Head of Philanthropy

Job title: Head of Philantrophy

Contract type:  Full time (35 hours per week)

Location: London

Salary: Grade 6. £50,000 - £60,000. Please note, for internal applicants the salary will be reflected by pay and award policy

Working arrangements:  35 hours per week between 8am and 6pm. Hybrid working - you will be required to work in the office a minimum of 6 days per month. This role requires travel within the UK and attendance at evening and some weekend events.

An exciting opportunity to join a high-performing fundraising team and help shape our new fundraising strategy to improve patient care and reduce ill health across communities.

As Head of Philanthropy, you’ll hold a senior role in a busy team and lead our efforts to bring major donors into long term relationships with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

Your core responsibility will be to grow our pool of major donors and find opportunities to engage face-to-face with prospective supporters at the major gift level.

You’ll be trusted to work autonomously to develop and implement a new major gifts strategy to achieve our fundraising targets.

You’ll report to and work closely with the Director of Development and have the full support and involvement of the President, College Officers, Trustees, and CEO.

Purpose and scope

Responsibilities

• Making recommendations to help shape the overall strategic goals of our multi-year fundraising campaign to ensure that we deliver our ambitious income generation targets
• Developing and implementing the RCP's major donor engagement strategy to ensure that your own targets for annual income from major donors are successfully achieved
• Working with the President, College Officers, Trustees, CEO, and Executive Directors, to grow and manage your portfolio of major donor prospects and to optimise these relationships through regular cultivation meetings and stewardship events
• Ensuring our database is being used optimally to identify prospects, to help build better relationships and to effectively target our efforts
• Supporting and line managing the Development Administrator, including setting targets and providing support in ensuring that these are met
• Supporting the Director of Development in the management of key donor and stakeholder relationships and by contributing to department-wide planning
• Planning ahead and taking a multi-year outlook to ensure our major donor pipeline supports the RCP's ambitions in both current and future years
• Expanding the programme of major donor events and engagement activities
• Ensuring due diligence on prospective major donors and adherence to internal processes and procedures for fundraising, reporting, financial and information management

About you

• A substantial track record of meeting 6 figure+ income targets either in fundraising or an equivalent results-oriented environment
• An entrepreneurial approach and experience in negotiating and influencing others
• Exceptional interpersonal, networking, and communication skills
• An articulate and persuasive written style and the ability to produce high quality, compelling proposals
• Experience of line management, budget management and events management
• Confidence in maintaining and establishing relationships with senior individuals and organisations

For further information about the role, please view the Job Description and Person Specification .  

Benefits

The basics

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan
• hybrid working (a minimum of 6 days per month in the office)

Health and wellbeing

• employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and workstation assessments
• cycle to work scheme
• corporate eye care scheme with Optical Express.

Plus

• professional training and development opportunities
• staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands summer and Christmas staff days.

About the RCP

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a patient-centred and clinically led membership organisation for physicians, with 40,000 members worldwide. The RCP works to ensure that physicians are trained to provide high-quality care and promotes evidence-based policies to government to encourage healthy lifestyles and reduce illness. By working in partnership with other health organisations, we present a powerful and unified voice to improve health and healthcare.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the job description. Please note that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be shortlisted. If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email [email protected]  . 

Closing date: Sunday 03 March 2023

Interview date: Friday 08 March 2023

Early applications are advised as the vacancy may close before the deadline if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

The RCP positively encourages applications for suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people - our members, our staff, our volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. that's why welcoming and having people who represent the 21st century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is so important to us.