Employer: Canine Partners

Job Title: Individual Giving Officer

Job Location: Osgathorpe, Leicestershire or home-based with travel

Salary: £27,000 – £29,000 (depending on experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job Description:

If you are an experienced fundraising professional who is passionate about transforming lives through the power of assistance dogs, this could be the role for you! 

Canine Partners’ mission is to change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing. 

To help us create amazing partnerships, we need amazing people. Canine Partners has an exciting opportunity for a talented Individual Giving Officer to join our dedicated Fundraising Team. 

This is an incredible role at a prominent assistance dog charity where your role will be a part of our essential work that transforms lives every day. 

What you will do:

You will be responsible for raising vital income from individuals via appeals, in memory, regular giving and our weekly lottery. Working with our beneficiaries and hearing their stories, your focus will be on delivering compelling appeals and marketing our individual giving campaigns digitally and physically; ensuring exceptional donor journeys when stewarding existing relationships and creating new ones.

It is an exciting time to join us as the charity marks its 35th anniversary this year and we will be doing lots to celebrate! This is a major area of growth for the charity which will have lots of investment in products and you will have the opportunity to take real ownership of these areas. 

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience in individual giving and appeal management.
• A successful track record of securing and maintaining income from individuals.
• Proven experience of effectively managing relationships with volunteers, supporters, and external audiences. 
• Demonstrable experience of managing campaigns and appeals on all digital platforms. 
• Excellent written communication with the ability to engage and inspire a wide range of audiences. 
• Excellent organisational and time management skills. 
• Proficient in the use of all Microsoft Office applications. 
• Ability to record and maintain information on a charity database (e.g., Salesforce).

Most importantly, you will be passionate about the transformative impact that our assistance dogs provide to our beneficiaries. 

We can offer you:

• 33 days annual leave allowance (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Salary exchange pension scheme (matched up to 5%)
• Charity (Occupational) sick pay 
• Life assurance policy 
• Wellbeing portal
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on-site parking
• Dog friendly offices 
• Flexible working hours
• Claimable business expenses 

This role can be delivered either from our purpose-built training centre in the rural countryside of Osgathorpe, Leicestershire on a hybrid working basis, or remotely from home with travel to the training centre to support with site-based tasks particularly during appeals. 

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please apply online with a comprehensive CV and supporting statement explaining how you believe you match the requirements of the role. 

Please note we may choose to close this advertisement early should we find a suitable candidate or if we receive a high volume of applications. Please be assured that we contact all candidates regarding the outcome of their application, this may take longer if we receive high volumes of applications. 

First interviews are scheduled to take place online (via MS Teams) on 28 May 2025.

Second interviews are schedule to take place at our National Training Centre (Osgathorpe, Leicestershire) on 4 June 2025. 

*subject to changes

We recognise the benefit of diverse experience and welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are a disability confident committed employer. 

Application Deadline: 22 May 2025

Application Details: Please apply via the website link below.

Website Link: Individual Giving Officer – Job page – Careers with Canine Partners