Development Manager
Detailed Job Description

Job Title:

Development Manager

Salary Range:

£50,000 - £60,000

Benefits:

28 days’ annual leave plus winter closure period
Pension Scheme
Hybrid working possible

Reporting to:

Managing Director

Job Summary

The British American Drama Academy (BADA) is seeking an experienced, individually motived
fundraising professional who thrives on working independently both administratively and in
frontline fundraising to lead institutional strategy and day-to-day operations to grow and
strengthen the organization’s fundraising activity.

Duties and Responsibilities

Fundraising

●  Develop and implement BADA’s fundraising strategy and targets, including researching,

creating, and managing timelines, budgets, and other related materials.

●  Communicate effectively with donors, staff, and other stakeholders, and collaborating

with BADA colleagues to align development efforts with organizational goals.
●  Prepare and deliver donor reports, presentations, and other materials as required.
●  Undertake plan for setting up an Annual Fund donor appeal, as well as continue to

cultivate current and prospective donors.

●  Develop strong relationships with BADA’s established donors and actively expand the

donor base.

●  Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues at BADA, faculty, masterclass

tutors and visiting artists and alumni, to ensure income generation opportunities on both
sides of the Atlantic are identified and developed effectively.

●  Develop and host donor engagement opportunities at BADA’s programmes in London

●

and Oxford
In collaboration with UK and US colleagues, plan, organise, and execute fundraising
events, or Academy events with external stakeholders in attendance (i.e. donors,
prospects, alumni and parents), including managing invitations and guest lists,
coordinating logistics and budget management, and delivering event communications.
●  Produce all gift acknowledgements, tax receipts (specifically for US dollar donations),

and other correspondence and ensure they are sent in a timely manner.

●  Travel to the US a minimum of once per year.

●  Research, write, and submit grant proposals, as required.

Working with volunteer leadership

●  Coordinate with Managing Director and BADA Chair to maintain fundraising objectives
and ensure progress is communicated to the BADA Board and Fundraising Committee.

●  Work with the AFBADA Board Chair and Board Members to ensure that overseas

supporters are considered in relation to all fundraising initiatives.

●  Take responsibility for the co-ordination of AFBADA Board meetings (currently held
twice per year). Collaborate with BADA Executive, AFBADA Chair and AFBADA
Secretary on agenda curation, prepare papers, attend (either virtually or on occasion, in
person) and take minutes at all meetings.

●  Assist Board Members in peer-to-peer requests for support from their networks.

Data & Mailings

●  Update and regularly maintain Academy’s CRM database, including recording donor
cultivation and stewardship, and generating lists and data outputs as needed for any
relevant communications such as for appeals, announcements, and events.
●  Develop strategic priorities for cultivation using the database, incorporating initial

outreach built through the 40th Anniversary activities.

●  Accurately record donor information in line with the data privacy policy, GDPR (General

Data Protection Regulation) and any other applicable policies or legislation.
●  Ensure that all students are added to the database as alumni following course

completion.

Finance

●  Ensure prompt and accurate processing of donations and related income
●  Liaise as necessary with the Finance Director to maintain accurate records of

contributions and other related financial information

●  For UK donations, maintain Gift Aid paperwork and electronic archive to support Gift Aid

claims as needed

Working Hours

•  BADA’s usual working hours are 9:00am to 6:00pm. The nature of the position requires

flexibility and a willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.

•  Annual travel to the US and willingness to work in London and occasionally Oxford (in

the summer months) is required.

BADA is a well-established, small, rigorous and inclusive theatre training community. All staff
are  expected  to  work  together  in  a  positive  and  collaborative  spirit,  and  to  share  a  deep
commitment to our vision to enable US and other international students to participate fully in our
courses,  irrespective  of  barriers  they  may  face  linked  to  ethnicity,  class,  disability,  gender,
sexuality, socio-economic or any other.