King's College London

About Us

​​Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) raises philanthropic funds in support of King’s College London and engages with the university’s worldwide alumni community. We are proud to enable the work of colleagues across the university and its health partners, helping them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare. Our activity includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity in support of children’s mental health and initiatives between the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.    

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​​​We are entering an exciting period as a team. Our work is identified as a key enabler of the new King’s Strategy 2030, with associated ambitions that include preparing for our next major philanthropic and engagement campaign. This will accelerate and energise our work in support of the University’s mission to be ‘in service to society through academic excellence’ – be that through exceptional, impact-led research; ensuring our students are supported to thrive during their time at King’s and beyond; or by helping the university to invest over the long-term into its people, ideas and infrastructure. We plan to deepen and scale engagement with our global alumni community, donors and other supporters, mobilising them behind these shared priorities. We are strongly values-driven with a focus on sustaining a strong and supportive culture, which we see as key to creating a successful team that can realise these ambitions.  

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​​****More on King’s College London

​​​For almost 200 years, King’s has been a place where ideas turn into action. From revealing the structure of DNA to reimagining nursing, from advances in medicine, law and the study of war and peace to shaping culture and public debate, our work has always been guided by a belief that knowledge should serve society. Over our history, King’s has been home to 14 Nobel Prize winners, and to scholars whose ideas and leadership have shaped thinking, policy and practice around the world. King’s has always been a place where knowledge is put to work for the benefit of others. King’s College London is a world-renowned university that delivers exceptional education and world-leading research. We're committed to creating positive and sustainable change in our local and global communities through outstanding education, impactful research, and genuine service to society.  

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​King’s Strategy 2030 sets out how we take that purpose forward, with four key priorities including student success in and beyond university, investment in research and education excellence that responds to the changing world, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, and delivering sustainable finances for a secure future. 

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About the role

Reporting into the Head of Donor Relations (or a senior lead within the team, depending on final structure), this is an exciting opportunity for a creative, motivated and detail-oriented individual to join a dynamic fundraising environment. The Donor Relations Officer will take the lead on stewarding our scholarship donors, while empowering our scholar community to share meaningful and impactful updates about their experiences. Alongside this, the post-holder will play an active role across the full breadth of donor relations activity.

At King’s, we support over 130 scholarship recipients, each of whom provides annual updates to their donors. These reports bring to life the experiences of students benefitting from philanthropic support, demonstrating the tangible impact of giving. They are central to a successful donor journey, strengthening relationships with our scholar community and creating powerful, inspiring stories for our wider network of alumni, donors and friends.

In this role, you will project manage the production of high-quality scholarship impact reports, ensuring deadlines are met and standards are consistently high. You will work closely with over 130 scholars across undergraduate and postgraduate levels – helping them to share their stories, creating meaningful engagement opportunities between scholars and donors and partnering with fundraisers to deliver an exceptional, joined-up experience of philanthropy at King’s. This includes balancing excellent service to donors with thoughtful safeguarding of scholars.

The annual reporting cycle includes organising an induction event for scholars, producing a scholarship handbook, coordinating seasonal thank-you messages and responding to ad hoc queries from scholars, donors and fundraisers. There will also be opportunities to arrange donor–scholar meetings and to interview scholars, developing compelling case studies to showcase their journeys. In addition, you will contribute to reporting on the wider impact of scholarship support across King’s, collaborating with teams such as Student Funding, Widening Participation and Sanctuary.

A key aspect of the role is continuously assessing the needs of students, fundraisers and donors to ensure our services remain effective and impactful. You will independently review processes, analyse data and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness, with scope to test and implement new approaches.

Beyond scholarships, the role also supports the full spectrum of donor relations activity, including naming and recognition, bespoke gifts and donor visits, offering a truly varied and in-depth experience.

Working closely with colleagues across fundraising, gift implementation, events and beyond, this role offers a unique opportunity to gain a comprehensive insight into King’s College London and the impact of philanthropy across the institution.

This is a deadline-driven role suited to someone who thrives under pressure, can prioritise effectively, manage multiple projects and take initiative with confidence.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 19th June 2027.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Understanding of one or more of: UK Charity sector/Higher Education and donor relations/stewardship
2. Project management skills and strong editorial, copy writing and proof-reading skills
3. Ability to meet deadlines, work well under pressure and deliver projects to budget
4. Strong relationship management and people focused skills with proven experience in collaboration across teams to achieve shared goals

Desirable criteria

1. Adobe InDesign software experience
2. Experience of using Microsoft Dynamics or similar customer/donor database and associated processes and systems

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found here.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including part-time, compressed hours and/or job shares, as appropriate and in the context of the business needs associated with the role. 

We offer the opportunity of an “Ask Us Anything” Teams call on 10th June between 14:00-14:45. During this call you will be able to ask any questions you might have about the role, the selection process, our department, our core values and work culture, our current hybrid work policy, or simply listen to others’ questions. To join please email sarah.carter@kcl.ac.uk

This roles with have two interview stages, a standard skills-based interview followed (for up to two appointable candidates) by a Core Values interview.  

​First-stage interviews are likely to be held w/c 22nd June 2026.  

​Core values interviews are likely to be held w/c 29th June 2026