Philanthropy Intelligence Manager

Philanthropy Intelligence Manager

As the University of Sussex embarks on an ambitious new long-term strategy, Sussex 2035, this is an exciting time to join our great Development and Alumni Relations team. The Philanthropy Intelligence Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting our fundraising aspirations to aid the delivery of the University’s strategic priorities. You will drive forward our principal and major gifts programme, helping to raise philanthropic income to support ambitious capital projects, scholarships and research. 

You will have a strong track record in identifying, evaluating, and profiling individuals, managing prospect pipelines and data underpinning major gift fundraising programmes. Supported by the data services and major gifts teams, you’ll have access to a range of resources and tools, as well as training to support your work and career development. With strong attention to detail, good writing skills, and the ability to extract and communicate summary evidence to internal audiences, you will be self-driven and share our vision as a university and our values as a team. If you feel you have prospect research experience working with high-net worth individuals, corporates and/or trusts and foundations and are ready for a career move, we’d love to hear from you.  

In return we provide hybrid working and the opportunity to work for an institution that is forward thinking, in a team that is passionate about ensuring access to quality education and facilitating research that makes the world a better place. The University of Sussex was founded in 1961 and led the way in developing interdisciplinary research and studies. Today, we’re a leading research-intensive university with over 200,000 alumni across the world. With hybrid working, a beautiful campus and a collaborative and supportive team, this is a great opportunity for an experienced researcher to join a talented, ambitious, and high performing fundraising team.

We had some discussion about places to look for potential applicants, thinking of transferable skills across sectors, so here are our thoughts:

• Private Sector – people working in wealth management who want a career change.

• Medium Sized Local Charities – people in their data team, who manage their research.

• HE Sector – target Prospect Research Officers/Assistants who want to step up.

• People who have experience in marketing for ultra-luxury brands/to HNWIs.

• People who have worked on the awarding side of grant funding 

Other thoughts:

We could sell the lifestyle benefits of living in Brighton, for those who are looking for a move (we have a pretty good relocation package for Grade 7+, if needed).

For more information or a confidential discussion please contact our recruitment partners at Penna – Brian Gallagher at Brian.Gallagher@penna.com or call 07716 098175.

Closing date: Sunday 22nd September 2024 (Midnight)