Senior Acquisition Officer

Senior Acquisition Officer

£30,000 to £32,000 per annum
London WC1

Permanent
 

Senior Acquisition Officer – The Role

The Senior Acquisition Officer will play a key role in the development and delivery of our supporter acquisition programme for the UK office to recruit thousands of new financial supporters every year and achieve lasting impact for animals worldwide.

In this exciting role, you will take the lead in the development, delivery and budget management of the DRTV supporter acquisition channel as well as other channels such as paid social advertising, online display and PPC. You will also get to support the acquisition team in the successful development and delivery of other relevant projects and channels, including lottery, lead generation, email/TM conversion, pay per click, as well as mobile and payroll giving.

Using your strong communication and stakeholder management skills you will build relationships with external digital, media, telemarketing and creative partners and oversee creative production by taking responsibility for controlling budgets and meeting deadlines. This will involve negotiating robust and mutually beneficial partnerships with new suppliers.

We will look to you to evaluate campaigns, including completing and presenting end of project reports, and share learning to improve the overall performance of acquisition activities.

Senior Acquisition Officer – Requirements

·         You will have worked in a target-driven fundraising team within a charity and managed direct marketing projects across a range of channels from DRTV and mobile giving to Lottery and digital advertising.

·         You will have experience of briefing co-ordinating the creative and production processes of direct marketing projects.

·         You also understand how to build learning opportunities into marketing plans and projects to test and evaluate new opportunities and advise rollout decisions.

·         Comfortable managing multiple projects, you will possess strong communication and time management skills as well as an eye for detail.

·         You will also be highly numerate and can monitor and measure performance and interpret results to improve ongoing performance.

If you are passionate about bringing about a world where animal cruelty ends and animal welfare matters, join us as a Senior Acquisition Officer and your career will have a global impact.

How to Apply

If you want to be part of our dynamic organisation and help us move the world to protect animals then please send us a copy of your CV, salary expectation and cover/motivation letters addressing your skills and experience relative to the role to 

Closing date: Midnight 20th March 2019

Interview dates: 1st, 2nd and 3rd April 2019

Due to the large volume of applications that we receive, we will not be acknowledging receipt of your application.  If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

World Animal Protection is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background.

The successful candidate must have permission to work in the position location.

Who are we?

We are World Animal Protection.

For over 50 years we have moved the world to protect animals.

We protect animals because we believe a sustainable future for the planet can only be achieved if both animals and people are part of the solution.

We stop the exploitation of wild animals for entertainment and profit. We protect pets and working animals in communities across the globe. We campaign for better farm animal welfare and fight against factory farming. We also help animals when disaster strikes.

Our vision is a world where animals live free from suffering. We are working to help people to see how important animals are to all of us.

We are determined to influence decision makers to put animals on the global agenda and inspire people to change animals’ lives for the better. Today we’re working on projects to end animal suffering by helping governments and communities to protect and care for their animals.

Why Work for us?

We move the world to protect animals globally but there are many other reasons to join our organisation. We are a truly global organisation with offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, India, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, UK and USA. We employ over 380 people globally covering campaigns, media, fundraising, operations, finance, administration and human resources.

As well as competitive employee benefits we want our employees to grow with us and build their careers within World Animal Protection and therefore encourage internal applications. We have a strong track record of offering existing staff promotions as well as secondments and position changes within the organisation.