Senior Philanthropy Officer, Trusts and Foundations - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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UE07:
£36, £43,155.00 Per Annum

University Secretary's Group / Development and Alumni

Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week

Would you like to support work to tackle global and local challenges? Do you want to help talented students from across Scotland and around the globe access a world class education, whatever their circumstances? We are seeking a Senior Philanthropy Officer, Trusts and Foundations to work on varied and exciting projects across the University.

Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy Trusts and Foundations, you will be part of the respected Trusts Team within Development & Alumni - a friendly and inclusive department within the University.

You will provide leadership in fundraising from trusts and foundations and demonstrate sympathy with the University's values and aspirations.

The Opportunity:

The University of Edinburgh is ranked among the world's greatest universities.

This is a wonderful opportunity for someone with great communication skills to work alongside leading academics and others to help support students and fund impactful research.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Significant experience of proposal writing, including playing a lead role in securing large gifts
Enthusiasm for working as part of a collaborative and inclusive team
A commitment to ethical fundraising practices, and a drive for excellence
The ability to comprehend, digest and express complicated information
The ability to identify, develop and articulate philanthropicallyfundable projects

Click to view a copy of the full job description**The Development & Alumni department offers an inclusive and welcoming working environment: we understand that a diverse team is crucial to achieving our mission of "connecting for good". Our team is ambitious, acts with integrity and demonstrates commitment to progress and impact. We nurture talent and reward success.

You will be empowered to shape and inform aspects of our office culture such as diversity and inclusion, mental health and wellbeing, and sustainability.

You will be supported to bring new ideas, and to take and learn from calculated risks. You will be empowered to develop ways of working that fit team needs and individual circumstances.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An inclusive, exciting, positive, creative and rewarding place to work.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which include a generous holiday entitlement, optional
defined benefits pension scheme
s with generous employer contributions
, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working, extensive staff discounts, and much more.

Go to our staff benefits page
for further information. A reward calculator **helps show the total value of pay and benefits provided.

Staff members are supported to contribute to the University' equality diversity and inclusion agenda through groups such as the Disabled Staff Network, Staff Pride Network and Edinburgh Race Equality Network.

The University of Edinburgh is proud of its Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We anticipate interviews will be held on 14 th June in Edinburgh

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role.

International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.