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About Us

Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) provides a fundraising and alumni engagement function in support of King's College London . We are proud to work with colleagues across the university and its health partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare. Our work also includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity in support of children's mental health initiatives between the university's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.

We are a committed team that brings together fundraisers working across different channels, alongside colleagues who promote King's College London's engagement with its worldwide alumni community. Our work is underpinned and enhanced by a range of dedicated professionals in supporting areas covering proposition development, supporter engagement, supporter operations and business operations.

We have an impressive, well-established track record of success in securing support that allows the university and partners to deliver on their missions. This includes our global, award-winning World Questions: King's Answers campaign, which set the standard in the sector and enabled us to raise substantial funds to help tackle some of the world's biggest challenges. Ambitious and innovative, the team has won awards such as a CASE Platinum Award for Fundraising and a CASE Gold Award for Donor Relations and Stewardship. We are strongly values-driven with a focus on sustaining an excellent and supportive culture, which we see as key to creating a successful team that can support the university and its partners in making a real and positive difference to the world we live in.

More on King's College London

King's College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. The university is dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. Through its commitment to exceptional education, impactful research and genuine service to society, King's College London is creating positive change in its communities, both in London and on the world stage. The Strategic Vision 2029 looks forward to King's College London's 200th anniversary in 2029 and sets out ambitious plans in five key areas:

• Educating the next generation of change-makers
• Challenging ideas and driving change through research
• Giving back to society through meaningful service
• Working with our local communities in London
• Fostering global citizens with an international perspective

About the role

King's is at an exciting point as we look to significantly scale up our philanthropic ambitions. We are looking for an excellent experienced Senior Advancement Communications Writer who is genuinely excited to tell engaging and powerful stories.

From writing fundraising proposals and cases for support, impact reports, gift announcements and speeches, to developing key messages and concept notes for alumni audiences and high-net-worth individuals, including Major and Principal Gifts, the post holder will use their excellent writing and communication skills to lead on creating a wide range of supporting collateral for student support, research, clinical and capital projects for a range of audiences across a range of channels. They will be comfortable writing across a range of subjects including mental and physical health, climate and sustainability, peace, justice and security, and the digital world.

The Senior Advancement Communications Writer will work closely with fundraisers to understand the requirements for the delivery of written materials and will meet with clinical and academic colleagues to gather content for proposals. They will have the ability to think quickly and strategically in meetings with key stakeholders and will have the confidence to ask the questions that will ensure the creation of powerful and donor-facing narratives, being confident enough to push back and challenge where necessary. They will turn around proposals efficiently with excellent attention to detail and will be expected to work on a number of different content simultaneously, whilst thinking innovatively and creatively about the way in which content is displayed and delivered. They will work closely with colleagues in the Donor Relations team to deliver high quality impact reports for our donors and support content delivery for the Advancement Communications team, helping us to tell the story of King's to our various audiences.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract, however we are happy to discuss part time or flexible working. P&A has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we're very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Excellent written communication skills and ability to convey information to a range of audiences in a clear, inspiring and confident way
2. Knowledge and understanding of fundraising and philanthropic motivations and of engaging with donors/prospects at a Principal Gift level (£5m+)
3. Excellent grammatical and proofing skills
4. Experience of researching content for communications
5. Strong organisational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritise effectively and to successfully manage competing deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail
6. Ability to analyse, translate and present complex research and ideas into written form, in line with audience requirements
7. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships with senior academics and clinicians, and other key stakeholders

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in developing fundraising propositions in a Higher Education and/or hospital/health/charity environment
2. Ability to think strategically and understand/interpret complex activities and partnerships
3. Awareness of sensitive internal politics and ability to navigate these

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. In P&A we want to build a diverse team, which represents the communities served by the organisations we support.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including part-time, compressed hours and/or job shares, as appropriate and in the context of the business needs associated with the role.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit ' pages.

We offer the opportunity of an "Ask Us Anything" Teams call on 18th June 1pm. During this call you will be able to ask any questions you might have about the role, the selection process, our department, our core values and work culture, our current hybrid work policy, or simply listen to others' questions. To join please email Jessica.roddis@kcl.ac.uk.

This roles with have two interview stages, a standard skills-based interview followed (for up to two appointable candidates) by a Core Values interview.

First stage interviews are due to be held between 3rd-12th July. Core Values interviews are dure to be held on w/c 14th July.