King's College London

About Us

​​Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement (P&A) provides a fundraising and alumni engagement function in support of King’s College London. We are proud to work with colleagues across the university and its health partners to help them serve society through world-leading education, research and healthcare.  Our work also includes a partnership with the Maudsley Charity (the King’s Maudsley Partnership) in support of children’s mental health initiatives between the university’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.  

​We are a committed team that brings together fundraisers working across different channels, alongside colleagues who promote King’s College London’s engagement with its worldwide alumni community. Our work is underpinned and enhanced by a range of dedicated professionals in supporting areas covering proposition development, supporter engagement, supporter operations and business operations.   

About the role

King’s College London is currently in the planning stages of a major new philanthropic and engagement campaign, which will significantly scale the university’s current fundraising activity just as World Questions | King’s Answers did nearly a decade ago. We are looking for someone with the skills, commitment and motivation to take on the role of Head of Campaign Management and play a central role in driving this exciting initiative.

The role will be fundamental to the delivery of a successful campaign. It will be responsible for producing and executing a plan for the campaign that covers all aspects of preparation required and is clear on roles and responsibilities, milestones, deliverables and timeframes.

The role is responsible to the Director of Philanthropy & Campaign and will work closely with the Executive Director, Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement, the Director of Advancement, Communications & Engagement and the wider unit leadership team to ensure the campaign priorities and targets are aligned to fundraising capabilities, resources and timeframes and are therefore realistically deliverable. The role will involve providing excellent programme management, based on a creative approach and on excellent working relationships. There will be an important focus on engaging and mobilising the whole King’s community behind campaign and its goals. 

This is considered as a full-time post (35 Hours per week) and the successful candidate will be offered an indefinite contract.

P&A has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we’re very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Experience of working in large-scale university fundraising and engagement work
2. Experience in multiple large-scale project planning and management
3. Confident in strategy development and its translation into operational plans and activities
4. Able to co-ordinate complex projects including the ability to manage conflicts, control risks, prioritise tasks, sequence activities and identify time-based deliverables
5. Able to create clear and unambiguous communications, confident in written and verbal communications
6. Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels through persuasion and negotiation. This includes well-developed stakeholder engagement and management skills with the ability to work with subject matter experts to create a unified vision
7. Confident working in a complex matrix environment with multiple stakeholders and potentially conflicting requirements with an ability to present complex information and concepts in a clear and easily digestible manner
8. Able to demonstrate an interest in and appreciation of the mission, purpose and values of King’s

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in health sectors
2. Experience in a planning or performance management role

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

​​We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

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​We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including part-time, compressed hours and/or job shares, as appropriate and in the context of the business needs associated with the role.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

​  To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

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We offer the opportunity of an “Ask Us Anything” Teams call on Friday 21st March, 2-3pm. During this call you will be able to ask any questions you might have about the role, the selection process, our Directorate, our core values and work culture, our current hybrid work policy, or simply listen to others’ questions. To join please email chelsea.goulding@kcl.ac.uk.

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​First stage skills based interviews are due to be held on 10th and 11th April 2025. Selected candidates will be taken through to a second stage which will involve a stakeholder interview and a values-based interview.