednesday 8th May 2024
The Role
As Major Gifts Manager, you will bring your expertise in Major Gifts for to the small Philanthropy Team, successfully cultivating and winning major gifts in line with agreed annual targets and the Fundraising Strategy.
You will work with the Senior Philanthropy Manager to evolve and continuously improve major gift activity, including stewarding current donors and helping to secure new major gifts from Trusts, Grant Giving Orgs and Major Donors
Responsibilities will include:
· Proactively identifying and delivering new fundraising donors and income growth opportunities within Major Gifts.
· Personally securing, and stewarding a portfolio of active Mid-Value, Major Donors and Charitable Trusts, forging and maintaining strong and enduring relationships.
· Writing and communicating compelling cases for support, for a range of programmes requiring support – including international programmes, UK welfare and capital.
· Interpreting and communicating complex programme outcomes and impacts to deliver compelling and transparent donor reports.
· Supporting and growing the Major Gift cultivation pipeline and stewardship to grow funders’ understanding of the diversity of the charity’s work.
· Delivering and reporting on targets and KPIs.
· Working closely and in partnership with internal stakeholders, building positive working relationships to deliver the Major Gift Roadmap.
· Leading on several stewardship, cultivation and communication projects that will help identify and steward Major Gift and Individual Giving donors to increase the size of their gifts.
About You
You will have previous working experience of managing, cultivating, and delivering major gifts, and of planning future major gifts pipeline, along with:
· Demonstrable track record of meeting and exceeding personal fundraising targets.
· Track record of building excellent stewardship and successful relationships with supporters at all levels including high net worth supporters, charitable trusts and other major donors.
· Experience of managing complex donor-centric projects, involving multiple stakeholders.
· Well-developed knowledge of monitoring, evaluation, and interpretation of programme performance, and of project budget management/reporting.
· Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
· Able to multi-task and work with several conflicting demands and timescales.
· Excellent copywriting skills, experienced in creating compelling bids and reports to agreed timeframes. Success in major gifts in one or more of animal welfare, international development or UK capital.
Flexibility will be required for travel within the United Kingdom to meet supporters and donors; therefore a full, valid driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
About the Organisation
The charity is one of the UK’s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide, working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.
Benefits include:
· Competitive pension.
· Life assurance.
· 31 days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 with each full year of service.
· Wellbeing team.
· Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.
· Long service awards.
· Healthshield plan
· Free Parking.
· Subsidised restaurant and shop.
“The Sanctuary is a positive place to work with friendly staff and a wonderful charity. With amazing work throughout the world, once you join you never want to leave!”
The organisation is a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.
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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
About us:
The Humane League UK is a charity ending the abuse of animals raised for food by influencing the policies of the world's biggest companies, demanding legislation, and empowering others to take action.
We're a mission-driven, energetic team focused on problem-solving and effective teamwork, and have grown significantly over the last few years.
Thanks to our effectiveness, The Humane League has been named Top Charity by the independent evaluator Animal Charity Evaluators for every rating period since 2012.
THL UK is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to furthering equity and inclusion, and we value diversity. We seek people from a wide range of backgrounds who will bring a fresh perspective to the team, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger.
We make employment decisions by matching our organisational needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, neurodiversity, age, or veteran status.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, demonstrating our commitment to recruiting, retaining, and supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, based on their skills and talent.
You can read more about how The Humane League UK is working on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on our website.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact us via our website and we will be happy to discuss, via email or telephone, reasonable adjustments that you may require throughout the process.
The position:
The primary focus of the position is to support the operational side of the organisation and the Managing Director. You’ll need to be good at multitasking and highly collaborative.
You will work closely with other department team members to facilitate support for the wider team. This role will report to the Head of Operations, whilst working closely with the Managing Director.
We will be holding a webinar on Tuesday 9th April at 7pm BST for you to find out more about the role and ask any questions you may have. The webinar will be hosted by Alison McCants, Head of Operations and Emily Brennan, Operations Coordinator. If you’re interested, please register by following the apply button which will take you to our website.
A recording of the webinar will be available within 48 hours after the end of the event.
Hours:
This is a part time position of 28 hours per week over 5 days (or some of these days) with the working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate.
From 1st July 2024 we are piloting a four day working week across the whole of the UK organisation. This pilot is planned to run for 12 months, at which point a decision will be made by our Board of Trustees as to whether this will become permanent. Success of the trial relies on the organisation being able to achieve the same or improved level of impact in four working days as five, with staff experiencing either the same or improved levels of wellbeing.
During the four day week pilot, working hours for this position will be reduced proportionately to 22.5 hours per week, spanning Monday to Thursday (or some of these days), with no reduction in salary. This will be a temporary change to the contractual terms with the successful candidate. The appointed person must be prepared to increase their working hours to 28 hours per week if a return to a five-day working week is decided.
Who you are:
You will be someone who enjoys supporting others in an administrative role and is happy to get involved in a wide variety of people and operations-related tasks. This role will require flexibility, a keen eye for detail, and good problem solving skills.
You have the ability to handle sensitive information and will work closely with the Operations team and Managing Director to uphold and continually improve our governance & processes.
You’ll be able to work independently and as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment and be excellent at prioritisation and managing multiple tasks effectively and efficiently.
Primary Duties:
Administrative (30%)
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Supporting the Operations team with a variety of administrative tasks relating to people, systems, finance, governance, and compliance
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Organising purchasing of products, equipment and subscriptions as the team requires
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Managing the subscription renewal calendars, ensuring timely review for renewals
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Provide logistical support for whole team meetings, events and workshops, budgets and quarterly reports
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Support the order of the team drive, organising items as needed and responsible for helping maintain the UK naming conventions across the team
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Keeping track of hardware and fixed assets
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Administrative support for other departments as necessary, such as supporting logistics of departmental workshops and retreats
Team meeting and support (35%)
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Manage System user-guides, How To guides & Best Practice guides
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Monitor and manage the main organisational email inbox, triaging to other departments and handling enquiries and responses directly where possible
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Remotely host whole team meetings, Diversity Equity and Inclusion discussions, weekly reflections, and wellbeing sessions (guidance and support will be provided)
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Booking meetings and coordinating travel requirements for national and international travel
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Assisting with the daily management of operational activities
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Support Lead People Operations Coordinator as required with hiring practices, such as listing jobs externally, administration related to interviews and adding transcripts and proofreading closed captions for job webinars
Executive Assistant support (35%)
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Support the Managing Director, helping with information requests, internal and external communications, board papers, scheduling, meeting preparation, minutes, updating Asana tasks and timelines, administration and expenses
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Attend conferences, as required
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Participate in team meetings including note-taking and facilitation
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Attend in-person workshops 2 - 3 times a year
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Help us make THL UK an inclusive workplace where employees and supporters are proud to be members of the movement
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Demonstrate commitment to creating a stronger and more effective animal protection movement through inclusion and belonging, recognising the need for all of us to do better for social justice on a personal and organisational level
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Perform any other duties assigned by the Head of Operations and Managing Director
Key Competencies:
Team player: You value the benefits of teamwork, making your contribution confidently within the team. You are comfortable working with staff from different teams.
Multi-tasking: You have the ability to get a number of tasks completed at one time. This role requires being able to handle a multitude of different tasks, often simultaneously delivering them on time and to a high standard.
Accurate: With a keen eye for detail you are able to deliver accurate work.
Organised: You are a forward-thinker who works on your own initiative, meeting objectives and tight deadlines under pressure.
Initiative: Can work autonomously on a range of varied tasks and projects, with the ability to assess and initiate things independently. You have the ability to spot problems that others may not have noticed need solving, and take the lead without requiring support.
Nimble: You are able to thrive in a decentralised, fast-paced team environment, with the ability to learn and understand new things quickly. Given the nature of this role, you can pivot on the spot to adapt to changing priorities.
Good to know:
You will have access to:
- A fully remote work environment and team (all equipment is provided)
- A pro rata share of 25 days leave plus Public Holidays (reduced proportionately during four day week trial)
- Flexible working hours
- A workplace pension
- An annual learning and development budget
- Support for mental and physical wellbeing
- £25 per month reimbursement towards home working costs
At The Humane League UK, animal welfare is at the forefront of our everyday work and as such, many of our employees are vegan by personal choice. All of our events and workshops offer only plant-based meals. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
We are looking to speak to a wide range of candidates with diverse backgrounds - #NonGraduatesWelcome
Our employees all work remotely but still enjoy a supportive, collaborative environment.
For our salaries to be fair, transparent and equitable we want to provide a system that delivers a competitive salary in the market and could eliminate potential biases in compensation (such as the gender pay gap). For more information about the Operations Administrator salary please the attached document.
All applicants need to be:
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Live and have the right to work in the UK (we are unable to consider applications from those without the right to work in the UK).
- Committed to our mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
The Process:
All applicants will be contacted within one week of the closing date to let you know if you have been successful in reaching the next stage.
Our full interview process comprises of the following stages:
- A skills test to give us an opportunity to see your skills in action (completed remotely).
- Join an online interview (via video call) so we can learn more about each other.
- Final Interview (via video call as above)
For full details of our recruitment process please see the attached document.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.