Senior Development Assistant - CG1340RDD

Start Date: 1 October 2024

The remit of the Development Office is to develop and strengthen the University's position at the forefront of teaching, learning and research by inspiring active participation, investment and loyalty to St Andrews. We do this through fundraising for key University priorities and developing mutually beneficial relations with over 71,000 alumni, friends and benefactors worldwide.

We are seeking a well-organised and highly motivated individual to undertake prospect research in support of the University’s successful and well-established fundraising, alumni and supporter engagement programmes.

The Senior Development Assistant (Research) will collaborate closely with colleagues in the Fundraising, Campaign and Donor relations, Alumni and Supporter Engagement and Development Services teams to identify and provide high quality information on prospective major donors and supporters for cultivation events and briefings in advance of meetings. This role will have a particular focus on trust, foundation and corporate funders.

The role holder will also be responsible for conducting open-source due diligence research and provide analysis on potential and existing donors to ensure compliance with the University’s Gift Acceptance and Anti-Money Laundering policies. The role holder will be required to highlight potential areas of ethical and reputational risk in terms of the acceptance of gifts and provide appropriate guidance to fundraising colleagues

All aspects of the role will require the use of a range of research tools to identify prospective new donors, including undertaking research into prospective donors in the UK, USA and across the world.

Database work is required and training in the use of the Raiser’s Edge database will be provided. Careful attention to detail, discretion in handling confidential material and a good understanding of the importance of fundraising in the higher education sector are also essential.

The role will sit within the Prospect Research team and report directly to the Development Officer (Research). It is primarily based at Walter Bower House, Eden Campus, with the flexibility of home working approximately 50% of contracted hours.

Employees of the University have access to a wide range of staff benefits including:

• Annual leave of 30 days, plus 5 public holidays
•  Membership of the S&LAS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
• A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies
• Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services
• Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel
• Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme
• A range of wellbeing initiatives including membership of Peppy, a health application that connects staff to expert practitioners and personalized support on health matters

Further information and informal enquiries may be directed to Beiti Tomlinson, email: bt74@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Applications are particularly welcome from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in professional posts at the University.  

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience and form a central pillar of the University Strategy.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk. 

Please quote ref: CG1340RDD

Further Particulars: CG1340RDD FPs.docx

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