Essential

• Proven track record of personally securing six and seven figure philanthropic gifts. • Significant experience managing and developing high performing major gift fundraisers or teams. • Significant experience managing and developing mass and/or legacy fundraising programmes. • Experience developing and delivering fundraising strategies within complex organisations. • Ability to engage credibly with donor prospects and senior stakeholders, including academic and professional services leaders. • Strong team leadership and people management skills. • Excellent communication, proposal development, and donor engagement skills. • Highly organised and data literate, with experience using fundraising CRMs such as Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce.

Desirable

• Experience working in a university or health related fundraising environment. • Familiarity with the UK higher education and research funding landscape. • Experience contributing to or leading a multi year fundraising campaign.

Our Expectations

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. There are a number of duties and responsibilities that we ask all employees to be familiar with and adhere to. We ask that the successful candidate: • Positively contributes to an environment at King’s that truly represents Our Principles in Action and where every individual feels safe, secure and supported. In Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement, we have a local expression of these Principles through our P&A Core Values, which we expect every team member to model in their behaviours. • Always complies with the requirements of health and safety regulations to ensure their own wellbeing and that of their colleagues. • Has an understanding of sustainability, including its impact on the University and the work we do, and engages in sustainable practices in the workplace. • Ensures they are working in a safe environment, where they comply with our Health and Safety regulations and ensure confidentiality, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity. • Complies with King’s protocols on the appropriate use of telephone, email and internet facilities. • Aligns with P&A's hybrid working pattern of a minimum 40% of time on site, recognising need for flexibility to align with key meeting and events that require in-person attendance.

About Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement

Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) delivers a dynamic fundraising and alumni relations function in support of King’s College London’s mission to serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare. Central to King’s Strategy 2030, philanthropy and alumni engagement strengthen the university’s global community, amplifying its impact, and fostering lifelong relationships that support transformative change. As King’s approaches its bicentenary in 2029, P&A will play a pivotal role in mobilising philanthropic and alumni support to help realise the university’s most ambitious strategic priorities. We work in close partnership with colleagues across the university to connect philanthropic support with strategic priorities, enabling innovation, advancing research, and enhancing student opportunity. P&A brings together a collaborative and ambitious team of fundraisers, alumni engagement professionals, and specialists across proposition development, supporter engagement, and operations. Together, we create meaningful opportunities for donors and alumni to engage with King’s, ensuring their contributions help address some of the world’s most pressing challenges while deepening their connection to the university community. In the lead-up to the bicentenary, P&A will launch a major new fundraising and alumni campaign in 2027. This campaign will be a defining moment for King’s, galvanising its global community, inspiring philanthropic investment at scale, and supporting bold, future-facing initiatives. Engaged alumni and donors are at the heart of King’s future. Through strategic engagement, we are building a diverse, global network of advocates and supporters who contribute their time, expertise, influence, and philanthropy to advance the university’s vision. Values-driven and forward-looking, P&A is defined by an ambitious, supportive, and high-performing culture. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where colleagues can thrive, collaborate, and innovate, ensuring we deliver excellent work that enables King’s and its partners to make a lasting, positive difference in the world.

To apply for this post you will need to register on the King’s College London job opportunities page and submit the application form, along with the following: - a concise statement setting out your reasons for applying for the post and highlighting the particular skills and experience which you feel you would bring to the role (two pages maximum) - a curriculum vitae

The selection process will include a two-stage interview process (25 June/6 July), with opportunities for informal engagements with key stakeholders and a core-values interview forming part of the final interview stage. In P&A we want to build a diverse team, which represents the communities served by the organisations we support. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented.  ​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.