Senior Development Manager, Trusts and Foundations
Vacancy Status : FILLED
Job Title: Senior Development Manager, Trusts and Foundations
Client: The University of St Andrews
Location: Remote with on campus working 1 or 2 days a month
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £45,585 - £56,021 pa, depending on experience, supplemented by an attractive benefits package.
Closing Date: Wednesday 14th February
Reference: USA004
The remit of the Development Office is to develop and strengthen the University’s position at the forefront of teaching, learning, and research by inspiring active participation, investment, and loyalty to St Andrews.
They do this through fundraising for key University priorities and developing mutually beneficial relations with over 70,000 alumni, friends, and benefactors worldwide.
Significant capital projects include the development of a ‘New College’, the first in 300 years, and a new
masterplan for the Science and Medicine Campus.
The Campaign also focuses on research support within the Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis, funding sustainability initiatives to help the University’s net zero targets and an ongoing commitment to growing scholarship support.
The University is in the quiet phase of the Campaign, but the ambitious £300 million Campaign will be launched this year.
Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager
The Senior Development Manager, Trusts and Foundations will play a crucial role in delivering support for the University of St Andrew’s £300m fundraising campaign. You will be a senior member of the Campaign and Donor Relations Team and will also work very closely with members of the Major Gifts Team both in the UK and the US. You will be an experienced leader with a track record of six and seven-figure gifts, an established network of trust and foundation contacts, with a thorough understanding of the higher education and charitable sectors.
You will be responsible for developing giving from trusts, foundations, and charities across arts and humanities and science and medicine, including for scholarships, research, and large capital projects to fit within the University’s strategic priorities.
Founded in 1413 and thriving in 2024, the University of St Andrews, the third oldest English-speaking university in the world, is ranked the top university in the UK by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide and The Guardian University Guide 2024 published in September 2023.
St Andrews is famous the world over for two reasons, it is the home of golf and for its University, with its reputation for the excellence of its staff and the quality of research-led teaching, both of which attract people from around the world.
The University is at the heart of this ancient town, being a historical centre of learning comprising a diverse community of 10,000 students and 2,750 staff from 140 countries.
You must have unquestioned integrity, curiosity, and the ability to listen and learn from others. Comfortable working in a purposeful and rapidly evolving environment, you should possess:
- A degree or equivalent working experience.
- Extensive experience in trust and foundation giving.
- Evidence of securing 6 and 7-figure gifts.
- Experience of working in a large, complex, and diverse organisation with senior staff and stakeholders and high-level volunteers, and external networks.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to translate complex briefs/projects into persuasive fundraising cases for support.
- High level of expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other packages.Experience in the use of Raiser’s Edge or other relevant relational database.