We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and self-motivated Senior Philanthropy Manager, to join our thriving Partnerships and Philanthropy Team on a 12 month fixed term Maternity cover basis. Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our Fundraising, Brand & Marketing department exists to inspire millions of people – from individuals to large corporate organisations – to support our quest for change. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

The Senior Philanthropy Manager will:

• Source investment from major donors (primarily 6 figure gifts) initiating and developing meaningful, long term relationships with prospective major donor supporters of Save the Children
• Significantly contribute to the Partnerships & Philanthropy Team's ambitious targets; supporting the creation of a sector leading department
• Exercise influence to drive greater impact across the team and wider organisation, helping further our mission for children
• Work with senior volunteers, consult and work with senior stakeholders and the Chief Executive's office

The role will also support in the development of team members, playing a key role in supporting the success of others in developing long standing major donor relationships.

To be successful you will have extensive experience of working within an account management or fundraising environment. You will also have excellent communication skills both face-to-face and on the phone. In addition, you will have:

Strong inter-personal, influencing and relationship building skills with the ability to work with senior stakeholders, across teams and build strong internal and external networks
Excellent written skills, knowledge of proposal development, and the creation of compelling communications for donors
Experience of managing and developing people
The ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet deadlines; with experience of working in dynamic, exciting and fast paced environment.
An understanding of Supporter Databases with excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and Powerpoint
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note - We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may schedule interviews before the closing date.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Sunday 19th July 2020

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

We are currently seeking a Deputy Executive Director, Philanthropic Relationships to help us achieve our ambitious goals and move us closer to making every child safe, and able to reach their full potential. As a member of the senior executive team and reporting directly to the Executive Director, the new Deputy Executive Director will be integral in raising our sights and helping us achieve our ambition. Unicef UK currently secures around £10 million annually in major and principal giving, however, we believe that we can increase this income significantly with the right leadership and aspiration setting for our philanthropic partnerships team. We want to invest in the strategy, approach, capability and people that will help us realise that goal.

We wish to encourage applications from experienced senior leaders drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. The successful candidate will be a proven fundraising leader, with demonstrable experience of cultivating and delivering on philanthropic relationships at the highest level. You will have knowledge of working alongside high net worth individuals and philanthropic trusts and securing support at the seven-figure level. You must have the energy and aptitude to further enhance Unicef UK’s reputation with wide range of philanthropic supporters and their representatives and help expand this portfolio substantially. Excellent communication skills are essential, alongside a clear passion and commitment to Unicef’s mission.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.

We are recruiting for a Philanthropy Manager to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our inspirational supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As Philanthropy Manager, you will lead on launching and growing our new philanthropy Giving Club. We are working with an excellent consultant now to design this new offer and the new post holder will take over the reins to establish this exciting new supporter journey. We have a well-established and loyal supporter audience already giving at this level and we want to provide them with an exceptional supporter experience, whilst also providing the engine room to grow our partnerships and philanthropy networks.

The philanthropy team have already grown income by 124% in recent years with a number of new team members in place, so now is a brilliant time to join now that we have clear plans in place for further growth, a great energy in the team and an incredibly urgent cause.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have

• Some experience of philanthropy fundraising, building strong relationships and securing gifts of 4 to 5 figures
• A natural flair for relationships and the ability to work equally well with a wide range of people
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and listening
• Knowledge of planning, monitoring and evaluating success in fundraising
• You will be a team player, with a flexible approach and the ability to collaborate well with others

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. For the supporting statement section, please address how you meet points 1-5 of the person specification, which can be found on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website. 

Closing date: Tuesday 14 July (23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

We are currently looking for a full time permanent Philanthropy Manager to join our team.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is a non-formal education and learning framework operating in more than 130 countries and territories around the world, through which young people’s achievements outside of academia are recognised and celebrated.

We at The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation are the engine that drives and supports the Award’s growth, access and impact across the globe.

It is our long term ambition that every eligible young person aged 14 – 24 will have the opportunity to participate in the Award. Our vision is that 20% of them are from at risk and marginalised communities for whom the Award can be truly life-changing.

The purpose of this role is primarily to build long lasting, highly engaged philanthropic relationships. This includes donor research, due diligence, recruitment, renewal, development and delivery of appropriate communications material and donor relationship management.

We are looking for an experienced and self-assured major gifts fundraiser who can proactively lead, cultivate and steward major donors internationally, predominantly with a focus on 5/6 figure gifts.

The role will work closely alongside one other Philanthropy Manager to build a comprehensive relationship with our incredibly generous donor groups, ensuring that they feel part of our charitable work, feel able to contribute and able to introduce their friends and colleagues to our work. It is envisaged that this role will require an even split between front facing donor engagement and high-quality donor relationship management.

To apply for this role, please enure that you submit a cover letter with your CV. 

The closing date for applications is the 16 July 2020. Interviews will take place shortly after the closing date and we are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

This job is unlikely to attract a Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a work permit). Applications from candidates who require Tier 2 immigration status to work in the UK may not be considered if there are a sufficient number of other suitable candidates. To apply for a Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship, employers need to demonstrate that they are unable to recruit a resident worker before recruiting an individual overseas.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an inspirational and visionary children's charity as part of their growing fundraising team. Established in 2000, Caudwell Children works to transform the lives of disabled children and their families, enabling them to challenge the barriers they face throughout childhood by providing practical and emotional support.

Caudwell Children is going through an exciting period of growth having recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility for multi-disciplinary therapy programmes for childhood disability and research of neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, within the grounds of Keele University.

This transformational period brings the need to develop all income streams to enable this growth and so Caudwell Children are looking for an experienced Philanthropy Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.

Caudwell Children - Philanthropy Manager

Location: Keele, Staffordshire

Salary: £26,000 - £35,000 plus bonus (dependent on skills and experience)

Contract: Permanent

Supported by the CEO Trudi Beswick and founder/major benefactor John Caudwell, the legacy circle is a network of high-profile individuals personally motivated to support the challenges facing children with disabilities and their families.

As Philanthropy Manager, your focus will be on developing new sustainable income through high-profile fundraising activities, providing personal contributions and introducing influential contacts to Caudwell Children.

To be considered for this position you will have demonstrable experience of major donor fundraising with a strong track record in securing five to six figure gifts from high net worth individuals. You will have proven experience or recruiting new prospects as well as managing donor engagement and cultivation strategies.

Closing date for applications: Harris Hill reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Faye Marshall at Harris Hill. 

We look forward to hearing from you.

Philanthropy Manager (Giving Club)
£40,500 per annum - Permanent role
Usually London based but Home based for immediate future
Part Time/Flexible Working will be considered

We are working with a hugely successful and well known homelessness charity whose campaigns have really brought hard hitting issues to life, particularly during the last few months. Their brand and team are wonderful and they really are a friendly, supportive bunch, something that everyone comments on when they start a new role there.

Refreshingly, the team are recruiting a brand new role within their Philanthropy division, bringing to life a new Giving Club within their organisation. You'll be solely responsible for driving the strategy of the Giving Club forward, recruiting and soliciting circa 100 donors who are able to donate multi year collectively transformational gifts. This is a really unique and exciting opportunity within the sector and I am so impressed by the charities forward thinking, innovative and refreshing approach.

Please get in touch with [email protected] for all the details.

Prospectus is excited to be working exclusively with a new organisation focused on driving philanthropic giving to organisations, causes, projects and campaigns that are trying to prevent a climate catastrophe. The sector is currently grossly under-funded despite the harm already created from climate change and the risks further global heating brings to nature and communities alike.

We are helping them recruit for a Climate Advocacy and Philanthropy Manager to work full or part time on a three-year contract paying between £30,000 to £40,000 per annum depending on years of relevant experience. They are looking for a candidate to ideally start at the beginning of September to be based in their Islington office with frequent travel to meetings in central London. They're open to some home working and flexible hours.

This role will involve working in a small team to encourage the UK's wealthiest families and individuals to integrate critical environmental threats into their philanthropy and dedicate resources to funding the individuals and charities working on climate justice and climate mitigation as well as new voices entering the space. You will achieve this by building a network of trusted advisors, senior volunteers, high net worth individuals and others to inform, persuade and inspire donors to give to a variety of climate positive recipients.

We envisage this person being either:

• Someone qualified in environmental scientist who has experience of communicating on issues around climate change
• An experienced fundraiser or someone who has worked with wealthy families in a private sector role with interest in and knowledge of climate justice and climate change
• Someone from a marketing, campaigning or advocacy background with a passion for this space
• a management consultant or someone used to managing numerous client projects who cares deeply about these issues
• A corporate or government sustainability expert who has had to make the case for environmental investment in their own organisations.

If you are not from any of those professional backgrounds but feel you would be a good fit for the role, please do apply to find out more.

The new organisation understand that environmental emergencies disproportionately impact on poorer, marginalised and minoritized communities, whether that be in the global south or in the UK and yet the environmental NGO sector is disproportionately made up of white and privileged boards and staff teams. As an inclusive employer they hope they will be able to attract applicants from a range of backgrounds for this exciting role.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Job Title: Director of Philanthropy

Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent upon experience

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Location: Surrey

The Community Foundation for Surrey brings together local donors and those acting to provide positive community solutions to local challenges across Surrey. The Foundation was established in 2005 and has generated over £28m in this time. The Foundation has ambitious plans for growth over the coming five years to substantially increase the levels of support it can give. 

We are working in partnership with the Foundation to appoint the new Director of Philanthropy.  The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual, with vision to see new opportunities, grow income and work alongside the CEO, the senior management team and the trustees to deliver the new strategic plan. 

In order to succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• experience of exemplary donor led stewardship to achieve income targets
• ability to engage, motivate and inspire staff and volunteers
• experience of strategic oversight and leadership
• excellent ability to network, build relationships and influence internal and external stakeholders
• excellent verbal and written communication skills

Reporting to the CEO, you will be a natural leader, have proven development experience with the ability to deliver financial targets against a growth strategy.

You will be professional and approachable with a commitment to quality and attention to detail.If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement as soon as possible, quoting our reference JO2770

For any further information, please contact Adam Stacey at Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Closing date for applications: 13 July

First interview date: 31 July

Second interview date: 7 August

The Philanthropy Company is a high-profile fundraising and philanthropy advisory agency.  We work with non-profit organisations to grow their philanthropic income and we advise philanthropists on their giving. Our clients cover all sectors including arts and heritage, Universities and schools, hospitals, national and international charities, we also work with companies and private Trusts.  

The new role of Client Advisor will work closely with and support the CEO, Caroline Underwood and the Team, managing projects across a variety of initiatives for philanthropists, companies and charities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting new business opportunities, carrying out research, project management and liaising with key contacts.
• Building our marketing and social media activities, creating awareness of our amazing impact
• Being part of a team delivering high quality consultancy assignments.

This is a great opportunity for someone with excellent client facing or agency skills in the commercial sector as well as for those working in fundraising in a corporate or major gift environment.

If you have a ‘can do’ approach, outstanding communications skills and enthusiasm for growing philanthropy we are keen to hear from you.

In return we offer work flexibility and the opportunity to develop your career with a high-profile consultancy at the axis between the commercial and charity sectors.

Salary £28,000-£35,000 pro rata, depending on experience

Full or part time (minimum 3 days per week), flexible hours

Location: Partly from home, partly London or Oxfordshire

Closing date: 10th July 5pm 2020

Video interviews: Week commencing 20th July 2020

Application is by CV and cover letter, please see the job description for further application information

Prospectus is excited to be working exclusively with a new organisation focused on driving philanthropic giving to organisations, causes, projects and campaigns that are trying to prevent a climate catastrophe. The sector is currently grossly under-funded despite the harm already created from climate change and the risks further global heating brings to nature and communities alike.

We are helping our client recruit for a Director of Climate Philanthropy to work full or part time on a three-year contract paying £60,000 to £70,000 per annum (depending on experience). They are looking for a candidate to start at the beginning of September ideally based in their Islington office with frequent travel to meetings in central London. They're open to some home working and flexible hours.

This role will involve leading a small team to encourage the UK's wealthiest families and individuals to integrate critical environmental threats into their philanthropy and dedicate resources to funding the individuals and charities working in this space as well as new voices entering it. You will achieve this by building a network of trusted advisors, senior volunteers, high net worth individuals and others to inform, persuade and inspire donors to give to a variety of climate positive recipients.

We envisage this person being either; an environmental scientist who has had to lead on climate communications as part of their role; an experienced fundraiser or someone who has worked with wealthy families in a private sector role with interest in and knowledge of climate philanthropy; a marketeer or campaigner with good knowledge of a broad range of climate solutions; or a corporate or government sustainability expert who has had to make the case for environmental investment in their own organisations. If you are not from any of those professional backgrounds but feel you would be a good fit for the role, please do apply to find out more.

The new organisation understand that environmental emergencies disproportionately impact on poorer, marginalised and minoritized communities, whether that be in the global south or in the UK and yet the environmental NGO sector is disproportionately made up of white and privileged boards and staff teams. As an inclusive employer they hope they will be able to attract applicants from a range of backgrounds for this exciting role.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Membership and Fundraising Officer to join the European Movement UK team to help build our community. 

About the European Movement: 

Founded by Winston Churchill in 1947, The European Movement is the UK’s largest pro-European membership organisation. In recent years we were a founding supporter of the People’s Vote campaign. 

The European Movement UK is a grassroots organisation with a network of over 126 groups, and it is also linked to a network of groups in the EU27 as part of European Movement International.

Following the election, we have reached an exciting turning point in our organisation. The European Movement UK’s role is more important than ever as we hold the government to account during the Brexit process. We will be campaigning for maintaining European rights, standards and values post-Brexit and campaigning against a no deal end to the transition period.

In the next phase of the European Movement UK we need to put our members front and centre. We need to create a membership offer with community at its heart. 

What we’re looking for: 

The European Movement is hiring a …. Officer, to manage our membership base, and to cultivate a European community.

You will be involved in a number of areas within our organisation, including: 

• Building and cultivating a community for our members, as well as our supporters and groups 

• Provide full administrative support for the membership function of European Movement UK 

• Handle membership enquiries on a daily basis

• Support the Head of Digital Campaigns with the creation and implementation of Membership Recruitment and Retention strategy. 

• Support the Events and Organisation Manager with community outreach campaigns. 

• Support the Head of Digital Campaigns with content creation for fundraising, membership recruitment and community building on all channels

• Be responsible for regularly updating records on our CRM database and extract reports as required, as well as ensuring our web pages on the CMS are up to date.

• Liaise with finance to ensure accurate payment records for members 

• Supporting the Head of Digital, Head of Communications and the Administrative Officer with maintaining the membership system, including membership benefits (packs, newsletters) and similar initiatives such as the EM1000 club

• Supporting the Head of Digital Campaigns with fundraising streams such as philanthropy and trust and foundations fundraising. 

Skills and experience 

Essential 

• At least two years’ experience in a membership or fundraising role 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience working with a CRM (essential), experience using NationBuilder (desired) 

• Experience building and cultivating a community 

• Great interpersonal skills (comfortable building relationships with members) 

• Understanding of data protection laws, especially GDPR

• Experience of using a CMS (essential), experience using NationBuilder (desirable) 

• Highly organised and good administration skills 

• Sound IT skills 

• Basic design skills 

Desirable 

• Experience using Nationbuilder

• Previous experience of working in a membership organisation or trade/professional body

• Understanding of the European Union and the current Brexit debate 

• Ability to write compelling copy 

This is a great time to join this organisation as we grow our membership across Europe and beyond!

TO APPLY PLEASE SEND YOUR CV AND COVER LETTER 

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

We are currently seeking a Deputy Executive Director, Corporate and Foundation Partnerships to help us achieve our ambitious goals and move us closer to making every child safe and able to reach their full potential. As a member of the senior executive team and reporting directly to the Executive Director, the new Deputy Executive Director will have significant impact on Unicef UK and our ability to deliver on our mission. Unicef UK currently secures around £25 million annually in corporate partnership and foundation support from a strong range of organisations, including Unilever, Standard Chartered Bank, BT, The Wellcome Trust, and Manchester United. However we believe that, with the right leadership for our corporate and foundation partnership teams, we can significantly grow our income with the support of similar organisations. Our ambition is that over the next five years we will see annualised corporate and foundation partnership support to Unicef UK rise to closer to £50 million; and we want to invest in the strategy, approach, capability and people that will help us realise that goal.

We wish to encourage applications from experienced senior leaders drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. The successful candidate will be an ambitious and visionary leader with proven experience working with the most senior levels of corporate organisations and/or trusts and foundations. You will demonstrate a deep knowledge of how to cultivate and steward high value relationships between corporate and grant making organisations and their partners. You will have the energy and aptitude to build Unicef UK’s reputation with a wide range of corporate and foundation partners, and significantly expand the range of partners who engage with us. You will have demonstrable experience in cultivating and developing relationships with business leaders and foundation leaders, and reporting on their success and income generation to the Unicef UK Board. Excellent communication skills are essential, alongside a clear passion and commitment to Unicef’s mission.

About us

British Exploring Society is a world class youth development charity with a unique heritage, founded on the belief that challenging experiences can define lives, empowering and equipping young people with the courage, integrity, skills, resilience and motivation to make the most of their future.

Who we are looking for 

This role provides an excellent opportunity for an energetic, ambitious and flexible individual seeking to develop their fundraising skills, who wants the chance to make this post their own. You will be supporting a critical area of the charity by enabling our major donor administration, communications and development. You will also support our wider fundraising strategy.

You are a proactive and driven individual with excellent organisational abilities and attention to detail; you have accurate and engaging communication skills (written and verbal) and will be able to use your creativity to enhance our results and help us achieve our fundraising targets.

Alongside your professional skills, you will need to demonstrate empathy with the work of the charity and a commitment to its purpose and values. At British Exploring Society we travel economy and stay in hostels – but we work with a wide range of stakeholders who require high levels of polish, care and perfect discretion.

Key Accountabilities/ Duties

• Maintain and nurture relationships with current and prospective donors
• Steward supporters more broadly, including sending out high quality communication materials and information
• Deliver our major donor programme
• Plan and execute a small direct mailing programme, working alongside the Membership officer
• Prepare briefings and other information for external meetings and fundraising events
• Provide planning and delivery administration for dinners, philanthropy breakfasts, private receptions
• Undertake research to identify potential new donors within our stakeholder network
• Support delivery of fundraising reporting data as required
• Prepare reports for the Head of Fundraising sand CEO on progress towards agreed fundraising objectives as required
• Ensure that all activities undertaken meet Charity Commission requirements and are compliant with with relevant legislation
• Maintain excellent record keeping , updating our new CRM system with donation and supporter information
• Communicate with supporters and funders in a timely fashion
• Respond to ad hoc supporter queries

The post holder will also

• Contribute to achieving the objectives of British Exploring Society
• Represent the charity at external events in a professional manner
• Adhere to the charity’s policies, procedures and working
• Ensure all records are held in compliance with the Data Protection Act, GDPR, the Institute of Fundraising and British Exploring Society’s policies
• Have effective IT skills across a wide range of common applications including Excel, Google and Word
• Following a full induction, participate in the team rota as a Duty Officer during periods when the Society is running 24 hour support service for our expeditions;
• Undertake additional ad-hoc tasks as required

What happens next?

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4 explaining your suitability for the role. Due to remote working conditions, there is currently a delay in receiving postal applications so would request that all applications are submitted digitally.
 
In your application please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements, or if you need us to make any adjustments to the interview process.

Interviews will take place using Zoom web conferencing in week commencing 20th July.
 
We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Award-winning success

Founded over 450 years ago in 1565 by Sir Roger Cholmeley, Highgate is one of the UK’s leading co-educational independent schools for pupils aged 3-18. There are currently in the region of 1,850 pupils split across our Pre-Preparatory School, Junior School and Senior School premises, in conjunction with approximately 550 teaching and support staff. We are proud to be able to claim some of the top academic results across the UK, as well as titles of Independent School of the Year 2019 and 2020, and Independent School of the Year for Social Mobility 2019. Pupils are also able to participate in over 77 co-curricular clubs as diverse as bee-keeping, medical society and robotics.

A culture of community and kindness

We are a School whose charitable ethos is an inextricable part of both staff and pupil DNA. Highgate doesn’t exist in a bubble, but is connected to, and part of, a community. We have partnerships with over 60 state Schools across 7 London boroughs, and, in 2017, Headteacher Adam Pettitt co-founded the free sixth form college, The London Academy of Excellence in Tottenham (LAET), with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as business sponsors.

Highgate is Here

In the first few weeks of the Spring 2020 lockdown, the School’s Community Partnerships and Development Offices received numerous requests for help and offers of assistance. As a result, Highgate is Here was formed, with the following key objectives in mind: 

• To co-ordinate all charity, community and partnership teaching activities across Highgate School specifically as they relate to Covid-19 in the first instance;
• To ensure that the School’s response to the Covid-19 crisis is in line with its existing strategic objectives and Aims and Ethos; 
• To maximise the School’s impact in its charitable and community activities. 

Working with us

The School is situated in one of the most attractive and sought after areas of North London, only a short journey from Central London and adjacent to Hampstead Heath. The hilltop site in Highgate Village is the historic site of the Senior School. A few hundred yards along Hampstead Lane in Bishopswood Road lie the Junior and Pre-Preparatory Schools and the extensive playing fields, adjacent to the open spaces of Kenwood and Hampstead Heath. The Northern Line underground station is a short walk away and it is four miles to Central London.

Working at Highgate offers the opportunity to be part of a vibrant and welcoming community, committed to academic excellence and the highest standards of pastoral care for its pupils. The Governors consider the development of excellence in the education offered to the pupils to be the underlying purpose of activities undertaken by all staff.

Highgate is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers, overseas police check if necessary and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

OUR AMBITION

Highgate School is an educational charity and an independent School, and is committed to extending educational opportunity for children in North London, through the provision of substantial means-tested bursaries, and through partnerships with over 40 state Schools to deliver top-quality STEM teaching and learning.  In 2017, Headteacher Adam Pettitt co-founded the free sixth form college, The London Academy of Excellence in Tottenham (LAET), with Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as business sponsors.

Highgate School has raised over £8m since 2012 to further these charitable aims, and Highgate is ambitious to attract significant philanthropic donations to make even more of a difference in education and society.

THE ROLE

Highgate seeks an entrepreneurially-minded Development Officer as Highgate as a Charity moves to meet the challenges and opportunities for the charity sector in 2020.

This is a strategic and operational role, offering autonomy within a close-knit team, working with thought-leaders in the education sector, in an organisation with a strong track record of success.

The Development Officer role’s main aim is to increase engagement from Highgate’s alumni and parental community, supporting Highgate’s strategic goals of engaging our alumni and extending educational opportunity at Highgate through fundraising. This will be achieved in this role through a series of important key areas, covering events, engagement, communications and fundraising.

The role will have direct responsibility for a variety of evolving projects, set within clear strategic goals:

Communications

• Working with the Development Director and Head of Alumni Relations to strategically plan the Development Office’s communications to OCs
• Implementing the communication strategy
• Overall responsibility for the development and implementation of Highgate Connect, our networking website and Mobile Application

Supporter Engagement

• Developing and implementing Highgate Connect, the School’s recently-launched networking platform, and using the platform to leverage support and engagement from its members
• Organising successful opportunities for alumni and other supporters to engage with the charity, through events and involvement of other areas of School life, such as Careers and Employability opportunities for pupils from Highgate and its partner Schools;
• Working to develop creative projects with interest and affinity groups

Enhancing Donor Experience

• Devising and implementing a strategy for donors, ensuring that giving is a positive experience and thus helping to foster a ‘culture of philanthropy’ at Highgate and securing engagement, commitment and backing for our charitable goals
• Overall responsibility for Donor Stewardship, developing monthly messages to be sent to Highgate’s supporters
• Overall responsibility for the reengagement of LYBUNTs and SYBUNTs, supporters who have given to Highgate in previous years but not yet in this financial year

Event organization, oversight and strategy

• Strategic oversight and responsibility for the majority of the Development Office’s events, such as  parent and alumni fundraising events, alumni networking events, and bespoke events, such as Annual Dinners and meetings of interest groups.
• In 2020, many of these events are likely to be online events, and this position will be responsible for the operational oversight of these, working closely with other team members to implement a coherent and engaging programme of events as the year progresses

Fundraising/Income generation

• Developing and implementing fundraising projects that reach a critical mass of potential supporters, seeking donations of up to c.£5,000 to support Highgate’s charitable ambitions, to create educational opportunities through bursaries and partnerships with state Schools. These creative projects will include, but not be limited to, crowdfunding campaigns, an alumni Telephone Fundraising campaign, fundraising events, and in due course, soliciting face-to-face gifts from own portfolio of donors;
• Working with other Development Office colleagues to develop projects to engage pupils at Highgate and in our partner schools with our philanthropic ambitions

Managerial responsibility

• The Development Officer manages the Development Assistant

Key criteria for success

In the first twelve months, the successful candidate will have:

1. Developed strong working relationships with the Development Director, the Head of Alumni Relations, the other members of the Development Office team, the Deputy Head (Pupils’ Personal Development and Employability),  and members of the School’s Senior Team;
2. Successfully devised and implemented projects to thank existing and acquire new supporters;
3. Created and begun to implement a plan to enhance the donor experience and to ensure successful retention of existing donors.