Major Gifts Manager

Posted 2 days 15 hours ago by National Theatre

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Not Specified, United Kingdom
Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in the theatre s new Stories Start Here campaign. building on our successful major donor fundraising programme. As the key relationship manager for a portfolio of some of our closest and passionate supporters, the Major Gifts Manager makes a vital contribution to this growing income stream. By identifying, cultivating, soliciting and securing major gifts of £25,000 and more, and working collaboratively across the department with other fundraising teams, there is lots of scope to build on your existing fundraising experience to develop an engaged and generous portfolio of major donors.

The successful candidate will have the following:

  • Confident, curious, articulate and persuasive, both orally and in writing

  • Experience in a fundraising capacity, with a successful track record of meeting targets and personally soliciting and securing 5-figure+ philanthropic gifts

  • Evidence of relationship management to proactively develop a portfolio of prospects employing creative strategies to engage them

  • Demonstrable prospect research skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the necessary listening, facilitation, negotiation, and diplomatic skills to represent the NT, and to achieve immediate credibility and influence with high net worth individuals, and internal and external stakeholders

If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!

The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Friday 15th August 2025 at 12 noon.