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Join the British Museum in a transformative period and shape the biggest museum redevelopment worldwide as Head of Strategy and Operations.
Overview
Salary £65972 - £72072
Location Bloomsbury / Hybrid
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Organisation summary
With the British Museum, you'll be part of a name synonymous with preserving the rich tapestry of human history and culture. We're embarking on the Western Range project, among the most ambitious museum renovations globally. This isn't just a physical transformation - it's an intellectual overhaul where the way we present our collection is set to change profoundly. At this pivotal time, join us as we make history.
Role Summary
- Manage the Development directorate’s strategy devising and delivery planning
- Oversee campaign management, research and stakeholder data
- Develop fundraising propositions, manage gifts and ensure compliance
- Take a significant role in Museum’s fundraising and stakeholder engagement activities, driving the major capital campaign to support the Western Range project.
Role Requirements
- Possess a degree or equivalent experience and industry memberships
- Prior experience in senior roles for major fundraising campaigns.
- Experience of leading fundraising operations teams in the cultural sector, higher education, charities or non-profit sector.
- Expertise in charity compliance and data protection, tax-efficient giving and ability to communicate effectively on regulatory and technical issues.
- We encourage applicants from ethnic minority groups, considering the diversity they bring to our workforce.
Application Process Details
- We offer a competitive package which includes annual leave allowance, a pension scheme, free entry to museums and exhibitions, participation in Museum activities, interest-free loans, development opportunities, an employee assistance program and discounts on food and gift-shop purchases
- We offer remote and flexible working arrangements.
The British Museum is seeking a motivated, strategic development operations professional to fill the role of Head of Strategy and Operations. This is an exciting opportunity to create and lead a world-class development operations function, play a pivotal role in developing and planning the Museum’s major capital campaign, and embed best practice in fundraising and information management across the Development directorate.
The Head of Strategy and Operations will manage the Development directorate’s strategy development and delivery planning, and is responsible for campaign management, research, stakeholder data and insight, fundraising proposition development, reporting, gift management, business processed, and compliance. The role drives, facilitates and underpins activity across the Development department and makes a significant contribution to the Museum’s fundraising and stakeholder engagement activity.
The British Museum is embarking on our Western Range project – one of the biggest museum redevelopment projects anywhere in the world. This physical transformation is in the service of an intellectual transformation. We are rethinking how we display our collection – the most holistic and ambitious redisplay in the Museum’s history. The Development directorate will enable this transformation by delivering a major capital campaign, in which the Head of Strategy and Operations will play a central role.
The successful candidate will have a degree or equivalent experience and fundraising industry network memberships, experience of a senior role in a major fundraising campaign, experience of leading fundraising operations teams in the cultural sector, higher education, a charity, or not for profit organisation, and experience of leading change. They will also have knowledge of tax efficient giving, charity compliance and data protection, and the ability to speak with authority on regulatory and technical issues adjusting to the audience.
The British Museum offers a competitive benefits package including generous annual leave allowance, membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme, free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions, participation in private and public Museum activities, interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans, professional and personal development opportunities, employee assistance programme, and discounts on food and gift shop purchases.
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. We specifically encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups who are underrepresented within our senior roles. We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation.
