Development Officer
Contract: permanent, full-time
Salary: £28,000 - £32,595 per annum (incl LW) plus benefits
Location: St James’s Square, London SW1 (with flexibility in line with hybrid working policy)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Ref: LL/23/09
Deadline: 6 November 2023 (by 9am)
About The London Library
The London Library is one of the UK’s greatest literary institutions, providing a centre of creativity, inspiration, and ideas for 180 years. Well-known members and frequent borrowers have included Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Bram Stoker, Rebecca West, Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter, Daphne du Maurier, HG Wells, TS Eliot, Stanley Kubrick, and Ian Fleming. Current writers in membership include Kazuo Ishiguro, AS Byatt, Raymond Antrobus, Simon Schama, Hallie Rubenhold, Tom Stoppard, Antonia Fraser, Jessie Burton, and Sarah Waters. Nearly all of its collection of around one million books can be borrowed and it offers a vast eLibrary and invaluable postal loans service. It is a home for everyone who loves the written word.
The Library is a registered charity and championed by its President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Development Officer to support the management and delivery of our Venue Hire programme; undertake prospect research and prospect pipeline management to support major and regular giving and campaign fundraising; oversee and support the delivery of the annual Library Fund appeal; and, provide support for Trusts and Foundations fundraising, including drafting approaches and applications.
Reporting to the Senior Fundraising Operations Manager, you will join the small and busy Development department and be responsible for operational administration, diary management, promotion and support of events and appeals, fundraising data, research, and budget. You will play a central part in making the team as efficient as possible ensuring fundraising opportunities are increased and maximised.
About you
For this role you must have extensive administrative experience and have worked in a fundraising team for a charity or arts organisation. You will have good GCSE grades in Maths and English (Grade A-C) or equivalent and be familiar with using CRM systems and other databases. You will also possess excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills as well as an eye for detail. Important too, will be the ability to learn new systems quickly and work well as part of a collaborative team. Experience of using specialist fundraising/membership software and prospect research would be an advantage.
We are a friendly, hardworking team and a welcoming workplace that supports flexible working. In line with the Library’s hybrid working policy, you will need to be able to work onsite regularly and take part in in-person collaboration, but you will also have the opportunity to work from home. We aim to be as inclusive and equitable as possible and can discuss specific adjustments and access needs to help make this role fit for you.
If you are excited by the opportunity to use your development skills at The London Library, we would love to hear from you.
TO APPLY
Please complete an application form including the Library's equal opportunities monitoring form - available below - and email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Candidate Information Pack (including job description)
The Library welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All applicants will be considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the post. Please note we are unable to consider candidates without a current right to work in the UK.
