Job Description
The Interim Development Manager role is a great opportunity for an energetic and driven individual with a track record of securing income though high-quality customer service, client engagement, business development or within a charitable fundraising context. We are looking for an organised, enthusiastic and outward-facing person to steward and develop our community of supporters.
Working directly with members, external stakeholders, and the wider St George’s team, you will hold key supporter relationships ensuring they are encouraged to participate to their full ability. The role carries with it line management responsibility for the Development Coordinator.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage the ongoing delivery of the St George’s membership and benefits programmes
(tiered levels of regular giving), including events, face-to- face meetings and other
communications - Work closely with colleagues across the organisation to support the delivery of a robust
membership fundraising plan and play your part in ensuring membership financial targets
are met - Actively engage with and participate in supporter events at St George’s
- Line management of Development Coordinator
- Administer processes related to donations including payments, correspondence and record
keeping - Use key systems such as Spektrix (Box Office) to ensure good management of relevant data
- Demonstrate a commitment to St George’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies and
practices
Working in a small and highly collaborative team, other duties not included above may arise from
time-to-time. Additional duties will be determined by the Chief Executive.
HOW TO APPLY
Please email a single-page letter (or alternatively a short video) stating why you think you are suited to this role, plus your CV, to [email protected]
If you have any specific access requirements at interview stage, or would like help with the interview process, please let us know in your covering letter/video.
Please also complete our anonymous Equal Opportunities monitoring form online at https://forms.office.com/rpeUJeQczAq
Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received, with no fixed deadline
Required skills
Essential Skills and Attributes
- A track record of developing and delivering membership schemes either in a charitable
environment or in a comparable sector/organisation - Experience of building and nurturing successful relationships with supporters, donors
and/or external stakeholders/partners to ensure long-term success - Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects, relationships and deadlines
- Energetic, motivated and enthusiastic team player with the ability to collaborate
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to prepare and present clear
and impactful fundraising narratives - Experience of event planning and delivery
- Experience of managing staff and volunteers
- Good IT skills, and experience of using a fundraising or Box Office CRM
- An affinity for St George’s work and vision
Desirable Skills
- An informed interest in music and/or contemporary creative practice
- Knowledge of the UK arts funding environment
- Experience of working with trustees
We are keen to ensure that our team is diverse and benefits from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives and styles of thinking and working. We welcome applications from people who are currently underrepresented in the arts sector. We commit to interview every candidate who has the required essential skills and attributes and who identifies as disabled and/or being from a Global Majority heritage. If you identify in this way and would like to attend an interview, we would be grateful if you could make this clear in your covering letter/video.
ABOUT ST GEORGE’S BRISTOL
Our shared Values: We love artists; We live for sound; We believe everyone is creative; We cherish difference; We value our resources.
St George’s Bristol is one of the UK’s leading concert venues, in a typical year welcoming around 120,000 visitors to the building. Our aim is to create a diverse and sustainable programme of the world’s finest musicians and thinkers, and to provide a vital platform for local amateur creators, as well as supporting the work of practitioners in grassroots, voluntary and learning contexts. We are a registered charity and engage with many communities through innovative creative projects, school visits and partnerships. St George’s also operates as a commercial venue, hiring out our
spaces for meetings, conferences, wedding receptions, recordings and filming.
We secure voluntary income through relationships, projects and partnerships with individual donors, sponsors, statutory funders, charitable trusts and foundations. The organisation generates other income through ticket sales and venue hire. Both are in furtherance of our charitable objectives and our vision to create unforgettable experiences by bringing together exceptional artists with local audiences and communities.