Philanthropy and Alumni Relations Officer

LORD
WANDSWORTH
COLLEGE
·HAMPSHIRE·

Lord Wandsworth College Philanthropy and Alumni Relations Officer

Candidate Pack

Role Profile

Directorate:

Philanthropy and Alumni Relations Officer (PANDA Team)

Responsible to:

Senior Philanthropy Manager

Location:

On campus (with some flexibility)

Contract:

Permanent, full time, 52 weeks a year

Salary:

£28,000–£33,000 per annum, depending on experience

Benefits

We offer a vast range of staff benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time staff).

• Contributory pension scheme.

• Fee remission for children.

• Enhanced family friendly policies including support for emergency time off for dependants.

State of the art, restaurant quality hot and cold food available (complimentary).

• Death in service scheme - 4 times your annual salary.

Friends and Family referral scheme (£250 for each referral).

• Give as you earn and staff volunteering day.

• Use of wide-ranging school facilities - gym, swimming pool, tennis, walks, trails etc.

• Excellent social and sporting events for staff within the school.

Role outline and purpose

This is an exciting opportunity to join the dynamic, ambitious and forward-thinking fundraising & alumni office at Lord Wandsworth College. As a key member of the Philanthropy and Alumni Relations (PANDA) Team, you will provide vital support across both fundraising and alumni engagement activities.

This new role will become the team’s lead user of our CRM database, ensuring that our data is up to date and can be used effectively to support decision-making and measure success. You will also provide support to the wider team, assisting with the delivery of a varied events programme, contributing to the marketing and communications activity that underpins these initiatives, and offer general admin support. Offering exposure to a broad range of projects, this is a diverse and rewarding position with plenty of opportunity to make a meaningful contribution.

This role would suit someone looking to develop a career in fundraising, alumni relations or marketing. We are seeking an individual with strong transferable skills, flexibility, enthusiasm, a proactive attitude and a genuine commitment to supporting the mission of Lord Wandsworth College and the Lord Wandsworth Foundation.

Role responsibilities

The duties of the role will include, but not be restricted to:

Maintain data via our CRM that is accurate, insightful and can be used effectively to strengthen engagement and fundraising activity.

Produce reports, mailing lists and data insights to support fundraising and engagement activity.

Administer donations and pledges, ensuring that valid Gift Aid declarations are maintained and donors are thanked promptly and in accordance with established stewardship and thanking protocols.

• Support the delivery of a varied programme of alumni, parent, donor, community society and other events.

Assist with event communications, including digital and social media content.

• Attend events as required, including occasional evening and weekend commitments.

Support the Director and Senior Philanthropy Manager with prospect research.

Process alumni merchandise orders, maintaining records and arranging fulfilment.

Support the team to keep income and expenditure up to date.

• Provide administrative and operational support across all areas of fundraising and alumni relations, working with all PANDA team members.

In addition:

When the opportunity arises to move over to a new CRM system, act as the main point of contact with the new supplier to support the transition, assisting with data migration and the ongoing development of the platform for the benefit of effective long-term use of the system.

Person Specification

Excellent communicator who enjoys working within a collaborative, growth-minded team.

Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

• Confident working with databases, spreadsheets and digital systems.

Strong data literacy and an ability to interpret and use information effectively.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of people.

Behaviours and competencies

• Enthusiastic and passionate about making a difference.

• Warm, approachable and confident when engaging with donors, alumni, parents and colleagues.

• Curious and keen to learn.

• Reliable, flexible, organised, proactive and committed to delivering high-quality work.

• Comfortable working in a busy and varied environment.

• A positive ambassador for Lord Wandsworth College and the Lord Wandsworth Foundation.

Key Stakeholders

• PANDA Team: Director of Philanthropy & Alumni Relations, Senior Philanthropy Manager, Philanthropy Manager, Alumni Relations Manager.

• Alumni, parents and families.

• Head of Futures.

• College Office, Finance Team, Catering Team.

This role profile is not exhaustive and will be subject to review. It may be amended to meet the changing needs of the College.

Lord Wandsworth College

A different kind of school for a wonderfully open world

Uncertainty is a gift to those with a wide perspective, an open mind and the space and the safety to explore. Our job is to widen students’ worlds so nothing is beyond their grasp.

We’ve been ‘widening worlds’ since 1922, when LWC was founded by Sydney Stern (Lord Wandsworth) to support orphans. In those days, this widening of worlds was very much a response to the fact that orphans’ worlds had contracted or collapsed very suddenly. The school expanded their opportunities, connecting them - via our vast acreage and farmland - with a path into agriculture.

These days, the future is far less known; vocations harder to predict. And so the need to widen worlds is more profound. We support and inspire students, around 700 of them, to be able to forge their own futures, each one more exciting and extraordinary than any goal they could have envisaged at the start. Wonderfully, our students’ successes make our world bigger too.

Appointment process and how to apply

Please apply via our LWC website using our recruitment portal.

The closing date for applications is on 15th September 2026, with online interviews taking place on 23rd and 24th September, followed by in-person interviews on the 1st October 2026.

Should you wish to discuss the role in strict confidence please feel free to contact Kate Boyd, Senior Philanthropy Manager on boydk@lordwandsworth.org.

We welcome people of all faiths and those that are committed to these values. We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity we are actively encouraging applications from underrepresented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check and references. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Lord Wandsworth College is a registered charity (Number: 1143359) providing outstanding caring education for boys and girls since 1922.

Long Sutton, Hampshire, RG29 1TA T. 01256 862201 W. www.lordwandsworth.org