Development Campaigns Manager

Development Campaigns Manager
Up to £30,000 per annum
Fixed-term contract - 2 years

Southbank Centre passionately believes the arts have the power to transform lives. This vision attracts over 25 million visits a year. Our employees are at the centre of delivering our mission, which is ‘To draw everyone possible to this loved site and captivate them through our unique arts programme and warmth of our welcome’.

The development of the festival approach to our artistic programming and entrepreneurial activity has dramatically increased the number of people who come to Southbank Centre and the time that they spend here. A growing proportion of our work is free to access and is created in participation with a very diverse range of communities and groups. Our festival site attracts hundreds of thousands of people who have never attended a cultural event before.

Role

An exciting role within our Development team, working closely with the Head of Individual Giving to develop, design, implement and evaluate the audience campaign for the Let The Light In campaign (capital campaign to refurbish the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery).

The Development team is responsible for securing revenue and capital income from a variety of sources including philanthropic donations, hires, grants, sponsorship and corporate memberships. The team works to maximise the income to support the ambition of Southbank Centre in close collaboration with all internal departments and external partners.

The Individual Giving Team secure gifts from generous individuals and look after donors giving at a range of levels - from £1 in a donation box through to major gifts of £5,000+.

Person

We celebrate diversity in our programming, our audiences and our team. By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to deliver the kind of exciting events and activities you would expect from the Southbank Centre.

Finally - the pace and scale at Southbank Centre can be breathtaking. In addition to our millions of visitors, we work with hundreds of schools and are home to four resident orchestrators. We put on over 2500 new artistic  productions, installations and performances a year. This is a remarkable place to work and our people require the ability to think, act and learn with speed and agility.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please click on apply to visit our online recruitment portal

We reserve the right to close the advert early if enough applications are received.
Closing date for applications : 3rd August 2015, midnight