Head of Development 

Job title: Head of Development
Role type: Permanent
Salary: £45k-50k per annum
Location: Clerkenwell, London, with some remote working supported
Hours: 40 hours per week 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday with daily one hour lunch break
The deadline for applications is midnight on 6 September 2022 . Interviews will be held on 16 September 2022 either in person or on zoom. 

Organisational statement

Commissioning without compromise, Artangel is open to the most challenging ideas and responsive to the rapidly shifting ambitions and expectations of artists and audiences alike. Artangel incubates and delivers exceptional projects by outstanding contemporary artists.

Artangel’s employees contribute to this by being open to new ideas, new partnerships, and new ways of doing things and by working strategically to enable all that we do to fulfil its potential.

Head of Development 

Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with the Director, the Head of Development provides both strategic and operational leadership of Artangel’s fundraising.  With a demonstrable track record of managing patrons and generating income, the Head of Development will be responsible for the successful delivery of income against agreed targets and ensuring that donors and funders at every level are engaged with Artangel’s mission and programme.

The Head of Development has a strong understanding of the funding landscape in the UK and has successfully fund-raised from trusts and foundations, corporate sponsorship and private patrons.

Main duties and responsibilities

Strategic

• Work closely with the Managing Director, Director and Board of Trustees to develop and implement a fundraising strategy to maximise fundraising income from individuals, trusts and foundations and corporate sponsors.
• Agree revenue targets with the Director and Managing Director and ensure successful delivery.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the fundraising strategy by monitoring income against agreed targets, reporting back to the Director and Managing Director and revising where necessary.
• Work closely with the Managing Director, Director and other colleagues to identify new funding opportunities.
• Maximise opportunities for tax-effective giving.
• Maximise opportunities in the programme to ensure donors and funders at every level feel appreciated, thanked and engaged.

Operational

Individual Giving

• Manage and grow Artangel’s private patrons’ schemes, working to agreed targets.
• Manage and develop existing relationships with high level individual donors, including an effective stewardship process with the Director and Associate Directors.
• Identify and research potential donors at all levels and implement and deliver an effective cultivation plan for each new donor.
• Plan events programme for all levels of donors.
• Manage the delivery of events for high level donors, including events, dinners and overseas trips
• Oversee the management of events for the Company of Angels including previews and special events.
• Work closely with the Directo,r Managing Director, and other Heads of Department to identify new opportunities for project-specific fundraising.
• Create opportunities for the Artangel Trustees, Director and other key contacts that develop new and existing networks and ideas that strengthen individual giving.
• Stay abreast of developments in the market and legislation as they affect philanthropy, especially tax efficient giving and VAT on benefits.

Trusts & Foundations and Corporate Sponsorship 

• Research, identify and prepare applications to Trusts & Foundations, with a particular focus on project specific fundraising.
• Ensure all reporting requirements are fulfilled for Trusts & Foundations.
• Identify and develop potential corporate sponsorship and other business partnerships where appropriate.

Administration 

• Work with the Administrative & Development Assistant to ensure administrative duties relating to the Company of Angels are delivered effectively and on budget.
• Maintain up to date records of correspondence.
• Ensure the highest standards of data capture are maintained on Raisers Edge including giving history, relationships, contacts, etc.
• Ensure all accreditation is appropriately applied to each new project.
• Maintain high standards of financial record keeping including Gift Aid declarations, processing of personal payments and storage of personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation and best practice.
• Maintain up to date records for reporting purposes and management accounts.
• Ensure compliance with the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice and Artangel’s Ethical Fundraising Policy.