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In 2025 Oxford will open its new home for humanities, the state-of-the-art Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. This is an opportunity to join the University’s Humanities Development team as we work to secure philanthropic support for scholarships, academics and the capital project.

 

The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic.

 

We are looking for a new fundraiser to join our energetic team to raise major gifts for a range of posts, scholarships, and other priorities across the Humanities.  Oxford is the world’s leading university for humanities teaching and research. When it opens, the Schwarzman Centre will bring together seven faculties from the division under one roof for the first time. The University’s scholarship in languages, literature, history, philosophy, religion & the arts – from the earliest civilisation to the present day – enriches our understanding of humankind, and informs how we engage with historic issues and contemporary concerns.

 

About the Role:

This fundraiser will work closely with senior academics in the Humanities Division. The post will focus primarily on funding for posts, scholarships, and access and outreach in the academic faculties as well as securing support for the activities of the Cultural Programme and Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. An interest and appreciation for the arts and humanities is essential.

 

To Be Successful You’ll Need:


  • To be an experienced development professional with a track record of securing major gifts and the ability to secure gifts in the range of £100k-£1m+

  • Confidence to work with people from a range of backgrounds, both internally and externally

  • The ability to think creatively in prospecting, cultivation and stewardship


What We Offer:

Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including:


  • Flexible hybrid working

  • An excellent contributory pension scheme

  • 38 days annual leave

  • Membership to CASE

  • Training and development opportunities

  • A comprehensive range of childcare services

  • Family leave schemes

  • Cycle loan scheme

  • Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

  • Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans


Application process:


  • Click the link to ‘Apply’ and follow the on-screen instructions on our Application portal.

  • Applications must include of a CV and a letter of application, in your own words (in PDF format), outlining your motivations to apply for this role, your relevant experience and how you meet the criteria of the person specification.

  • For further guidance and support, please visit https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply.


Only applications received before 12.00 noon on Thursday 3 October 2024 can be considered.

Interviews are currently scheduled to take place week commencing Thursday 17 October 2024, in person in Oxford.

 

We are also seeking a Grade 7 Development Executive with the Humanities major gifts team (vacancy ID 175415), also closing on 3 October. Candidates should have the ability to secure gifts in the range of £100k to £500k. For more information about this role, please click ‘Apply’, or go to  https://bit.ly/3XtcAdQ 

 

Development and Alumni Engagement is committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We encourage applicants from all sectors of the community and are especially keen to encourage candidates from under-represented groups to apply.
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Hours Full time (37.5 hours) Contract type Permanent Reporting to Head of Development - Humanities Vacancy reference 175433 Additional information Applications are welcome and encouraged from all sectors of the community and are especially keen to encourage candidates from under-represented groups to apply. Development and Alumni Engagement is committed to equality and values diversity. We support a range of flexible working arrangements, including when and where you work. The responsibilities of this post mean that you will need to work onsite regularly. We would be happy to discuss this with you at any point in the application process. Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) DAE is led by Liesl Elder who, as Chief Development and Alumni Engagement Officer at the University of Oxford, reports directly to the Vice-Chancellor. DAE’s mission is to help secure philanthropic support for the University, and build an engaged, informed and active alumni community. Through working in partnership with academic, development, and alumni colleagues throughout the collegiate University, DAE builds enduring relationships with external constituencies – including alumni, non-alumni, corporate and foundation donors – and increases financial support for agreed academic priorities. The office is one of the central administrative departments of the University, collectively known as University Administration and Services. Due to the nature of its work, DAE collaborates closely with a number of other units and teams, particularly Public Affairs, Finance, Research and Legal. In 2019, the University and the colleges completed the Oxford Thinking Campaign, which raised £3.34bn, and is the most successful higher education fundraising campaign in Europe. The University is currently planning its next major campaign and, as a member of DAE, the post holder will have a key role to play in helping realise its successful delivery. In addition to front-line fundraising and alumni engagement staff, DAE has a number of teams that cover particular support functions. These include:  Donor Relations  Events  Research  International Engagement  Development and Alumni Relations Systems (DARS) (which supports the Development and Alumni Relations database)  Communications  Marketing and Insights It also works closely with Gift Registry, part of the Finance Division, which records and processes donations received by the University and on behalf of colleges. In addition, there are four overseas offices whose remit includes development and alumni engagement; these offices are located in North America, Japan, Hong Kong, and Switzerland. For further information please visit: Development Office (ox.ac.uk) and HOME | Oxford Alumni DAE is committed to equality and values diversity. The University holds a silver Athena Swan award to recognise advancement of gender equality: representation, progression and success for all. The role The University of Oxford is founded on the quality of its teaching, scholarship and service to society. It is working harder and faster than ever to create new knowledge and find answers to global problems, helping to make a more equitable society and educate the next generation of leaders. Philanthropy plays a critical role in enabling Oxford to maintain and build on its status as a world-class centre of learning. Major and principal gifts have played a significant part in our success with the Oxford Thinking Campaign and these gifts have made a number of important projects possible. Recent significant donations have brought the following projects to fruition:  The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities will be the new home for humanities at Oxford, providing state-of-the-art facilities for seven faculties, the Institute for Ethics in AI, and the Oxford Internet Institute. It will house a new humanities library, as well as public-facing exhibition and performance spaces.  The Ineos Oxford Institute for AMR Research is a new cutting-edge institute to combat the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in both humans and animals.  Reuben College is Oxford’s newest college, bringing graduate students and academics from traditionally different disciplines together to work on global challenges including artificial intelligence and machine learning; environmental change; ethics and values; and cellular life.  The Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building will house over 300 research scientists providing the focus and scale for the University’s major vaccine development programmes, allowing a rapid expansion of this fast-growing, translational area. 2  The Moh Family Foundation is supporting the work of Oxford University’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, greatly strengthening its ability to identify and counter future pandemic threats and ensure equitable access to treatments and vaccines around the world.  The Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science has been established to pioneer the better use of data, evidence, and digital tools in healthcare and policy, optimising the impact of interventions to achieve improved outcomes.  The Dieter Schwarz Foundation is supporting an ambitious programme of research dedicated to investigating the impact of AI and other game-changing technologies. They have also provided a major boost to the study and teaching of German at Oxford, principally through the endowment of the Schwarz-Taylor Chair in the German Language and Literature. The University of Oxford has been successful in raising donations from a broad, international range of donors, including alumni, non-alumni, foundations and trusts, and corporations. Oxford is a world leader in Humanities scholarship, recognised for the outstanding quality, breadth and depth of its teaching and research carried out in a broad range of subjects, from Classics, English, Fine Art, History and Languages to Linguistics, Music, Philosophy and Theology. Oxford Humanities graduates go on to a broad range of leading roles in society, and its academics are recognised internationally as leaders in their fields. For further information, please visit https://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk The Humanities divisional development team is highly effective, working collaboratively with academic colleagues across the division. This role will report to the Deputy Head of Development. The team has ambitious plans to build on success raising funding for priorities across the division, including endowment of key academic posts; supporting graduate scholarships, research, access and outreach; and a number of key capital projects. Key relationships: Donors and prospective donors to Oxford Humanities; Members of the Humanities development team and other members of the Development and Alumni Relations teams; Head of the Humanities Division; Senior academic and administrative staff; Humanities fundraising volunteers Purpose: To meet the objectives outlined below and other key strategic priorities as identified by the University. This is a key role within the team and the post holder will work with donors and academics at the highest level. Development at Oxford is well established and this role has the scope to work across a number of important and high-profile projects. The Humanities Development team is based at the Radcliffe Humanities building, alongside the Division’s directorate, as well as the Philosophy Faculty and the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). The Humanities Development team is part of the University’s central department of Development and Alumni Engagement, which is a short distance away at offices in Wellington Square. The post holder will be highly motivated and will possess a strong drive towards getting out in the field and developing purposeful and effective relationships with prospective benefactors. The post holder will be expected to liaise with senior academics to shape fundraising propositions and to spend the greater part of their time identifying and meeting current or prospective donors. As a core element of their activity, the post holder will be expected to work closely with other development professionals of the Collegiate University. The post holder will manage a portfolio of more than 100 major gifts prospects, and have an income target of £1m+ a year. The post holder will be responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of potential donors able to support Humanities at Oxford, typically in the range of £500k-£1m. The post holder will be able to use the support services provided (accounting, database, communications, stewardship and research). The post holder will be based in central Oxford, but they may be able to agree a pattern of regular remote working with their line manager. 3 The line manager will regularly review progress. There may be opportunities for career development within the University Development structure. The office seeks to support and encourage staff to help them reach their potential, providing access to appropriate courses and training whenever possible, as well as a comprehensive induction process. Development and Alumni Engagement values The following points lay down the foundations of the working ethos, culture and values of DAE. Aspirational and celebratory in turn, they provide a central framework for individual members of staff and teams, encouraging personal and professional growth.  We value each other – We respect the professional expertise of our colleagues. An approachable, friendly and kind office, we work in an environment where transparency of action and clarity of intent create openness and trust.  We work collaboratively – Whether within our own teams, across DAE, the collegiate University, or beyond, working collaboratively is second nature to us, and enables us to navigate complicated landscapes successfully.  We go beyond – We prize working with a high degree of autonomy and trust, and deliver a wide range of projects to the very highest standards. We are committed to personal, professional development.  We are part of something bigger – Our work supports the strategic priorities of the University of Oxford. We take pride in the contribution we – individually and collectively – make to the University. Responsibilities The duties of the post are set out as they are envisaged at present, but it will be important for the person appointed to be adaptable and versatile, and able to contribute to the development of the fundraising and alumni engagement functions of the collegiate University. The main duties of this post will be as follows:  To play a crucial role in securing philanthropic income against the core priorities of the Humanities Division through the successful acquisition of new gifts  To implement solicitation strategies to secure philanthropic gifts.  To identify prospective donors with whom the University will aim to develop significant philanthropic relationships.  To achieve personal income targets of at least £1 million annually and achieve department-wide performance expectations of 8-12 prospect meetings per month  To be responsible for formulating and implementing stewardship strategies for all donors for whom the post holder is the primary relationship manager  To be able to understand academically complex projects and explain and promote them to potential, nonspecialist donors. This will involve working out how to articulate and publicise priority projects, as agreed by the University and Humanities Division, in both written and verbal form. This will be undertaken in close collaboration with the Head of Development - Humanities, the Head of the Humanities Division and other senior staff  To understand donors’ wishes and aspirations and to identify potential links with key priority projects with the aim of securing a major gift 4  As appropriate, to identify, recruit and work with high-level volunteers who can assist with prospect identification and solicitation  To ensure that a current and accurate record of all development strategy and activity for which the post holder is responsible, be maintained on the database for Development and Alumni Engagement  To ensure all gifts comply with the University’s standards on ethics and scrutiny  To foster a positive understanding of the benefits and importance of philanthropy among Oxford’s stakeholders  To carry out such other functions as from time to time the Head of Development – Humanities or the Executive Director of Development might require, commensurate with the level of this position. The duties of the post are set out as they are envisaged at present, but it will be important for the person appointed to be adaptable and versatile, and able to contribute to the development of the fundraising function of the collegiate University. Selection criteria Essential selection criteria To be assessed by application/cv Experience and knowledge  Proven fundraising experience in a complex organization and direct involvement in securing major gifts Skills and abilities  The ability to think strategically and tactically about the relations between potential donors and fundraising goals, to provide specialist expertise in the area of major giving, and to develop a long-term strategy for the solicitation of major gifts  Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.  An ability to ask for, or arrange for others to ask for, significant gifts to enable the Humanities Division and the collegiate University to maintain their world-class status  The ability to promote interest amongst prospective donors in the goals of the Humanities and the University as a whole  The ability to converse effectively and convincingly with a range of people, including major donors, academics and senior officers, and to represent the University at the highest levels; the capability of representing the University at a senior level  Ability to thrive and work well under pressure whilst remaining aware of detail Attitudes  An interest in the Arts and Humanities  An interest in how Humanities scholarship affects our understanding of the modern world and its important role in addressing pressing contemporary issues  An understanding of the University of Oxford and its goals in teaching and research 5 To be assessed by interview/exercise Skills and abilities  Excellent personal presentation and communication skills, both oral and written  An ability to act independently and decisively when the situation demands it  The ability to identify and work with professional and academic colleagues in the cultivation of prospects and in the solicitation of major gifts  Excellent social skills and cultural understanding, combined with the ability to converse effectively and convincingly with a range of people, including major donors, academics and senior officers, and to represent the University at the highest level Attitudes  A combination of the personal sensitivity, creativity and tact that is needed when working with senior academics and prospective major donors to the University  The candidate must have an adaptable attitude and be prepared to work out of regular hours and to travel Desirable selection criteria  An excellent general level of education to degree level or equivalent or equivalent professional experience  Proficiency in one or more foreign languages Pre-employment screening Standard checks If you are offered the post, the offer will be subject to standard pre-employment checks. 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This is an opportunity to join the University’s Humanities Development team as we work to secure philanthropic support for scholarships, academics and the capital project. The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic. We are looking for a new fundraiser to join our energetic team to raise major gifts for a range of posts, scholarships, and other priorities across the Humanities. Oxford is the world’s leading university for humanities teaching and research. When it opens, the Schwarzman Centre will bring together seven faculties from the division under one roof for the first time. The University’s scholarship in languages, literature, history, philosophy, religion & the arts – from the earliest civilisation to the present day – enriches our understanding of humankind, and informs how we engage with historic issues and contemporary concerns. **About the Role:** This fundraiser will work closely with senior academics in the Humanities Division. The post will focus primarily on funding for posts, scholarships, and access and outreach in the academic faculties as well as securing support for the activities of the Cultural Programme and Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. An interest and appreciation for the arts and humanities is essential. **To Be Successful You ’ll Need:** * To be an experienced development professional with a track record of securing major gifts and the ability to secure gifts in the range of £100k-£1m+ * Confidence to work with people from a range of backgrounds, both internally and externally * The ability to think creatively in prospecting, cultivation and stewardship **What We Offer:** Your happiness and wellbeing at work matters to us, so we offer a range of family friendly and financial benefits including: * Flexible hybrid working * An excellent contributory pension scheme * 38 days annual leave * Membership to CASE * Training and development opportunities * A comprehensive range of childcare services * Family leave schemes * Cycle loan scheme * Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs * Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans **Application process:** * Click the link to ‘Apply’ and follow the on-screen instructions on our Application portal. * Applications must include of a CV and a letter of application, in your own words (in PDF format), outlining your motivations to apply for this role, your relevant experience and how you meet the criteria of the person specification. * For further guidance and support, please visit https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply. Only applications received before 12.00 noon on **Thursday 3 October 2024** can be considered. Interviews are currently scheduled to take place week commencing **Thursday 17 ****October 2024** , in person in Oxford. We are also seeking a Grade 7 Development Executive with the Humanities major gifts team (vacancy ID 175415), also closing on 3 October. Candidates should have the ability to secure gifts in the range of £100k to £500k. For more information about this role, please click ‘Apply’, or go to https://bit.ly/3XtcAdQ _Development and Alumni Engagement_ _is committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We encourage applicants from all sectors of the community and are especially keen to encourage candidates from under-represented groups to apply._ """ . . "hidden label"@en . "Document" . . . "text/n3" . . . . "KR" . . "devoff" . "Agent" . . "occupies" . "Oxford University Development Office" . 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