Prospect Development Officer

Location: South Kensington Campus – Hybrid

Job Summary

Consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial College London is committed to developing the next generation of researchers, scientists and academics through collaboration across scientific fields. Located in the heart of London, it is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to address global challenges.

Do you have an enquiring mind and strong interpersonal skills? Do you enjoy producing high-quality research for different audiences? Advancement are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Prospect Development Officer to play a key role in building a strong base of support to maximise philanthropic income for the College and support the College’s fundraising activities.

Duties and responsibilities

• You will utilise a range of sources to produce high quality research profiles on individuals, companies and charitable foundations for a variety of purposes and different audiences
• You will complete due diligence checks by producing research with a focus on ethical, risk and reputations issues.
• You will develop and maintain positive relationships with fundraising colleagues and other senior members of staff.
• You will be recognised as a skilled user of the our database and provide advice and guidance to fundraising colleagues in relation to this in order to maintain data accuracy.
• You will support the Prospect Development team with active management of fundraisers’ portfolios, including the delivery of quarterly pipeline review through the provision of accurate reporting and prospect analysis.

Essential requirements

• Experience of using various online resources to collate information, employing varying techniques and processes for gathering and disseminating information
• Experience of translating information into briefings and writing reports for a wide range of audiences
• Experience of recording and maintaining data
• Experience of Higher Education Fundraising or alumni relations
• Good organisational skills, demonstrating the ability to manage full workloads and conflicting priorities and deadlines.

Further Information

This position is full-time and open-ended.

Should you require any further details on the role please contact Kate McCormick (k.mccormick@imperial.ac.uk)

The College is currently trialling a Work Location Framework until early 2023.  Hybrid working may be considered for this role and the role holder may be expected to work 60% or more of their time onsite, with 40% the minimum time spent onsite.  The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. 

Closing date: 16/04/2023

To apply, visit www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs and search by the job reference PRS00222.

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