Overview
We have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and professional team player with outstanding communication, decision-making and interpersonal skills and a strong customer service ethic to join the team!
Position
Position: Supporter Engagement/Development Officer
Location: Sidmouth/hybrid
Hours: Full-time, working 35 hours per week, 08:30-16:30, Monday-Friday.
Salary: £30,515 per annum
Contract: Fixed-term contract starting as soon as possible, until 16 October 2026
Closing Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025. However, we reserve the right to close this role early if a suitable candidate is found.
About The Role
The busy Supporter Development team cover a number of areas including raffles, lottery, membership, regular giving, reactivation, consent management, gift aid and cash giving. As Supporter Development Officer, you will deliver campaigns and activities for the Supporter Development side of the Individual Giving team, successfully managing the supporter development activity in line with the agreed annual targets and the Fundraising Strategy. Working with the Senior Supporter Development Officer and the Supporter Development Manager, you will deliver the supporter development roadmap, continuously monitoring performance and making improvement recommendations.
Your principal duties and responsibilities
* Managing integrated donor journeys on channels such as online, post and social, with a donor centric approach.
* Inputting into and delivering the Fundraising Strategy within the Supporter Development Team.
* Working within the Supporter Development Team to deliver a donor centric lifetime value optimised approach.
* Reporting on the targets and KPIs of campaign activity.
* Applying a test and learn strategy for supporter journeys, and sharing learnings with the Supporter Development Team, upskilling team knowledge and experience within key areas of delivery.
* Project managing campaigns and activity including expenditure budgets.
* Working closely and in partnership with external agencies to deliver campaign activity.
About You
You will have demonstrable experience of managing fundraising or customer service campaigns and activities and project management experience. With proven track record of working within a team environment with complex internal stakeholders, you will have experience of managing direct marketing budgets and of supporting direct marketing analysis to enhance the performance of channels, products, and specific appeals.
Benefits
* Competitive pension.
* Life assurance – 2 x annual salary.
* Healthshield.
* 31 days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service.
* Wellbeing team.
* Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.
* Long service awards.
* Healthshield plan
* Free parking.
* Subsidised restaurant and shop.
About The Organisation
The sanctuary 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.
The Charity is a Disability Confident Employer, 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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