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Development Manager, Nottingham Contemporary

  •  East Midlands
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes June 2, 2025
  •  Recruitment Team
  •  recruitment@nottinghamcontemporary.org
  • #Charity

Description

Job Summary

As Development Manager, you will be responsible for managing and supporting Nottingham Contemporary's ambitious development strategy to increase income, in collaboration with the Senior Development Manager.

Job Description

At Nottingham Contemporary, we believe in the power of contemporary art to inspire, challenge and bring people together. Our charity aims to be a space where art connects, bridging conversations across our city and around the world, nurturing and shaping the future of art and ideas. Our vision is to be a leading international contemporary art gallery, known for our innovative exhibitions, events and local engagement programmes.

We currently have an exciting vacancy for a Development Manager to join our dynamic and supportive Development team.

As Development Manager, you will be responsible for managing and supporting Nottingham Contemporary's ambitious development strategy to increase income, in collaboration with the Senior Development Manager who holds the overall responsibility for targets and strategy. Ensuring excellent stewardship of all supporters and a strong pipeline of donors and funders will be essential.

You will work with the Senior Development Manager to lead on and maximise income from trusts and foundations in particular, in support of Nottingham Contemporary's core programme.

If you would like to know more about this role, our team and the organisation, we will be holding an informal online information session on Mon 19 May at 1.30pm. Please book on by emailing mailto: [email protected] - [email protected]. Alternatively, you are also welcome to request an informal chat with our Development team to find out more. These informal sessions do not form part of the selection process.

Hours: 35 hours per week (some ad hoc evening and weekend work may be required). Other working patterns, including part time, will also be considered.

Salary: £28,560 - £32,000 depending on experience

Location: Hybrid - Nottingham Contemporary office and home.

Job Requirements

We're looking for someone who has excellent interpersonal skills, alongside the ability to write compelling cases for support. The ideal candidate will be innovative, pro-active and able to adapt easily as a creative problem-solver. A team player, you'll relish working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve shared goals.

You'll have a track record in fundraising or relationship management in the not for profit, cultural or other relevant sectors, in particular with trusts and foundations. You'll have the ability to manage a busy workload to meet agreed deadlines, and your excellent organisational and project management skills will come in handy when organising a range of cultivation and stewardship events for donors, funders and prospects.

We understand the benefit of transferable skills and experience. Even if you don't meet all of the criteria but are interested in the role, we would still like to hear from you.

Job Responsibilities

Your main accountabilities will include:

  • Hold oversight of the trust & foundation pipelines & work collaboratively with the Senior Development Manager, Director & programmers to develop & align cultivation strategies & asks
  • Develop & implement cultivation & solicitation strategies for trusts & foundations
  • Research & lead on writing compelling applications with strong cases for support to trusts & foundations to secure grants in support of the organisation's goals
  • Prepare timely project report templates & reports on the outcomes of donor & funder support
  • Support the Senior Development Manager with ongoing prospect research
  • Lead on the identification & cultivation of appropriate corporate sponsors, devising carefully tailored & convincing proposals to secure additional funding
  • Support with the delivery of a creative programme of cultivation & stewardship events for donors, funders & prospects
  • Represent Nottingham Contemporary at internal & external meetings & events

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How to Apply

Please download the full job description and application form from our website. We also welcome video or audio application statements (of up to 5 minutes). To receive our application pack in a different format, please contact 0115 948 9750 or [email protected]

To apply, please email your completed application form or video/audio application statement to [email protected] by Mon 2 June 2025, 10am. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

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