Development Officer (Major Giving)

The opportunity

Are you an experienced administrator who believes the world needs creativity? University Arts of the London (UAL) is recruiting a Development Officer for our Major Giving team, to support the delivery of its first ever comprehensive fundraising campaign. 

UAL is a world-leading university for teaching and research in the fields of art, design, and communications. We are rated 2nd in the world for Art and Design and offer a unique range of courses which annually foster the creative potential of over 20,000 students from across the world.

As a university committed to social purpose, we are dedicated to nurturing creativity as a profound source of positive change in the world. To this end we are about to launch our first major fundraising campaign which aims to harness the support of our friends, alumni, and wider community to help deliver our aim to make the world a better place through our collective creative endeavour.

About you

We’re looking for someone with strong administrative skills to fill a key role on the team responsible for raising funds from individuals. This role sits within the broader Development department, which sits within the Social Purpose group.

You are a great communicator, as you’ll be the day-to-day contact for our donors as well as for students who receive support like scholarships and bursaries. You’ll be confident in drafting well-written reports as well as letters and emails to our supporters.

You’re comfortable using standard Microsoft Office software including Outlook and Excel. We use a number of specialist systems to manage income including our fundraising database, Raisers Edge, and UAL’s finance software. You won’t need to be an expert at those, but will be someone who is confident that they can learn new software quickly.

You are detail oriented and organised, capable of managing a busy and varied workload. You’re great at building relationships with all kinds of people, from donors to colleagues across UAL to students receiving scholarships. You’re comfortable working independently but enjoy working as part of a team.

If this sounds like you, please submit your application, we'd love to have a conversation.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

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Closing date: 22^nd August 2024, 23:55.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Becky Hatch, Resourcing Adviser via email at Socialpurposestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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