Senior Philanthropy Manager
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £41,000 to £48,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, London, SW7 2DD |
| Company: | Science Museum Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SMG02855_1713445183 |
Summary
Are you an established fundraiser who can cultivate long lasting, fruitful relationships with Major Donors?
About us
The museums of the Science Museum Group are a key national resource. With our unparalleled collection in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine, we are uniquely placed to draw people of all ages to engage with science in an inspirational and informal way.
The Development team works across six sites, fundraising for an array of exciting projects and activities at our museums. You will be joining a team with a track record of securing donations from a variety of supporters including visitors, philanthropic individuals, corporate donors, charitable foundations, and government. In a typical year, about 25% of SMG's total income comes from fundraising, helping to pay for redevelopment of museum buildings, exhibitions, festivals, learning programmes and accessibility.
From a range of professional backgrounds, the department prides itself on its culture of collaboration and success in research, planning and building relationships with museums supporters and funders. We work with supporters who are just as passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists and innovators as we are. With so many ambitious plans coming up to fundraise for, it is an exciting time to be part of the Science Museum Group.
About the role
You will play a key role in the growth of our major gifts programme, focusing on increasing strategic engagement with individuals that have the capacity to make high value donations.
Keen to help shape the team's ongoing strategy, you will be managing and actively developing existing donors, as well as proactively identifying and cultivating new donor opportunities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join to a bold, dynamic, world-renowned organisation to play a key part in delivering some of the museum's key strategic goals. You will have prospects in developing new skills, experiences, and knowledge through high-level working relationships and externally with key stakeholders
We can offer a hybrid working pattern, which allows for equal amounts of home working and office presence.
Contract: Full time (35hrs), permanent
Salary: £41,000 - £48,000 per annum, depending on experience
Download the Vacancy Information Pack file under 'Attachments' on this vacancy listing on the Science Museum Group website for more details about the role and the application process.
About you
You will be a skilled Major Gifts fundraiser with experience of securing high value donations and managing the full lifecycle of significant donor relationships.
With great interpersonal skills, you are able to build solid relationships from cold leads, as well as engage and effectively collaborate with key internal stakeholders. Whilst previous experience in line management is desirable, we are most keen to hear about your successful, profitable pitches and influential skills in communication.
Don't feel you meet all the criteria? We welcome you to apply even if your experience doesn't match directly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.
What we offer
Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.
- Support with personal and professional development
- 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced contributory pension
- Unmind App and other wellbeing support
- Interest-free loans
- Days Out discounts
- Health & Dental Insurance
Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to develop a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.