Job Title Individual Giving Manager

Full time 37.5 hours per week

Location Rainbows Hospice for children and Young People (Loughborough) with the possibility of flexible working

Salary £37,500

Are you looking for a career where no two days are the same, where you’ll be working with a friendly, supportive and caring team? If so, we’ve got the perfect role for you!

This is a great opportunity to work for Rainbows, the only hospice in the East Midlands for life-limited children and young people. We are here to make life brighter with amazing care and support for them and their families – you can be part of it too. Come and be part of something amazing. Come and be part of the Rainbow.

Your role will be to plan, deliver and evaluate an ambitious and effective Individual Giving programme. You will maximise supporter recruitment and development and ensure long-term programme growth, as well as manage the stewardship of donors, delivering an excellent supporter experience.

Working collaboratively with colleagues within fundraising you will be responsible for successfully managing and developing relationships with individual supporters, customers or clients.

The postholder will have a demonstrable track record in individual giving and donor base acquisition, retention, segmentation, legacy and in mem giving. 

Our Values: Welcoming, Excellent, Co-operation, Accepting, Responsive, Energetic. If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude we can offer you:

• A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme.

• Career development opportunities

• A full induction and on-going quality training

• The opportunity to become part of a great organisation.

• Flexible working hours

• Managed workloads

Closing date:  20th November 2020
Interview Dates:  7th & 9th December 2020

Applications
For more information about the role, please download the Job Description and Person Specification. 

Please click the apply button to submit a copy of your current CV and a covering letter, no longer than two pages of A4, outlining your experience and skills relevant to the job description and person specification, an explanation for any gaps in your CV and other information that you feel we should know in order to assess your application.

No agencies please.

Location: Southwater HQ (Temporarily based from home due to Covid-19)

Salary: circa £30,000 per annum

Hours: 35

Closing date: Friday 30 October 2020

Are you a talented Senior Marketing Executive looking to use your direct marketing experience in an organisation whose cause you really care about? If you are, we can't wait to hear from you!

The RSPCA is the largest Animal Welfare charity in the UK. Every year thousands of animals suffer from neglect, cruelty and abuse. In the decade of our bicentenary, and operating in a world that's more complex and challenging than ever before, we¿re determined to continue increasing our reach, impact, and effectiveness.

The Legacy Marketing team is responsible for activities that recruit, convert and retain supporters growing and maintaining the Society's largest income stream. This role is vital to raising awareness and maximising response through mass direct marketing activities.

Working with the Legacy Marketing Manager, you will develop and implement strategic objectives and plans to maximise the potential income from new supporters to the RSPCA that will commit to leaving a gift in their Will.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing input on an annual basis into strategic and tactical planning.
• Identifying new opportunities for growth and making implementation recommendations.
• Activation of annual plans through the planning, development and implementation of
• supporter acquisition campaigns across all direct channels (including DRTV, digital, social, press, radio).
• Managing the marketing executive to ensure campaigns are delivered on time ensuring KPI's are achieved.
• Working with media agencies to plan effective campaigns that perform to the required targets.
• Managing agencies and external suppliers, from point of contract, ensuring they operate on behalf of the RSPCA to agreed principles and plans.
• Supporting the Legacy Marketing Manager (Recruitment) and working directly with the Senior Legacy Marketing Executive (Development) to ensure plans are in place to convert recruited supporters through to leaving a gift in their Will.
• Monitoring, report and analysing campaigns and sharing with stakeholders making recommendations for future activity.
• Manage, motivate, coach and direct your team to ensure they have the ability, skills and knowledge to perform their role as required. Includes setting objectives and regularly measuring against them, and introducing and maintaining performance management processes as required.
• Monitoring transfer of data, including confidential supporter information, between third party suppliers and the RSPCA website and the database.

You'll have:

• Experience of running direct marketing campaigns across multiple channels including Direct Response Television, Digital and Direct Mail.
• End to end marketing campaign management experience (planning, target setting, creative development, media targeting, print production, analysis).
• Budget management experience, including setting, monitoring and managing expenditure and income.
• Proven experience of managing supplier and agency relationships.
• People management experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly numerate and excellent attention to detail.
• A proven ability to analyse and interpret results and translate this analysis into action.

What's in it for you:

You'll have an opportunity to work for the largest animal welfare charity in England and Wales.

We value and recognise our employees' contribution and are proud to offer an extensive benefits package that includes:

35 hours standard working week, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days with service; a generous pension scheme with associated life assurance and group income protection scheme; access to private healthcare scheme; support for professional development after qualifying period and access to our employee assistance programme. We also offer free parking on site.

How to apply:

Please send your CV with a cover letter stating your suitability for the role to our Resourcing Team quoting reference SLME3876 by the closing date listed above.

Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, we will be holding interviews mostly through Google Hangouts. For any part of the recruitment process requiring an onsite visit a full assessment will be carried out to ensure everyone's safety.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applications are received.

All online information and documents are available in alternative formats, including Braille and large font, upon request from the Resourcing team.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of our organisation. We seek to promote fairemployment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. 

Ending cruelty, promoting kindness and alleviating suffering to animals.

As one of the world’s leading charities for disabled people, we are at the forefront of the social care sector with a single aim to empower people to live their lives as freely and as fully as they choose.  We are the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people and have been assessed by the Care Quality Commission in England as the highest quality provider in our sector. 

With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provides support to 3,200 people in a variety of UK living services, including supported living, nursing and day centres.  We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes.  Internationally, we are a specialist development NGO delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people across Asia and Africa.

About the Role

Working with our Head of Philanthropy you will lead the development and implementation of our ambitious Legacy Strategy to maximise income and accelerate a step change in its growth.

You will recruit, retain and reactivate supporters, maximising their lifetime value and deliver to them an outstanding supporter experience, based on deep insight and data.  You will create an intelligence bank of legacy donor insights to ensure the highest quality of engagement.

You will manage the budget and plan, develop and implement our legacy promotions.  You will network with key stakeholders and community fundraisers as you recruit and develop legacy supporters through a range of channels including direct marketing, events and other initiatives with our partners.

Line managing our Legacy Officer and our Legacy Case Officer, together you will produce promotional materials and devise and implement a stewardship plan to include solicitors and non-professional executors (including next of kin).

About You

With significant experience in fundraising, marketing or legacy promotions, you will have demonstrable experience of successfully project managing a range of fundraising and marketing activities through direct marketing and local campaigns that deliver against demanding targets.

You will have demonstrable experience of using a fundraising relationship database and of leading donor stewardship programmes in recruitment and retention along with a sound knowledge of legacy marketing.  You will have outstanding project management and organisational skills along with engaging and inspiring presentation skills for a variety of audiences.

You will have proven expertise of leading financial management including planning, forecasting and KPIs.

You will have a commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please * 

A leading international animal welfare charity is seeking a Head of Legacy and Community Engagement to join the charity's fundraising and communications team. The position will sit on the team's SLT and will play a key role in devising a new 5 year strategy with ambitious income and growth targets.

The Head of Legacies and Community Engagement will harness relationships with the charity's most engaged supporters to generate the maximum financial and non-financial contributions possible.

The charity's legacy work is already very successful and generates over half the organisation's income so this position is instrumental in ensuring ongoing success and developing new innovations.

The position will manage 3 members of staff - Community Engagement Manager, Legacy Marketing Manager and Legacy Administration Manager.

You will have the following:
Substantial experience in the area of legacy fundraising (marketing and administration)
Proven ability to provide strategic direction and team leadership
Demonstrable experience of digital fundraising
Experience of leading and motivating teams

Are you an excellent communicator with a strong understanding of what inspires individuals to support charities? Do you have great ideas for keeping donors engaged? Check out this exciting opportunity with a leading women's theatre company...

Clean Break is a women’s theatre company, founded in 1979 by two women prisoners who believed in the power of theatre to transform lives. Their vision is of a society where women can realise their full potential, free from criminalisation. They are sector leaders in their field, winners of the 2016 Longford Prize for penal reform; 2017 Tonic Theatre Award for diversity in the arts; listed in the top 100 of the Big Issue's Changemakers and The Stage 100’s most influential in 2020.

Clean Break is seeking an Individual Giving Manager to join their team. This role is responsible for maintaining and increasing support from individual donors, working strategically to nurture relationships, identifying new prospects and creating imaginative fundraising campaigns and events. The ideal candidate is someone who loves crafting new initiatives and campaigns but who also understands the importance of excellent database management and well-informed research. 

This is a permanent position and is normally office based in Kentish Town North London with occasional London-wide and national travel; however, due to Covid-19, it is likely to be home based initially.

We strongly believe that your lived experience enhances what you bring to a professional setting. We want women from a broad range of diverse backgrounds with a cross section of skills, experiences and narratives to extend and develop how we work. 

This is an exciting time at Cruse Bereavement Care. Our strategy ‘Bereaved People First’, is taking shape and the charity is under-going significant transformation. This role is essential for the delivery of the strategy and the well-being of bereaved people across the country.

Working within the Fundraising and Income Generation team, the Individual Giving and Legacies Manager will be responsible for shaping and building a communications programme, which will engage individuals and increase income via appeals and legacy marketing. Our aim is to support, as well as engage with individuals across the country. With bereavement at the front of people’s minds, this is an exciting opportunity to create something very special.

If you thrive on insight to create communications, enjoy being bold and doing things differently, then this is the role for you!

We will interview candidates as and when suitable candidates apply. 

Your application must consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role and should be no longer than two pages.  Applications received without a cover letter will not be considered.

Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.

Development Executive (Fundraising and Stewardship)

Merchant Taylors’ School is a large Independent Boys’ Senior School, situated in 250 acres of parkland in Northwood, Middlesex. The school has an established Development and Alumni Relations Office, responsible for generating long-term and consistent voluntary income, and for running a comprehensive alumni and parental relations programme.

The Development Executive (Fundraising and Stewardship) will plan, manage and have an input to the strategy for a regular giving programme at Merchant Taylors’ School, with a focus on increasing the participation of both our alumni and parental constituencies, as well as donor retention through planning and executing a stewardship programme for benefactors of all levels. Some face-to-face fundraising will also be required, particularly relating to our legacy programme.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with fundraising experience who wishes to advance their career in Development.

Start date: ASAP

For the full job description and details on how to apply to this position, please click on apply to visit the vacancies page on our website.

The closing date for receipt of applications is  12 noon Thursday 29th October 2020. Candidates will be shortlisted and interviews will be arranged for the week commencing 9th November 2020.

Use of personal data is set out in the school’s Staff Transparency Notice on the school website.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Want to use your fundraising skills to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Are you passionate about giving people the opportunity for their values to live on?

Join WaterAid as our Senior Individual Giving Officer - Legacy and In Memory and you can inspire people to change normal for millions of people around the world so they can unlock their potential and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The Legacy and In Memory team is responsible for increasing the consideration and intent of individual supporters and the wider public to support communities to have clean water through gifts in wills and in memory giving. We also look after all aspects of legacy administration.

This is a full-time permanent position based in our Canary Wharf, London office (initially home-based due to restrictions on office numbers).

Job description

As our creative and process driven Senior Individual Giving Officer - Legacy and In Memory you will develop and deliver a range of fundraising and stewardship activities, across a mix of channels, to inspire more people to change lives forever through a gift in their will or in memory.

You'll also:

• Develop and implement campaign strategies
• Prepare and agree all briefs and supporting documentation to ensure a successful and timely delivery of the campaign
• Monitor, evaluate and analyse performance of campaigns, and provide recommendations for development based on data driven insight
• Build excellent relationships with colleagues across the Communications and Fundraising Directorate and external agencies
• Be creative and take an innovation approach to identifying new opportunities

About you:

• You'll have proven experience of creating inspiring campaigns that tap into audience insight to drive desired response.
• You'll have considerable experience of digital direct marketing and print and of creating social media campaigns.
• You'll have experience of developing journeys for supporters to deepen understanding, consideration and intent.
• You'll have experience in monitoring and evaluating campaigns and confidence to make recommendations to optimise future activity
• You'll have exceptional communications skills and experience of managing, negotiating and liaising with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Salary: £32,900 - £34,000 (subject to experience) with excellent benefits

To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'.

Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.

Applications will close 23:59 on Sunday 1 November.Availability for video interview is required w/c 9 November

Additional Information

WaterAid benefits include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working up to 2 days a week
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting homeworking and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post.In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us via our website
 

As one of the world’s leading charities for disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society.

With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, we provide support to 2,500 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities.  We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes.  Internationally, we are a specialist development NGO delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.

About the Role

In this key role you will be instrumental in delivering significant funds through securing new strategic partnerships from the philanthropic sector to maximise both sustainable net income and non-financial resources.  You will lead on driving high value and complex partnerships, as well as manage fundraising projects with multi-layered stakeholder interests.

You will maintain and maximise the value of our current trust partnerships and develop both our Trust and High Value Partnerships strategies.  You will have a lead role in securing new income from high-value, multi-year partnerships – typically worth over £0.5 million.  You will work across donors based in the UK, United States, Europe and further afield.

Through your outstanding and high-level influencing and networking skills, you will win new strategic partnerships and grants as well as both manage and develop our existing relationships and partnerships.

Working with both our senior programme staff and external organisations around the globe, you will craft and manage the development of compelling funding proposals, as well as create effective systems to evaluate performance.

Along with the Trusts Officer, who you will line manage, you will develop and manage the new business trust pipeline to meet the ongoing income targets with a compelling and forward-looking fundraising case for support that will drive both general and restricted funds.

About You

You will have demonstrable experience of securing and managing high-value, multi-year grants.  You will have outstanding communication and negotiation skills along with strong project management experience.  You will have previous experience of managing and developing staff, along with the ability to enthuse and engage all those with whom you will interact. You will have knowledge of CRM systems and a proven track record of managing grants on behalf of a charity.

You will have a commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please * 

Head of Legacy and Community Engagement, £64,000, International Charity, London

• Are you an experienced fundraising professional with a background in legacy fundraising and supporter engagement models / community organising?
• Do you have experience in digital change?
• Would you like to work for an international charity?

Pro-Marketing are working with an international charity who are looking for a Head of Legacy and Community Engagement. This role will be joining the Senior Leadership team in the Fundraising and Communications department to ensure the existing successful legacies product continues to be promoted effectively.

Key responsibilities include…

• Developing excellent integrated supporter journeys through all earned and paid digital as well as traditional channels
• Leading the team to providing a range of appropriate events and products are delivered to key audiences to help deliver a deeper engagement for the organisation
• Championing digital supporter engagement across the organisation
• Line management responsibility for the Legacy Administration Manager, Legacy Marketing Manager, and the Community Engagement Manger
• Further developing the legacy modelling tool used by the organisation
• Developing the organisation's legacy products and community fundraising activities
• Increasing the organisation's legacy income from the pipeline

You will be perfectly suited for this role if you have…

• A successful background as a senior fundraiser in legacy fundraising and community engagement
• Experience in digital optimisation / supporter engagement and oversight of implementation
• Demonstrable experience of digital fundraising; digital acquisition, retention, and digital analytics
• Previously lead and developed successful supporter journeys
• Excellent people skills and is an analytical thinker
• Experience of working for an international NGO or charity would be very desirable
• Generated an income of over £20million would be very appealing
• Worked with Gift Aid related income streams (desirable)

What next?

An appointment is looking to be made quickly, with applications being reviewed on a rolling basis. As such this opportunity is liable to close at short notice so apply now to avoid disappointment! If you wanted to find out more about this Head of Legacy and Community Engagement position, get in touch ASAP on the below:

Tel: 0207 269 6338

Email:

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Philanthropy Development Manager

We are looking for a highly motivated Philanthropy Development Manager to join our client’s successful and ambitious Philanthropy Team.

Our client is the largest wildlife conservation organisation in Europe with over one million members. They speak out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environment.

Position: Philanthropy Development Manager

Location: Regular visits will be needed to the head office in Sandy, Bedfordshire, however the location can be flexible as remote/homeworking is available.

Salary: £26,212 to £35,539 per annum

Hours: Full time, permanent

Benefits: Flexible working, 26 Days Annual Leave, Free access to our reserves, up to 20% discount off retail items in our shops. Free access to a confidential Employee Assistance programme that provides support and advice around financial, physical and mental health wellbeing. A substantial Learning and Development offer.

Closing date: 30 October 2020

About the role:

The role will focus on high value partnerships, working directly and indirectly with individuals to help inspire them to increase and lengthen their support to the organisation. You will be contributing to the global climate and biodiversity crisis we are facing. As Philanthropy Development Manager you'll be responsible for identifying individuals to engage with from within the current supporter base (helped by the data team) and then beyond it, through research, networking, and events.

This is a new role within the organisation and an exciting opportunity to develop a philanthropic pipeline in a way not previously attempted! There is an opportunity to travel, visit donors, attend events, and have meetings on the reserves. Working partly from home or other regional offices is an option, but there will be some requirement to spend time at the HQ in Sandy, Bedfordshire, with other members of the High Value Partnerships team.

About you

To be successful in the role of Philanthropy Development Manager relationship building is key, with supporters naturally, but also with colleagues across the organisation, including fellow fundraisers and other income revenue teams, reserve staff, and programme and conservation team members.

Experience of organising events is desirable, as this will become an important part of the engagement mix with this group of supporters. A good understanding of data protection and good judgement around reputational risk is also key for this role.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal are vital, and you will need to be confident about day-to-day communication as well as writing funding proposals and preparing documentation in advance of meetings.

You will be a confident collaborator, as you'll be working closely with a prospect researcher, the CRM Manager, as well as colleagues focussed on major donors and other teams outside our department.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Philanthropy Manager, Development Manager, Major Donor Fundraiser, Philanthropy Team Manager, Fundraising Partnerships Manager, Philanthropy and Partnerships, Fundraising Manager, Major Gifts Fundraiser, Trusts and Major Gifts Fundraising etc.  

Role description:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Operations Manager who has attention to detail and great project management skills.  Managing and ensuring our IT, HR, Database functions run well and ensuring all aspects or reporting are readily available to staff and Trustees. The post holder would be expected to work from the office and during COVID from home as agreed. The role will also include the supervising of IT Administrator and relationship building and development with our church partners and key stakeholders.

Main role responsibilities

Office Management

• Ensuring the smooth running of an office on a day-to-day basis and may manage a team of administrative or support staff.
• Organising meetings and managing databases
• Booking transport and accommodation
• Organising charity events or conferences
• Ordering stationery and furniture
• Dealing with correspondence, complaints and queries
• Preparing letters, presentations and reports (Annual Report, Board Reports, NOMR)
• Supervising and monitoring the work of administrative staff
• Managing office budgets
• liaising with staff, suppliers and clients
• Implementing and maintaining procedures/office administrative systems
• Delegating tasks to junior employees
• Organising induction programmes for new employees
• Ensuring that all policies are updated on our board circle
• Ensure the health and safety of Oxhill Hub.
• Using a range of software packages
• Attending meetings with senior management
• Assisting the organisation's HR function by keeping personnel records up to date, arranging interviews and so on.
• Oxhill Hub Bookings (“meet & greet”).
• Designated Safeguarding Officer (Training to be provided).

Operations (with Support of IT Administrator)

• Maintaining all databases, files and ensuring all operations run smoothly.
• Ensure inter-department integration flows
• Monitor and manage the integrity of our IT (for example Microsoft Office, Office 365, Zoho Expenses, Donor Perfect) and also be our Data Controller (GDPR complaints/queries go to) - Sage Accounts will be monitored by the CEO)
• Ensuring Office 365 user security, permissions at top level are accurate to allow correct and appropriate visibility, as is necessary and in compliance with GDPR
• Manage IT contracts
• Investigating new IT initiatives that enhance the charities work and supporting all departments to utilize well
• Collation and production of all KPIs for the board, monthly reports from all departments and annual report
• Become proficient in Donor Perfect (DP) & Weblink forms layout management to ensure all relevant information is captured correctly that affects all departments hearing and assisting staff to achieve best utilization of DP
• Design and setup appropriate reporting as required by departments in Donor Perfect
• Ultimate responsibility for HR overall compliance and current legislation
• Maintain and Manage a robust “Help” arm for staff
• Regularly monitor and review the quality of our provision;
• Undertake administrative tasks, maintain effective recording systems and respond to queries;
• Act as an advocate for young people's interests;
• Train other Hub leaders and volunteers in churches, community groups and schools around best practice and our YLP Model.
• Other tasks as your line manager requests
• Grants & Partner bids applications submission & monitoring / coordination.

Initially, with the currently COVID19 restrictions, this role will be home-based. Nevertheless, applicants must live in travelling distance from our office in Oxhill.

In the light of our Christian ethos and purpose, we reserve the right to recruit Christians where there is a genuine occupational requirement (GOR) to do so.

Development Director
Merton College, University of Oxford
Highly Competitive Salary

Merton College seeks to appoint an outstanding fundraiser into the role of Development Director, a figurehead for alumni engagement and fundraising across the College. This is a key senior, strategic position for the College and comes at an exciting time, with Professor Irene Tracey recently appointed as the College’s 51st Warden.

A vibrant and diverse intellectual community, Merton is renowned for its rich history of excellence in teaching and research. Whether it is contributing to great works of literature, such as TS Eliot or JRR Tolkien, solving Fermat’s Last Theorem, designing novel malarial vaccines or via impact through the array of glittering careers held by its alumni, Mertonians take pride in using their considerable talents to make lasting impact in the world for the benefit of society.

Merton’s buildings and grounds are widely acknowledged as among the most beautiful in Oxford. Nestled in a quiet location with stunning views over the meadows, it has an understated confidence. Merton is, unashamedly, an intellectual powerhouse but it is not in any sense arrogant. It is a wise and deeply respected College within the broader academic community.

Merton has engaged its alumni now for more than thirty years. The Development Office was one of the earliest in Oxford. The College is now in contact with around 5,800 of its 6,500 living alumni and the participation rate of the College’s alumni is impressive. In 2014, Merton College’s 750th Anniversary Campaign raised over £30 million; the College’s alumni and friends have continued to support the College in the years since the successful end of the Campaign.

Leading a dedicated team of six, the postholder will be responsible for devising and implementing a creative fundraising strategy, which aims to deliver the College’s ambitious funding priorities. The main responsibility of the role will be to build and grow key relationships between the College, its members and other potential benefactors in support of a range of development goals that the successful candidate will be a part of shaping.

The College sees this appointment as an exciting and challenging opportunity for a strategic, energetic, committed and imaginative fundraiser. Reporting to the Warden and Governing Body, the successful candidate will bring an innovative approach to developing high-value relationships to deliver philanthropic income. As the College’s lead fundraiser, you will carry your own portfolio of major gifts prospects and will have an important role in the solicitation of six- and seven-figure donations. You will be expected to spend a significant part of your time meeting with current or prospective donors in the UK and overseas.

The successful candidate will be a confident communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills and an enjoyment of people. You will have a strong sense of integrity and a proven track record in securing philanthropic gifts, together with experience of a variety of styles and types of fundraising campaigns, expertise in relationship management, outstanding organisational and management skills and a passion for the mission of Merton College.

This is a unique chance to join one of the world’s leading academic institutions at a pivotal point as it embarks on the next phase of its 750-year history. With the recent arrival of the new Warden and endless possibilities for fundraising, this presents as a true career-defining opportunity for an exceptional individual.

The College recognises the importance of this position and a Fellowship will be awarded to the successful candidate.

Development Director
Eltham College
Highly Competitive Salary

Eltham College seeks to appoint an experienced Development Director to build upon the fundraising achievements of the last decade, and to set an ambitious strategy to take the School’s philanthropic endeavours to the next level and beyond. This is a strategic, senior leadership role and an important appointment.

Founded in 1842, Eltham College is a thriving, co-educational independent day school in South London for students aged 7 to 18, comprising a separate Junior School and Senior School. The School is set in over 70 breath-taking acres with the Junior School, Senior School and chapel standing at the centre. Eltham College is regularly found amongst the top 20 academic schools in the country, yet equal emphasis is placed on academic, pastoral and co-curricular excellence.

Over the past few years, Eltham College has grown considerably. Girls have been part of Sixth Form life for over 45 years and from 2020 were able to join from Years 3 and 7. The school will be fully co-educational by 2025.The School has an unusually wide social mix, thanks, in part, to the generous Bursary scheme, which provides financial assistance for those unable to afford the full fees. In the most deserving cases, remission of up to 100% of fees is available. 

The Development Director will be responsible for defining and implementing a clear strategy to deliver a significant step-change in development activities. There is a strong degree of engagement and support for the Development function from the Eltham College leadership, in particular the Headmaster, who has good experience of fundraising and understands his pivotal role in making “the ask”.

Reporting directly to the Headmaster, the Development Director will lead and grow the Development team in all aspects of Fundraising and Alumni Relations. The first priority will be to raise funds for transformational bursaries, in order to achieve the goal of offering fully needs-blind access to the School. The School also has exciting plans for a number of discrete building projects over the next 10 years, which present the opportunity for some creative future campaigns.

The Development Director will be a commensurate and motivated fundraiser who can recognise the opportunities and challenges associated with the role. S/he will have had success securing gifts of six figures and above, and will be adept at building strong, effective relationships across the School’s community, from parents and alumni to academic and support staff at all levels. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished leader in a comparable organisation, either in education or a transferable field, and will possess the drive and vision needed to grow an ambitious and innovative Development programme.

The successful candidate will be a creative thinker with a strong sense of integrity and a values-driven approach to philanthropic fundraising. As well as a proven track record in securing major philanthropic gifts, s/he will bring experience of developing inspiring campaign messaging, whilst establishing robust systems and processes, expertise in relationship management, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, and the presence and intellect to operate at the highest levels. Above all, this individual will have a passion for the aims and mission of Eltham College.

You will be joining an exciting, challenging, rewarding and collegiate place to work. There is scope to develop both the team and a wide range of new strategies and plans. This is a fantastic opportunity for an outstanding individual to build transformational programmes and relationships at a leading independent school.