Individual Giving Manager

Department/Team: Development

Responsible to: Head of Philanthropy and Individual Giving

Contract: Permanent

Location: Mix of home working and from The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB (min 3 office days)

Hours: Full-Time – 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday

The Old Vic offers the ability to work these flexibly under the guidelines in our Hybrid Working policy. Additional hours may be necessary in order to fulfil the requirements of the post

Salary: £35,000 – £36,750

Direct reports: Individual Giving Officer

The role will support the Development team to successfully raise between £3.5-4 million annually through fundraising, in addition to a concurrent £19.25m capital campaign. The successful candidate will efficiently manage the day to day running of The Old Vic’s individual giving scheme, reporting to the Head of Philanthropy and Individual Giving and working with the Individual Giving Officer to implement and carry out a yearly strategic plan to retain and increase support across all levels of Membership and wider areas of giving.

Person Specification

Essential

• Demonstrable track record of successfully managing an individual giving scheme
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to work independently and with initiative
• Confident dealing with a range of stakeholders and diverse relationship management
• Excellent, and demonstrable, administration skills including with regards to financial record keeping and fundraised income
• A friendly and professional attitude, able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good working knowledge of Gift Aid
• Outstanding administration and organisation skills
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities, and pivot when time-sensitive tasks arise
• A collaborative approach to working in a small, busy team

• Robust knowledge of CRM / fundraising databases (Tessitura is an advantage)