Associate Director, Principal and International Giving - INTERNAL ONLY

​​Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) provides a fundraising and alumni engagement function in support of King’s College London. We are proud to work with colleagues across the university and its health partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare.  Our work also includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity (the King’s Maudsley Partnership) in support of children’s mental health initiatives between the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.

​We are a committed team that brings together fundraisers working across different channels, alongside colleagues who promote King’s College London’s engagement with its worldwide alumni community. Our work is underpinned and enhanced by a range of dedicated professionals in supporting areas covering proposition development, supporter engagement, supporter operations and business operations.   

This is an exciting time for philanthropy at King’s College London, as we start planning for a new fundraising and engagement campaign. This will support our ambitions to significantly scale our fundraising activity and to further enhance the impact of our work engaging with our world-wide alumni community.

Giving at the Principal Gift level (gifts of £5m and over) and from international communities is pivotal to delivering our ambitions to support the University’s strategy. The role of Associate Director of Philanthropy, Principal and International Giving is therefore a pivotal senior strategic role, tasked with developing and expanding our principal and transformational gift programme. This role will focus on significantly increasing high-value giving, with a particular ambition to increase eight-figure donations and set the groundwork for nine-figure gifts.

​Working closely with senior leaders of the University, up to and including the Vice-Chancellor, this position is responsible for designing and implementing innovative fundraising strategies, managing a high-profile donor portfolio, maximising the opportunity from our Principal Gift pool and leading a team of dedicated professionals across both domestic and international fundraising initiatives. As well as driving the overall principal gifts programme across all fundraising teams, this role will also work closely with academics and colleagues internally to develop Principal Gift level gift propositions.

​The role is pivotal in shaping King's strategic philanthropic vision, ensuring robust donor engagement, and driving transformational support that underpins the institution’s long-term goals.

This is considered as a full-time post (35 hours per week) and the successful candidate will be offered an indefinite contract.

P&A has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we’re very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Downloading a copy of our Job Description 

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.  We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including part-time, compressed hours and/or job shares, as appropriate and in the context of the business needs associated with the role.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit ’ pages.

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​This roles with have two interview stages, a standard skills-based interview followed (for up to two appointable candidates) by a Core Values interview (unless a candidate has already under a CV interview).