Philanthropy Manager: Grants - London

Philanthropy Manager: Grants - London

We're looking for an experienced Philanthropy Manager to join our growing Philanthropy team at an exciting and pivotal moment. This is an opportunity for an established fundraiser to manage a portfolio of significant trusts, foundations and statutory funders, securing major support for projects that span every aspect of the Museum's work, from exhibitions and acquisitions to learning programmes, capital projects and research initiatives.

As Philanthropy Manager: Grants, you will independently manage and steward a portfolio of predominantly high five and six-figure trust and foundation relationships, delivering against an annual individual fundraising target of approximately 500,000. Alongside managing your own portfolio, you'll support senior fundraisers with complex, high-value donor relationships, helping to prepare funding proposals, reports, correspondence and donor meetings.

This role offers exceptional variety and visibility across the Museum. You'll collaborate with colleagues from curatorial teams, exhibitions, finance, learning, directorate and many other departments, gaining insight into the breadth of the Museum's work while helping to secure funding that brings it to life.

If you're an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser looking for your next challenge within the cultural sector, we'd love to hear from you!

About you

We're looking for a confident and proactive fundraiser who can quickly build credibility with colleagues and donors alike. Strong candidates will have:

• Experience working in a fundraising role with responsibility for securing significant philanthropic income, including contributing to securing five and six-figure gifts.
• Experience of managing fundraising relationships and delivering successful applications, ideally within trusts, foundations and/or statutory fundraising.
• Strong relationship management and stewardship skills with experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to distil complex information into compelling funding cases.
• Experience managing your own portfolio with strong project management and reporting skills.

Key areas of responsibility

• Manage and grow a portfolio of key prospects and donors.
• Secure five and six-figure gifts from trusts, foundations, statutory funders and family giving vehicles.
• Develop and deliver tailored cultivation, solicitation and stewardship plans.
• Represent the Museum at cultivation and stewardship events, including occasional evening events.

The Masterplan

The British Museum is undertaking its biggest transformation since its founding nearly 300 years ago. This physical and intellectual transformation includes large scale building and gallery transformation, new ways of connecting with audiences and different ways of working. As we look towards this exciting future, we remain guided by the words of our founder Hans Sloane - who dreamed of a museum connecting all arts and sciences, which would be accessible to everyone, everywhere.

At the British Museum, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do and have designed a benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary. Our full list of benefits can be found here, but weve outlined some highlights below:

• Free exhibition entry for you and guests, exclusive private views, ICOM and reciprocal museum access.
• Civil Service Pension Scheme defined benefit with 28.97% employer contribution.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days (and +5 days after 10 years).
• Social and wellbeing perks including Staff parties, social clubs, CSSC sports and leisure, and support from the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship.
• Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for counselling, wellbeing support and more.

Our values drive everything we do, from how we handle our objects to how we work in our team to fostering a culture where everyone feels heard and empowered:

• Care Deeply
• Embrace the Unknown
• Spark Curiosity
• Value Many Voices

These are a core part of how we recruit. Throughout the application, interview and selection process, we look for examples of how candidates demonstrate these behaviours in their own work and experiences. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our values and reflect them in your application.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to [email protected].

Right to Work:The British Museum holds a Skilled Worker sponsor licence. Applicants are responsible for determining whether the advertised salary and role meet current UKVI sponsorship requirements and for ensuring they have, or can obtain, the appropriate right to work in the UK. The Museum cannot provide immigration advice, and eligibility should be checked before submitting an application.

Internal Applicants: We welcome internal applicants regardless of background, department or length of service but encourage you to let your manager know before applying. If you are on a permanent contract and want the fixed-term contract to be treated as a secondment, you will need to obtain your managers support before submitting an application.

The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.