Development manager

Closing date: 29th July 2025

Salary: c. £38,000 per annum depending on experience.

Hampstead Theatre is hiring!

At Hampstead Theatre, we create progressive, thought provoking and original theatre, working with the best creative talent. The Development manager plays a vital role within the Development team by both supporting and leading activity to help Hampstead Theatre reach its ambitious fundraising target (£1.5m this year). The role includes managing the department’s busy schedule of fundraising events, including the annual Gala; stewarding the Patrons Scheme with the rest of the team, and securing gifts from high-net worth individuals.

If you have a genuine passion for bold, ambitious, original theatre, experience of managing large-scale fundraising events and previous experience working in fundraising for a producing theatre or in an arts environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Previous experience working in Development in a producing theatre or arts organisation
• Experience of managing large-scale fundraising events
• A genuine passion for bold, ambitious, original theatre
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent administrative, IT and Excel budget management skills
• Experience of using a CRM system
• Ability to manage own workload
• Highly accurate, well-organised and with consistent time management skills
• Proactive can-do attitude, high energy and the desire to work within a team
• Approachable demeanour and ability to communicate and advocate the work of the theatre
• Tactful, diplomatic and able to maintain confidentiality for sensitive information
• Available for evening events
• Experience of first-line budget and expenditure management

Desirable

• Experience of working with Tessitura
• Experience of ‘making the ask’

For further information, including how to apply, please download the job description via the 'Apply' button.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.