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Senior Development Manager, Fuel Productions Ltd

  •  UK-wide
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes November 24, 2025
  •  Admin
  •  admin@fueltheatre.com
  • #Performing arts

Description

Job Summary

Fuel is looking for a Senior Development Manager to join the team. The Senior Development Manager will manage the fundraising function at Fuel, supporting the Artistic Director & CEO and Executive Director with major fundraising bids, and managing the output of consistent applications.

Job Description

Fuel is looking for a skilled and proactive Senior Development Manager to join the team. The Senior Development Manager will provide essential management of the fundraising function at Fuel, supporting the Artistic Director & CEO and Executive Director with major fundraising bids, and managing the output of consistent applications for both projects and core activity.

At Fuel, we work with artists on projects from their earliest stages. We have a Development Producer who manages our projects in development and proactively seeks to secure funding to transition these projects from research and development to production. The Senior Development Manager will support the Development Producer with their fundraising efforts but will not be responsible for the artistic development of projects.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, disability, religion or belief, national origin, pregnancy or maternity, or age. We actively welcome applications from those currently under-represented in the arts and fundraising sectors. Candidates can be based anywhere in the UK.

Your line manager will be: Executive Director

You will also have close working relationships with the Artistic Director & CEO, the Executive & Fundraising Assistant and the Producing team.

Job Requirements

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Creating & delivering effective fundraising campaigns and achieving fundraising targets in the UK
  • Raising income for complex creative programmes
  • Managing relationships with a diverse range of partners, agencies and freelancers
  • Securing significant/multi-year grants from Trusts and Foundations
  • Stewarding and securing gifts from Individuals and Corporates Experience of Arts Council England grant funding and reporting
  • Running digital fundraising campaigns Experience of managing a donor database
  • Managing evaluation and reporting processes for donors, corporates & funders
  • Understanding and a passion for contemporary live performance

Desirable

  • Relevant fundraising experience in an independent live performance company or arts organisation with national reach
  • Understanding of the wider arts/cultural sector in the UK
  • Understanding of fuel as a company

For essential skills & attributes visit https://fueltheatre.com/get-involved/

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Proactively support the Artistic Director & CEO and Executive Director in developing Fuel' s fundraising strategy
  • Implement Fuel's fundraising strategy for Trusts & Foundations, individuals, and corporates in collaboration with the Executive Director, Artistic Director & CEO, and Producing team
  • Maintain a strong understanding and awareness of our programme of activity, working with the Producing team to identify opportunities for fundraising and contribute to project fundraising targets (including supporting Arts Council England (ACE) Project Grant applications); Job Description 5
  • Deliver and exceed identified targets for core funding across trusts, foundations, individuals, partnerships and corporations
  • Steward and help manage funders, donors and corporates at all stages of their journey with Fuel
  • Set and manage the fundraising budget

For more key responsibilities and duties visit https://fueltheatre.com/get-involved/

Useful Links

How to Apply

- Go to https://fueltheatre.com/get-involved/
- Find "Application Form" button next to the "Senior Development Manager" title

We are holding a drop-in online question & answer session on Wednesday 12 November from 5pm to 5:45pm. If you would like to attend, please email [email protected] and we will send you the Zoom invitation link. Please let us know if you have any access requirements for this session.

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