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Role Overview:

The Talent Set is thrilled to be working with a fantastic organisation as they search for a Social Media and Content Manager to support them on an initial 3-month role. The successful candidate will craft engaging content, drive audience growth, and foster meaningful connections across digital channels.

This dynamic role is central to delivering impactful, high-quality content that supports marketing goals and deepens engagement with diverse audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a digital content strategy with a 12-month content calendar.
• Plan, create, and publish content across social media, website, and email campaigns, ensuring alignment with brand identity.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to optimise website architecture and user experience.
• Manage crisis communications in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
• Create and deliver strategies to grow engagement and community on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.
• Plan and execute creative campaigns supporting audience growth and ticket sales.
• Monitor and engage with social media communities, fostering positive relationships.
• Use analytics tools to track performance and provide actionable insights to inform strategy.
• Ensure content planning is data-driven and audience-focused.
• Partner with creative teams to produce high-quality digital assets, including video and visual content.
• Showcase artistic achievements, behind-the-scenes moments, and community initiatives.
• Align content strategies with marketing campaigns and organisational goals.
• Manage and mentor the Marketing Assistant, fostering their development.
• Encourage staff contributions to digital storytelling while maintaining brand consistency.

Person Specification:

• Proven experience in content strategy, social media management, and digital marketing.
• Strong editorial skills and the ability to craft compelling audience-focused content.
• Significant copywriting experience for digital channels.
• Experience commissioning video content and managing its delivery.
• Proficiency with analytics tools for performance evaluation and strategy development.
• Experience using content management systems (e.g., WordPress) and understanding website optimisation.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Adobe Photoshop and Figma.
• Skilled in social media management tools, including Meta Business Suite.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, capable of handling multiple priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Experience managing live streaming or digital events.
• Knowledge of SEO and digital advertising platforms.

Ability to capture handheld content for social media channels.

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive rate of £150.20 per-day + £18.69 daily holiday for the successful candidate.
• An immediate start in a fantastic organisation that harbours creativity and learning.
• A hybrid working pattern with just 2-3-days per-week in the organisation’s East Sussex location.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the “apply now” button.

We aim to get back to all successful candidate within 48 working hours.

Commitment to Diversity:

The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

The New Partnerships Manager is responsible for securing multi-faceted, high-value, long-term corporate partnerships. They will support the Senior New Partnerships Manager to deliver on the departmental corporate new business strategy and secure mid-level corporate partnerships.

The successful candidate will have experience securing five and/or six-figure partnerships, a thorough understanding of the new business life cycle, and excellent project management skills. They will be a driven, self-starter with outstanding organisational and communication skills with a successful track record in income generation.

The successful candidate will have the following: 

• Track record of securing 5 and/or 6-figure partnership conversations in a commercial or charity context.
• Experience working in a fast-paced working environment to reach individual and team new business targets.
• Strong proposal writing skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, gravitas and credibility with the ability to persuade and build positive consensus.
• Target-driven and ability to spot and maximise revenue-generating opportunities.

If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!

The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Tuesday 8th April 2025 at 12 noon

Salary: £25,643 - £30,161 pro rata

(Based on the full-time salary of £42,480 - £49,965 per annum)

Part Time: 24.75 hours / 3 days per week

We are looking for a Complaints Manager to join the BFI. You will be responsible for overseeing and resolving any issues or complaints from customers and other stakeholders about our products or services ensuring these are handled efficiently, fairly, professionally and on a timely basis.

The BFI has a public and industry remit and therefore has responsibilities to a wide range of audiences, partners and stakeholders including Government and industry.

The complaints process covers all such BFI activities including complaints from both customers and applicants for funding, so all reference to customers and applicants here includes the full range of those who interact with the BFI.

We recognise that we won’t always get it right first time and therefore view complaints as invaluable learning opportunities. We are committed to understanding and addressing customer and applicant concerns, using feedback to drive continuous improvement and foster a culture of openness. By embracing this mindset, we aim to enhance our services and create a more positive experience for our customers and applicants. Promoting this appropriately to colleagues across the BFI is a key aspect of the role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing strategies to address customer issues, ensuring customer satisfaction, and ensuring our processes and systems for management of customer complaints and issues are appropriate, reflecting best practice and kept under review on the principle of continuous improvement. 

• Provide advice, guidance and support to staff, enabling them to take necessary actions and where necessary directly intervene to resolve complaints and complex issues, as well as supporting staff in their understanding of complaints as a learning opportunity.

• Proactively de-escalate and avoid challenges arising from complaints and complex issues by promoting knowledge, skills, and confidence among colleagues. 

• Continuously seek ways to improve the complaints handling process and customer satisfaction and develop and implement policies and procedures to improve the complaints handling process. 

• Manage complex cases that require a higher level of attention and expertise. 

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Proven experience in a complaint handling or customer service role, with a focus on complex case management. 

• Experience reviewing complaints processes and seeking areas of improvement within a best practice framework. 

• Understanding of relevant regulations and industry standards related to complaints handling. 

• Strong influencing and negotiating skills, problem-solving skills, excellent communication abilities, and a high level of empathy.

• Ability to develop learning and development opportunities focused on customer service and complaint resolution. 

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description.

About the BFI

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups, who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by visiting our website.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 10 April 2025 

First interviews will be held on w/c 21 or 28 April 2025

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000
Permanent, flexible working
Hybrid working, 2 days a week in office
Office based in Central London

This world-renowned arts organisation is at the heart of the creative and cultural sector, driving innovation, supporting artists, and engaging the public with groundbreaking experiences. With a strong reputation for excellence, it collaborates with key partners, funders, and creative communities to push boundaries and ensure long-term success.

As Head of FP&A, you will be at the forefront of strategic financial planning, ensuring this organisation continues to thrive and deliver impactful cultural programmes. Reporting to the Director of Finance, you’ll lead on budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial strategy while overseeing a high-performing Finance Business Partnering function. Your insights will empower senior leaders, Trustees, and key stakeholders to make informed financial decisions that drive success.

This is an exceptional opportunity to take on a leadership role in a forward-thinking organisation that values creativity, collaboration, and excellence. If you’re an experienced finance professional looking to make a tangible impact in a world-class cultural institution, we want to hear from you!

Key areas of responsibilities;

• Review and re-engineer month end process to produce accurate and useful management accounts, enabling department heads to manage performance 
• Produce a whole monthly performance report, with insightful commentary and over time incorporating non-financial metrics
• Develop and deliver dashboard reporting and drill-down capabilities as part of the recently implemented finance system
• Improve the reporting, monitoring and reconciliation of restricted funds
• Develop a culture and capability set to deliver excellent business partnering 
• Provide useful and insightful management information to departments and work with them to ensure forecasts, risks and opportunities are captured and actioned
• Financial modelling and sensitivity analysis to inform decision making, any other ad hoc reporting and analysis as required
• Take the lead in maintaining and delivering accurate and robust reforecasts and budgets to tight deadlines ahead of key meetings, including responsibility for key departments

Who are we looking for?

• A formally qualified accountant 
• Relevant and appropriate experience in finance and management accounting obtained in a complex organisation
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting in a complex organisation 
• An excellent communicator who is able to influence at all levels within the organisation
• Ability to work on own initiative, assess priorities and be proactive.

As Senior Finance Officer, you will play a vital role at World Heart Beat, ensuring the effective day-to-day management of finances, financial administration, and bookkeeping, as well as informing future business planning. You will work with key personnel across the team, providing guidance and leadership in relation to budget management and financial information to support funding applications and stewardship. You will also provide excellent reporting to support the Executive and Board.

It is an exciting time for the charity, following the opening of World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens in 2023, our second site for music teaching, which includes a café, concert hall and recording studio. The operation of two sites has increased our activities and overheads, making the Senior Finance Officer role even more crucial. We have also established a CIC through which new earned income streams are channelled. The Senior Finance Officer will have the opportunity to develop and shape financial processes and contribute to forward planning.

Are you a creative and strategic marketing leader, ready to take centre stage?

This is your chance to be part of something extraordinary, helping to shape the future of theatre in the heart of the Lake District.

Location Hybrid between Keswick and home (ideally onsite 3 days per week)
Salary £41,000
Benefits 23 days holiday (+bank), 5% employer pension contribution, enhanced maternity and paternity
Culture Flexible, life and family-friendly. Open to full time (40 hours) or reduced hours contract.

Theatre by the Lake, Cumbria's beloved producing theatre, is looking for a visionary Head of Marketing & Communications to tell its extraordinary story, grow its audiences, and maximise ticket revenue.

They create nationally acclaimed theatre in one of the most breathtaking locations in the UK. The mission? To transform lives, build communities, and celebrate the power of live performance. With a major rebrand underway and ambitious growth plans, this is an incredibly exciting time to get involved.

What you'll do:

• Lead brand and audience strategies, shape how the theatre engages and inspires.
• Develop innovative marketing and PR campaigns that make waves across Cumbria and beyond.
• Use data-driven insights to drive ticket sales and grow our audience base.
• Lead a passionate marketing team, fostering a culture of creativity and success.
• Champion and position as a key player in the UK's theatre scene.

Who we're looking for:

• Senior marketing professional with a track record of success (arts experience desirable, but not essential).
• Data-driven strategist who understands audience engagement.
• Brilliant storyteller with exceptional copywriting and PR skills.
• Creative leader who enjoys a fast-paced environment.
• Sales-focused marketer who knows how to convert engagement into revenue.
• Values led leader who understands how to play to individual strengths to create a thriving and cohesive team.

Are you ready for your next big adventure? Then we'd love to hear from you.

To apply, all you need to do is send a copy of your CV or profile to Amelia Lee as the first step.

We'll then be back in touch with further details on the application process, providing your experience meets the brief.

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 23^rd April
Interviews: Dates to be confirmed

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Your new company
I am working exclusively with a wonderful historic membership organisation with a rich legacy spanning several centuries, located in the heart of central London. The associated charitable trust of this organisation provides grants to support educational research and aids small charities in their field. Both the company and the trust are located in an historic and stunning hall which also serves as a very sought-after venue for corporate events.

Your new role
This is a part-time position which can be over 3 full days or 4 shorter days. As an Administrative Assistant, you will provide essential support across multiple areas, including charity administration, accounts and events management. You will assist with the grant and prize administration, support accounts with various tasks and help organise and manage a variety of events throughout the year. Additionally, you will contribute to the smooth operation of the office by managing equipment and supplies.

What you'll need to succeed
To excel in this role, you will need to understand and appreciate the culture that comes with working in an organisation with a rich history and traditional values, which are reflected in its daily operations. You should be able to prioritise your workload and work to tight deadlines while being able to help in various departments. Confidence in using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel) and experience with membership databases are essential.

What you'll get in return
You will receive a salary of £21,000 (60% of the pro rata £35,000 FTE) for 21 hours per week. Additional benefits include an employer's pension contribution of 15% of salary after the first year, a 15-day annual holiday per annum (pro rata 25 days for FTE), plus a 2-week Christmas closure period, health cover and Death-in-Service cover from the day you start. This is an office-based role with some flexibility to work remotely after a successful probation period.

What you need to do now
If you are ready to join a wonderfully respected organisation steeped in tradition and make a difference, apply now to become a part of their team.

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV

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Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Hybrid (London)

£50,000 | Full-Time, 3 year FTC

Are you an experienced leader passionate about the arts and making a difference in education? Join Art History Link-Up (AHLU) as our Chief Operating Officer (COO), where you’ll take the lead on strategic fundraising and operational excellence to expand our reach and impact.

As COO, you will:

• Build Donor Relationships: Collaborate with the CEO to engage funders, partners, and stakeholders, cultivating relationships that secure vital funding.
• Strategic Leadership: Oversee the implementation of AHLU’s growth strategy, ensuring alignment with our mission of providing free art history education to state school students.
• Operational Excellence: Streamline systems and processes to ensure the organisation runs efficiently, supporting programme delivery and fundraising efforts.
• Support Governance: Ensure compliance with charity regulations, support effective governance practices, and guide organisational development.
• Drive Fundraising Success: Develop and implement innovative fundraising strategies to support AHLU’s growth, focusing on major donors, partnerships, and sustainable revenue streams.

Why Choose Us?

• Collaborative Culture: Partner with a dedicated CEO, a small but passionate team, and inspiring donors to achieve meaningful change.
• Professional Growth: Be part of a growing charity, where you’ll shape strategic initiatives and develop new partnerships in an evolving education landscape.
• Flexibility: Enjoy hybrid working with opportunities to engage with funders and partners in London and beyond.
• Fundraising-Focused Impact: Your work will secure the resources that make free art history education accessible to hundreds of students annually, many from underrepresented backgrounds.

About You

We’re looking for a fundraising-focused leader who:

• Has a proven experience in a senior leadership role – preferably in the charity or education sector
• Is able to manage multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously, with strong organisational skills
• Possesses strong financial management skills, including budgeting and forecasting.
• Can lead strategically while managing operational priorities, ensuring a smooth-running organisation.
• Shares a passion for education and the arts, with a commitment to AHLU’s mission of making art history accessible to all.
• Ideally has experience in fundraising and donor management

About Art History Link-Up

Art History Link-Up is a charity transforming access to art history education for state school students. Since 2016, we’ve taught over 500 students, with many progressing to top universities like Oxford, Cambridge, and the Courtauld Institute.

Our work makes a difference: over half our students come from minority ethnic or widening participation backgrounds, and they consistently share how AHLU has opened doors to the visual arts and future career opportunities.

We’re expanding our programmes and piloting new qualifications in collaboration with prestigious institutions, including the Courtauld and Waddesdon Manor. Join us at this exciting stage as we move towards our 10th anniversary and continue to grow our impact.

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re ready to lead with a focus on fundraising and operational excellence, apply today. Together, we’ll create a future where every young person can explore and benefit from art history.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

If you’re ready to lead with a focus on fundraising and operational excellence, apply today. Together, we’ll create a future where every young person can explore and benefit from art history.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Head of Commercial Services

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours a week)

Accountable to: Deputy Director

Responsible for: Conferencing and Events, Catering Services (including Café management), Retail Purchasing.

Salary: £38,380 per annum

Summary

The purpose of this role is to ensure that MK gallery has a diverse range of commercial services that contribute to the financial security of the Gallery and its charitable activities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic development

• Work collaboratively at a senior level to ensure the delivery of an exceptional, first-class visitor experience.
• Work alongside the Deputy Director in the development of a commercial growth strategy and improvement initiatives, updating when appropriate.
• Use trends in the feedback to inform operational changes and staff and volunteer training.

Leadership and team management

• Lead, motivate, communicate, and develop the Catering and Events Team to ensure that they are fully engaged to achieve best performance to meet the needs of the Gallery.
• To be accountable for delivery against agreed financial and service targets and for the effectiveness and efficiency of commercial services.
• Evaluate the performance of each of the departments within commercial service, feedback to the Deputy Director and supporting with evidence for Executive reporting.
• Establish external and internal benchmarks and appropriate KPIs as the basis for demonstrating the quality of commercial services provided.

Catering

• Manage all aspects of MK Café ensuring it is open to the public with a dynamic food offer during opening times.
• The café and catering services achieve 5* food hygiene standards.
• Effectively manage the catering supply chain to ensure quality and cost management of supplies.
• Rota management

Event Hire

• Oversee the Gallery’s room booking system and coordinate all internal and external events safeguarding the best use of spaces in and out of opening hours in cooperation with other departments.
• Ensure front of house/events staff have comprehensive events schedules that enable them to organise appropriate resources and staffing.
• Support the Events Co-ordinator in generating private hires (Conferences, private events, weddings, room hires, community hire) to ensure maximum profitability.
• Work alongside the Deputy Director in developing private hires into Corporate Memberships and Sponsorship opportunities.

Retail

• Develop new product lines to include exhibition merchandise, MK Gallery specific merchandise, unique gifts and children’s arts and crafts materials.
• Work with local makers to produce a line of artist products on a sale or return basis.

Operational

• Lead on the recruitment and training of new staff and volunteers across the Commercial Teams in accordance with the organisational policy and procedures.
• Work with the Marketing and Audience Development Team to ensure that all commercial activities are accurately represented and advertised.
• Ensure Risk Assessments, Standard Operating Procedures and Safety Management Systems are in place across all Commercial areas with a focus on safety first and food and hygiene safe working practice.
• Ensure stock management and POS systems are in place and managed accordingly and work with the Finance Manager to ensure robust systems and processes are in place in accordance with the Gallery’s policies and procedures.
• Work with the Finance Manager to establish and maintain budget setting and management across commercial activity.

General

• Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required by the Head of Catering and Events.
• Carry out responsibilities with due regard to all MK Gallery policies and procedures including Security, Health and Safety, Child Protection and Equality & Diversity.

Person Specification:

Experience

• Experience of event management at a senior level with demonstrated experience of delivery, administration and evaluation of large-scale complex events.
• Experience of developing and a corporate events programme to engage local business.
• Experience of project co-ordination involving multiple stakeholders, visitors, staff, and suppliers.
• Experience of managing sales targets and being responsible for driving income.
• Experience of managing venue hire on behalf of external clients.

Skills and abilities

• Excellent organisational skills with ability to work to tight deadlines and multi-task when under pressure.
• Excellent business and finance acumen – confident with budget project with budget management, budget projections and financial processes.
• An entrepreneurial outlook – an enthusiasm for generating income through innovation.
• Strong communication skills with a wide range of people – in person, in writing, and on the phone.
• Well developed negotiation and relationship management skills.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, licencing and other licencing and legal/statutory requirements.
• Good technical knowledge including AV, PA systems and lighting.

Personal

• Flexible team member with the ability to cooperate and support other colleagues.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

General

The role will involve some evening and weekend working, as well as occasional early morning and late evenings, depending on the event requirements for which time of in lieu will be given.

REF-220517

The Stained Glass Museum is a vibrant and unique independent accredited museum and registered charity (no. 1169842). The museum operates a permanent public exhibition in a gallery on an upper level of Ely Cathedral which is visited by around 25,000 people per year. It also organises a programme of events, workshops and activities for all ages which further its mission to share with everyone the cultural and artistic importance of stained glass.

The Finance Officer is responsible for maintaining The Stained Glass Museum’s financial accounts. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with strong management skills and a solid understanding of financial administration, especially within the charity sector. A working knowledge of management accounts and accounting software is essential.

In this role you will play a key role in the success of the museum. You will work closely with a small team of museum staff and volunteers, including your line manager the museum Director and Trustee Treasurer, and report periodically to the Board of Trustees.

This is a part-time post with flexible working hours (averaging 5 hours per week / 21.5 hours per month) and is suitable for remote or hybrid working.

Colours of Redbridge is a vibrant programme of community-led arts and culture in Redbridge, East London. It is part of the pioneering Creative People and Places (CPP) programme from Arts Council England, empowering local people to decide what culture happens in their area. We are reaching new audiences through high-quality work and making a real difference to people’s lives through our projects which include South Asian truck art, a cultural food festival and a disability-led street carnival.

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Community Engagement Officer to work with local communities in Ilford and Loxford. You will facilitate community empowerment and decision-making processes in order to realise the community’s artistic ambitions and work with a group of Community Producers to develop projects in the area. Additionally, you will sustain engagement with our target communities via regular events and maintaining networks with local community groups and organisations.

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Design Manager, permanent

37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

£30,499 per annum plus staff benefits

​(Please specify your salary expectations in your application)

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As a Design Manager, you will lead a small team in creating and delivering outstanding design across all aspects of Lowry’s offerings. Your work will span Learning & Engagement, Theatre, Galleries, Commercial, Tourism, Catering, Retail, Quaytickets, and more. You will ensure high-quality design in advertising creative, retail, digital, corporate communications, on-site signage, and much more.

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The role has a number of staff benefits including:

• Complimentary and discounted theatre and live event tickets
• Free car parking just a few minutes’ walk from the Lowry building
• Generous annual leave entitlement and a paid day off for your birthday!
• Discounts at the bars, restaurant and gift shop located within the Lowry building

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Please note that MediaCityUK is a well-connected destination with a variety of different transport options – bus, car, tram and bike.

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The application deadline for this vacancy is  Thursday 24 April 2025

Interviews held in the week commencing 5th May 2025

We reserve the right to close this job early if we receive a high number of applicants.

Thank you to those who have applied previously. We are now seeking new applicants for this position. We kindly request that previous applicants do not reapply.

We are recruiting for a Senior Administrative Assistant to join our team to support the delivery of projects, products and services.

The Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) is the professional home for archaeologists in the UK and overseas. We set high standards and benchmark good practice in archaeology to inspire trust in, and respect for, the profession of archaeology. As well as providing training and networks for over 4000 members, we develop and deliver regulated qualifications, accredit undergraduate degree programmes in archaeology and undertake a range of funded projects aimed at supporting the archaeology sector.

We are a fully remote organisation with home-based staff located across the UK. We work collaboratively online using MS Teams, with regular one-to-one, team and project meetings. 

We are looking for a focussed and self-motivated individual to provide administrative support across the professional skills and standards areas of our work. You will have excellent organisational and administrative skills, good attention to detail and be confident communicating with stakeholders in a customer facing role. You will be familiar with a range of IT systems, particularly Office365 and be confident using databases and spreadsheets.

Key tasks include

· providing efficient and effective support for meetings

· liaising with stakeholders including learners, training providers and employers

· data collection and reporting

· keeping accurate records in line with GDPR requirements

· updating documents and webpages

· liaising with finance colleagues to ensure timely invoicing and grant payment claims

Salary and benefits

· CIfA scale 7-9 (£25,573 - £27,471) plus 6% pension contribution

• 27 days annual leave, 3 additional company holiday days between Christmas and New Year plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time positions)
• Flexible working arrangements
• Group life scheme 

CIfA’s policy on equal opportunities
CIfA is committed to implementing a policy of equal opportunities in archaeology. In line with our equal opportunities policy, we want to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment or access to opportunities for training and development on any grounds not relevant to employment practice.

CIfA would like to actively encourage qualified individuals to apply for this position, regardless of background or personal disability. If you require any reasonable adjustments during our recruitment processes, including assistance with reading this page or associated documents, please contact us.

Closing date for applications is 5pm, Monday 5 May. Interviews are expected to take place Between 21 and 23 of May. Please indicate in your cover letter any dates of unavailability. 

Prospectus is excited to be working with a Theatre to appoint a Director of Development (maternity contract) starting in the Summer 2025. The Director of Development will line manage one direct report and is responsible for implementing and driving creative and target-driven fundraising initiatives to attract a wide range of support.

This Theatre is a regional powerhouse in the world of theatre, creating new work from their beautiful, historic mill building in Berkshire, with strong relationships with significant local philanthropic partners, and a large and engaged audience of supporters. And, to top this all off, they were awarded the title of The Stage's Theatre of the Year 2024!

This Director of Development post is a maternity cover contract. It is a hybrid position, with an office based in Newbury, Berkshire. The salary is circa £45,000 p.a. FTE and the working week can be full time or part time. Please get in touch to discuss further.

As the Director of Development, you will drive individual philanthropy and trust and foundation fundraising. You will deliver against the strategy, which has brought significant income growth and deeper engagement over the last three years. Development at the Theatre is in a strong position and the key objective for the post holder will be to continue to strengthen relationships with existing core funders, strategically forge connections with, and make applications to, new core funders; continue to expand the benefactor and major donor pool and oversee a thriving events programme.

To be successful, you will have experience of individual philanthropy/major donor and trust and foundation fundraising. You will also have line management experience and be confident working closely with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for the theatre we produce, although your experience might come from the wider cultural sector, or indeed the wider not-for-profit sector.

How to Apply

Prospectus encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity status. If you meet some of the criteria but not all, you are still encouraged to inquire and learn more, as Prospectus can guide you through each aspect of the role and support your application. Please note that this organisation is a Disability Confident Employer, please let Prospectus know if you are eligible.

Prospectus is dedicated to supporting candidates throughout the application process. To apply, please submit your CV initially. If your experience is suitable, you will receive the full job description, and a call or meeting will be arranged to brief you on the role, ensuring you have all the information needed to formally apply. We look forward to connecting with you soon.