Hybrid Internal Redeployment Only - Development Officer (Leadership Giving) presso Cardiff University
Cardiff University · Cardiff, Regno Unito · Hybrid
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Please note that this job is open only to current Cardiff University staff who are eligible for Redeployment.
Internal Redeployment Only - Development Officer (Leadership Giving)
Cardiff University’s Development and Alumni Relations team are recruiting for a fixed-term, full-time Development Officer (Leadership Giving) to join their Fundraising Team.
Working as part of an experienced Fundraising Team, the post holder will raise philanthropic funds for key projects – currently, medical research (including cancer research, neuroscience and mental health research and systems immunity); and scholarships and bursaries. This role focuses on securing philanthropic gifts at leadership level, normally between £1,000-£25,000. This will involve asking for donations, largely from alumni, via bespoke and personalised means.
The successful candidate will have experience working in an external-facing and results-driven environment. They will be able to evidence their ability to establish and develop quality relationships with alumni, donors and colleagues, and will possess strong communication and negotiation skills. Specific fundraising experience is not required: bespoke training will be provided in a highly collaborative environment.
This position, resulting from the promotion of the substantive postholder to a maternity cover role, offers an ideal opportunity for a short term or secondment candidate to develop and/or strengthen face-to-face fundraising experience as part of a successful, supportive team.
The Development and Alumni Relations Department currently works on campus every Wednesday and otherwise practices blended working. This fundraising role requires regular travel to London and periodic travel elsewhere in the UK; it can also involve planned evening and/or weekend work.
For an informal conversation prior to applying for this role, please contact Caroline Semmens, Deputy Director of Development and Head of Fundraising ([email protected]).
Please submit both a cover letter/statement and CV in your application, including the names of at least two referees.
This is a full-time (35 hours per week), fixed term until 31 May 2026.
Salary: £33,482 - £36,130 per annum (Grade 5). Appointments will usually be at the first spine point of the grade for staff moving from a lower grade role.
Closing date: Friday, 15 August 2025
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Internal Redeployment Only - Development Officer (Leadership Giving)
Cardiff University’s Development and Alumni Relations team are recruiting for a fixed-term, full-time Development Officer (Leadership Giving) to join their Fundraising Team.
Working as part of an experienced Fundraising Team, the post holder will raise philanthropic funds for key projects – currently, medical research (including cancer research, neuroscience and mental health research and systems immunity); and scholarships and bursaries. This role focuses on securing philanthropic gifts at leadership level, normally between £1,000-£25,000. This will involve asking for donations, largely from alumni, via bespoke and personalised means.
The successful candidate will have experience working in an external-facing and results-driven environment. They will be able to evidence their ability to establish and develop quality relationships with alumni, donors and colleagues, and will possess strong communication and negotiation skills. Specific fundraising experience is not required: bespoke training will be provided in a highly collaborative environment.
This position, resulting from the promotion of the substantive postholder to a maternity cover role, offers an ideal opportunity for a short term or secondment candidate to develop and/or strengthen face-to-face fundraising experience as part of a successful, supportive team.
The Development and Alumni Relations Department currently works on campus every Wednesday and otherwise practices blended working. This fundraising role requires regular travel to London and periodic travel elsewhere in the UK; it can also involve planned evening and/or weekend work.
For an informal conversation prior to applying for this role, please contact Caroline Semmens, Deputy Director of Development and Head of Fundraising ([email protected]).
Please submit both a cover letter/statement and CV in your application, including the names of at least two referees.
This is a full-time (35 hours per week), fixed term until 31 May 2026.
Salary: £33,482 - £36,130 per annum (Grade 5). Appointments will usually be at the first spine point of the grade for staff moving from a lower grade role.
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job Description
Key Duties
- Establish and develop purposeful working relationships with leadership giving prospects (primarily alumni, but also friends of the University, trusts and foundations, and corporate bodies) in order to secure new and additional funds at the £1,000 - £25,000 gift level to support the University’s strategic fundraising priorities. In support of these relationships, develop appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates, and outside bodies such as the Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE), as required.
- Through the strategic management of a large portfolio of leadership giving prospects, ensure the provision of excellent prospect relationship management in order to maximise income for the institution, proactively tailoring relations to individual prospect requirements. This will include competently and confidently articulating compelling cases for support to current and prospective donors, and occasionally writing funding proposals.
- Provide professional advice and guidance on Leadership Giving and broader fundraising processes and procedures to internal (e.g. academic and professional service project leads) and external customers (e.g. prospects, donors, key stakeholders) using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate, and ensuring complex and conceptual issues are explained and understood.
- Investigate and analyse specific issues within the Leadership Giving programme, creating recommendations and reports where necessary for improvements and developments to the programme, supported by advances within the sector.
- Collaborate with the team to make recommendations for the ongoing development of established processes and procedures, for example the reporting used against key activity and income targets. These targets will include delivering on an agreed number of ‘significant actions’ per annum (primarily in the form of face-to-face fundraising meetings), and an annual ‘cash in’ raised target.
- Create and contribute to specific working groups from colleagues across the team and University to achieve departmental objectives and to help advance the Leadership Giving programme’s development. For example, liaising with the Supporter Relations team on the ongoing development of a suite of volunteering and involvement opportunities relevant to existing and prospective leadership level donors.
- Supervise and collaborate with specific project teams and colleagues to accomplish key objectives, for example collaborating with the Stewardship Officer in the planning and delivery of both standardised and bespoke donor ‘thank you’ update pieces to share with the prospect portfolio.
- In collaboration with Leadership Giving team colleagues, develop and deliver training within the Leadership Giving programme for new and junior member of the team, and relevant stakeholders.
- Undertake a variety of administrative duties to support the department and in order to deliver the agreed objectives of the role, including ensuring that prospect and donor records are kept up-to-date on the Raisers’ Edge database.
- Instruct and guide other employees across the University and across the team by keeping abreast of professional and regulatory developments across higher education fundraising sector.
- Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties
- Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity
- Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role
Salary Range Max.
36,130
Grade
Grade 5
Salary Range Min.
33,482
Job Category
Admin / Clerical, Business / Strategic Management
Additional Information
As part of the Fundraising Team, to support the University in growing and developing the Leadership Giving programme - acquiring, retaining, and increasing levels of support from the maximum possible number of repeatable lifetime donors; with a specific focus on securing philanthropic gifts ranging from £1,000 - £25,000. This will involve asking for donations via bespoke and personalised means, and primarily through face-to-face asks. Gifts secured will be used to support the University’s strategic fundraising priorities.
To support the University’s ambitions as expressed in “Our Future, Together”, and to undertake all this in keeping with the mission and values of the Development and Alumni Relations department.
We currently work on campus on Wednesdays and remotely (from home) for the rest of the week, unless there is a business need to be on campus. The option to work on campus full time is available if staff members choose to do this.
To support the University’s ambitions as expressed in “Our Future, Together”, and to undertake all this in keeping with the mission and values of the Development and Alumni Relations department.
We currently work on campus on Wednesdays and remotely (from home) for the rest of the week, unless there is a business need to be on campus. The option to work on campus full time is available if staff members choose to do this.
Career Pathway
Managerial, Professional and Specialist Staff – MPSS
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Qualifications and Education
Desirable Criteria
Qualifications and Education
- Degree/NVQ 4 or equivalent Professional membership/experience
- Substantial experience of working in an external-stakeholder facing role in a results driven environment (e.g. fundraising, sales, marketing, recruitment) demonstrating drive, enthusiasm and resilience, as well as a motivation to work towards ambitious targets.
- Able to demonstrate professional knowledge within the sphere of working with external stakeholders, providing advice and guidance to internal (e.g. academic colleagues) and external (e.g. donors) stakeholders.
- Ability to set up standard office systems and procedures and make improvements as appropriate
- Ability to communicate conceptually detailed and complex information effectively and professionally with a wide range of stakeholders, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate
- Evidence of ability to explore stakeholders’ needs and adapt actions accordingly to ensure a quality relationship is established and developed, using strong communication and negotiating skills, demonstrating honesty and integrity in all interactions, demonstrating an articulate and confident manner
- Evidence of ability to solve expansive problems using initiative and creativity; identifying and proposing practical solutions and resolving problems with range of potential outcomes
- Evidence of ability to respond to, and implement, advances within the Higher Education fundraising sphere.
- Evidence of ability to work unsupervised to deadlines, planning and setting priorities for own work and that of others and monitoring progress.
- A willingness to undertake further training and development
Desirable Criteria
- Postgraduate/Professional qualification
- Experience of working in a Higher Education environment
- Fluency in Welsh, written and oral
