Deputy Director, Principal Gifts

University of Manchester; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a Deputy Director for Principal Gifts to lead their fundraising efforts. This pivotal role involves securing transformational gifts and providing strategic guidance within a collaborative team. Candidates should possess extensive experience in fundraising and the ability to shape the future of philanthropy at the University. The position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior fundraising roles.
• Ability to provide strategic guidance to university leaders.
• Strong interpersonal skills for team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead Principal Gifts programme for the University.
• Secure transformational principal gifts.
• Provide strategic guidance to senior leaders and colleagues.

Job description

Overview

Deputy Director, Principal Gifts

University of Manchester

£80,000 - £110,000, dependent on experience

Hybrid working

This is a really unique opportunity to lead a Principal Gifts programme for the University of Manchester.

As Deputy Director, Principal Gifts, you will work at the most senior levels to secure principal gifts that are truly transformational. Your leadership will help ensure that we deliver our most ambitious fundraising effort in our history, designed to expand our global influence, engage new audiences and galvanise our community of over 600,000 alumni worldwide.

You will join an incredible Development and Alumni Relations team here, led by Kate Cambden, and work alongside our new Vice Chancellor, Professor Duncan Ivison, a seasoned fundraiser with vision, ambition and international standing. With philanthropy embedded at the heart of the University’s forthcoming ten-year strategy, this is a pivotal moment to help drive Manchester’s future impact.

Reporting to the Director of Development & Alumni Relations, you will be a vital member of the Senior Leadership Team, providing strategic guidance to University leaders, academics, and fundraising colleagues, while securing the gifts that will make the greatest difference.

This is a chance to shape the future of philanthropy at Manchester - for our students, our researchers, and our global community - while leaving a lasting legacy.

Everything is coming together to make this a real inflection point for Development and Alumni Relations at Manchester. We have an incredible team, an outstanding Vice Chancellor and a significant growth trajectory in our fundraising. We have an enormous – almost unprecedented - opportunity to help the University of Manchester have an even greater impact in the world.

The team here are passionate, fun, creative, and ambitious individuals who are dedicated to our work as well as to supporting each other. This role embodies our values - integrity, collaboration, boldness and ambition - and will be central to delivering the lasting impact our campaign seeks.

Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 5 November.

Interested?

Please familiarise yourself with the attached Candidate Pack. To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter.

The University of Manchester is partnering with Constellate Global Talent on this search. No agencies please.