Are you passionate about giving wild tigers a wild future?
Are you an experienced fundraiser with the skills, knowledge, experience & time to help an established tiger conservation charity build upon its recent successes?
Tigers4Ever has been giving wild tigers wild futures since 2010 in Madhya Pradesh, India. Our success has led to progressive growth and increasing demand to do more.
Our current Board of Trustees comprises 12 members: 4 female/8 male with a diverse skill-set. Aside of our founder members, trustees commit to an initial term of 3 years. We have on-going recruitment to ensure we can replace trustees who complete their terms. We now need to expand our board's skill to address the new challenges we face.
Our projects are community focused to encourage those living with wild tigers want to protect them & give them a wild future. We achieve our objectives by: Providing Anti-Poaching Patrols and vital equipment for wild tiger protection; Reducing human-animal & tiger-tiger conflict; & Providing Educational opportunities for children from the poorest rural communities living with wild tigers.
Our first of its kind “Buffer Zone Anti-Poaching Patrol” established in July 2015 in Bandhavgarh has seen a 98% reduction in wild tiger deaths due to poaching/poisoning in its first 9 years. Buffer Forests around India’s wild tiger reserves account for 90-95% of all wild tiger deaths due to poaching/poisoning incidents annually. Historically, the Buffer forests were not patrolled and were littered with wire snares, jaw traps & tethered snares, the preferred tools of tiger poachers. Our Patrols search the buffer forests for poacher’s traps, seeking to disarm them before tigers/leopards/other animals fall prey. Patrols in the buffer forest act as a deterrent to would be poachers who fear capture if their traps are discovered. Since 2015-16, our Patrols have also assisted with the early identification of/quenching forest fires which are common in the hot dry season. Such actions save the lives of many forest dwellers not just wild tigers.
We've provided permanent wildlife waterholes for year-round use at 25 critical locations, where water is scarce from January-July. Our waterholes offer stability to the prey base; help reduce human-tiger & tiger-tiger conflict & help save the lives of 100+ wild tigers.
Our Board meets virtually 4-5 times per year for approx. 3 hrs. Sub-groups are formed for specific projects/fundraiser planning, as needed. We also ask Trustees to get involved with the organisation of/participation in our annual fundraising events.
About the Role
Tigers4Ever is currently recruiting up to 4 new trustees to enhance the skills of its current Board and bring fresh perspectives to the future challenges and development of our Charity. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing charity, which has made a huge impact in wild tiger conservation; and contribute to its future success/strategic direction. As a Tigers4Ever Trustee you will be involved in decisions in the Board Meetings which ensure that we comply with our legislative obligations & pursue our specific objectives. The successful applicant will have a key role in developing and growing our future fundraising strategy so we can address the new challenges and additional demand for help which we face. Specifically, you will help to drive the fundraising efforts of Tigers4Ever to ensure that we have sufficient resources to deliver our strategic objectives and ensure that our aims are achieved so that a real public benefit will continue to be realised in wild tiger conservation.
Tigers4Ever is a charitable trust, so you need to be over 18 to apply.
About the applicants
We are looking for individuals to guide the charity through the next 3 years of growth & development and beyond.
We have multiple vacancies as we seek to expand the skills of the current board so it is not essential for applicants to have all the skills listed below. Most importantly, applicants should have the time, commitment, passion & enthusiasm to help Tigers4Ever to achieve its objective to give wild tigers a wild future. Specifically we would like to recruit individuals with skills & expertise in the following areas:
We welcome applications from individuals with experience of hands-on fundraising or working for a small charity with international beneficiaries, although this is not essential as we seek to add experienced fundraisers to our board. We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds who are passionate about wild tigers, wildlife and conservation.
Our current board has skills which include: CSR, Grant fundraising & some individual/digital fundraising experience, however, the demand for our services is increasing year on year so we need to bring new ideas & skills to the board to ensure our continued growth. To meet the demand & the challenges we currently face, we've seen wild tiger numbers treble where we work in just 10 years, we need to deliver new ambitious projects (including habitat restoration) and expand our existing projects (especially with the creation of larger wildlife waterholes to cope with a growing wild elephant population) to ensure that this growth and momentum can be sustained. To achieve this, we need to continue to raise our existing profile; reach a wider supporter base and develop new income streams. The new trustee(s) will ideally bring a wealth of experience where our existing skills are limited enabling Tigers4Ever to continue to grow to meet its current & future demands.
In 2025-26 we need to develop our legacy fundraising, increase grant funding opportunities and seek corporate or philanthropic sponsorship to help us sustain our long-term goals. If you have any or all of these skills, you will make a major contribution to both the future of Tigers4Ever and the future wild tiger population in India.
Applicants should submit an CV and covering note saying why they would like to be a Tigers4Ever Trustee and what skills they will bring to the role.
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a skills appraisal form as part of the application process and will need to attend a video interview.
