The Role

Do you have experience of securing major gifts and developing strong relationships?

We are looking for two Development Managers to join our ambitious Fundraising team and manage a portfolio of HNWI prospects and supporters. You will develop active and undiscovered prospects to raise major gifts, creating cultivation plans and supporting on regional activity with prospects in Europe and India as required.

Main Responsibilities

• To manage and develop a portfolio of HNWI prospects and supporters, developing multi-level relationships in order to deliver significant major gifts (£10k-£1m per annum) in support of the School’s strategic priorities and the overarching income target of £39.25m
• To work closely with the Prospect Research team to identify new potential supporters for London Business School, from existing donor contacts and networks
• To work with colleagues in Alumni Engagement to enable opportunities for cross-working, to ensure a customer centric approach to managing existing and new supporters
• To support the Director of Giving and Campaigns Director to identify key prospects with the capacity and propensity to support London Business School’s future fundraising campaign

Who we are looking for

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Demonstrable experience at a Major Gifts level and ideally within a University or Higher-education organisation, though this is not essential 
• Proven experience closing 5 figure or above gifts
• Proficient at developing relationships and influencing and negotiating at a senior level, internally and externally
• Experience / knowledge of fundraising outside of UK (desirable) and adept at navigating a wide variety of international cultures and customs

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location. 

In financial year 22/23 London Business School will embark upon the School’s next strategic fundraising campaign. With a goal of £200m to square LBS’s impact on the world, investments in the next Campaign will run across our four key areas – Scholarships, Research, Learning Environment and Innovation. The next Campaign for LBS will unleash the School’s potential allowing the ambition to have profound impact on the world, to translate into reality. 

What you can expect from us

Benefits You Can Enjoy

You will enjoy generous annual leave, automatic enrolment to one of the largest pension schemes in our sector and a free on-site gym and swimming pool. There is also an amazing range of professional development opportunities to support your career path.

We’re implementing Smart (hybrid) Working so we’re looking forward to discussing how, where and when you might work best to deliver in this role.

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging 

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large.  We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key pillar of our School priorities, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard. 

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