Philanthropy Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

Newcastle University
Newcastle University
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Salary:
£29,605 - £30,487 with progression to £32,982 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.


Closing Date: 05 April 2024

Newcastle University (NU) Advancement is the driving force behind fundraising and alumni and supporter engagement across the University.

Our work transforms lives, inspires ground-breaking research, and creates opportunities and communities that have a profound impact across the University, the city, the region and beyond.


This established role presents an exciting opportunity to gain fundraising and relationship building experience, as part of a friendly and ambitious team.

The Role

Newcastle University (NU) Advancement is the driving force behind fundraising and alumni and supporter engagement across the University. Our work transforms lives, inspires ground-breaking research, and creates opportunities and communities that have a profound impact.


This role sits within our Individual Major Gift Fundraising team, and you will play an important part in building and maintaining positive relationships with senior alumni and other high net worth individuals with the potential to offer philanthropic support to the University.

You will offer an excellent level of service and supporter experience, with a specific focus on securing philanthropic gifts.

This established role presents an exciting opportunity to gain fundraising and relationship building experience. Advancement team members benefit from an extensive range of in-house and external training and development opportunities.

Interviews to take place on Monday 15th April 2024.

The post is full time, permanent.

Key Accountabilities
To raise philanthropic income from individuals to support the University fundraising priorities
To grow and manage a personal portfolio of high value relationships with prospective supporters, maintaining close personal relationships with them
To offer accurate advice on ways to support Newcastle University including tax-efficient ways to give
To devise cultivation plans for prospects to increase their affiliation to the University and their propensity to offer financial support
To prepare and personally present compelling opportunity proposals aligned to key university priorities
To work with teams across the University to negotiate donor opportunities and prepare donation agreements
To work towards a series of benchmarks and personal targets and contribute to NU Advancement's income goals
To attend events run by NU Advancement and other organisations as required
To maintain excellent communication with donors in order to ensure that they see the real impact of their donation and continue their support
To diligently record interactions Advancement's CRM system (Raiser's Edge) to enable accurate reporting and analytics on team and personal activity
To remain up to date with developments in fundraising and be aware of GDPR, The Fundraising Code of Practice and other policies, covering alumni engagement and fundraising

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Experience of working in a public-facing role with a focus on sales, fundraising, external relations, customer relations or alumni relations
Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience of writing and presenting accurate, inspiring, and persuasive proposals
The confidence to work with senior individuals, and the ability to adapt communication styles to differing audiences
Proven ability to work with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority to achieve results
Skills in negotiating and influencing
The ability to plan and manage own workload, to prioritise effectively, and to manage multiple simultaneous projects with competing deadlines
Understanding of the importance and impact of universities and a desire to grow support for the sector
Desirable
Experience of working with high-net-worth individuals, preferably in a marketing, advisory or fundraising role
Experience of alumni engagement and fundraising
Experience working with a CRM system, alumni database or equivalent

Attributes and Behaviour (Essential)


To embrace the values of NU Advancement:

  • Ambitious and Future-Focussed
  • Professional and Approachable
  • Caring and Dedicated
To work collaboratively with others, play a positive role in teams, and establish and grow relationships across the organisation where different skills, expertise and opinions are valued
To gather a broad range of relevant information from internal and external sources making this information widely available. Use information to gain competitive advantage
To persuade, convince, and influence others in order to achieve results and gain support


Qualifications:

A degree, or the ability to demonstrable experience in an equivalent role

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