Director of Fundraising

Up to GBP60,000 per annum

Plymouth

Permanent, Full Time

Theatre Royal Plymouth is a registered charity, inspiring a lifetime of creativity for audiences, artists and participants throughout Plymouth and the wider region.

Theatre Royal Plymouth (TRP) is in an exciting period of transition as we embed the findings and recommendations of our recent organisational change Creative Renewal programme, and as we focus our business around six new pillars of creativity: theatre; dance; children, young people and families; co-curated and outdoor work; artist development; scenic design and construction.

The Vacancy

This brand new role demonstrates TRP's renewed commitment to fundraising and is an exceptional opportunity for the right candidate to build a team around them that delivers fundraising success for our organisation.

The Fundraising Director will be responsible for raising charitable income from individuals, trusts and foundations, and public sector sources. It will nurture long-term relationships with everyone who supports us, and help us to develop engaging income generation opportunities.

Following a successful renewal of our National Portfolio Organisation status with Arts Council England until 2026, we need to grow our fundraising from a low level to approximately GBP1.5m per annum within five years. As the Director of Fundraising, you will devise and deliver an ambitious income growth strategy across a range of funding streams in line with TRP's strategic goals.

Key responsibilities:

Develop, drive and manage an innovative fundraising strategy for TRP in collaboration with the Executive team, Trustees and other key stakeholders (including establishing a Development Committee).

Recruit and lead a new Fundraising team.

Work with the CEO and COO to set and monitor income targets and expenditure budgets to meet the current and future needs of TRP.

Manage a personal portfolio of major donors across all fundraised income streams.

Identify improvements in current fundraising operations and areas for growth.

Ensure that all fundraising activity is fully compliant with sector regulations, policies and practices.

Build strong personal relationships with TRP supporters from all income streams and at all levels of giving.

Lead the team in reaching annual agreed income targets, maximising potential support from the higher levels of our membership scheme, major donors and charitable grant-makers.

Our ideal candidate:

Significant experience of fundraising in the charitable sector.

Track record of personally leading on, as well as supporting others in securing donations and grants in excess of 5 figures from individuals, charitable trusts and foundations, and public funders.

Experience of budget setting, monitoring and reforecasting.

Excellent organisation and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, delivering to deadline and within budget.

Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written, with excellent networking skills and the ability to liaise and influence at a senior level.

An innovative and strategic approach to attracting new support for TRP.

In return we offer:

33 days holiday entitlement including statutory

Company Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Great ticket offers

Discounts with many local businesses

Are you an experienced fundraising leader looking for a fantastic new role? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion at TRP with a workforce, participants and audiences that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

The collective power of each team member's life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression and talent creates the very best environment for us to achieve our ambitions and lead the sector.

In recruiting for our team, we recognise the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 25 January at 12 noon.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.