Senior Philanthropy Manager (Science Engineering and Medicine) (107883-1124)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Polly Symondson at info@pollysymondsonrecruitment.co.uk.

Responsible to the Head of Philanthropy. Responsible for a Philanthropy Officer.

In this role, you’ll lead the development of a portfolio of Major Gift prospects and projects for the aligned Faculty (Science, Engineering, and Medicine), and hold line management responsibility for Philanthropy Officer(s), as required, who will support Development Office led philanthropic priorities.

In this role you’ll be hybrid working within a hot-desking space within the Development and Alumni Engagement team on campus. We support the team to work remotely in accordance with our hybrid working policies.

Our impact stretches far beyond the boundaries of Warwick’s campus.

The Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine at the University of Warwick aims to shape the world’s future through cutting-edge research and world-class teaching, pushing the boundaries of innovative thinking, and informing the debate on the introduction of new technologies to benefit humanity.

Philanthropic funding increases our ability to support cutting edge research to solve the world’s greatest problems.

Thanks to an educational experience driven by challenge, curiosity and ambition, we produce graduates with the skills, drive and business-ready outlook to succeed in the global workplace.

The University of Warwick was nominated for University of the Year by the UK Social Mobility Awards, 2023. Warwick’s commitment to widening participation has been recognised for making strides and creating initiatives to advance social mobility within our own workforce or beyond it.

A magnet for our region.

Our researchers are world leaders in identifying solutions for climate change, pandemic research, conflict resolution, designing sustainable materials and environments. For instance, The University of Warwick is leading the research in sustainability and climate policy. With our researchers investigating individual attitudes to climate change and combining interdisciplinary approaches to tackle one of the world’s most urgent crisis.

The Covid-19 research that Warwick has initiated was aimed at helping us prepare for future crisis, understand how to forestall future pandemics, and organize human behaviour for our collective health and common good.

Philanthropy and alumni support are vital to empowering our researchers to solve global challenges and making education more accessible. We’re planning an ambitious new fundraising campaign that will support this. If you can inspire and engage others with this vision, please get in touch for a chat.

We’re seeking talented applicants who bring a range of skills and come from a variety of different backgrounds. We welcome experienced professionals and support and train those who want to transition from other careers. We welcome and embrace diversity and offer work flexibility.

If you’re looking for a role where you will directly make a difference to people’s lives, and the world we live in we look forward to meeting you.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. 

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 08 January 2025 at 11.55 pm

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