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Closing date for applications: 26 August 2025 at 9.00amSalary: £36,900 to £40,850 including Inner London Weighting Are you passionate about fundraising and supporting an inspiring programme of artistic events, learning activities and community work? &nbsp;As we enter an exciting new stage of the Barbican’s life, there couldn’t be a better time to join us. Focussed firmly on the future, we’re working on ambitious plans to create better access to the arts, transforming our building and reimagining what an arts centre can be. Through our work on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, we’ll ensure the Barbican becomes a place where everyone belongs – where creativity, enterprise, and learning coexist, and everybody can achieve their fullest potential.We are seeking a philanthropy officer to play a key role in supporting and delivering excellent stewardship for our patrons and most generous individual donors. From dance and film, to music, theatre and visual arts the philanthropy team works across the whole of our ambitious and joyful cross-arts programme, giving you the chance to share the best of the Barbican with our closest supporters.This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to build on their experience of relationship management and develop their career in fundraising while contributing to the work of an exciting multi-arts venue at a key point of change for the organisation. The successful candidate will be supported to gain experience across all aspects of individual giving, and to develop themselves as an ambitious and high-achieving fundraiser. The Barbican offers an excellent range of staff benefits full details can be found on our website. ResponsibilitiesThe philanthropy officer will be the main point of contact in the philanthropy team, primarily account managing our lower-level patrons and supporting the stewardship and recruitment of higher level donors. Alongside the delivery of our patrons scheme, they will lead on all individual giving events and manage the philanthropy team’s participation in development-wide events such as exhibition private views. The philanthropy officer also provides key administrative support to the philanthropy team, keeping track of financial reconciliation, preparing invoices, and managing accurate income data in our customer relationship management (CRM) platform Spektrix. Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Experience of developing great donor or stakeholder relationships, both in person and in writing</li><li>Ability to manage income and expenditure budgets, especially toward financial reconciliation</li><li>Professional and persuasive written and verbal communication skills (on the phone and in person) including ability to prepare concise written or financial reports</li><li>Ability to take on new systems/databases to record and analyse data, especially in a CRM context</li><li>Good attention to detail with and strong organisational skills</li><li>Energised and flexible attitude toward working with colleagues and stakeholders in all types of interactions and ability to work calmly under pressure</li><li>Ability to demonstrate discretion and confidentiality</li><li>Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and interest in fundraising and the arts</li><li>Experience of planning and delivering events</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Experience of working in a fundraising or marketing team</li><li>Experience of working with Box Office or ticketing systems</li><li>Understanding of GDPR, UK Gift Aid rules, the Data Protection Act, VAT rules, and other relevant legislation concerning fundraising</li><li>Experience of Patron programmes in the arts or fundraising for education</li></ul> Additional informationOur core values are: inclusive, connected, sustainable, joyful and daring. As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Barbican Centre

Philanthropy officer

Closing date for applications: 4th August 2025Salary: £29,000 - £31,000 per annumDepartment:&nbsp;Development&nbsp;Responsible to: Corporate development managerContract: Full-time – permanent, 40 hours per week from 10am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, although additional hours may be necessary in order to fulfil the requirements of the post.Location: The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB Do you enjoy crafting partnerships and love theatre? Join The Old Vic and help grow the meaningful relationships behind this renowned independent cultural institution.The corporate development officer is part of the development team, which fundraises for The Old Vic Theatre Company and The Old Vic Theatre Trust, which is a registered charity. Its aim is to raise voluntary funds for the theatre from individuals, companies, charitable trusts and foundations, and fundraising event activity. The corporate development officer will aid the corporate development team in maintaining and enhancing member and sponsor relationships through outstanding customer service and stewardship and to offer administrative support on the day-to-day running of the team. Additionally, to play a key role in meeting corporate revenue targets for The Old Vic by managing a portfolio of corporate membership accounts and seeking new business. ResponsibilitiesStewardship &amp; account management<ul><li>To act as account manager on a portfolio of corporate members and other agreed relationships; to draft agreements; to provide, track and administrate all the agreed benefits to these clients and deliver outstanding stewardship to secure renewal</li><li>To manage and track the day-to-day delivery of all The Old Vic’s corporate sponsors and members. This includes ticket requests, client events, table reservations, drinks tabs, tours, and site visits</li><li>Build strong professional relationships with all partners and day-to-day contacts, ensuring supporters and their staff are kept up to date with regular news from the theatre</li><li>Lead on seeking approvals on supporter artwork, ensuring branding is in line with the contractual agreements and membership benefits, liaising with the marketing team</li><li>Ensure corporate supporter crediting is correct on the Old Vic’s website, donor wall, programmes and production assets</li><li>Coordinate employee volunteering opportunities and content creation for Take the Lead, liaising with the education and community team</li><li>Work with the corporate development team and wider organisation to collate evaluation reports for corporate supporters, including top tier partners’ quarterly meeting reports</li></ul>New business<ul><li>To work with the head of corporate development and corporate development manager on cultivating new business by identifying new prospects, presenting a strategic commercial offer, making independent approaches, and tracking new business outreach</li><li>Identify and deliver mid- and long-term partnership plans for our supporters to retain them over multiple years. You will also look to identify and deliver opportunities for income growth for supporters across other areas of corporate partnerships (sponsorship, ESG, training)</li><li>Keep abreast of skills and information across all the fundraising sector to contribute to overarching departmental aims and financial targets</li><li>Create proposals, decks, and associated budgets for new business opportunities</li><li>Lead new business approaches through networking at events, meetings, phone calls, and pitches to secure support</li><li>Keep abreast of skills and information across all the fundraising sector to contribute to overarching departmental aims and financial targets</li></ul>Research, database &amp; communications<ul><li>Undertake research on current and prospective corporate sponsors and members, writing prospect profiles and updating supporter/prospect details on Tessitura, The Old Vic’s database</li><li>Carry out benchmarking research of corporate giving within other venues and keep up-to-date research on The Old Vic corporate supporters’ giving elsewhere</li><li>Manage all corporate ticket requests on Tessitura, making bookings and processing payments</li><li>Draft supporter communications, including event invitations, season announcements, and priority booking periods</li><li>Manage corporate sponsor marketing and content plans and lead on communications related to partnership activations</li><li>Design feedback surveys for corporate training days, compiling and sharing feedback to facilitators and clients, ensuring positive feedback is tracked to be used on future proposals</li><li>Ensure corporate supporter crediting is correct on the Old Vic’s website, donor wall, programmes and production assets</li></ul>Internal and external events<ul><li>To liaise with the head of events, events manager and clients to deliver client, cultivation, and internal events for the corporate team at the highest standard</li><li>To support the corporate development manager in arranging corporate training events through contracting and facilitator communications</li><li>Represent The Old Vic at corporate training events and ensure participants have a great experience on the day, in collaboration with the events manager</li><li>To oversee all catering arrangements, ticketing, seating plans, and sourcing of training materials for all corporate member/sponsor/training events, working closely with the events manager</li><li>To design, draft and send all invites, manage and respond to RSVPs, sending joining instructions to appropriate guests in advance of each internal event and recording attendance on Tessitura</li><li>To create event guest lists and compile briefing notes for guests attending internal events</li><li>To oversee the design and timely delivery of programme wraps for sponsor events, liaising with The Old Vic’s design team, external printers, and the client</li><li>To attend and assist at regular supporter events, taking an active role in event delivery and networking with guests, with additional hours as necessary</li></ul>Corporate development administration<ul><li>To support the corporate development manager and head of corporate development in implementing departmental strategy and diversifying of income streams for The Old Vic</li><li>To contribute to the compiling of projections, budgets and business plans in relation to the corporate team</li><li>To offer administrative support on the day to day running of the corporate team including some diary management, meeting set up, arranging couriers, and taking minutes at meetings as required</li><li>To conduct diligent financial administration for the corporate team, including: tracking and coding corporate development expenditure, tracking income, raising invoices and ensuring they are paid in a timely manner, and processing recharges</li><li>To draft facilitator agreements for corporate training activity</li><li>To carry out any other duties as reasonably requested by the head of corporate development and corporate development manager</li></ul>General<ul><li>To work closely with the wider team to ensure that the best possible systems and processes are in place</li><li>To maintain an electronic and physical filing system with meticulous upkeep and organisation of corporate records and correspondence</li><li>To represent The Old Vic appropriately – taking a professional approach to presentation and communication with corporate partners, the wider business community, peer organisations, and internal team</li><li>To comply with The Old Vic’s equal opportunities, sustainability and health &amp; safety and staff handbook policies at all times</li></ul>This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the theatre's management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level. Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Administration and events experience</li><li>Good knowledge of the principles of fundraising and stewardship</li><li>Prospecting and research experience</li><li>Outstanding organisational skills</li><li>Excellent written and verbal skills and ability to network confidently</li><li>Fully computer literate: word processing, spreadsheets, database, internet, and email</li><li>Adept at adapting to new environments and prioritising tasks to meet deadlines</li><li>Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders at all levels of seniority</li><li>Ability to work effectively within a small team and on own initiative</li><li>Resilient, flexible, and discreet</li><li>Well-motivated and proactive</li></ul> 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.

The Old Vic Theatre

Corporate development officer

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