Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager

Job Title: Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager

Charity: RSPCA Northamptonshire

Salary Range: circa £35,000

Contract: Full-time

Location: Fully remote or hybrid option working from either of our sites in Daventry or Rushden. Access and willingness to travel throughout Northamptonshire and surrounding area.

About Us

RSPCA Northamptonshire is a local branch of the RSPCA, independently run and funded, charity number 205377. The branch was founded in 1964 and has gone from strength to strength, developing an excellent reputation over the last 6 decades throughout Northamptonshire.

As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, supporting animals signed over to our care, assessing their needs and successfully rehabilitating them before finding their forever homes, remains a key part of our work.

However, the world has changed, the challenges faced by pets and their owners have become increasingly complex and far more widespread. We are faced with new challenges, the cost-of-living crisis is posing the biggest threat to animals we have seen in our 60-year history as an animal welfare charity. The soaring costs of feeding, vet’s bills and insurance means many families feel they have no choice but to give up their pets.

Our existing Building, Hope Cattery at Brixworth can house 20 cats, there are no facilities for dogs, rabbits, or other small animals. We have a limited number of wonderful volunteer foster carers, and some access to private paid boarding kennels, but availability and capacity is an issue.

The purchase of a new kennels site will establish a flagship animal welfare centre for Northamptonshire, enabling RSPCA Northamptonshire to deliver the highest standards of modern care and services for the growing number of animals and pet owners who need support. The new site will provide new boarding kennels for dogs as well as expansion of the cattery and provision of space for rabbits and small animals.

Based on one site, the services we offer will be more accessible to those that need them, we will be better able to respond to calls for help and more proactive in our preventative animal welfare work through the community welfare hub. Early intervention to support pet owners and help them avoid difficulties later on.

You have an amazing opportunity to be part of protecting animals in Northamptonshire and beyond.

Job Purpose

As the first Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager at RSPCA Northamptonshire, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing the plan to secure significant financial support from high-net- worth individuals and corporate partners. A key aspect of your role will be leading the capital appeal for the purchase of our new site, you will be working with the CEO and Administrative Assistant to manage and develop our existing fundraising plans. This position requires a strategic, results-driven professional with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.

Role Responsibilities to include:

• To champion and role model kindness, empathy and trust with all internal and external relationships.
• Undertake prospect research to identify potential future major donors and corporate supporters.
• Develop and implement effective major donor recruitment, stewardship and retention plans to maximise income.
• Develop and deliver a corporate proposal to engage with local businesses and develop a pipeline of corporate prospects.
• Plan and deliver an annual supporter event to engage supporters with the campaign and our work.
• Initiate, and steward relationships with key individual and corporate supporters.

Person specification to include:

• Proven experience in major donor or corporate fundraising or a similar account management role (paid or voluntary)
• Experience of building trusted external relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Experience of prospect research including identifying and prioritising prospects both of an individual and organisational nature.
• Proven experience of managing an organisation’s prospect pipeline to keep track of opportunities and activity levels to inform income monitoring against budgets.
• Confident and inspiring communication skills, with experience of writing cases for support, reports and updates for major donors and corporate supporters.
• An understanding of organising a range of events, small intimate engagement events to larger scale
• Ability to build strong relationships within the team and with funders including high net worth individuals.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated with good time management skills
• Inspiring and engaging communications skills
• Confident and competent at approaching new business prospects on the telephone, face-to-face and in writing
• Confident networker.

To receive a copy of the full job pack please apply via this website.

Application deadline: 13th October

PSR interviews: 15th and 16th October (online)

Charity interviews: 24th October