Support and Expertise Hub Specialist – Leadership Giving (mfd)

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 47.000 - EUR 52.000 (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.

Application deadline:23.12.2025