Team: Email Marketing

Location: Homebased with occasional travel for meetings

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £28,454.94 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term until 31st December 2026

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

Will you join us and make life better for cats?

Responsibilities of our Email Marketing Assistant

• As Email Marketing Assistant, you will be an important member of a team that maximises engagement with our warm audiences and new supporters and grows sustainable income through the delivery of engaging and informative email communications that meet the charity’s strategic objectives.
• The role will largely support the Email Marketing team and the multiple teams across the charity to facilitate their email marketing and campaign needs, helping to maintain the ESP (Dotdigital) we use whilst making sure we stay compliant and adhere to best email marketing practices.

About the Email Marketing team:

• We sit within the Marketing & Income Generation directorate
• Our team is responsible for the delivery of all national and regional email marketing campaigns and journeys via Cats Protection’s email platform (currently DotDigital) end to end, from conception to delivery to evaluation.
• We currently have a team of an Email Marketing Manager, 3 National Email Marketing Officers and 1 Regional Email Marketing Officer.

What we’re looking for in our Email Marketing Assistant:

• Experience in an email marketing role or similar
• Experience of assisting with the organisation of projects/activities or schedules
• An up-to-date knowledge of email and digital marketing trends
• Experience of working with a database
• Competent level of IT literacy including Office applications
• Experience using Dotdigital

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
• and much more, which you can learn about here

Interested? Here’s how to apply:

Application closing date: 2nd August 2026

Virtual interview date: 10th & 11th August 2026

We anitipcate a lot of interest in this role therefore applications may close before the deadline, please apply early to avoid disappointment,

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable.  You may be just the right candidate. 

If successful, your recruitment journey will include:

1. Anonymised application form

2. Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

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