Individual Giving Officer

From Puppy to Partnership: Help Transform Lives Through Fundraising

Manage our Puppy Sponsorship and Regular Giving programmes to make a tangible difference by directly funding life changing assistance dogs for disabled people.

About Canine Partners

At Canine Partners, we breed, train, and support expert assistance dogs to create loving, life changing partnerships with disabled people. Across the UK, we support people with a variety of physical disabilities and their families, carefully matching them with a dog that suits their needs, personality, and lifestyle.

Our dogs bring confidence and independence, love and companionship, reducing reliance on carers and giving people the freedom to live life their own way.

The Role

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Homebased

Occasional travel to the National Training Centre, in Leicestershire to support during busy appeals and quarterly fundraising meetings.

You will be responsible for the management and growth of the charity's puppy sponsorship and regular giving programmes. You will be building relationships with supporters and internal stakeholders, co ordinating communications and updates, managing sponsorship and payment records and helping to raise funds to support the organisations aim and objectives.

• Raising funds via our new look Sponsor a Puppy scheme and regular giving programme.
• Coordinate day to day operations of the puppy sponsorship programme.
• Act as the main point of contact for puppy sponsors and regular giving supporters.
• Build positive long term relationships with supporters.
• Work with the Communications Team to create pupdates, social media posts and sponsorship campaigns and collect puppy photos, stories and progress updates from staff and volunteers.

• Demonstrable experience in individual giving and appeal/communications management.
• Demonstrable experience of managing campaigns/ communications and appeals on all digital platforms.
• Ability to manage a varied workload and take initiative to prioritise.
• A successful track record of securing and maintaining income from individuals.
• Proven experience of effectively managing relationships with volunteers, supporters, and/or external stakeholders/audiences.

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

If you are excited about this role, don't hesitate to apply! We welcome applicants who bring unique perspectives or transferable skills such as marketing, and 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 interview candidates prior to the closing date. If we find a suitable candidate or receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advertisement prior to the closing date so apply now to ensure you don't miss out! 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.

10 August 2026

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.

£28,000 - £31,937 per annum (depending on experience)

Canine Partners, registered charity in England and Wales (803680) and Scotland (SC039050).

A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales company number . Registered office: Ashby Road, Osgathorpe, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 9SR