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This is a particularly exciting time to join the University of Oxford!

As we expand our fundraising activity in support of the  Oxford Excellence campaign, we are growing our senior fundraising capability and are looking for outstanding major gift fundraisers to join Development and Alumni Engagement as Associate Heads of Development.

Location: University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, with hybrid working options

Salary: Grade 9: £56,623 – £65,336 per annum, with possible extension to £71,218

Contract: Permanent, Full time

About Us

Spanning the historic streets of the "city of dreaming spires", the University of Oxford has been ranked the world's leading university for ten consecutive years. A place where centuries of tradition meet world-changing innovation, we offer you the chance to shape the future while working in an inspiring environment that promotes excellence.

Development and Alumni Engagement works across the University to build lasting relationships with alumni, donors and supporters around the world. As Oxford enters an ambitious period of fundraising growth, our teams will play a central role in connecting people who care deeply about Oxford's mission with opportunities to make an extraordinary difference.

About the Role

As an Associate Head of Development, you will combine major gift fundraising with leadership and strategic influence.

You will personally develop a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects, building trusted relationships and securing significant philanthropic support for Oxford's priorities. Working closely with academic leaders, you will translate complex and ambitious ideas into compelling propositions that inspire donors to make high six-figure and seven-figure gifts.

You will also help create the environment in which other fundraisers can succeed: supporting colleagues, strengthening pipelines and contributing to fundraising strategy. You may already have line-management experience, or you may be an accomplished senior fundraiser ready to develop this aspect of your career. What matters most is your fundraising track record, judgement, collaborative approach and potential to lead.

About You

At the heart of your experience will be a strong personal track record in major gifts fundraising, including successfully securing high six-figure and/or seven-figure philanthropic gifts.

You will understand how to build trusted relationships with major donors and prospects, exercise sound judgement around significant gift opportunities, and communicate complex ideas in a way that inspires support. You'll also be comfortable working with senior stakeholders and bring the collaborative approach and leadership potential needed to help others perform at their best.

For the full responsibilities, selection criteria, benefits and further information about working at Oxford and Development and Alumni Engagement, please read the Candidate Pack attached to this advertisement.

Application Process

To apply, please upload:

• Your CV
• A covering letter/supporting statement
• Details of two referees

More information about this recruitment campaign

We are recruiting to multiple Associate Head of Development positions as part of the continued expansion of our fundraising capability.

This is a rolling recruitment campaign rather than recruitment to a single vacancy. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, with interviews taking place throughout the campaign.

We strongly encourage you to apply early. The number of available opportunities will reduce as appointments are made, and the campaign will conclude once all available positions have been filled.

If you are an accomplished major gifts fundraiser excited by the opportunity to help shape Oxford's next era of fundraising, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Lead a respected counselling charity and help shape the future of mental health support in our community.

If you're an inspiring leader who combines strategic thinking with a hands-on approach, this is an opportunity to make a lasting difference. As our new Head of Centre, you'll lead an established, BACP-accredited charity with an excellent reputation for delivering affordable, high-quality counselling and professional training across West Kent and East Sussex.

For almost 40 years, The Counselling Centre has been committed to ensuring that everyone can access professional counselling, regardless of their financial circumstances. We are now looking for an exceptional leader to build on this legacy, strengthening our financial sustainability, developing new partnerships and expanding our impact to meet the growing demand for mental health support.

Reporting to the Chair of the Board of Trustees, you will provide both strategic and operational leadership across the organisation. You'll work closely with our dedicated staff, volunteers and trustees to ensure we continue to deliver outstanding counselling, training and community services while identifying opportunities for growth, innovation and long-term sustainability.

This is a varied and rewarding leadership role. You'll oversee the day-to-day running of the charity, lead financial planning and income generation, develop relationships with funders, commissioners, businesses and community partners, and act as an ambassador for The Counselling Centre across the local area. You'll also champion our values, nurture a positive organisational culture and ensure we continue to meet the highest standards of governance and professional practice.

We're looking for someone who brings senior leadership experience, commercial awareness and a genuine commitment to improving mental health. You'll be an excellent relationship builder with experience of developing partnerships, generating income and leading organisational change. Most importantly, you'll be motivated by our mission and excited by the opportunity to help shape the next chapter of our organisation.

Why join us?

• Lead a respected charity with an outstanding reputation built over almost 40 years.

• Make a genuine difference to the lives of people in your local community.

• Work alongside a committed Board of Trustees, experienced staff and dedicated volunteers.

• Help shape the future direction and growth of an ambitious organisation.

• Enjoy a flexible part-time role (21 hours per week) with hybrid working.

• Competitive salary of circa £50,000–£55,000 per annum pro rata, contributory pension, 25 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays, and Christmas closure.

If you're looking for a leadership role where your strategic vision, commercial skills and passion for community impact can make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Could you provide the strategic financial, governance and operational leadership that helps Shine thrive? 

Shine is seeking an exceptional Director of Finance, Governance & Operations to join our Senior Leadership Team and help shape the future of our national charity. 

Working with the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic leadership across finance, governance and operations for Shine and its trading subsidiary, ensuring the charity remains financially sustainable, well governed and operationally resilient. 

You will be a fully qualified accountant (CCAB-recognised or CIMA) who combines strategic thinking with practical delivery. You will lead financial strategy and planning and provide oversight of governance, organisational risk, people processes, operational infrastructure, information security and business continuity. 

You will be supported by specialist staff and external advisers, so you do not need to be the technical specialist in every function.

You will be an excellent communicator and relationship builder, committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and Shine’s aims. 

The role is full-time and based at Shine’s Peterborough office. The package includes a £60,000 FTE salary, 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and discretionary paid leave between Christmas and New Year, a 6% employer pension contribution, and the chance to make a lasting difference to people affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus. 

Shine is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. Candidates must provide evidence of their identity and eligibility to work in the UK. 

Shine is a Disability Confident employer and guarantees an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

Join us at an exciting time in our journey to improve lives through the sport of boccia and help to lead development of the most inclusive sport in England.

To help us achieve our ambitions, we are looking to recruit a Business Support Manager, to join our small staff team and report to our Head of Operations.

As Business Support Manager, you will play a central part supporting the organisation and ensuring we offer great service and care to the boccia community.

We are looking for people who can make a positive contribution to our charity and use their experience and skills to support our work. The ideal candidate will be passionate about making a real difference and bring new ideas for our processes and services.

Purpose of the role

· To manage assigned business support services within Boccia England, using a strong customer focused approach to achieve operational effectiveness and demonstrate our company values.

Key Accountabilities and Objectives

Administration - Provide a high level of administrative support to the Boccia England team (30% of time to this objective)

 · Develop and implement systems and procedures to support the efficient operation of Boccia England and improve the service we offer to members and customers

· Manage the enquires received into Boccia England which includes email, phone and web contacts.

· Provide administrative support to the wider team in areas for events, competitions, and talent.

· Ensure all Boccia England policies are up to date, fit for purpose and compliant with legislation.

· Support compliance with relevant standards including health and safety requirements and data protection in conjunction with the Head of Operations.

· Create a suite of standing operating procedures (SOPs) to support the team and create efficient ways of working and cost savings where appropriate.

Volunteer People Management –Manage and support Boccia England volunteers(30% of time to this objective)

 · Effective management of the volunteer community in organising and attending events, competitions and other areas as and when required.

· To include defining clear roles and responsibilities, clear communication; setting appropriate objectives; monitoring and reviewing performance; providing support and guidance and personal/professional development.

· Support and develop inclusive communication strategies in all communication to volunteers

· Collect feedback from the boccia community to identify improvement areas and action these where appropriate.

 

Commercial shop – Manage the Boccia England shop, deliver high levels of customer satisfaction and achieve income targets (30% of time to this objective)

 · Manage the Trading budget to realise a positive contribution to the overall Boccia England budget.

· Manage the shop suppliers and ensure stock levels are appropriate.

· Manage customer experience to achieve high levels of satisfaction and repeat business.

· Complete regular reviews of products and complete market research to identify new items tosell which will benefit the boccia community and generate new income revenue streams.

· Be responsible for the shop website, ensuring it is up to date, maintained and the functionality is maximised.

 

Boccia England Membership - Manage the existing membership benefits package to ensure all areas are delivered (5% of time to this objective)

· Be a subject matter expert for the Boccia England membership platform.

· Deliver training to new and existing team members to maximise their use of the platform.

· Provide regular reports to the Senior Leadership Team and Board on membership numbers, trends and engagement  rates.

· Coordinate the annual membership activities to ensure these are delivered

· Collect membership feedback to report on the current membership offer and manage satisfaction within the membership packages.

· Support the team with initiatives to increase membership numbers and support the retention of existing or lapsed members.

· Input into the annual review of the membership packages to identify improvements and deliver these where appropriate.

Human Resources - Provide administrative support to the Head of Operations in people related work (5% of time to this objective)

 · Coordinate wellbeing newsletters and support the team to deliver a calendar of wellbeing initiatives.

· Work with the Head of Operations to support the recruitment of roles across the business, these may be paid, unpaid, volunteer and or self-employed roles.

· Support the administration of tasks, such as safer recruitment processes, onboarding and induction checklists, training needs surveys and plans.

 

General Requirements

· Manage own workload effectively.

· Be committed to continuous improvement.

· Provide excellent and timely customer service with both internal and external communications.

· Use and share knowledge and expertise to develop Boccia England.

· Be an advocate for Boccia England and the sport of boccia.

· Any other tasks or responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the Head of Operations which commensurate with the responsibilities of the post.

You will be responsible for the full sales lifecycle at CSU, from pursuing new leads and pitching creative media packages, to ensuring every campaign is delivered completely and on time.

We’re looking for someone highly organised with commercial/sales experience who’s also capable of building relationships with diverse clients and growing a variety of different income streams.

This is an exciting time to join us, with a new five-year strategy and ambitious plans for growth. Whether you have experience in the SU media sector or are looking for a new and exciting challenge that utilises your sales skills, we’d love to hear from you.

We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer.

We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Planning & Analysis and Business Partnering team, within the Finance & Strategy directorate at Blood Cancer UK. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified accountant, or someone with relevant experience, to take the next step in their career. You’ll join at an exciting time for the organisation, as we deliver the ambition of our current strategy and increase our investment in research and other areas of our work. You’ll build trusted relationships with senior leaders and a diverse range of teams across the organisation, from those delivering our work for people affected by blood cancer to our brand and support teams. You’ll gain broad organisational exposure and a clear view of how financial decisions affect the work we deliver. You’ll help teams make better decisions and maximise the impact of our resources, taking ownership of financial performance reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning for your areas, while influencing plans and helping shape how resources are allocated to best support people affected by blood cancer.

You’ll also support key investment and procurement decisions, helping teams to understand the financial opportunities, risks and implications of their plans. You’ll have the freedom to identify and deliver improvements to our financial processes, systems and reporting, while contributing to wider organisational initiatives.

We’re looking for someone confident in building strong relationships, communicating financial information and providing thoughtful, constructive challenge. You’ll be collaborative, curious and solutions focused, with the confidence to ask good questions and the ambition to keep developing your skills. You may already have business partnering experience, or you may be looking to use the skills you have developed elsewhere to take your next step. Experience in the charity sector is welcome, but it is not essential.

Most importantly, you’ll want to use your finance skills to help us make the greatest possible difference for people affected by blood cancer.

Regular attendance at our London office is required, approximately once a week, with occasional travel for internal and external meetings and events.

Please submit your CV and a 1–2 page cover letter to apply for the Finance Business Partner position.

Following the successful set up of THINK Recruitment, we are looking for a Senior Recruitment Consultant to lead THINK Recruitment to provide capacity and focus in the right areas to generate future growth.

This is a role with a real opportunity to take ownership and make a visible contribution to THINK’s growth. You’ll have responsibility for developing client relationships, winning and delivering recruitment and interim assignments, building our candidate networks and representing THINK externally. There’s also scope to shape how we develop our presence in the fundraising recruitment market through thought leadership, events and partnerships.

For someone who is ambitious and enjoys the commercial side of recruitment, there’s plenty of room to grow. You’ll work closely with the wider THINK team and have the opportunity to build strong relationships with senior clients, develop your market knowledge and take ownership of areas of the business.

It is essential the successful candidate has experience delivering recruitment campaigns, ideally within the third sector. Experience in fundraising or supporting fundraising recruitment would also be helpful. THINK Recruitment places high value on ethical and accessible recruitment practise, so a commitment to running inclusive recruitment campaigns is also key.

To apply, please download the Candidate Pack and send your CV to THINK to express interest. A member of our team will be in touch with the next steps of the process. 

Interviews are expected to be two rounds: 

· Stage 1 interviews (virtual): W/C 19th October 2026

· Stage 2 interviews (potentially in person): Monday 26th or Wednesday 28th October 2026

Since 1892, Birmingham Dogs Home has been rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming dogs across the West Midlands. Each year, thousands of dogs receive the second chance they deserve because of the generosity of our supporters.

As we prepare to celebrate our 135th anniversary, we're investing in our income generation team and are now looking for an experienced Community Fundraiser to help shape the next stage of its development.

You will take the lead role in growing community fundraising across the West Midlands, building strong relationships with local groups, schools, clubs, small businesses and individuals. You will inspire people to fundraise in their own communities by developing new opportunities and will help to turn local support into sustainable income for Birmingham Dogs Home.

Working closely with the Events & Community Fundraising Manager, you will develop our community fundraising programme, enhance our volunteer led supporter base and play a key role in developing one of our charity's key income streams.

About You

We're looking for someone with previous community fundraising experience, or relevant experience in a similar relationship-building or business development role. You will be confident in developing new relationships, identifying opportunities and turning ideas into successful fundraising activity.

You will be organised, self-motivated and comfortable managing a varied workload across a wide geographical area. You will enjoy building lasting relationships with supporters and local organisations, providing the encouragement and practical support they need to raise funds successfully.

You will understand what makes a positive supporter experience and know how thoughtful stewardship can turn a one-off donation into long-term support. Above all, you will be a confident ambassador for Birmingham Dogs Home, with the ability to inspire others to support dogs in need across our region.

In return, we offer:

• Two weeks' free dog boarding
• 25% discount on veterinary treatment
• Free on-site parking
• Life assurance
• BHSF Health Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension contribution
• Ongoing CPD and development opportunities

If you're looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you. 

Partnerships Executive

Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 pro rata
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week
Location: Remote-based with regular attendance at partner visits, events and meetings in London (approximately 2-3 times per month)
Contract: Permanent

Are you a relationship-focused professional who enjoys building partnerships, managing key accounts and creating engaging experiences for stakeholders?

We are recruiting on behalf of a respected UK membership organisation seeking a Partnerships Executive to join their friendly and collaborative team. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a portfolio of commercial partners, sponsors and supporters, ensuring they receive an exceptional experience whilst helping to identify opportunities for future growth.
Working closely with senior colleagues, you will play a key role in retaining existing partners, supporting sponsorship activity and helping to deliver events, campaigns and engagement initiatives that create value for both partners and members.

This role would suit someone with experience in partnerships, sponsorship, membership, business development, account management, stakeholder engagement or events.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and nurture relationships with commercial partners, sponsors and supporters
• Respond to partnership and sponsorship enquiries via phone, email and virtual meetings
• Ensure partners receive the benefits and services included within their packages
• Gather feedback from partners and identify opportunities to enhance the partnership offering
• Support partner retention and renewal activity
• Work collaboratively with marketing colleagues to deliver partnership campaigns and promotional opportunities
• Source content and opportunities for partner promotion through newsletters, social media and events
• Arrange and attend partner visits and networking events
• Support the delivery of high-profile industry events and sponsorship programmes
• Monitor partnership activity and maintain accurate records and reporting
• Contribute ideas for developing and enhancing partnership products and services

About You
We are looking for someone who enjoys building relationships and delivering excellent stakeholder experiences.

You will bring:

• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
• Confidence engaging with stakeholders by phone, email and in person
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach
• Commercial awareness and a customer-focused mindset
• Experience working with members, partners, sponsors, clients or supporters
• The ability to work independently whilst contributing positively to a small team

Benefits

• 23 days annual leave (pro rata), plus birthday leave
• Additional annual leave for long service
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection Scheme
• Annual training and development budget
• Monthly co-working allowance
• Time off in lieu for evening and weekend events
• Flexible remote working

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation where you can develop strong partnerships, support an engaged professional community and make a real impact within a small and supportive team.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

About Us

Forever Young People CIC delivers relationship-led community programmes across Hertfordshire, currently anchored by our community youth projects and our Dot to Dot mum and baby group. We're part of the wider Forever Young People family, which has spent years building trust-based, relationship-first work with young people and families across the county.

We're at a turning point: our CIC has a real track record and real potential, but no one whose full-time job it is to lead it. That's where you come in.

The Role

We're looking for someone to take genuine ownership of the CIC — its strategy, its funding, and its future programmes — reporting directly to our CEO. You'll line-manage our Trusts & Foundations fundraising consultant, decide which funding opportunities to pursue, and build the relationships and programmes that take the CIC beyond what we've already started.

This isn't a role where you'll be handed a finished playbook. It's a role for someone who wants to build one.

You'll:

• Set the CIC's strategic direction, in partnership with our CEO
• Own our funding pipeline and manage our fundraising consultant
• Spot and develop new community programmes rooted in genuine local need
• Support our existing Programmes as they continue to grow
• Build the relationships — funders, partners, commissioners — that the CIC's future depends on

About You

You don't need to have done exactly this job before — but you do need to have done something like it. You're someone who can set a strategy and still get your hands dirty. You've probably managed a freelancer or consultant before. You've built relationships with funders or partners when resources were tight, not abundant. And most importantly, you actually want to build something — not just keep an existing programme ticking over.

Experience with trusts and foundations fundraising, youth or family support work, or a background moving from a founder-led organisation toward distributed leadership would all be a bonus, though none are essential.

The Details

• Hours: 3 days/week to start, with planned growth in days as the CIC's income and pipeline grow
• Salary: £26,000–£30,000 FTE, pro-rata for 3 days/week, depending on experience
• Reports to: CEO, Ashley Howard
• Manages: Trusts & Foundations Fundraising Consultant; future CIC staff as the team grows
• Contract: Senior staff role — not a statutory company director

Could you help us build more partnerships with schools and academy trusts and reach more young people? 

Khulisa is a rapidly growing, award-winning youth mental health charity supporting young people aged 11-18 who have experienced adversity and trauma. We work with schools to improve young people's wellbeing, resilience and emotional regulation, helping them stay in school and overcome barriers to learning. 

We are looking for a School Partnerships Lead to drive the growth of our school and multi-academy trust (MAT) partnerships. 

About the role 

This is a school-focused business development and sales role with real ownership and autonomy. You will manage opportunities from initial lead through to signed partnership, building relationships with senior education leaders, generating new income, and ensuring Khulisa reaches its growth and impact targets for Khulisa. 

You will: 

• Generate new school and MAT leads through proactive outreach, networks, referrals and relationship building.

• Manage a sales pipeline and use our CRM to track opportunities, activity and forecasts. 

• Lead discovery conversations to understand schools' needs and identify where Khulisa can add value. 

• Develop and deliver compelling pitches, proposals and partnership offers. 

• Manage opportunities from initial contact through to conversion, working towards agreed income and partnership targets. 

• Plan and deliver targeted sales and lead-generation initiatives, including webinars, outreach campaigns and conferences. 

• Work with senior colleagues to build strong relationships with school and MAT stakeholders and identify opportunities for repeat and longer-term partnerships. 

For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description when you click the apply button.

This is a hybrid role. The post holder will be able to work from home or from our London office, but must be available for regular travel to schools, events and other stakeholder meetings across London and the North West of England.

About you 

We're looking for someone with experience in business development, sales or partnerships, who enjoys building relationships and turning opportunities into results. 

You'll be: 

• Confident engaging and influencing senior stakeholders. 

• An excellent communicator and presenter. 

• Proactive, commercially minded and comfortable working towards targets. 

• Highly organised, with experience managing a pipeline and CRM. 

• Collaborative, while able to work independently and take ownership. 

• Motivated by Khulisa's mission and improving outcomes for young people. 

Experience selling to schools, MATs or other education organisations would be particularly valuable. Experience in a charity, social enterprise or other purpose-led organisation would also be an advantage. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We are actively looking to recruit a diversity of talent. We embrace, respect and value the difference in our employees and believe that we and our work is better for it. We are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that consists of fairness, dignity, and caring for everyone, and one that enables every employee to flourish and realise their potential.

Why Khulisa? 

This is a great opportunity to join a small, ambitious charity where you can make a real difference and see the impact of your work. 

You'll have a high level of autonomy to shape your approach, develop new opportunities and take ownership of your targets and relationships. We also offer flexible working around our core hours of 10am-4pm, helping colleagues balance work with other commitments. 

You'll work closely with senior colleagues and play an important role in shaping the future growth of Khulisa.

Global Adventure Challenges are looking for a bright, enthusiastic and effective Charity Accounts Officer to join our award-winning team. We are a Tour Operator based near Chester who specialise in organising worldwide charity and corporate challenge events.  The successful person will become an integral team member of the Sales and Marketing Team.

You will be working in a fast-paced environment and will possess excellent skills in areas such as organisation, multi-tasking and have the ability to prioritise workloads, along with an excellent eye for attention to detail. We will be looking for somebody with great communication, and customer service skills allowing you and ourselves to maximise relationships with our charity clients.

An interest in or experience of working in the charitable sector and/or outdoor activities such as cycling and trekking is desirable, but not essential as training for this office-based role will be given.

Key tasks involved in the role are noted below:

• Ensuring all charity client information is recorded and kept up to date on our Microsoft Dynamics database
• Maintaining regular contact with our charity clients that are using our Challenges as part of their fundraising calendar
• Ensuring all charity clients have the appropriate support materials in order to successfully promote and recruit for our Challenges
• To continuously develop and retain charity clients into promoting further events
• Ensuring all charity information requests are dealt with on daily basis and ensuring follow up calls are made and regular contact is kept
• Organising and presenting at information days/nights – out of office hours and weekends.
• Attending and chairing meetings with charity clients
• Assisting in the delivery of various charity campaigns through the use of telephone, emails and paper mail shots – for new product launches, reactivation of lapsed clients and sourcing of new business
• Contribute to the sending of regular charity e-newsletters within the timeframes agreed by Directors and Marketing Manager
• Developing and suggesting new marketing and client sourcing streams for the business 

We are looking for more than an accountant!

Place Matters is a small, entrepreneurial charity punching above its weight.Yes you need be a qualified accountant who will “do” as well as “oversee” but we want you to also be part of our mission to enable community-led, place-based change to thrive. You will provide strategic and practical leadership across finance, organisational operations, risk, governance and compliance. We want you to contribute beyond your functional portfolio - support organisational strategy, planning, culture, partnerships and fundraising and translate Place Matters’ ambitions into deliverable and financially sustainable plans.

Please apply if you are someone colleagues and Trustees can trust to make sound decisions and if you are a team player - confident and with strong opinions, but low ego and collegiate. You need to have the ability to work at speed through ambiguity and uncertainty, remain calm under pressure, and stay solutions focused.

We'll conduct interviews on 22 and 23 October 2026.

The British Academy – the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences - is seeking a Development Operations Manager to join our team in the Fellowship and Development Directorate, responsible for managing our important systems infrastructure to aid in successful fundraising.

The role

The Development Operations Manager is a new role within the British Academy's Development Team, responsible for managing the systems, data and insight that underpin successful fundraising. As we prepare for our 125th Anniversary Campaign in 2027 and the next phase of philanthropic growth, the postholder will ensure colleagues have the tools, information and support they need to manage donor relationships, stewardship activity and fundraising performance.

The postholder will lead on Salesforce and other fundraising systems, championing data quality, reporting and operational best practice across the team. They will work closely with colleagues to strengthen processes, improve the use of data and provide the insight needed to support fundraising decisions and long-term relationship management.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, organised and solutions focused, with the confidence to translate complex information into clear and actionable insight. They will also bring strong CRM expertise and a commitment to continuous improvement.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the operational foundations of a growing fundraising programme and join the Academy at a pivotal moment in its development. We are seeking applicants with experience of CRM management, data analysis and fundraising or supporter-focused operations, who are keen to make a lasting contribution to the Academy's future success.

To find out more about the Academy, working with us, our terms and conditions and benefits, as well as to apply for this role, please visit our recruitment page via the Apply button.

Closing date: Noon on 12 October 2026.

Interviews: 28 October 2026 (may be subject to change).

We may close this role sooner if we receive a high volume of applications.  In these circumstances, we will give those who have shown interest 24 hours’ notice of the change of deadline.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, in line with our commitment to create a diverse and inclusive working environment, promote equal opportunity, and address under-representation. We will make reasonable adjustments to support disabled job applicants and offer an interview to those meeting the minimum selection criteria.