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Due to the continued growth within Community Neutering, an opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Community Engagement Officer to join the successful team, based from home with frequent travel in the rural Suffolk area.
You will join us working 35 hours per week on an 18 month fixed term contract and in return you will receive a salary of up to £30,781.96 per annum plus excellent benefits.
Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021, we helped 137,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 375 cats a day!
About our Community Engagement Team
Cats Protection runs the largest cat neutering programme in the world and is at the forefront of promoting, encouraging and assisting neutering cats. Yet in a changing world we understand the need to adapt and improve how we tackle issues of growing populations of unwanted cats.
In 2015, we began to develop a new Community Neutering Outreach model, taking a fresh approach to how we help people and cats. Our aim through this new model is to dig below the surface in communities, to build up strong and effective bonds with other agencies and groups. Taking this approach helps us gain a real insight into what the root causes of the cat welfare issues are.
This allows us to then develop bespoke interventions which support the community in improving the welfare for both owned and community cats.
Responsibilities
As a Community Engagement Officer you will be responsible for supporting and facilitating the smooth running of the charity’s neutering projects by working with the general public and communities, public agencies, other charities and by providing assistance to CP employees, volunteers and external customers.
You will monitor and evaluate the progress of both individual areas and whole projects.
What we’re looking for
- Experience of working with social enterprises and a range of community groups
- a full driving license is essential
- Experience of developing working relations with statutory, voluntary and community Groups
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, accurately and under pressure
- Flexible and adaptable
What we can offer you
- salary of up to £30,781.96 per annum
- generous annual leave entitlement
- contribution pension scheme
- life assurance scheme
- range of health benefits including private healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- and more
Join us as our Community Engagement Officer and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!
Additional Information
Interview date on 04 April 2023.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
Please email recruitment@cats.org.uk if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.
