Job Details

The Royal Drawing School is in a unique position as they plan their five year organisational strategy and a significant campaign to launch later next year. Once in post, the new Director of Development will design and develop their own fundraising strategy and plans.

Reporting to the Principal of the School and working closely with the Founding Artistic Director and Chair of the Board, you will lead a small team to drive efforts to secure philanthropic support for the School.  You will work closely with other members of the Senior Leadership Team to contribute to the strategic direction of the School, and play a key role in achieving ambitious fundraising targets.

You will be confident in your ability to operate at Director level and proactively lead on Major Gifts and the overall Development department and will manage all areas such as philanthropy, trusts and foundations, planned giving, corporate giving, international giving, and patrons.  To succeed in this role, you will be an inspirational, inclusive and collaborative leader with experience of leading and motivating teams and an imaginative and flexible approach to achieving outstanding results.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.