Development Manager; Maternity Cover

About the role

This role will develop and deliver our regular giving strategy and build widespread support throughout the school’s community for development projects, further developing the school’s culture of giving. The postholder will create and foster an exceptional culture of donor care that recognises, celebrates, and inspires existing and potential supporters.

A flexible and hands‑on approach is essential, as the candidate will work closely with a number of teams, including Marketing, Outreach, and Alumni Relations.

• To work with the Director of Development on capital fundraising projects and the school’s bursary endowment fund.
• To produce, maintain and distribute, as appropriate, literature and other content for the capital fundraising programme and the bursary campaign.
• To promote and manage the activities which strengthen the relationships with pledgers and prospects.
• To make face‑to‑face asks of gifts up to £10,000.

• To work with the Director of Development, to promote regular giving, particularly for bursaries, within the school’s community.
• To manage regular giving appeals through direct mail, telephone fundraising and online giving.
• To produce, maintain and distribute, as appropriate, literature and other content for the regular giving programme.
• To promote and manage the activities which strengthen the relationships with pledgers and prospects.
• The postholder would be responsible for increasing donor numbers every year and increasing income from regular gifts. Appeals should be delivered on time and on budget.

• To work with the Director of Development and the Alumni Development Officer to promote legacy giving within the school’s community.
• To produce, maintain and distribute, as appropriate, literature and other content for the legacy programme.
• To promote and manage the activities which strengthen the relationships with legacy pledgers and prospects.
• The postholder would be responsible for increasing legator pledges every year and increasing income from legacy gifts. Appeals should be delivered on time and on budget.

• To set and maintain data management standards and refine existing processes and policies.
• To manage the development database to ensure data remains relevant, accurate and up to date.

• To ensure that processes for managing donations and acknowledging donors are undertaken.
• To manage, where appropriate, initiatives that maintain communication and relationships with existing donors.

• To monitor and report on development events, activities and communications.
• To prepare financial reports detailing fundraising income, restrictions and pledges.
• To monitor and report on Gift Aid submissions.
• To create queries and searches as requested by the Director of Development.

• To assist in the planning of – and attend and support – fundraising dinners, receptions and other events intended to secure support from groups of individual donors.