Description
The Soane seeks a creative and ambitious manager to manage the Museum’s Patrons’ Circles, and the Friends of the Soane Group. Identifying, recruiting, and building relationships with potential and existing supporters is a key element of this role.
Manage all aspects of the two Patrons' Circles and the Friends Programme including:
- Managing recruitment and renewals in a timely and accurate manner
- Ensuring high stewardship standards are maintained at all times
- Agreeing annual targets as well as planning and implementing a strategy to meet them
- Developing strong relationships to ensure an engaged and committed supporter group including donations above and beyond annual memberships
- Leading Museum tours for Patrons and prospective members
- Devising and delivering an engaging, bespoke events programme; lectures, talks, exhibition previews, visits to private collections and historic houses for the Patrons and Friends
- Devising and delivering entirely new types of stewardship and cultivation events as well as seated dinner parties
- Attending all Patrons and Friends events to ensure they are well managed, and that members' requirements are fully met
- Working with the Development Director, other members of staff and sometimes external companies, planning and delivering the annual Patrons' Study Trip
Finance, Database and Administration Work
- Accurate and timely recording all income and expenditure on the Museum's database
- Liaising with the Finance Team to ensure precise reconciliation
- Ensuring all financial procedures, including members' gift aid forms, administration and income recording are properly adhered to, and that gifts are accepted in line with the Museum's due diligence policy
- Maintaining awareness of and responsibility for laws affecting Gift Aid and tax efficient giving, and ensuring Gift Aid requirements are fulfilled for the entire Development Team
- Ensuring contact details and accreditation details are accurately recorded, effectively administered and updated on the database and in printed materials, in line with donors' wishes
- Taking a leadership role in managing and improving the data on the database and associated reports
Full details can be found at https://www.soane.org/about/work-with-us - Work with Us | Sir John Soane's Museum
Essential:
- Successful fundraising track record, in particular experience of working with Patrons and/or a membership scheme
- Interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to produce well-presented and professional letters, briefing notes and proposals
- Tact, confidence, and maturity to network and liaise with a wide range of individuals and organisations
- A warm and friendly manner with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Practical experience of creating and managing budgets and working with CRM databases
- Excellent administrative and organisational abilities; excellent attention to detail
- Strong interest in the Museum's history, collection, and activities, in particular the Exhibitions and Learning programmes
- Resourceful, self-motivated and resilient
- The post holder will be proactive and able to work autonomously - using self-initiative to achieve objectives and solving problems in a collaborative manner.
Applications in writing (a full CV and a supporting letter), together with the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent by email to [email protected]
The closing date is Monday 15 September 2025.
Interviews will be held at the Museum on Thursday 2 October 2025.
The Museum is an Equal Opportunities Employer, committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.