Development Operations Manager

Development Operations Manager

The Royal Society

London, UK

Salary range of £50,000 - £58,000 pa, plus benefits

The Royal Society is an independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity.   We have a long history of philanthropic support and ran a successful 350th anniversary fundraising campaign which raised £100m. 

In recent years, the Development team has continued a successful high-value philanthropy programme that has leveraged the Society’s unique convening power and reach.  There is significant potential to achieve more, and we are now seeking an experienced practitioner to lead the revamp of our development operations and help us to evolve our approach and outcomes as we enable the Society to galvanise philanthropy in support of our founding mission: to promote excellence in Science for the benefit of humanity.

As the Development Operations Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the income management, reporting, due diligence, and prospect research at the Society.  You will work closely with the Head of Development to design the fundraising strategy, analysing data and reporting on insights, while benchmarking our activities across peer institutions.  This framework will underpin the success of our philanthropic efforts, and ensure that smooth and efficient processes are in place to optimise our workflows and maximise donor engagement and impact. This is an opportunity to bring a fresh lens to how we do what we do, knowledge of best practice, trends and insights in fundraising, and be excited by the scope to build on our fundraising potential.

Key to your success in this role is your ability to think and act strategically,  and develop strong relationships across organisations.  You will bring experience of working with or developing performance metrics in fundraising, and in mapping supporter journeys and the necessary processes and operations around these to ensure successful engagement.  Your superpower is your puzzle solving ability, coupled with your knack in finding and designing innovations and collaborative solutions that create efficiencies in fundraising operations.

If this sounds like the sort of challenge that you are looking for next in your career, we’d love to hear from you.  We have partnered with the Richmond Associates team on this search.  To learn more about this role, please visit their website to download the Information Pack or contact them on  +44(0) 203 617 9240.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 09:00AM ON MONDAY, 20 JANUARY 2025