Development Officer
The Skinners' School
Kent
- New
- Salary:
- Skinners’ School Support Staff pay scale-Band 9 (£32,993-£37,188)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2025
- Apply by:
- 13 January 2025
Job overview
SALARY: Skinners’ School Support Staff pay scale-Band 9 (£32,993-£37,188)
WORKING PATTERN: Part time, 20 hours per week, term time only. This includes the opportunity for flexible working.
Job purpose:
To implement the school’s fundraising strategy by:
• Working closely with the Headmaster, Leadership Team and Development Board to secure fundraising income from individuals, trusts and foundations, and corporate partnerships.
• Being a flexible and energetic all-rounder with wide-ranging skills.
•Having strong personal skills to strengthen relationships and excellent organisational skills to establish and maintain fundraising procedures and protocols.
Key responsibilities:
• Research and develop fundraising opportunities across all areas including individuals, major corporates and trusts and foundations.
• Maintain and develop an Old Skinners’ engagement programme.
• Assist in the process of fostering a strong philanthropic culture, coordinating meetings, providing briefings and assisting with asking for donations
• Assist in establishing a Development Board, and a group of volunteers, developing a close working relationship with both.
• Support the Headmaster and the Development Board in the implementation of a capital fundraising programme.
• Assist in creating and embedding a legacy programme, aimed at Old Boys, past parents and friends of the school.
• Research trusts and collate information for funding proposals, including identifying and cultivation links with trustees.
• Write persuasive, and engaging copy for funding proposals.
• Ensure accurate records are kept on funder relationships and that timely reports are submitted to funders about the projects in progress.
• Keep up to date on funder trends and future opportunities including changes in funding priorities.
• Regularly report on progress with applications and monitor progress against funding targets.
• Establish and maintain a database for givers and prospects.
• Monitor fundraising income and report on a regular basis.
• Ensure gifts are processed correctly and logged on the database.
• Maintain Gift Aid declarations and prepare Gift Aid submissions.
• Ensure supporter acknowledgements and credit on publicity materials and sponsorship agreements are fulfilled.
Candidates should submit a completed application form, including details of key achievements and responsibilities, along with a covering letter which fully addresses the competencies outlined in the job description and person specification.
Completed applications should be emailed to the Headmaster’s Secretary,MrsWendyDrayatwendy.dray@skinners-school.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 12pm on 13 January 2025.
Candidates will be invited for interview shortly there after. We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications would be welcomed.
Attached documents
About The Skinners' School
The Skinners’ School is an all-boys grammar school with academy status in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The pupil roll is around 1120, with more than 350 students in the sixth form.
The Skinners’ School was founded in 1887 by the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of 108 livery companies in the City of London, in response to a demand for education in the Tunbridge Wells area. Over the years the school site has been developed. Byng Hall, acquired in 2003, led to the development of the school’s music and drama offering, with the Thomson Theatre opening in October 2008. A new £2.5m sports complex opened on the main site in September 2012 and the Mitchell Building in 2020, home to the English department, Library and Sixth Form Centre
Headmaster
Edward Wesson
Values and vision
The school’s ethos and activities are inclusive and diverse, aiming to help develop character, leadership, compassion, collaboration and interests for life. Teachers aim to foster a love of learning and curiosity about the world, building the capacity and self-confidence in students to strive with ambition to reach their full potential.
Ofsted report
“Students have excellent attitudes to learning and are very proud of their school. The school is very inclusive and is focused on encouraging both academic excellence and the personal and social development of all students. The relatively small size of the school means that students are well known to staff and there is a very strong emphasis on meeting their individual needs.”
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