Development Officer

Closed: 24 August 2019
Communications PR Fundraising Individual Giving Trusts

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  • Salary £22,000 - £25,000 per year
  • Location London, Greater London (On-site)
  • Job Type Permanent, Part-time, Full-time
  • Sectors Arts, Culture, Heritage
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The UK's leading children's ballet company is seeking a Development Officer to lead on trusts and foundations and regular giving programmes. This is an exciting early-career opportunity for someone with excellent research, writing and communications skills to join a small but thriving performing arts company and charity as we celebrate our 25th year.

Background Information

London Children’s Ballet is a charity and performance company that inspires the pursuit of excellence and changes lives through dance. LCB produces and stages new ballets in London’s West End and runs thriving outreach work throughout the year in primary schools and disadvantaged communities. Three touring companies also perform for special needs schools, care homes and residential centres. Roughly 10,000 individuals are touched by the charity’s work each year. 

Income targets are achieved through the annual production where 6,000 tickets sell out, and a fundraising programme consisting of annual support from trusts and foundations, individuals and events. LCB is currently well supported by Trusts and Foundations to deliver the stability and growth the charity needs in order to fulfil its exciting vision for the future.

The Role

The Development Officer will be a core member of the LCB team, working directly with senior leadership to raise the budget required to deliver LCB’s charitable and artistic work. They will be responsible for developing and delivering a plan for regular and one-off applications to trusts and foundations of varying sizes.

The Development Officer will also have responsibility for:

  • Managing LCB’s CRM database (ThankQ), keeping all records current
  • Managing LCB’s regular giving programmes
  • Managing the communication with all LCB funders (private donors as well as trusts and foundations)
  • Supporting the coordination of LCB fundraising events
  • Working collaboratively to co-ordinate the production Premiere Committee and ticket sales and allocation for this major fundraising event

Desired Qualifications / Qualities

Excellent written skills, including an ability to write persuasively, accurately and succinctly are essential. Numeracy and confidence about the idea of discussing and understanding budgets is equally important.

Confident and persuasive verbal communication skills are desirable, both for developing relationships with trust and foundation executives and for effective working as part of the LCB team.

The ideal candidate will have been part of a fundraising team in a professional capacity. It is preferable for the candidate to have a minimum of 6 months working in a development capacity. It is particularly desirable to have some experience of fundraising for arts organisations, and to have a working knowledge of trusts and foundations interested in supporting the arts, education or work with young people.

An ability to think strategically and creatively in terms of identifying useful sources of funding is desirable.

The ideal candidate should also be highly organised, thorough and able to plan, follow through and deliver a schedule of applications.

An understanding and enjoyment of the arts or the impact of the arts on young people is also desirable, in order to be able to write in a compelling way about the work of LCB.

LCB is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from those from all backgrounds.

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