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Development Executive (Communications & Events), The Royal Ballet School

  •  London
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes July 11, 2025
  •  HR
  •  jobs@royalballetschool.org.uk
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Job Summary

This role will assist with day-to-day management of Royal Ballet School’s fundraising work to support retention of recurring income from existing streams and facilitate the onboarding of new donors.

Job Description

As a member of the newly formed Development Team, you will lead on supporter engagement for the School and its' Students through effective fundraising communications and year-round event delivery. You will support prospect communications, and assure best-in-class stewardship of donors while enabling delivery of rights and benefits to Centenary sponsors and partners.

Reporting to the Development Operations Manager, the post-holder will assist with the planning and delivery of a large number of year-round engagement events through in-house visits and performances, external events and ticketing management for centenary performances. This role will lead on all fundraising communications to donor and prospect segments, and oversee campaign tracking, while relying on accurate data use and record keeping. The role will also support the administrative processing of ad-hoc Legacy request donations.

Contract Terms:

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Salary: £32,000 per annum

Location: Upper School, Covent Garden & White Lodge, Richmond Park

Job Requirements

  • Willing to work collaboratively across all functions of the department and wider School
  • Daily working knowledge of Windows PC systems and Microsoft Office programs
  • Minimum of two years administrative and operational experience
  • Experience in maintaining and managing a contacts database
  • Experience of working in a non-profit or charity fundraising environment
  • Confident and well presented with strong relationship management skills
  • Ability to present information concisely and effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Good organisational skills with ability to prioritise work to meet tight deadlines
  • Numerate with a meticulous attention to detail and able to understand budgets
  • Flexible to assist at performances and events falling outside normal working hours

Please read for more in our recruitment pack.

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead on communications for the Team, segmenting prospects and donors, ensuring they receive regular and tailored emails
  • Oversee key termly campaigns, sponsor reports and videos, event invitations and summer performance comms
  • Use Dot Digital to send communications and securely hold and update donor contact information
  • Work closely with the School's Communications and Marketing department to advance design and content briefs as required.
  • Attend annual School calendar planning meeting
  • Manage delivery of approx. 35+ in-house donor visits to Upper School and White Lodge all year round
  • Support the delivery external events for existing donors as well as cultivation events for prospects
  • Coordinate performance invitations, attendance and hospitality at Opera Holland Park, Linbury Theatre, and the Royal Opera House and other third party venues
  • Log and track all event invitations, RSVPs and attendance through the CRM

Please read for more in our recruitment pack.

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How to Apply

Please submit an application through the Royal Ballet School website. We do not accept CV's.

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