Support and Expertise Hub Specialist – Leadership Giving

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on

Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

• Developing and harnessing new emerging opportunities for engagements of FOUR PAWS International with companies, foundations, and major donors including identifying prospects, due diligence screening, and building persuasive pitches and proposals.
• Maintaining and developing assigned engagements of FOUR PAWS International with companies, foundations and major donors, incl. strategic development of these engagements, strengthening loyalty and overall support with a goal to grow the engagements.
• Ensuring the promotion of Leadership Giving at the global level and identifying opportunities for leveraging relationships across different markets.
• Supporting the development and implementation of the necessary guidelines, tools and systems to ensure Leadership Giving income growth across the organisation.
• Contributing to capacity building to grow internal knowledge and capabilities within FOUR PAWS in the Leadership Giving area.

• Several years of experience in delivering major gift strategies and significant income goals.
• Experienced in navigating the global funder landscape, with a good understanding of the decision-making processes of corporates and foundations.
• A combination of perseverance, creativity, and diplomacy is required to build strong, sustainable relationships with funders.
• Excellent negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English is essential, fluency in German and any other language is an asset.
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS' vision and mission.

• The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
• An international, dynamic work environment
• Flexible working times with the option of partial remote work
• A dog-friendly workplace
• Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Wiener Linien annual ticket (or partial contribution to Klima Ticket) and pension fund after probationary period
• PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your 25 days of annual leave
• Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
• The yearly gross salary range for this position is EUR EUR full-time base, consisting of 14 payments) according to our internal compensation scheme

Join our passionate team to make a difference for animals. Apply with your CV in English today.

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We reveal, rescue and protect unique animals from many different species through systems change and by creating species-appropriate environments at our sanctuaries 

We celebrate our colleagues' differences and strive to create an inclusive environment because we believe that only by working together, we can advance animal welfare worldwide. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strongly encourage candidates from all diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals with diverse lived experiences, racial identities, national origins, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and disability statuses to apply. We welcome everyone who wants to support our mission. Please contact - if you require assistance applying to this position. 

All interested individuals are invited to submit their applications for the position. Please note that in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, having a valid work permit for the respective country or being eligible to obtain one is a requirement for this position prior to commencing employment.