Closing date: 25th January 2026
Salary: £26,500.00 Per Annum, Plus Desirable Benefits
Full-Time, Permanent Position
Based at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve
Are you passionate about wildlife conservation and building meaningful supporter relationships? Join The Aspinall Foundation and play a vital role in helping prevent the extinction of endangered animals around the world.
We’re looking for a Fundraising Development Executive to join our friendly and ambitious fundraising team. In this varied role, you’ll lead the delivery of our adoptions and lottery programmes, helping to grow income, strengthen supporter engagement and share powerful conservation stories across multiple channels.
You’ll work closely with colleagues across fundraising, marketing and our overseas conservation teams, manage supporter communications, support social media activity and ensure excellent donor stewardship throughout their supporter journey.
A full job description is available on request.
Who we are looking for someone who:
- Has a passion for fundraising, supporters and conservation, ideally with experience of individual giving or direct response marketing in other sectors.
- Is an excellent communicator with strong attention to detail, and is comfortable writing compelling communications that achieve results.
- Is confident using IT systems and CRM databases to understand trends and match the right supporter to the right message.
- Feels just as much at home ensuring sytems and porcesses run smoothly as they are developing new initiatives to grow support.
- Enjoys working collaboratively in a fast-paced, purpose-driven team.
- While Charity sector experience and knowledge of GDPR plus Fundraising Codes of Practice are welcome they are not essential - we’re more interested in your enthusiasm, transferable skills and commitment to our mission.
Contract details:
This is a full-time, permanent position, working 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9-5pm. This role is based at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve near Folkestone and Ashford. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. A reliable mode of transport is recommended due to our remote location.
About The Aspinall Foundation:
The Aspinall Foundation’s mission is to prevent the extinction of endangered animals. Our overseas project teams work with communities and Governments in Gabon, Congo, Madagascar, South Africa and Java to develop a balanced and sustainable future with wildlife and people living harmoniously side by side. By working in partnership with our two wild animal parks in Kent we have rewilded hundreds of captive-born endangered animals back to their natural habitat to support and restore native wild populations.
Why you should join us:
As well as walking to the office surrounded by the calls of Howler monkeys and the roars from our pride of Lions, you will also join a supportive team who are passionate about their place of work.
You can also expect a host of other benefits including:
- A beautiful work setting – what other role would allow you to visit with tigers in your lunch break.
- 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, rising with length of service. (Pro-rated to start date).
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including workshops and e-learning.
- Unlimited free entry for you and a person of your choice into both of our parks as well as friends and family tickets.
- Exceptional discounts on food, retail and accommodation at our parks.
- Numerous retail discounts and access to a 24-hour counselling line through our Healthy Extras Scheme.
- Company Pension.
Please note, this role may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.
To apply: If you want to work in an exciting and unique environment where no two days are the same, please email your C.V. and covering letter to donnai@aspinallfoundation.org
