Job Description
Location: London
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Hours: 40 hours per week (inclusive of breaks), with some evening and weekend work required
Annual leave: 22 days plus bank holidays
Background The organisation is more than a cultural space; it is a vibrant community hub where creativity thrives, voices are heard and everyone is welcomed and celebrated. Its vision is to empower undervalued, unheard and excluded communities through creative and cultural spaces, rooted in a strong theatrical and community legacy. The organisation is dedicated to presenting and collaborating with voices and perspectives often marginalised in mainstream funded culture.
Its values are to be welcoming, radical and collaborative, celebrating a distinctive identity and growing accomplishments.
About the role As Senior Development Manager, you will acquire and manage relationships with individuals, corporate organisations, trusts, foundations and statutory funders who align with the organisation s mission, values and community ambitions.
You will translate artistic and civic work into compelling cases for support across individual giving, corporate partnerships and trusts and foundations. Working closely across teams, you will help ensure fundraising activity supports artistic, civic and community ambitions and contributes to sustainable growth.
What are we looking for? The organisation is seeking an experienced, dynamic and strategic fundraiser who thrives on delivery. You will be confident working across income streams and internally with the Commercial Director, Trustees, senior leadership and colleagues to engage and cultivate high-value donors and partners.
Leadership and Management
How to Apply Please explain what attracts you to the role and provide evidence of how you meet the criteria.
Apply via the organisation s online recruitment platform by uploading your CV and a covering letter (maximum two sides of A4, size 12 font).
Deadline: 9am, 23 April 2026
First interviews: Week commencing 27 April 2026
Second interviews: Week commencing 4 May 2026
You may have experience in the following: Senior Development Manager, Development Manager, Fundraising Manager, Head of Development, Senior Fundraising Manager, Partnerships Manager, Philanthropy Manager, Development and Partnerships Manager, Arts Fundraising Manager, Charity Fundraising Manager, Trusts and Foundations Manager, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Development Lead.
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Salary: £40,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Hours: 40 hours per week (inclusive of breaks), with some evening and weekend work required
Annual leave: 22 days plus bank holidays
Background The organisation is more than a cultural space; it is a vibrant community hub where creativity thrives, voices are heard and everyone is welcomed and celebrated. Its vision is to empower undervalued, unheard and excluded communities through creative and cultural spaces, rooted in a strong theatrical and community legacy. The organisation is dedicated to presenting and collaborating with voices and perspectives often marginalised in mainstream funded culture.
Its values are to be welcoming, radical and collaborative, celebrating a distinctive identity and growing accomplishments.
About the role As Senior Development Manager, you will acquire and manage relationships with individuals, corporate organisations, trusts, foundations and statutory funders who align with the organisation s mission, values and community ambitions.
You will translate artistic and civic work into compelling cases for support across individual giving, corporate partnerships and trusts and foundations. Working closely across teams, you will help ensure fundraising activity supports artistic, civic and community ambitions and contributes to sustainable growth.
What are we looking for? The organisation is seeking an experienced, dynamic and strategic fundraiser who thrives on delivery. You will be confident working across income streams and internally with the Commercial Director, Trustees, senior leadership and colleagues to engage and cultivate high-value donors and partners.
Leadership and Management
- Contribute to and implement fundraising, membership and partnership strategies
- Refine fundraising strategy based on learning and performance
- Align fundraising priorities with the organisation s mission and strategic objectives
- Lead diversified income generation with a focus on individuals, trusts and foundations and corporate partnerships
- Oversee proposals, pitches and negotiations with supporters and partners
- Develop engaging digital fundraising campaigns with Marketing and Communications
- Secure grants supporting artistic programming and civic engagement
- Identify, cultivate and secure new high-value funders and partners
- Lead stewardship of key relationships with personalised engagement
- Implement cultivation and stewardship strategies to deepen long-term support
- Monitor fundraising effectiveness and reporting
- Oversee budgets with the Commercial Director and liaise with Finance
- Ensure accurate processes including Gift Aid, GDPR compliance and reporting
- Report progress to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Trustees
- Represent the organisation at events and donor meetings
- Keep up to date with best practice in cultural and charity fundraising
- Proven experience where philanthropic, corporate or grant income is central
- Track record of delivering income growth
- Experience securing and managing funding relationships
- Strong internal communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of UK charity, tax and fundraising legislation
- Arts, heritage or comparable sector fundraising experience
- Knowledge of international fundraising and tax-effective giving
- Experience of legacy or endowment fundraising
- Dynamic, resilient and collaborative
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Strong alignment with the organisation s values and mission
How to Apply Please explain what attracts you to the role and provide evidence of how you meet the criteria.
Apply via the organisation s online recruitment platform by uploading your CV and a covering letter (maximum two sides of A4, size 12 font).
Deadline: 9am, 23 April 2026
First interviews: Week commencing 27 April 2026
Second interviews: Week commencing 4 May 2026
You may have experience in the following: Senior Development Manager, Development Manager, Fundraising Manager, Head of Development, Senior Fundraising Manager, Partnerships Manager, Philanthropy Manager, Development and Partnerships Manager, Arts Fundraising Manager, Charity Fundraising Manager, Trusts and Foundations Manager, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Development Lead.
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