Fundraising Manager (Philanthropy)

Salary Grade 6 is £46,474 - £51,459 Salary per annum (commensurate to experience) including LondonWeighting

The Fundraising Manager (Philanthropy) position is an exciting and transformative new role within the high-performing Fundraising Team at the Royal Central School of Speech andDrama.

Starting in the organisation’s 120 th anniversary year, this post will help realise ambitious fundraising targets to achieve key objectives of the External Engagement Strategic plan 2025 – 2027. This looks to support the future of Royal Central and its Strategy 2025-2030, which outlines three corethemes:

Theme 1 – Enhancing Education, Research & Partnerships - Enhancing the quality of education, fostering impactful research, and strengtheningpartnerships.

Theme 2 – Fit-for-Purpose Facilities & Infrastructure - Ensuring that both the digital and physical facilities are fit for purpose and support the effective delivery of ourobjectives.

Theme 3 – Financial Resilience - Continue to maintain a resilient and sustainable financial position, enablinginvestment.

This rewarding role will be focused at increasing donated income through the renewal, identification, cultivation and stewardship of five-figure and six-figure donations in support of its students, estate, and furtherbeneficiaries.

The postholder will be responsible for cultivating their own prospect pipeline of major donors and making high-value asks against key organisation propositions in line with legal and ethical requirements. They will focus on securing multi-year pledges and forming long-term relationships within its Support Circle recognitionframework.

The Fundraising Manager (Philanthropy) will work with colleagues, senior representatives and alumni to develop compelling cases for support and applications aligned with Royal Central’s Strategy 2025-2030. The role requires excellent stewardship oversight, including timely fulfilment of grant obligations, high-quality impact reporting and recognitionopportunities.

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are particularly keen to hear from candidates from groups that are currently underrepresented within our workforce. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone canthrive.

Disability Confidence Scheme

Central operates the Disability Confident Scheme. This is a government initiative aimed at promoting equal employment opportunities for disabled people and to create a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive andsupportive.

We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our job vacancies, and we welcome applications from candidates with all types of disabilities. As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we commit to offering an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet all essential criteria for the job. To be considered for an interview under this scheme you musthave:

• a physical or mental impairment, or a long-term health condition which has a substantial and long term (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to dayactivities
• demonstrated in your application that you meet the minimum job criteria as set out in the advert or person specification for thepost.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, including neurodivergent candidates, LGBTQ+ and Global Majority backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented within the sector andwithinCentral.

Please be assured that we will protect your privacy and the information provided on the monitoring form. No information is shared if there is a risk ofidentification.

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