Development and Alumni Relations Officer

Development and Alumni Relations Officer

Permanent Full-time (with the option of Part-time)

37 hours per week

Annual Salary: £28,857

Closing Date: 14/10/2024

King Edward’s School, Bath has an exciting opportunity in its growing Development and Alumni Relations team. We are looking for a candidate to help us achieve the School’s fundraising aims and who will share our passion for the future of King Edward’s.

Philanthropy has always played a role throughout our School’s long history. Since our founding in 1552, charitable donations have helped us to provide a first-class education to young people, regardless of their financial circumstances. As we move towards our 475th anniversary in 2027, we have ambitious plans to significantly grow our transformational Bursary Programme so that any pupil offered a place at the Senior School can attend. The Development and Alumni Relations Officer will play a key role in achieving this in collaboration with other colleagues in the team.

The postholder’s main responsibility will be managing and enhancing the alumni and supporter database, with other responsibilities including supporting fundraising activities, events, and parent and alumni communications, including the School website and social media channels.

Whether you have knowledge of working in a development/fundraising environment or are eager to learn, your flexibility and enthusiasm will be essential. A positive, proactive attitude and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across the School are also key qualities we value. Experience of using a CRM to extract data and analysis is essential. You must also be able to demonstrate excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, and have excellent IT knowledge. 

The successful candidate will be provided with a full induction, supportive line management and appropriate training. This role will be worked Monday to Thursday 8.30-4.30pm and 8.30-4pm on Friday with an hour unpaid break daily. We will consider part time applicants with a minimum of 0.8 FTE. 

The closing date for this vacancy is 8.30am on Monday 14 October 2024. The

completed application form and cover letter needs to be sent to our HR

Department via their email address HR@kesbath.com. Interviews will be held

within a fortnight of this closing date. 

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King Edward’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening, which includes successful clearance of an enhanced DBS check, receipt of satisfactory references and a pre-employment health questionnaire.