Cats Protection
Community Impact Manager
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Team: Community Outreach
Location: Remote in the UK
Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, flexible working options considered
Salary: Up to £44,289.75 per year
Contract: Permanent
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 Community Impact Manager:
- Translate evidence and sector-leading research from Cats Protection’s Feline Epidemiologist and Research Scientists into practical, scalable operational approaches
- Lead the development and embedding of robust impact measurement frameworks
- Oversee the evaluation of all community-based service delivery, assessing impact on cat welfare, cat population data, and communities to inform future outreach activity and models.
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver projects arising from Cat Welfare & Operations priorities and the organizational change portfolio
- Play a critical role as part of the Outreach management team in shaping and delivering an effective strategy for Cats Protection’s Community Operations Outreach
About the Community Outreach team:
- We support community outreach and engagement activities across the UK, with focused projects in communities. Creating societal change through raising awareness and knowledge of good cat welfare.
- We work closely with colleagues across Operations, Research, and other departments to test, learn, and develop effective approaches.
- We are committed to volunteer-led and community-led solutions that empower people and strengthen local capacity.
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What we’re looking for in our Community Impact Manager:
- Experience in delivering and managing continuous improvement and/or service design initiatives, using research, evidence, and learning to improve services within a large or geographically dispersed organization
- Experience of using data to define success, measure impact, analyse performance, and inform decision-making, and knowledge of data recording, reporting, and governance requirements, and data collection methodologies
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g. data cleaning, validation, manipulation, merging of datasets, and visualizations)
- Excellent relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of the volunteering sector including current and future trends
- Knowledge of project management methodologies, with a qualification in Project Management, or willingness to work towards this (AMP, PRINCE2, etc.)
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- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
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Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 02 August 2026
Virtual interview date: 8 and 9 September 2026
Please note, we do not accept applications or speculative CVs from agencies.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
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:
- An anonymised application form
- Video screening stage
- Virtual interview on 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.
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