Philanthropy Operations Officer

The University of London is the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 London-based universities, many of which are among the highest-ranking universities in the world.

The Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement team

The University is now planning a new campaign focused on the transformation of our iconic Senate House Library. Based in Senate House, it is one of the UK’s largest libraries for arts, humanities, and social sciences—home to 2 million books, 50 special collections, and 1800 archival collections—and it serves students from across the federation.

Since the inception of the Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement team in 2015, we have built our engagement activities and systems and now have an established community of more than 200,000 contactable alumni, donors and prospects – the majority of whom are outside of the UK.

It is a great time to join our team and be part of a successful campaign while enhancing your career with a globally recognised institution. 

The Role

We now seek a Philanthropy Operations Officer to play a vital role in delivering our transformational fundraising efforts, most notably, our bold and exciting Library Transformation Project.

You’ll be a key part of our Philanthropy Operations team, supporting a wide range of functions across the Office, including events, communications, fundraising, donor insights and reporting. In addition to business as usual requests, the Philanthropy Operations Officer will take a share of the Operations team projects, supporting the development of our systems and processes.

For a full role profile, please refer to the job description.

Further information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application and CV (by clicking ‘Apply’ at the top of this page) before the closing date at midnight on 27 July 2025. 

The University will be unable to sponsor candidates for a visa for this role. Successful applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

The University reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the published end date should it receive sufficient applications to warrant earlier shortlisting.

Preferential consideration will be given to the University redeployment pool.

The University currently operates a Hybrid Working framework involving a mix of working remotely and in the office. Typically, most employees will be able to agree to work remotely for up to 60% of their working week, role dependent, however will need to attend the office on specific days for training or team meetings etc.

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria named in the job description. 

Pursuing excellence in education and equal opportunities.

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