Chisenhale Gallery
Employer: Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ
Reports to: Head of Development
Hours of Work: Full Time (35 hours per week)
Starting salary: £27,000 per annum
Chisenhale Gallery seeks to appoint a highly organised and proactive Development Coordinator to join our small, busy and friendly team.
Purpose of the role
The Development Coordinator supports the Director and Head of Development to grow and maintain Chisenhale Gallery’s fundraising streams. This includes coordinating all aspects of administration for the Development team, maintaining and cultivating donor relationships, events management, drafting correspondence and funding proposals, and coordinating strategic fundraising partnerships.
The Development Coordinator supports the Director and Head of Development to maintain relationships with existing donors and engage new donors and programme supporters. The Development Coordinator is responsible for the delivery of fundraising and cultivation events at the gallery and offsite with support from the Front of House Coordinator and casual Events Staff, including the Annual Patrons Party and regular exhibition preview dinners and Friends and Patrons’ events. The Development Coordinator also liaises with the curatorial team, artists and external organisations on the programming of donor cultivation events.
The post supports the Head of Development with the research, production, sales and promotion of Chisenhale Editions, including coordinating the gallery’s participation at UK and international art fairs. The Development Coordinator researches opportunities for funding through Trusts and Foundations and drafts content for applications and reports, in liaison with the curatorial team, Director and Deputy Director.
Additionally, the Development Coordinator implements communications strategies across the Friends and Patrons programme, Editions sales strategies and writes copy for the website, relevant media releases and social media.
For further details on the role and to apply, please download and read the application pack.
Please then complete:
Please save the application form as a PDF in the following file format: FirstNameSurnameDigitalCommunicationsCoordinator and email to recruitment@chisenhale.org.uk with the subject line: Digital and Communications Coordinator Application
Do not send anything else with your application as CVs will not be reviewed on this occasion. We regret that due to the volume of interest we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be notified and we are unable to accept late applications.
Deadlines for applications are at: 10am on Friday 13 January 2023 (GMT). Any applications after this date cannot be considered. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on Friday 20 January 2023 (GMT).
