Development Officer (Trusts & Foundations)

If you want to build on your experience of fundraising in the education, arts, cultural or wider charitable sectors, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role supporting the Trusts and Foundations team at University of the Arts London.

Collaborating closely with the Head of Trusts and Foundations and the Trusts and Foundations Manager, you will ensure exceptional stewardship of UAL’s supporters and act as the key contact for Trusts and Foundations supported scholars.

In this capacity, you will engage with colleagues across the development, academic, and central departments, as well as students, to produce top-tier reports and foster meaningful connections with Trusts and Foundations funders.

You will additionally be responsible for securing grant renewals and new grant income towards student support (bursaries and awards) from a personal portfolio of Trusts and Foundations funders and prospects.

About you

This role demands a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual. You will be a vital member of the development team, especially as UAL embarks on its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, with an aim to raise more money than ever before, and to build a culture of philanthropy across the University.   

In addition to your fundraising experience, you will need experience of providing administrative support in a busy fast-paced environment, ideally in Further Education or Higher Education, or similar setting.

You will also need excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience of collating and presenting information in compelling reports, applications or similar.

A high level of competency in Microsoft Office 365 including Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and a willingness to learn new systems is equally important.

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.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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Closing date: 4 April 2024 at 22:55. 

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.