Foster Coordinator

Foster Coordinator

Final date to receive applications: 10 September 2026

Department: Rehoming & Fostering Services

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Manchester

Reporting To: Assistant Manager Off-site Services

Compensation: £19,980 - £22,114 / year

Contract:
Permanent, 30 hours per week

Salary: £19,980 - £22,114 pro rata (£24,976 - £27,643 FTE)

Location:
Radcliffe, M26 1NQ

Closing date: 10/09/2026

Interview date: 18/09/2026

We're recruiting a pet Foster Coordinator for our Rehoming & Fostering team at our Greater Manchester rehoming, advice and behaviour unit!

Our Foster Coordinators recruit and support a network of wonderful local volunteers who provide loving temporary homes for animals in our care, while our teams work to find each one a forever home.

Our pet fostering service plays a crucial role in our rehoming process, aligning with our strategy to expand services and assist more pets. As a Foster Coordinator, your key responsibilities involve recruiting and guiding a diverse team of volunteer fosterers. Collaborating closely with the Adoptions Coordinator, you will stay informed about the current capacity and skills of fosterers, as well as available homes.

Additionally, your role extends to establishing connections with local communities and partners, actively promoting the advantages of fostering to gather more targeted support. While maintaining a robust rehoming service is a priority, we equally value the fostering experience. Your focus will be on ensuring excellent interactions with our fosterers, offering support as they provide a safe and nurturing environment for pets awaiting their permanent homes and during times of crisis care.

This is a part time role, working 30 hours per week over a 3 week rota;

Week 1:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Week 2:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Week 3:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

If you excel in an environment where you can see the difference you make every day, then this is the role for you. Interested? Then apply and let’s work together to see if this is the role for you.

You will be an excellent communicator, approachable with strong interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with people on all levels. You will have managed a team of remote volunteers previously and understand the special nature of this relationship, being able to offer guidance and advice on all areas of the volunteering relationship.

With the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with people at all levels, you will have a passion for ensuring that volunteers have the right opportunities to thrive in their roles.

Building a solid and reliable bank of fosterers is absolutely key to this role so you will have experience in marketing volunteer opportunities, delivering local recruitment campaigns and supporting the fosterers to ensure we maintain good numbers of this valuable resource and that we retain people. To do this you will be self-motivated, a forward thinker with a collaborative and creative approach to your work, which will ensure to bring your best pragmatic ideas for the care of the pets and management of our fosterers to ensure the best outcome is achieved.

You will know what it is like to work in an emotionally charged environment and have excellent 'bounce back ability' and resilience. In addition, you will be emotionally intelligent, showing empathy and knowing how to support clients and colleagues.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Demonstrable experience of supervision or management of volunteers.
• Experience of having worked in an animal welfare environment.
• Good experience of running and marketing recruitment campaigns for volunteer roles.
• Experience of working with local communities and promoting volunteer opportunities
• Good interviewing and recruitment skills
• Experience of working to a high level with minimal supervision.
• Able to prioritise and manage a busy work schedule dealing with complex issues whilst ensuring timely delivery or resolution of issues.
• Good experience of actively managing a bank of clients, volunteers or stakeholders.
• Previous experience in working in a client focused environment where delivering a high level of customer satisfaction is the norm.
• Championing change initiatives, influencing and leading colleagues to embrace the changes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and numerical skills.
• Strong organisational, administration and analytical skills, including use of computerised systems.
• Current full driving licence

It would be great (but not essential) if you also had:

• Working knowledge of the behaviour of animals and the challenges they face in a rescue environment, as well as relevant legislation.
• Proven experience of working constructively and collaboratively with colleagues from different teams.
• Interpersonal and consultative skills, including the ability to communicate, present, negotiate, influence, and build credibility with colleagues and external parties.
• Understanding of…