Director of Development

Director of Development

The Royal Drawing School

London, UK, with a hybrid working policy in place

Salary range of £72,000- £80,000 pa FTE

Permanent contract and we are open to part-time (min. 4 days a week) arrangements

This is a unique opportunity to take over the leadership of the Development team at the Royal Drawing School.  It will require an exceptional person to build on the achievements of the past and leverage the opportunities that the upcoming 25th anniversary presents.

The Royal Drawing School provides heavily subsidised drawing tuition at the highest level to over 2,500 people each year, bringing arts education to all, and 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.

We are delighted to be partnering with Richmond Associates on this search.  To view the information pack for this role please visit https://richmond-associates.com/job/rds-director-of-development/, or to have confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact Sonja Dunphy, Managing Director at Richmond Associates on [email protected] or (0)20 3617 9240.

Closing date for applications: 9AM on Monday, 3 February 2025